Readers may remember that back in October I went to the wonderful Celebrate Samhain event in Peterborough, NH. While there I caught the end of Dawn Hunt’s presentation “Kitchen Witch Workshop”, and regretted not being there from the beginning. However, I started pondering what, if anything, I wanted to do to acknowledge the approaching Yule and Christmas season. Last year the totally awesome Alice Diehl wrote about holiday horror films, but sadly, I don’t think that niche has expanded enough in the passing year to address the subject matter again. Then I remembered Dawn Hunt, and the fact that I love food, and thus my cunning plan of obtaining a seasonal article and a new recipe came to fruition!

I talk to Dr. Bob Curran, author of “Man-Made Monsters: A Field Guide to Golems, Patchwork Soldiers, Homunculi, and Other Created Creatures”, about all things creature, Swamp Thing, and yes, Santa Claus.

This past October I attended the 2nd Annual Northern New York Paranormal Expo put together by the City of Plattsburgh and the Northern New York Paranormal Research Society. While there I fell in love with TOD, the adorable Terrestrial Optical Droid new to the NNYPRS. After reading my article about the event, Brian Leighton who has been writing about paranormal research technology for The Magical Buffet, jumped to the obvious conclusion that I would want a whole article devoted to TOD. He was right.

It’s that time again! JB Sanders shares all his geek news picks for last month. Check it out folks, it’s link-a-licious!

At long last, part two of my Bermuda cruise drinking adventure! This one is Rum Swizzle versus Dark and Stormy, a match up not to be missed!

Here it is, Hanukkah time again. Last year I shared with all of you my collection of menorahs, and sadly, that appears to be the last time Judaism was featured on The Magical Buffet. Fortunately this year I have something fun to share with all of you for the 2010 Hanukkah season….my little dreidel collection! And we’ll even talk about how to play!

First it was “The Colbert Healthcare Challenge”, and then it was the “Everyday Dharma Challenge”. Now I’m proud to introduce the “Living Magick Tarot Challenge”! Yes, Rebecca is finally doing something again!

Click in for part one of a two part series about all I learned about drinking on this year’s cruise to Bermuda. There will be Champagne cocktails, exotic drinks from Brazil, and even a bar fight! It will be a good time, I promise.

I get to interview Benjamin E. Zeller, author of “Prophets and Protons: New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth Century America”. We talk about The International Society of Krishna Consciousness, Human Individual Metamorphosis (Total Overcomers Anonymous), and the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity; better known by most as Hare Krishnas, Heaven’s Gate, and the Moonies. There might also be a little Scientology and Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but there’s only one way to find out….click on in!

This review is way overdue. For months now the adorable box for the “Sun and Moon Tarot” by Vanessa Decort has been sitting on my desk, continually being reached over, moved to different stacks on my desk, and just generally being overlooked. I kept meaning to open it up, but other stuff managed to always force its way past the box to the front of the line. I’m sorry “Sun and Moon Tarot”; I should have opened you sooner because now I see what I have been missing.