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Yuletide 2012 Statistics Post.

This is what the Lizard could have looked like in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies.

Behold an Alien facehugger made entirely out of animal bones.

The Phil Coulson Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 5.

Handmade Doctor Who Gallifreyan Collar.

Doctor Who Christmas special ratings surge.

Amazing Spider-Man #700 Steve Ditko Cover Breaks $1200 On eBay.

Japanese Poster For The Cabin In The Woods.

Crash Course: Dario Argento.

Trailers From Hell: Larry Karaszewski on What's The Matter With Helen.

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Creators weigh in on 2012 and 2013, Part 2.

J.M. DeMatteis on the Supernatural DCU and Phantom Stranger.

P:R Redesign: Denis Medri’s Fantasy Deadpool

Interview: Gregg Hurwitz & Ethan Van Sciver on Batman: The Dark Knight.

Stan Lee's Real Life Hobbit One Ring

Oz: The Great And Powerful—Two New Teaser Trailers.

After Elton interviews Colin Morgan and Katie McGrath.

The Evil Dead Wedding Cake.

Has The Roster For The Justice League Movie Been Revealed?

Is Scream 5 The New Ghostbusters 3?

5 Unfinished Comic Series We Want To Come Back.

10 Book Series So Addictive, You Never Want Them To End.

Geekfest Rants, Episode 121: Reboots, Remakes, and Reimaginings.

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Comic Issues #99: Geek Resolution.

The Yuletide authors have now been revealed. I only ended up doing one story--I wrote Santacide Is Coming To Town, in the Pushing Daisies fandom. It’s a mild PG-13, with the characters finding out who killed the man dressed as Santa, after Ned uncovers him while shoveling snow.

For Yuletide, I ended up with two stories (or three, because it looks like there’s a Yuletide Madness one still to be unveiled) this year. For The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1996, I received Try to pretend the world isn’t ending (we won’t let it). “The League of Extraordinary Gentlepersons has reformed, Scully is fighting the wrong alien invasion, and Carmen would just like to stop, unintentionally, stealing things.” Exactly the sort of insanity I was looking for.

For The Addams Family, I received Don’t Eat The Neighbors. “Gomez stumbles upon an arcane grimorie that details how to summon lower-order imps. Succumbing to an overwhelming curiosity, he recites the spell, rather unaware of the possible consequences of doing so.”

The recipient of the story I wrote has already read it and commented that it was exactly what they wanted.

UTorrent Makers Distance Themselves From Piracy.

The Yuletide deadline is at 7 PM CST.

The Hub Rings In The New Year With Hercules and My Little Pony Marathons.

Chloe Bennett Joins Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

New trailer for The Great Gatsby.

New shot of Janine from IDW’s Ghostbusters.

The worst films of 2012.

The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2012.

Rose McGowan joins Once Upon A Time.

Revisiting Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Doctor Who: The Magic of the TARDIS.

Captain Jack Harkness Bathrobe.

The 10 (Fictional) Comic Book People of the Year.

A Christmas Carol: the best and worst adaptations.

Ink and Pixel: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

Cocktails With Stan Lee, Episode 12, Season 2: Marc Silvestri.

Psych Renewed For Eighth (And Final?) Season.

Being Human Series 5 Synopsis Revealed.

The Great Stephen King Reread: Cujo.

The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 6, ‘Out of the Frying Pan Into The Fire.’

Silhouettes Of Pop-Culture Duos Stare Each Other Down.

Iron Man 3 Reveals A New Still.

NASA’s brand new spacesuit prototype really does look like Buzz Lightyear.

Producer Dan Lin On The Godzilla Remake

Super Café: Man of Steel.

Deadpool and Boba Fett Do Christmas.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Blu-Ray Detailed.

Marvel’s Christmas-Themed House Ads From The 80’s Are Bizarrely Jolly.

Gaiman Announces Final Book-Signing Tour.

Swing Into Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark With These Discount Codes.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 279: X-Mas Spectacular ’12 (Silent Night).

