My favorite Halloween costumes worn by last night’s trick-or-treaters: Miami Vice’s ‘Sonny Crocket’ – who was a dead ringer for ‘Rico Tubbs’; a black butterfly who described herself as ‘a Gothic Tinkerbell’; and a dementor (from the Harry Potter books) who’d never heard of dementors.
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- Halloween costumes from a century ago.
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- Heavenly illumination: the science and magic of stained glass.
- Investigating the Afterlife: To some, life after death is an article of faith, but Dr. Raymond Moody says science may one day discover what lies beyond near-death experiences.
A big thanks to Greg.
Quote of the Day:
No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.
Harry Houdini
