True Blood: Vampires from the South!

HBO will begin airing a new TV series “True Blood” just in time for Halloween!

“True Blood” is based on Charlaine Harris’ “Southern Vampire” novel series. Set in small-town Louisiana, where vampires are able to co-exist with humans by drinking a Japanese-manufactured synthetic blood, the show will be a mix of both horror and humor.

Alan Ball, the creator of “Six Feet Under” will act as showrunner for the new series. “Charlaine has created such a rich environment that’s very funny and at the same time very scary,” Ball told Daily …(read more)

FINALLY, MY REVIEW OF "THE STRANGERS"

So,The Strangers opened, what, like a month ago? And I am just now writing a review of it? Well, I dropped the ball on this one, I admit, even though I saw it on opening night. I figured I’d weigh in when they really needed my help after competing for several weeks against the other summer blockbusters. After their opening weekend loss to Indiana Jones, It has slunk downward to now pretty much not even being in the movie theaters anymore. So my very positive review was designed to be a life preserver when all else was lost. just …(read more)

Robot? Human? Soon We Won't Know the Difference

According to BBC News, Japanese scientists have just revealed the most human-looking robot to date, Repliee Q1Expo.

Repliee a “female” android, is an improvement on the scientists’ previous version, R1 – a five year old girl. Unlike the earlier version, Repliee is made of flexible silicon instead of hard plastic and sensors that allow her to interact with others like a human.

She can flutter her eyelids, move her hands, and breathe like a real person. Scientists believe the day is coming when robots will fool us into believing they are …(read more)

13-Foot Snake Explodes after Eating a Gator

A 13-Foot non-native Burmese Python attempted to swallow an Alligator whole in Florida, but exploded in the process.

Shocked rangers found the remains of the two animals in the Everglades National Park. The head of the Python was found missing, and the alligator’s tail was found protruding from the snake’s belly. The alligator may have caused the Python’s stomach to explode by clawing at it from the inside.

“Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild… And here we are,” Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife …(read more)

Houses of Horror: What do you do with them?

Homes where JonBenet Ramsey and Sharon Tate were brutally slain must have lives after their gruesome history, but the question is: who would want to buy them, or even live in them?

Sara Bonisteel of Fox News has posted an insightful “how to” article on how to sell a home with a horrific past. Apparently, there is a right and wrong way to do this.

Read on to learn more: Foxnews.com (read more)

Python Emerges From the Toilet

A 10-foot Python was found slithering up a toilet at posh apartment building in Darwin, Australia.

The tenants of the apartment were given the shock of their lives when they discovered the stinky snake while trying to use the bathroom.

Chris Peberdy, a reptile wrangler, was called to rescue the snake. He admits he was “pretty shocked” to see the snake coming up out of the toilet. It is not so unusual to see a frog or small lizard, but a 10-foot python is quite extraordinary, he said.

Luckily the snake was not poisonous, just scary. There were no other …(read more)