The Magical Buffet loves following the zany antics of assorted Middle Eastern “Vice Squads”! And this time a classic has come back for another go; rap music in Iran.

Is this an article about the new television series “The Walking Dead”? No. Is this a post about Voudon? Nope. Is this musical in nature, perhaps discussing Rob Zombie or The Cranberries song “Zombie”? Again, no. What the heck am I writing about? The elaborate alchemical process required to create what may be the best tasting Zombie cocktail you’ll ever taste.

After a year away, the Ghost Hunters of the Finger Lakes are back with a new investigation summary!

JB Sanders gives us the longest list yet of all things geek! October 2010 was a big month, featuring not yet dead languages, loads of shopping, webcomics, the Unified Conspiracy Theory for TV, movie trailers, gummi bear experiments, and more!

This is an interview I’m so excited about that I don’t even know what to say. I got to interview Donald Michael Kraig, author of “Modern Magick” which recently had a revised and expanded third edition published. We talk about this new edition, his time living with Scott Cunningham, magical practices, and he asks me a pretty tough question.

As most of you probably know, Saturday October 30, 2010 was the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Unfortunately I was unable to attend (Halloween Eve sessions of “All Flesh Must Be Eaten” don’t come around every day!) so like many people I was watching it Sunday morning thanks to my DVR. Fortunately for me, my good friend Erin Jennes made the trip and with a bribe of dinner out on my part, she was nice enough to share her thoughts and experiences from having been there first hand.

What happens when a student of art history writes a book about monsters? Something very beautiful.

For those of you keeping track at home this would be part six of my ongoing letter writing adventures. I’m back to my letter writing ways, but for how long? This time I’m sending mail “across the pond”. Will I do our country proud? Will I be ignored? Most importantly, will I be referred to as “cheeky”?

Movember, bringing attention to men’s health one moustache at a time.

On Saturday October 23, 2010 I woke up at 5:45AM, hurriedly got dressed, got some breakfast, and by 7AM Jim and I were on the road to Peterborough, NH. What on earth could be so important as to cause me to wake up 5:45AM on a Saturday? Celebrate Samhain!