Halloween Countdown, Day 11
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eldritchhobbitLINK OF THE DAY: Check out ExtremePumpkins.com for pumpkin carving at its wildest! Make sure to check out the galleries of past contest winners. They are amazing.
LITERATURE OF THE DAY: Today's story is a a very spooky tale called "The Spider" by Hans Heinz Ewers (1871-1943):
Excerpt from "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers:
Then I saw the male slowly extricating himself, one leg over the other. It was as if he wanted tactfully to leave his companion alone in the dream of love, but as he started away, the female, overwhelmed by a wild life, was after him, hunting him ruthlessly. The male let himself drop from a thread; the female followed, and for a while the lovers hung there, imitating a piece of art. Then they fell to the window-sill where the male, summoning all his strength, tried again to escape. Too late. The female already had him in her powerful grip, and was carrying him back to the center of the web. There, the place that had just served as the couch for their lascivious embraces took on quite another aspect. The lover wriggled, trying to escape from the female's wild embrace, but she was too much for him. It was not long before she had wrapped him completely in her thread, and he was helpless. Then she dug her sharp pincers into his body, and sucked full draughts of her young lover's blood. Finally, she detached herself from the pitiful and unrecognizable shell of his body and threw it out of her web.
So that is what love is like among these creatures. Well for me that I am not a spider.
Read the complete story.
LITERATURE OF THE DAY: Today's story is a a very spooky tale called "The Spider" by Hans Heinz Ewers (1871-1943):
Excerpt from "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers:
Then I saw the male slowly extricating himself, one leg over the other. It was as if he wanted tactfully to leave his companion alone in the dream of love, but as he started away, the female, overwhelmed by a wild life, was after him, hunting him ruthlessly. The male let himself drop from a thread; the female followed, and for a while the lovers hung there, imitating a piece of art. Then they fell to the window-sill where the male, summoning all his strength, tried again to escape. Too late. The female already had him in her powerful grip, and was carrying him back to the center of the web. There, the place that had just served as the couch for their lascivious embraces took on quite another aspect. The lover wriggled, trying to escape from the female's wild embrace, but she was too much for him. It was not long before she had wrapped him completely in her thread, and he was helpless. Then she dug her sharp pincers into his body, and sucked full draughts of her young lover's blood. Finally, she detached herself from the pitiful and unrecognizable shell of his body and threw it out of her web.
So that is what love is like among these creatures. Well for me that I am not a spider.
Read the complete story.
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Date: 2008-10-11 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-11 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-11 05:05 pm (UTC)In a similar vein to your extreme pumpkin link, here's a link to a video of power tool pumpkin carving: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/pac_ctnt_988_leader/text/0,,DIY_26336_64459,00.html?nl=DIY-NL_v155_8
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Date: 2008-10-12 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-10-12 02:06 pm (UTC)I hope you like the spider story!