Irony is the Shackles of Youth

Yesterday, I watched a movie where Hugh Jackman voiced the Easter Bunny, who had an Australian accent. Santa had tattoos sounded like he was from Russia and the Tooth Fairy dressed like a hummingbird. Also, the guy who voiced the main character (Jack Frost)? Kirk from the Star Trek reboot. It was... surreal.

Since I have today off (Columbus Day is a Federal holiday, strangely enough), I figured I'd post a article to inspire Halloween tales. It deals with vampires in America during the late 1800s, strangely enough.

The Great New England Vampire Panic.

I thought it interesting that this vampire hunt (and one that also occurred in the Chicago area both dealt with tuberculosis (called consumption at the time). Consumption was a very, very common disease during the Victorian era. So much so that there is a lot of speculation that the Victorian ideal beauty (thin, frail, fainting, pale, with shortness of breath to produce the infamous heaving bosom) is based on the symptoms of tuberculosis. The Smithsonian article even mentions that one of the characters that becomes a vampire in Bram Stoker's Dracula (published 1897) wastes away like a victim of tuberculosis.

My last two unrelated google searches:

Can you freeze sperm at home for future use?

Is there such a thing as dried corn syrup?

The answers are:

No, you need to use liquid nitrogen and have proper storage equipment in order to keep the sperm from being damaged.

Yes, corn syrup can be dried into a crystalline solid.

And I then wonder why no one will play against me at Trivial Pursuit.

Things I have found while doing an Adopt-a-Highway clean up:

- Social Security card
- Military ID, expired (but with SSN)
- Bank statement
- Tax return (again, with SSN)

And people wonder why identity theft is so prevalent. -_-

Did I at any point post a bit of dialog/scene set in the House of M universe where the Royal family is sitting around discussing Eric's (Magneto's) sexuality? Because I swear I wrote it and damned if I can find it now. Did I write it off-line? Did I post it and forget to tag it? Or is my mind playing tricks on me?

Links or it didn't happen.