{"id":22100,"date":"2014-07-18T06:05:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=22100"},"modified":"2014-07-18T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:00:08","slug":"the-link-dump-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=22100","title":{"rendered":"The Link Dump in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flick Candles<\/a> – Offers scents like “Blueberry Bromance,” “Freshly Signed Divorce Papers,” and “Grandma’s Last Christmas Tree.”<\/p>\n

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory<\/a> – Caitlin Doughty, the mortician behind The Order of the Good Death, has a new book discussing her profession.<\/p>\n

The First Splatter Movies<\/a> – A look at the Grand Guignol theater (NSFW).<\/p>\n

St. George’s Church<\/a> – Locals decided this Medieval church was bad luck and were letting it fall to ruin, so an artist filled it with ghostlike sculptures and turned it into a very cool tourist attraction.<\/p>\n

History of the Ouija Board<\/a> – This article is a little heavy on the breathless woo-woo regarding supernatural influence, but it’s an interesting read. It’s particularly amusing to learn that the board was invented as a sort of spiritualism time-saving device.<\/p>\n

FakeRubberSnakes<\/a> – I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that there’s a site devoted entirely to fake rubber snakes.<\/p>\n

Guide to Troubled Birds<\/a> – A pocket field guide which allows one to “quickly identify psychotic, violent or mentally unstable bird species.” You can see some of the images at Flavorwire<\/a>. There’s a second volume, I Have Heard My Praises Sung In Screams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gemma Correll and Her Merry Band of Misfits<\/a> – Blog chock-full of amusing drawings, like New Muses<\/a> and Disney Princesses, Reimagined<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ghost Photographs<\/a> – Old photos “improved” by painting ghost costumes on everyone. I am oddly taken with this project.<\/p>\n

Find the Invisible Cow<\/a> – “Because it ain’t gonna find itself.” (via WitchArachne)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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