Happy Halloween! #6207

[scottobear]

I hope the little ghosts, ghouls and goblins keeps everyone entertained and safely on your toes tonight!

Landlord knocked on my door at 11pm last night that he's bringing prospective buyers through here today at 11am. I told him that I may or may not let him in, depending how I'm feeling. Hew said that he could unlock the door and show people through, and I could just lay in bed, but that's totally unacceptable to me. I don't need invaders coming into my territory while I'm under the weather. He didn't like my response, but he didn't have much of a rebuttal... I didn't bother to tell him that I think that knocking on someone's door at 11pm was rude. I asked if Frankie was out yet, and he said no...I wonder if the eviction is just going slowly, or if Landlord is wimping out while he's trying to sell the building.

I activated call block on an annoyance recording call coming from ohio... that no-call list can't become active soon enough for me.

I'm wondering what's new and unusual in the "Special Edition" version of Alien being released today. Is it just the DVD version released on the big screen? Alien was the first rated R movie I ever saw, and it scared the pants off me as a kid. (I was nine years old at the time). I wonder how many nine year olds will sneak into the special edition, and make it a first R for themselves? I suspect with VCRs and more lax standards these days, the R-rated film isn't as tricky to get at as in my youth.

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Vampire Killing kit sells for $12000
NEW YORK - Just in time for Halloween, a vampire-killing kit complete with a wooden stake and 10 silver bullets sold for $12,000 at auction Thursday.

The kit, a walnut box that also contained a crucifix, a pistol, a rosary and vessels for garlic powder and various serums, was bought by an anonymous phone bidder.

According to Sotheby's, some experts believe that such kits were commonly available to travelers in Eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries, while others think the kits were made in the early 20th century, possibly to cash in on interest in vampires sparked by the 1897 publication of Bram Stoker's "Dracula."

Elaine Whitmire, head of 19th century furniture for Sotheby's, said she believes the kit was assembled in the early 20th century and sold to travelers as a souvenir.

"My opinion is this is a memento that you bought while you were in Europe," she said. "I doubt it was cheap to buy."

A label on the kit says: "This box contains the items considered necessary for persons who travel into certain little known countries of Eastern Europe where the populace are plagued with a particular manifestation of evil known as Vampires."

The vampire killing kit was part of Sotheby's sale of 19th century furniture and decorative works of art.

The auction house did not identify the seller of the kit. The price includes Sotheby's auction house's commission.

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City of Shadows, a Gothic tour of Victorian London Photographs, ghost stories and other fun elements of the place and time.

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Picture above from Hidden City's Vintage Halloween Postcard Collection

See Also: Antique Halloween E-cards, Some More, and some more(I like these), some more animated, and yet more.

Comments

[sedefendendo.livejournal.com]

good wishes for halloween to you too!

your landlord is making me crazy now.
has he no shame.

good heavens, well if he is not the building owner also, then he is probably doing his job, just not very sensitively!

hang in there!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

he's also the owner, just a stinker.

[rejectomorph]

The Victorian London site is interesting. I'll examine it more thoroughly when I have more time. Thanks for the link.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

my pleasure! happy to pass it along. :)