The Dead Live!!!

I've been getting tons of emails from people wanting to know why I haven't spent more time using this blog to uncover the truths about paramormal activity and such. Well, here's a little something for all of you...

Many of you have probably heard of the Ghost of Hampton Court just outside of London. Well, I just happen to have conclusive evidence that the ghost does exist.

First, here is an article from CNN talking about it. The most telling part of the whole story is when the guard asked the other guards if they were having a laugh. And they said, "no." Sounds pretty convincing to me.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/19/hampton.ghost.ap/index.html

And here is a photo of the ghost. I'll tell you one thing. He sure is pretty scary if you ask me...

If You Feel A Breeze 2: Electric Boogaloo

I was at a prospective client's house today measuring his yard for some sod when he pointed out that my zipper was down. That's twice now. It's official. I have a defective zipper. Or I keep forgetting to zip up and thus have a defective memory. I hope it's the zipper.

Lead Wars

I just finished reading this absolutely riveting book called "Lead Wars" by D.B. Wertheimer. It's a book one of my clients gave me. It's out of print but you can probably find it at your local used book store.

Anyways, it is a fabulous account of the pencil industry from pre-War 40s to the mid 80s. It primarily focuses on pencil mogul Simon Pembrington and his rise to fame with his invention of the #2 pencil. And it goes into tremendous detail involving the switch from lead to graphite, the back channel negotiations between him and the ScanTron company for exclusivity on all ScanTron forms (Simon ACTUALLY whored out his youngest daughter to make it happen!!), and how the entire pencil industry -- which hated Pembrington -- was forced to team up with him to combat the invention of erasable ink in the early 80s.

Absolutely fantastic stuff. I got through all 457 pages in about 4 sittings. Granted, a few of those sittings were on the toilet where I can spend a few hours and not even know it. But I guarantee if you're interested in the history of the pencil, you'll have a hard time putting this one down.

-TW

Candy Wars Part One

While this has nothing to do with investigative reporting, it does have a great deal to do with my life. Probably too much. But in the spirit of March Madness, Easter Sunday and my near certain upcoming head-on crash with diabetes, here goes...

M&Ms versus Reese's Pieces
First off, you should know that I'm very loyal to my candy brands. And M&Ms have always led the charge in non-bar chocolates for me. So when Reese's introduced the Reese's Pieces, needless to say, I was very skeptical.

But when I tried them, they were quite good. I allowed myself to like them because while they donned the thin candy shell like M&Ms on the outside, they were actually quite different on the inside. As most of you know, they were filled with peanut butter instead of chocolate or chocolate and peanuts. In a word: DEE-LISH.

Anyways, this was probably mid-80s. I actually stuck by my M&Ms but when nobody was looking and I wanted that something extra, I would grab me a bag of them Reese's.

Well, today I tried Peanut Butter M&Ms for the first time and I must say I am thorougly unimpressed. Instead of the best of both worlds, they fall flat on both sides. They don't really have the M&M taste and the peanut butter is quite a letdown. I won't buy another bag. Still, I'm feeling a little sick now because while I don't really like them, I can't stop eating them.

-TW

If You Feel A Breeze...

I got into an argument with a woman at a CVS drug store today. She tried to cut in line and I started arguing with her. I was having a bad day to begin with and so I really let her have it. I kinda feel bad about that but the rest of the people in line were cheering me on. Anyways, when I got done chewing her out, she said to me, "you know your zipper is down." I looked down at my pants and sure enough, the barn door was wide open. And as I was zipping up, a cashier opened up and she took it.

The most deflating part of this was that I hadn't gone to the bathroom since this morning. I wonder if I went to all of my sales calls today with my zipper down. Ugghh.

-TW

Somethin's up

I don't know about you, but there sure is something fishy going on up in my old stomping grounds of Manitoulin Island. Zeke went to great lengths and risked plenty to capture this video from Spring Bay (which is just west of Lake Mindemoya). Thanks Zeke!

It's quite compelling. If you ask me, it's some sort of demonic, paganistic shin-dig and it has my investigative juices boiling. What do you think?