Disney's Halloween Treat is what made Halloween great when I was a kid.  The trick-or-treating too of course, but this old collection of the scarier moments of Disney is something that I have always remembered and wanted to share with my kids, when I have them.  I don't think Disney has released this program in DVD format because all I can find on Amazon is a VHS copy that somebody is trying to sell for $145.  I guess they know they can get that price for a movie so loved by previous generations. Luckily enough, even though not on DVD, somebody has posted the whole show on YouTube in nine parts.  I'm reposting it here for everyones viewing pleasure.  Enjoy. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Tags: Disney, Halloween, Disney's Halloween Treat Related posts:Halloween Getting in the Halloween spirit is great fun.  Up until... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Long story coming, but it's worth it. I received a call last week informing me that my brother-in-law just won a free vacation and he wanted me to win one too. It was Worldmark by Wyndham calling, and they wanted me to come in and sit through one of their presentations on time shares. They are not actually time shares in the conventional sense of the word, but they are similar. So I said ok, convinced April that we would get at least a free night stay and dinner, and booked the date to attend the presentation. Most of you have probably been to one of these things, so I'll spare you all the details, but suffice it to say that it was a typical sales environment. There was loud music, happy employees greeting us, drinks, cookies - all aimed at softening us up for the upcoming sales pitch. We spoke to our "representative" about our dream vacation and nice feel good type stuff, then proceeded into a large presentation room where we listened to a guy talk about how we needed to start going on planned vacations if we were ever going to be happy in our lives.  ...

I never thought I would be writing a book recommendation post about a school book. Well, I take that back. I read some good books during my undergraduate degree, but they were more scholarly and not exactly good for reviewing. If you want to read a book that's just weird, 'Orbiting the Giant Hairball' is it.  It's not weird in the same way as, say, tiny crablike creatures inhabiting the earth, but it's still out there.  You have to have experienced work in a corportate or semi-corporate setting to understand the weirdness in it.  That said, it is a business-like book, but don't let the word business deter you - it's not a real business book. This author worked at Hallmark for years and now takes the reader on a journey through many of his experiences there.  He describes Hallmark as a Giant Hairball, sucking everything into it with it's powerful gravitational pull.  It especially sucks in creativity and individuality, then squashes it in its giant, hairy mass.  The author, however, never got sucked in.  He "orbited" the hairball.  He was part of the organization, but never an organizational casualty. The hairball is everything that you hate about your job.  Gray ...

I haven't really written about housing since I created this blog and let my real estate blog alone.  However, my visits to the homes on this year's Salt Lake Parade of Homes has started up my thinking again.  This could have something to with a book that I've been reading on and off lately about how it takes a strong father to raise a strong daughter.  I've come to some conclusions in my head, but I don't know if they're formulated enough to put down in writing.  I guess I will try anyway. I think the main thought I have been having is on entitlement attitudes in the generation that we are now raising.  I don't have children, so I can't criticize others for not doing enough, nor can I praise myself for not falling victim to the traps that I see outside of my home.  I see what I see and I neither fault or pardon myself. The Parade of Homes is supposed to be a display of the best that builders have to offer.  I understand that, but I also know that these homes will be purchased soon.  Countless other homes just like them are already lived in.  But whether ...

I'm going to try to make it a point to write short reviews/recommendations  of the books I read, if only to test my own comprehension.  I tend to forget the easily forgettable. So while I didn't like how 'A Farewell to Arms' ended, I can't say it was a forgettable book.  Can anything by Hemingway be forgotten completely?  This was my first ever read of one of his books, and I'll say that it was somewhere between good and great. The author's preface (this was the author of the compilation - not Hemingway), said something about how Ernest Hemingway made American Literature what it is today.  I don't know enough, nor have I read enough to know exactly what made his style so revolutionary, so you'll forgive me when I say that that quality of the book went over my head.  That doesn't mean it wasn't good - just that I am not familiar enough with styles and times to know the difference between Hemingway and Harper Lee. If you saw the movie 'In Love and War' that came out sometime in the nineties and starred Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell, then you've seen the part of Heminway's life that inspired him to ...