Junk Food Dinner #140: Babes In Toyland (1986), Blast of Silence (1961), Sint (aka Saint) (2010). If you only want to hear about the movies, skip ahead to the 53 minute mark.

Mission Log Podcast Supplemental #2: The One With Robert J. Sawyer.

Pop My Culture #102: Jane Espenson and Brad Bell.

Hey Kids, Comics Season 2 Episode 2: Detective Comics #526.

I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere, Episode 49.

Yuletide 2006:
Fools In Love
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Looking back, I think the one I wrote for my first Yuletide was my least favorite. I’m linking to it anyway, even if I don’t think it turned out all that well—it’s easier to keep track of everything that way. It was just what Ares and Aphrodite went through trying to get Cupid and Strife together even though they already were.

Yuletide 2007:
This was the year I bowed out early on, so that it wouldn’t count against me. All I will say outside of a locked post is that I knew I could never do it justice, and I thought it would be better off if someone else picked it up. I gave it a shot multiple times before that, but I knew I couldn’t do what they wanted.

Yuletide 2008:
Because We’re Addamses
The Addams Family (movies)

2008’s assignment was great fun for me. I loved writing this one, primarily due to the strangeness of Wednesday Addams. I’m reasonably certain this story is the only one I’ve done for Yuletide that was ever recommended (just once, in passing) anywhere.

Yuletide 2009:
Paranormal Pressures
Being Human (UK version)

It was just some regular domestic oddness for George, Annie and Mitchell. This would have been written shortly before I ended up falling out love with the series as a whole and jumping ship.

Yuletide 2010:
If You Could Read My Mind
Back to the Future

This one was fun to write. It’s just set shortly after a time stream collision with the phone booth that Bill and Ted used to travel through time. It was all Doc’s point of view as he worked on his mind reading device, and went off on stream of consciousness mental tangents.

Yuletide 2011:
The Nosferatu Effect
My Best Friend Is A Vampire

This was a movie I loved...written for someone on my friends list. Therefore, it was interesting trying to keep posts as vague as possible, due to how small the fandom was. However, it was interesting to write. It’s twenty-five years after the film, catching up with two vampires in the graveyard, and seeing how everyone involved has fared in the ensuing time.

And that’s all there is, excluding this year’s.

Paul Rauch has passed away, at the age of 78. May he rest in peace. He was the producer for numerous soap operas over the decades, including One Life To Live, Young and the Restless, and Santa Barbara.

Dallas Sets Date For J.R.’s Funeral.

A Gravestone For Shel Dorf, The Founder of Comic Con?

Why Gmail went down; Google misconfigured Chrome’s sync server.

Sir Ian McKellen On His Fight With Cancer.

The deadline for Yuletide stories to be uploaded is December 20th; the deadline for defaulting without it counting against you is before December 16th.

The Best Holiday Entertainment For Nerds.

New Full Trailer For Man of Steel

What secrets does the Man of Steel trailer hold? Shot-By-Shot Breakdown.

A very short clip from Doctor Who’s The Snowmen.

Another Corner Of The New TARDIS Revealed.

Behold—The Perfect Doctor Who Cupcakes.

CBLDF Establishes Advisory Board: Denis Kitchen and Neil Gaiman Named Co-Chairs.

Interview: Peter Tomasi Talks Future of Batman And Robin.

Kickstart Art: Nightwing: The Series.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 345: Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #3.

Top 5: Actors Who Were Almost Batman.

I Can’t Cover What I Am—Marvel’s 70’s Anniversary Covers.

Random Roles: Corey Feldman on child actors, his favorite roles, and the Goonies sequel.

Japanese Poster For Oz: The Great And Powerful.

New poster for Jack The Giant Slayer.

New Image From Star Trek: Into Darkness Features Cumberbatch Villain With Kirk And Spock.

Essential Star Trek Novels That Even Non-Trekkers Should Read.

Star Trek’s Enterprise Made From An Old Hard Drive.

Alice Eve’s Character Plus 7 More Star Trek Into Darkness Spoilers Revealed.

Interview: Lost Girl Star Kris Holden-Ried Talks Love And Life.

