Things That Go Bump In The Night
By Victoria Elizabeth, Fri Dec 9th
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While I was sitting quietly in my throne room this morning at myPalace on Dallas in beautiful downtown Victoria, BritishColumbia, Canada (a quaint, quirky colonial outpost right smackdab on the San Andreas fault line), my mind began to wander andponder.
Of course when you’re waiting for “big things” to happen or,...patiently standing on one foot for your ship to arrive at thebus station, or heaven forbid ...lollygagging about becauseGodot hasn’t turned up yet to give you a reason for being --something odd is bound to happen. Don’t ask me why, it just does.
Which brings me to the random topic of “things that go bump inthe night” (TTGBIT). Not being the quivering or querulous sort,I decided to inquire further into the wonderful world of TTGBIT.
However, when I typed www.things-that-go-bump-in-the-night.cominto my web browser, I landed on something called “bravepages”.Expecting to meet Robin Hood, the Red Dwarf or maybe my favoritewhite-haired classic TV-Western film star, Hop-a-long Cassidyand his colleague “The Cisco Kid”, to my dismay I received arather strange invitation to sign up for a free website -- notquite what I was expecting, -- but nevertheless an “awesome”experience, as the younger generation would say.
Ever the inquisitive type, I now have only 42,300 websites towade through according to the folks at www.google.com/. What aperfect project for the “Empress of Everything” to undertakeinstead of the usual royal duties ...you know, profferingpithyless proclamations, knighting every knave in the realm, ortaking the wretched Corgis for a walk.
So, in case you’re wondering about some of the stuff that poppedup under the category “things that go bump in the night”, hereare a few:
· Aliens, witches, and other creatures lurking around everycorner · The worry zone · An audio accessory available
frombigfishstudio.com · A ring tone for Nokia/Samsung mobile phones· Misplaced watchdog timers and unexplained error codes · Adrinking story and other campfire delights · Ominous lookingweather · Name of a badass chick net community · Humoroushistorical romance novel · Herds of children running through thehouse · Name of a hard metal rock band · Spooky Halloween screensaver · The reason behind a daily devotional · A fantasy andscience fiction convention – the key to three women’s destinies· An American-made circa 1989 detective film/crime thriller · Atechnology solution for an MS practitioner · The subject of aUnitarian Church sermon · Name of a children’s horror book · Aspecial lodging package including a Horse-Drawn Wagon ride · Adiscount store news item featuring a crypt · Strange sound madeby a barbecue grill right outside my computer room window · Nameof a Paranormal Database Record, and more engaging than thefaceless “404” messenger · The Vampire Support page · ATasmanian Forestry feature · An exploration of Grey and Gothicliterature (UBC) · Noisy nooky-makers · Name of a CD musicsampler ... better than “Ho-Hum” · Contents of a Scottish Prayer“When the Whole Earth was Overrun with Ghosts” · What “beast”(big thing) do you want to study or evaluate, and why? · Rawsockets, Neohapsis and NTBugtraq
BTW, if you want to more ...please do check out the remaining42,269 web pages and email me at quippingqueen@yahoo.com withyour fabulous finds!
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And for those of you interested in learning more about one of myfavorite haunts, "The Centre for the Incredibly Bored" (awonderful wonky spot that exists to provide all manner ofuseless diversions to keep one thoroughly occupied for theforeseeable future) visit "The Restless Mouse athttp://www.therestlessmouse.com
About the author:Victoria Elizabeth, “Quipping Queen & Empress of Everything”lives in Victoria, B.C. Canada. Besides issuing pottyproclamations from her virtual throne room atwww.quippingqueen.blogspot.com, HRH adores receiving greetingsat: quippingqueen@yahoo.com. When not busy with royal duties,she earns her bread and peanut butter as a “business developmentconsultant” (sounds a like a lot of ballyhoo and bafflegab tome).
