Rick's Journal

Monique and I went up to Mansfield MA Friday night so we could attend the NERO 25th anniversary party. While it didn't do much for the much needed productivity of a long weekend, it was a nice change of pace.

( NERO reunion )

( Defy Gravity or Popular? )

( BBQ in brief )

( All the Halloween costumes )

So, fun weekend if not terribly productive again and now off to another (blessedly short) work week. Happy Monday everyone (even if it is Tuesday)!

I couldn't let Halloween go without doing *something*, so I decided to decorate my office and the entryway into it.  In the area outside my office I set up a cemetary and then turned my office into the sanctum of a demon, which I played.  Here are some pictures with descriptions.

( Pictures and descriptions behind cut because I care about my friends )
It wasn't bad for a quick throw together.

You've all been very patient, a whole week and no update on last Friday's haunted house.  I was hoping to have a video of it, but as things worked out, almost all the video footage was no good.  :-(   So what I have for you is a slideshow and a detailed explanation of how things went. 

The haunted house last week in my department was a smashing success.  I was skeptical that we could outdo the previous year, but we totally blew it away.  The reviews were unanimously outstanding.   We had guests who were blown away. We even scared the skeptics who claim they can't be scared. People are still talking about it this week and I suspect will do so for a long time to come.

( Haunted house details )

The only problem I have now is how to outdo it again next year, but there are already plans in the works.  No, really.

I had posted about my haunted house Friday, but several people have reported that they can't see it, so I'm reposting it.

Haunted House
( Details behind the cut... Enter if you dare )
This definitely made up for my lack of Halloween spirit last year. :-)