George Takei On Teaming Up With Archie’s Kevin Keller.

Honest Trailers: The Lord of the Rings.

Warner Bros. Blocks Release of The Asylum’s Age of the Hobbits.

Hobbit Dwaves Cheat Sheet.

25 Things You Might Not Know About The Hobbit.

Remember This?: Werewolf: The Series.

Looking back at David Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone.

New trailer for The Lone Ranger.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #183: What is your favorite superhero comic book trope or cliché?

Bizarro Back Issues: Christmas With The Punisher Is Not Exactly Jolly (1995)

Brian Wood’s Lost DC Pitches.

Nathan Fillion on Attack of the Show, discussing Castle and Firefly’s 10th anniversary.

Bob Gale provides photos for Hoverboard propers vs. replicas comparison.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 346: Web of Spider-Man #87.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 68: Die Hard (1988) Commentary.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 88: Eight Crazy Nights (2002).

Hope of All Trades Podcast Special: Once Upon A Time.

Soulless Minions Podcast: Timecop (1994) Commentary.

Earlier, I made the last of the corrections that were required, thanks to that extra beta job. I am now officially finished with the fanfic, and it has been posted to the archive.

SurfTheChannel Owner Sentenced For Contempt Of Court.

Dark Shadows marathon Thanksgiving Day on Chiller TV (1991 version). Unfortunately, I don’t have that channel.

1987 Marvel Comics Parade Float.

The classic clip from the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP.

Turkey Day Stream From Rifftrax.

Comics Alliance’s Guide To Black Friday/Cyber Monday Bargains.

CA Classic: Batman In The Worst Thanksgiving Ever.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Books That Make Great Holiday Gifts.

The Best Comics To Give This Holiday Season.

The Best Gifts for Action Figure Addicts and Collectors of Collectibles.

Amazing, Experimental Science Gifts That You Can Make Or Buy.

Gift Guide: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman Box Set.

From Hero Complex: Holiday gift guide 2012: The Hobbit, Star Wars, superheroes, and more.

CA Classic: The Superhero Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons of Nedroid.

Mimoco Reveals Star Trek Mimobot Flash Drives.

Great E-Mail Threads: The JLA Work On Thanksgiving.

Fan Creation: Real Ghostbusters inspired Slimer sculpt.

Motion Poster For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Jamie Lee Curtis’ one time only Halloween Panel at HorrorHound Weekend 2012.

The Implications of Amazing Spider-Man #698.

New VOD Title From Rifftrax: Tourist Trap.

Revisiting Torchwood: Gwen Cooper.

Sherlock Holmes Celebrates 125 Years.

The Line It Is Drawn #116—A Very Tarzan Thanksgiving.

Two Clips From The Dark Knight Rises Bonus Features.

Grace Randolph’s Stacktastic: Top Ten Comic Book Villains.

Education finally gets serious about the undead apocalypse with this Zombie Scholarship.

The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 2, ‘Roast Mutton.’

The 20 Best Cliffhangers Ever Shown On Science Fiction Or Fantasy TV.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #5.

Hitchcock Movie Clip #6.

The trailer for Ripper Street.

Hey Kids, Comics Podcast, Season 1, Episode 19: Blackest Night 3.

It looks as though I’m finished with the Yuletide story. It’s currently in the middle of its first beta reading—once that’s done, I’ll see about getting a second beta reader to check it over.

Currently, my Yuletide assignment is at 6954 words. I only need to fix one small thing tomorrow and make sure everything else looks okay, and then I believe I’ll be finished. At that point, I’ll be able to send it off to my first beta reader.

Since he isn’t familiar with the fandom, I’ll eventually locate a second beta reader who is.

The next movie for Svengoolie is Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde.

TV’s Top 5 Sherlock Holmes Stars.

The Amazing Middle-Earth Art of John Cockshaw.

The Abandoned An’ Forsaked—What Happened To Polaris’ Powers?

Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: The Cat And The Claw Part 1 and 2.

