Grandpa Got Devoured by a Shoggoth

There was something in the forest Set the dogs to bark and bay Grandpa loaded up his shotgun And went to see himself what lay that way

Grandpa got devoured by a Shoggoth

Trying to prevent catastrophe

People say there are no Elder Horrors

But as for me and Grandma, we believe

Grandpa came upon a clearing

Where some men had built a fire

They were dancing ‘round a statue

Of something evil, hideous, and dire

The men’s chant opened a portal

To a dark and awful place

Grandpa realized with horror

They had just betrayed the human race

Chorus

Something started through the portal

A foul pseudopod that smelled

Grandpa fired with both his barrels

Hoping he would blow it straight to hell

His shots only made it angry

And it hastened through the gate

Grandpa knew he must act quickly

Else the world would meet an ugly fate

Chorus

Grandpa struck one of the chanters

With the butt end of his gun

As the cultist fell unconscious

All their evil magic came undone

But before the monster vanished

Grandpa felt its cold embrace

It engulfed his struggling body

Then it disappeared without a trace

Chorus

Now you listeners may wonder

How I learned of Grandpa’s end

I was chanting in that circle

Pity Grandpa didn’t understand

Grandpa got devoured by a Shoggoth

Fighting to defend humanity

People say there are no Elder Horrors

But as for me and Grandma… WE BELIEVE!

The Good Doctor

Kidnap the Sandy Claws

United We Stand

I Crush Everything

Who Wants To Live Forever

It's hard to go wrong with a Lindsey video. And as a bonus video, I recorded a Fallout 4 gameplay video of my own yesterday, so why not share it, too?

Fancy Dancing

I See Fire

There's no real connection here, but it's still an amusing video.

Shwarma!

And toast!

Ninjas!

Heroes was a show with tremendous potential, but they just kept dropping the ball when they got close to the goal line.

Terror Squid

This is actually pretty awful, but it does have pirates and a giant squid.


Here's a better video. Am I not merciful?

Phantom of the Opera

A Little Piece of Heaven

There had to be at least one involving the undead. Language warning on this one. And a creepy, disturbing content warning, too. Seriously, this is twisted stuff.

Reignite

Nice music video.

The Resistance

Julia's band at the YEAH Rock Block show case in Murfreesboro, TN, on February 27, 2011.



And again on March 4, 2011.

March of Cambreadth (Babylon 5)

It's been way too long since I posted anything, but another gratuitous video can help fill the void.

Brand New Day

Can't let the season go by without Dr. Horrible.



And for extra horror, here's the karaoke version.

Dancing Baby

This is not one of the scary Halloween videos. This is Kaitlin going to town at the hafla at Sherlock's Book Emporium on Saturday, October 10, 2009.



Kaitlin was the life of the party.

Re: Your Brains

Tomorrow is the beginning of October, so I figure that a good way to start off the Halloween season -- particularly when it's going to be a month with not one but two zombie movies coming out -- is to share this video from Dragon*Con TV.



Bon appetite!

Music in the Vines

This post combines basic entertainment with a bit of food porn. William, Juliana, and I went down to Arrington Vineyard for one of their "Music in the Vines" evenings. It's basically a big, open picnic with a small band. Arrington really is a beautiful place to sit out on a warm summer evening, sipping wine and nibbling something fancy.

Which brings us to the food porn aspect of this post. I went on a Norwegian cooking spree this weekend, with the help of William and Juliana, of course. We did all the cooking on Friday, and had a dinner of Kjottsalat with Hassellback potatoes and sugar snap peas. All good stuff, and pleasantly cool for summer. Also, on Friday night, I started the Beer Pickled Salmon that we would be having the next day at the vinyard, along with spinach salad, bread, cheese, and assorted fruit. Light fare, but wonderfully decadent, and also cool for a warm summer night. It's a good thing I ended up making a lot more salmon that we actually needed, because the staff at Arrington really wanted to try it.

There's a "tablegating" contest at these events, too, to have the spiffiest table setting. Naturally we wouldn't want to disappoint in that area, and with all the feastgear that SCA people accumulate, we were pretty well prepared for setting a nice table. Alas, no one from Arrington came around to say whether anybody actually won the contest that night; given how overrun they were in the wine room, I doubt they had any time to spare for it. Oh well, we'll be back to try again.