Comments on: Monstrous Contingency Plans http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cindy Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15366 Cindy Scroggins Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:57:42 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15366 I should have listed public radio as one of the things that saved me. If you haven't heard Terry Gross's interview with Gary Larson, in which he discusses his childhood fear of monsters, you're in for a treat: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1469480" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1469480</a> The monster segment begins about 1/3 of the way through, if you're pressed for time. I should have listed public radio as one of the things that saved me. If you haven’t heard Terry Gross’s interview with Gary Larson, in which he discusses his childhood fear of monsters, you’re in for a treat:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1469480

The monster segment begins about 1/3 of the way through, if you’re pressed for time.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15365 Sheila Ryan Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:46:32 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15365 A 2001 episode of "This American Life" devoted to "<a href="http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=175" rel="nofollow">Babysitting</a>" features a wonderful segment titled "What Big Teeth You Have":<blockquote>Lots of babysitting is done by family members. Hillary Frank reports on what can happen when a teenaged son is put in charge of his younger brothers. It's not pretty. (14 minutes)</blockquote>Monstrous contingencies come into play if your brother is a werewolf, that's for sure. Give it a listen. A 2001 episode of “This American Life” devoted to “Babysitting” features a wonderful segment titled “What Big Teeth You Have”:
Lots of babysitting is done by family members. Hillary Frank reports on what can happen when a teenaged son is put in charge of his younger brothers. It’s not pretty. (14 minutes)

Monstrous contingencies come into play if your brother is a werewolf, that’s for sure. Give it a listen.

]]> By: Cindy Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15364 Cindy Scroggins Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:12:49 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15364 When I was 4 and saw Godzilla tromping through Tokyo, I felt sure that I could get away on my big tricycle. I remember feeling sorry for all those poor people without tricycles. When I was 4 and saw Godzilla tromping through Tokyo, I felt sure that I could get away on my big tricycle. I remember feeling sorry for all those poor people without tricycles.

]]> By: Daryl Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15363 Daryl Scroggins Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:04:30 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15363 When I was about six years old my parents often took me with them to the drive-in theater to see movies like <i>The Blob</i> and <i>It Came From Outer Space</i>. Even though I usually slept through big portions of such movies, I always saw enough to give me terrible nighmares for months. After seeing <i>The Blob</i> I developed a practice of standing on my bed at night, against the wall--which gave me enough room to get a running start for jumping almost all the way to my bedroom door in the pitch dark, over the creeping tar that surely enveloped the bed as soon as I left it. I'm sure it was there; the floor couldn't possibly have been that dark otherwise. When I was about six years old my parents often took me with them to the drive-in theater to see movies like The Blob and It Came From Outer Space. Even though I usually slept through big portions of such movies, I always saw enough to give me terrible nighmares for months. After seeing The Blob I developed a practice of standing on my bed at night, against the wall–which gave me enough room to get a running start for jumping almost all the way to my bedroom door in the pitch dark, over the creeping tar that surely enveloped the bed as soon as I left it. I’m sure it was there; the floor couldn’t possibly have been that dark otherwise.

]]> By: Michael Grant Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15362 Michael Grant Smith Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:49:12 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15362 Sure, it's "Sheila", but at night is she really (a) a werewolf or (b) a vampire? Sure, it’s “Sheila”, but at night is she really (a) a werewolf or (b) a vampire?

]]> By: Deron Bauman http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/01/monstrous-contingency-plans.html/comment-page-1#comment-15361 Deron Bauman Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:31:11 +0000 http://wp.patrickburleson.com/?p=7957#comment-15361 Sheila, the fact that you are still with us is proof that your contingencies worked. Sheila, the fact that you are still with us is proof that your contingencies worked.

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