Bibliomat: a vending machine for random rare and antiquarian books (with satisfying clunk)

Commentary Track Stars: Hard Eight (1996)

Greatest Movie Ever Podcast: Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)

Yuletide Update: The story is (before I eventually tinker with the ending, and add in a large amount to the middle—most of which is written on a notepad at the moment) currently at 4058 words and still going. I've set myself a goal of getting the majority of everything completed by Thanksgiving, so we'll see how that goes.

Nestle recalls Nesquik chocolate mix because of salmonella risk

Sony Entertainment Head Steps Down

5 Dracula Spoofs To Celebrate Bram Stoker’s Birthday.

Here’s the official trailer for World War Z.

The international trailer for Hitchcock.

Trailers From Hell: John Landis on Panic In The Streets.

Secrets Behind The X-Men: Cosmic comedy with Excalibur, but the Phoenix mini-series didn't make it to print, Colossus didn't make the team, and Nightcrawler's Captains Courageous team wasn't assembled.

Best Art Ever (This Week): November 9th.

Tokypop: Cosplay Friday #4. My favorite is the person dressed as Adam West Batman, complete with bomb.

I Love Ya But You’re Strange—Aunt May…Herald of Galactus?!

Every fan needs a copy of Making Ghostbusters.

10 Classic Logos Re-Imagined For The Zombie Apocalypse.

The zombie version of the Mile High Comics Woodchuck logo.

25 Things We Learned From The Rocky Horror Picture Show Commentary.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #392.

Beauty and the Beast gets full season.

Syfy Renews Haven For Season 4.

Spielberg, Tarantino And Zack Snyder All Say No To Star Wars.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 273: Twin Peaks.

Movie Issues Podcast: Sixteen Candles (1984)

Retroist Podcast—Episode 123: Too Close For Comfort.

On the Yuletide front, I’ve been writing chunks of the fanfic I was assigned. I’m going to get started on piecing things together, starting this weekend. From there, I’ll see if it’s long enough and work on that. The series I’m writing for is completely and utterly insane, which helps.

David Grove passed away last week, following a long struggle with emphysema. May he rest in peace.

Svengoolie host Rich Koz is recovering from heart attack. Best wishes go out to him.

Make Bea Arthur Proud—LBBT Teen Center Destroyed By Sandy Needs Your Help.

Two Comic Book Events For Hurricane Sandy Victims.

‘Six Strikes’ BitTorrent Crackdown May Target Private Trackers.

How an Indonesian ISP took down the mighty Google for 30 minutes.

Gawker’s Website Is Back After Sandy.

Kotaku is Back—And Fully Operational.

Bridget Regan joins the cast of the CW’s Beauty and the Beast.

Here Is Your Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Knock-Off.

Elementary will have a post-Super Bowl time slot.

Why Elementary Fails Sherlock Holmes Fandom.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 35.

From Think Geek: Doctor Who Exploding TARDIS Throw.

Also from Think Geek: All Glory To The Hypnotoad.

Full Moon’s Subspecies II and III Heading To Blu-Ray.

The trailer for Silent Night—it’s a semi-remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night.

Best Cosplay Ever (This Week)—November 5th.

The Most Amazing And Inspirational Cosplay From Long Beach Comic Con 2012.

First Look: Katana And The Rest Of The Cast of Beware The Batman.

Release Date, Cover Art Revealed For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.

Writer Orci Confirms Universal’s Locke And Key Film Trilogy.

When We First Met—Thor’s Supporting Cast.

Michael Shannon Won’t Deliver Famous Line In Man Of Steel.

Hero Complex interviewed J. Michael Straczynski.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome will premiere online on Friday.

School District Keeps Different Seasons On Library Shelves.

No Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame For George Romero.

Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman To Get Eaten Alive By Robot Chicken.

Superheroes Defenseless Against Porn Parodies.

New dinosaur named after Sauron from Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings Weather Forecast.

Lord of the Rings marathon in AMC Theatres, too.

Peter Jackson discusses Hobbit, Lord of the Rings comparisons.

ElfQuest Movie May Live Again.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #178: Who is your favorite child in comics?

