Scribal Terror

Boo

Still my favorite costume

Trick or Treat!

Trouble is, he doesn't want candy:

BBC cameraman Doug Allan and field assistant Jason Roberts
. . . were confronted by this specimen while enjoying a game of chess in their 16ft by 16ft cabin during a break in filming [in the Norwegian Arctic].

Measuring 5ft to the shoulder and 10ft from nose to stump of tail, the male bear wandered over and seemed reluctant to leave until his hunger had been satisfied.

The Return of Zombie Robin: The Horror Begins. Again.

  [This is a Round Robin, which means that each person takes the story in any direction he or she wishes, as long as it's reasonably consistent with what went before. Limit your posts to three or four sentences. One sentence is good. So is one word. It's your call. I'll continue to repost Zombie Robin through Halloween, at least until someone has provided a suitably horrific ending.]

Meanwhile in a lab hidden high in the Carpathian mountains....

The doctor, once a respected veterinarian now mad with lust for power over life itself, laid out the parts carefully on the bed of shaved ice next to his operating theatre. Components from donors only recently deceased to replace the parts damaged in last years failed attempt to destroy the evil, undead bird.. New leathery bat wings to carry him silently through the black of night; new razor talons to rend the bodies of his victims; a new beak, sharp as a shard of broken glass to penetrate their sweet flesh and drink the warm, salty flow that sustains his unholy, undead life. . . . (The story continues below the fold)

Moonlighting

Alex of Neatorama has kindly asked me to post now and then at his outstanding blog, and I am honored to accept. If you have any great tips, be sure to send them along. Neatorama is all about neat stuff: neat art, neat gadgets, neat ideas. Come on over; it's fun and friendly. And I promise that no Scribal Terror postings will be lost in the process.

Whatever it means, it sounds damned insulting

Hamsters have more sperm than men

Do-it-yourselfers!

Now you can grow your own liver.

Romanian witches increase their magic word power

Ananova [what would we do without Ananova?] reports:

Romanian witches are hiring English teachers so they can cash in on the country's EU entry by targeting new clients.

Local 'celebrity' white witch Ioana Sidonia is the latest witch to start having English lessons so she can cast spells for new English-speaking clients when Romania joins the EU in January.

She said: "My magic powers told me that not only would Romania prosper from joining the EU, but that it would bring me lots of English-speaking clients.

"There will be lots more foreigners around and by learning English I can help them.

"Until now the only words of English I could speak were the names of different whiskies. I thought I should expand my vocabulary."

Tora Bora Getaway

Ananova reports:

Osama Bin Laden's secret caves hideout is being converted - into a £5.3million tourist resort.

Hotels and restaurants are being constructed on mountains overlooking the al-Qaeda chief's Tora Bora refuge in Afghanistan, reports the Sun.

Former warlord Gul Agha Sherazi, now a local governor, said: "Tora Bora is world famous - but we want it to be known for tourism, not terrorism.

"It was known as a picnic spot long before anyone had heard of Osama Bin Laden."

Saturday Night Dead

Harry Hutton quoting PG Wodehouse, what's not to like?