Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.

Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?

Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.

Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.

Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.

Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...

Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.

Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together—mass hysteria.

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Time lists their choices of the best 25 horror films. A pretty good list, if somewhat top-heavy in the newer gore-splattered films. They miss my favorite, the original filmed version of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, known only as The Haunting.

I'm talking about the original one here. Black-and-white. Almost no special effects, unless you count some nice camera angles and such. No blood. No gore. No visible monsters. Nothing that litters today's horror films.

But I dare you to watch this movie. At night. Alone. In a storm. I dare you. I double-dog-dare you!

Just don't bother with the utterly insipid remake. Please.

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T.S. Eliot's Wasteland...done in LOLCat style.

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I look at the Airstream website now and again. Maybe when I win the lottery! Today I noticed that they have an "official coffee". Hmmm...a Kona blend. No Blue Mountain blend, though. Espresso, check!

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A few random bits from my morning reading.

John Scalzi comes across what might be his favorite negative review of Old Man's War.

A biopic on Philip K. Dick...not!

My favorite Brother Astronomer has a new book out! more...

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A Texan's view of the US. From Strange Maps, where you can see Europe after WWII, the signs of the end times, and much more!

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An online game based on the worlds of Honor Harrington? Will I finally have to get broadband?

Launch is a bit off, so in the meantime, I suggest you pick up the board game from Ad Astra. Nifty miniatures!!!

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I open up today's The New York Times and find a big article on adding a home observatory to your house. Geekdom spreads!

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