$19,000 in stolen comic books returned to owner.

Interview: John Carpenter on Reviving They Live.

It’s The Official Website And Logo For World War Z.

Watch Anthony Hopkins Direct As Hitchcock In Several New Images.

MODOK For President.

Which fictional character should run the United States for the next four years? Hey, what about Doc Brown?

Donkey Puft T-Shirt.

A Charlie Brown Christmas posters, by Laurent Durieux

Taking A Knife To Chocolate Helly Kitty For Sweet, Delicious Horrors.

Great Scott! A Back To The Future Wedding Cake!

Stan Lee’s Rants: Bond Girls.

The Cinefiles—Rambo.

Han Solo Venn Diagram.

Egyptian princess’ tomb dating from 2500 BC found near Cairo.

15 Worst Fashion Disasters From James Bond Movies.

Vertigo Casting News For Arrow.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 83: K-911 (1999)

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 62: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series Roundtable.

Earth Station One: Episode 135: The Twilight Zone.

In other news, sister got out of the hospital last night. And yesterday morning we got word that someone on Dad’s side of the family died. Due to our drama, he was unable to attend the wake (which would have been last night) or the funeral (which was this morning, in Louisiana). The florist we usually use for sending them something is temporarily closed due to the owner apparently being diagnosed with cancer. We eventually managed to find someone who would deliver there.

Meanwhile, Mom found Nellie’s room in the hospital. She’s only allowed ice chips now that it’s the end, but she’s still interested in slaughtering the nurses. She ordered Mom to bring her her mail—all three huge sacks of them, so she could mock the endless political things that had been stuffed in her mailbox. Mom complied.

On the Yuletide side of things, I just need to rewatch a couple more episodes of the show that I was assigned. I’ve come up with several ideas, and chunks that could go into the middle of the fanfic. I’m working on what I think the ending should be like, and a few other little, but important things, making sure I’ve got a handle on characterization, and then (since I’m currently recovering from a migraine) I’ll get started on it.

Fandom Aid seeks to help raise money for survivors of Hurricane Sandy with an auction.

Both Paid and Permanent Accounts will be cancelled by Livejournal. If the latter has already been purchased, they will not be lost.

Holiday Wishes 2012 is coming.

Top 10 Yuletide fanfic requests.

The Bat Family Christmas Exchange.

31 Days of Horror: Halloween / Halloween II / Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

The Line It Is Drawn #113—Happy Halloween

2012 Top 100 Comic Book Runs #2-1.

There was a Twitter account dedicated to tracking the progress of Michael Meyers as he slaughtered his way through Haddonfield, Illinois last night. And one for Dr. Sam Loomis as he tracks him. They only dealt with the first two movies.

Dracula vs. Frankenstein vs. reality: 13 horror posters scarier than their movies.

Is Horror Too Scary For Broadcast TV?

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 13.

The haunted building from Ghostbusters is for sale, for all your Gozer-worshipping needs. The asking price is…$35 million.

The Desk Where Bram Stoker Created Dracula Is Hitting The Auction Block.

X-Men animation cells to be auctioned online December 1st.

The Great Stephen King Reread: The Shining.

Your First Good Look At The Necronomicon From The Evil Dead Remake.

Silvestri and Hawkins On Two Decades of Top Cow, Part 2.

P:R Approved: Luc Latulippe’s Firestar.

Kia Motors unveils four Justice League inspired cars.

Andrew Dunbar will play Firefly on Arrow.

Exhibit looks at comic book censorship.

24 Things We Learned From The Frankenstein Commentary.

Evil Dead Cabin Hat.

Francis Lawrence To Direct The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2.

George Lucas Will Donate Most of the 4.05 Billion From Star Wars Deal.

MPAA Officially Passes PG-13 Rating For Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two.

The Ed Brubaker Captain America Exit Interview.

Horror Etc Podcast, Episode 272: The 5th Anniversary.

The JV Club #35: Amy Acker.

Weinberg’s House of Horrors, Episode 10: Love For Lovecraft.

