Not So Spooky After All

I am sad zombie.

All my plans for this October have gone up in a cloud of bats due to a crazy personal and business schedule this past month.

There are at least 3 posts with a Halloween theme lying three quarters complete in the shallow grave known as 'Drafts'. 

I'm torn on whether to complete them and post them now that November is nearly upon us or save them for next year's fright festival so that I don't fall into the same field of folly.

I have a lot of other stuff I want to cover as well. Quite frustrating to have things to share but not the time and energy to share them.

 
What do you all think I should do?

Regardless of what comes next, I wish you all a Happy Halloween!

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Ending this post on a sad note...

Farewell to the one and only Teri Garr, a Comedic Actress who appeared in such classics as Mel Brooks' 'Young Frankenstein' and Steven Spielberg's 'Close Encounters of The Third Kind', as well as 'Mr. Mom' and 'Tootsie'. She got her first major break in show biz as one of two leads for a backdoor pilot called 'Assignment: Earth', a Season 2 episode of the original Star Trek series.

 

Ms. Garr died from complications related to Multiple Sclerosis, an illness she had been battling for many years. She passed away at the age of 79 in her home city and state of Los Angeles, California. 

Must Be The Season of The Witch

It's that time again my friendly fellow gremlins and ghouls - Halloween is upon us!

When Spooky Season rolls around each year I like to take the opportunity to focus the blog on the scary fun and goofy creepiness associated with All Hallows Eve. My record of accomplishing this feat is mixed. I tend to get very busy with my Real LifeTM job during the onset of Fall, which has made it a challenge in the past. All that said, I definitely want to try to get some scary good stuff out this time around.

In addition to some further investigation into Ghostbusters (and my Tokyo Ghost Research crossover concept), there are games such as the Japanese Tabletop RPGs  Peekaboo and Mamono Scramble (for which I have what I hope is an interesting if oddball approach). If I'm lucky I'll also be able to address some other neat JTRPG games that fit with October's witch-worthy theme.

There is a new Dark Medieval Fantasy game called 'Aionia, Without Mercy' that I'm looking into which seems quite intriguing. Will I have time to address it this month? We shall see. 

Not all the posts this month will be of the creepy and kooky variety however. I want to get back to my 31 Days/31 Characters JTRPG Challenge, share some thoughts on SMURFS, Space:1999, and - inspired by from buddy Ray - tackle 'The Quintessential Barking Alien Playlist'. 

There's also some other media to discuss, such as today's debut of Dan Da Dan, a Japanese Anime Series available to watch on both Crunchyroll and Netflix that I've mentioned briefly in past posts. It's definitely coming out at the perfect time given its premise. Looking forward to watching it and discussing it with you. 

Join me and pick up every stitch...

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While we're on the subject of witches...

On September 27th of this year everyone's favorite Hogwarts Deputy Headmistress, Dame Margaret 'Maggie' Natalie Smith, passed away at the venerable age of 89.

Maggie Smith is a talent with few equals. Comedy and drama, stage and screen, from her Oscar nominated work in Othelo and A Room with a View to the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, Smith constantly grabbed audiences attentions with her rapier wit and commanding performances.

Rest in Peace Grand Dame. You will be missed.