{"id":1622,"date":"2008-12-05T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T11:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2011-01-18T21:02:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T01:02:34","slug":"link-dump-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Link Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nothing even resembling a theme here, unless you count &#8220;I swept out my Drafts folder and dumped it all here,&#8221; as a unifying element.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weirdtalesmagazine.com\/\">Weird Tales<\/a> &#8211; The classic magazine reinvents modern spooky with a lovely Website relaunch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oddee.com\/item_96499.aspx\">15 Weirdest Shoes<\/a> &#8211; I want the platforms with the live tarantula in the sole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delight.com\/Bones-Salt-and-Pepper-Shakers\">&#8220;Bones&#8221; Salt and Pepper Shakers<\/a> &#8211; Cute little shakers shaped like femurs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&#038;listing_id=17564299\">Turkey Head Salt and Pepper Shakers<\/a> &#8211; Shakers cast from real dead turkey heads.  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