My favorite Halloween candy is candy corn. I know, I know, they’ve got a weird texture, they sorta just taste like sugary chemicals, and they give me cavities, but I still like them. As a kid, I’d eat way too many of them all in one go, get a headache […]
Month: October 2020
Skeletons
Skeletons are the foundation that the rest of our body relies upon. It seems relatively simple compared to the incredibly intricate setup of our organs and nervous system. We focus on building muscle, and only generally think of our skeleton when it gets broken. Also, the path to keeping a strong skeletal […]
Witch’s Brew
The formula for a witch’s potion often contains things like “eye of newt” and frogs, and other amphibious or reptilian creatures, alongside insects and various parts of mammalian organs. I assume this is an attempt to cause a disgust reaction. However, have you ever eaten the eye of a newt? I […]
Godzilla
Godzilla has gone from being a menace to humanity to being earth’s protector from other giant monsters who want to actively destroy the world. Originally, Godzilla is the menace that humanity needs to drive back into the ocean (even though we were the ones to wake him up/create him through […]
Plant Face Monster
Sitting on my desk is a painting by my friend Monstark – it’s sort of hard to describe but it’s a portrait of a humanoid head that’s sort of made up of plant-like structures that are interspersed with teeth and exposed viscera. It’s really quite comforting to me every time […]
King Kong
Perhaps the most famous giant ape, King Kong is revered as a god by a small group of people. However, he gets captured and taken to New York to become a sideshow. There, he breaks free of his chains, causes widespread mayhem, and then forcibly captures the woman he’s infatuated […]
Vampires
Vampires have always freaked me out, mainly because I have an unhealthy fear of having my veins or arteries sliced or punctured. Fortunately, the mythology around vampires have a lot of different ways of creating boundaries to save humans from these undead bloodsuckers. The vampires that exist in our world […]
Brain-Controlling Slugs
I realize the brazen irony that a majority of you reading this will probably do so on social media, but as I consider how my role is perpetuating an increasingly unwieldy monster that is the algorithm-powered flow of information, I recommend you check out The Social Dilemma on Netflix, or […]
Lucky Number 13
Whether you think 13 is a cursed or auspicious number you are right. Whether you think politics are great or stupid, you’re right. If you think yellow is better than green, you’re right. Generally, your own opinions create your own truth. This doesn’t work, however, if your opinion contradicts facts. […]
Hexes
If you hire a witch to hex someone, you’re acting pretty foolish.. If the hex works, you’re going to live with the guilt for the rest of your life. If it doesn’t work, which it won’t, because hexes aren’t real – you’re going to know that you’re the type of […]