We didn’t get a single trick-or-treater last night, pretty much as I expected. They were doing half a dozen Trunk-or-Treats at various churches, had a roped off section downtown for safe trick-or-treating, and a fall festival at another church. Also, a traffic jam near my area, thanks to K-Mart (a few blocks from me) hosting a Safe Halloween, and passing out candy there.

My thoughts go out to everyone being affected by Hurricane Sandy. Everyone still dealing with it and the aftermath of it on my friends list, please do whatever you can to try to stay safe.

Hurricane Sandy Topples New York Data Center, Gawker, Gizmodo. Io9 was hosted there as well.

The altered Livejournal friends page is now in beta testing. To say nobody is happy with this development would be an understatement.

Insanejournal has a problem with delayed notifications right now (and graphic porn in their ads, which Squeaky is working on correcting).

31 Days of Horror: Trick ‘r Treat / Terror Train / The Funhouse.

Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness—80’s Rerun: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

Ain’t It Scary Reviews #30 of 31: Dario Argento’s Deep Red.

Longbox of the Damned: Blackest Night.

Rare Halloween Videos: 1982: Trick Or Treats.

10 Childhood Halloween Specials No Longer On TV.

This Year’s Halloween Discovery: Grave of the Vampire.

You Don’t Know Poe: 10 Weird Things About Edgar Allan Poe.

When the TV stars of 1979 saved Halloween with a little kitsch.

13 Ghosts of Halloween: Day 11.

Real Ghostbusters art from Kizer Stone.

Props from Ghostbusters Universal Studios Spooktacular Show now on eBay.

Comic Con to stay in San Diego through 2016.

The Wolverine to be released in 3D.

The first official poster for The Wolverine.

P:R Approved: Alex Mitchell’s Jidaigeki X-Men.

Phil Jimenez Jumps From Fairy Tales To Scary Tales.

Top 5 DC Villains Without Powers (Who Aren’t The Joker or Lex Luthor).

Frank Grillo to play Crossbones in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Tales From The Code: Whatever Happened To The Amazing Amazon—Wonder Woman Bound By Censorship.

The entirety of Mockingbird Lane can be viewed on NBC’s website.

Scandal and The Neighbors Receive Full Seasons From ABC.

Save the bridge! A behind the scenes look at the project to restore the Enterprise D bridge.

Author L.J. Smith on writing and losing the Vampire Diaries series.

The Teaser Poster For Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Monkeybrain Comics donating November profits to Hero Initiative.

Fantastic Fangirls Q&A #177: It’s Halloween! Which comics character do you want to celebrate with?

Doctor Who News: BBC Announces A Host of Books For 2013.

8 Surprising Details About The Hellish Production Of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

New Community Starts On November 9th…In Canada.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 82: Bless The Child (2000)

The Two True Freaks Podcast’s Halloween Special: The Haunted Mansion

I finally managed to locate season 1 (season 2 is easily found on the WB’s website) of Pushing Daisies, and rewatched large chunks to refresh my memory. So I can place the series back into my fandom offerings for Yuletide.

So after the last of the reshuffling, the fandoms I’m offering (unless I trade out The Mummy for Indiana Jones again) are: Fright Night (1985), Back to the Future, The Mummy series, Ghostbusters, Pushing Daisies, Addams Family (1991). And the Bucket List includes: Van Helsing (2004), Mockingbird Lane, Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Anno Dracula Series—Kim Newman, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1996, A Study In Emerald—Neil Gaiman, Mannequin, Soapdish (1991), Addams Family (tv 1964).

Just received word from Donna that we’ve hit the end of the road with Nellie and her pancreatic cancer. She’s in the hospital now, having refused hospice at home. Hospice is apparently (didn’t realize they did that in the hospital) just across the hall from her current room in the hospital, so they plan to move her over there.

Finally heard from Phillip (Mom’s brother)—where he’s at, Sandy didn’t dump too much. He’s currently just outside the zone where it would be, so he only received high winds. Meanwhile, all family in Louisiana are fine as of the last anyone heard, since it didn’t go there.