1. Paducah Promotions Website
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I've spent the last week or so working on a web site for Paducah Promotions, a local company that promotes local music and organizes lots of shows and quite a few charity events. The main focus of the ...

2. Monster of the Week: The Devil Monkey
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Also Known As: The “Belt Road Booger” encountered by several people in Georgia in the 1970s was in all likelihood a devil monkey. The Nalusa Flaya of Choctaw legend bears a strong physical resemblance ...

3. Monster of the Week: The Hellhound
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Also Known As: Devil Dog, Demon Dog Description: Hellhounds look like large black mastiffs with red or yellow eyes. They have foul breath that is often described as smelling like rancid meat mixed with ...

4. Monster of the Week: The Ghoul
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Also Known As: Sometimes spelled “ghul,” the Arabic word for “demon.” Description: Ghouls who are well-fed on human flesh are indistinguishable from normal humans. The longer a ghoul goes without feeding, ...

5. Is the Ground Zero Mosque the GOP's Way of Gaming Google?
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... in Iraq a big plastic turkey during the same week that his Republican allies in Congress voted to slash benefits for Veterans. Read More at Goat Head Gumbo  ...

6. Monster of the Week: The Wampus Cat
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Also Known As: Ewah or Ew’ah (Cherokee). Description: The Wampus Cat is a demonic creature that looks like a bipedal mountain with large yellow eyes. BMA Classification: The Wampus Cat is listed ...

7. Monster of the Week: The Enfield Horror
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Also Known As: No other known names. Description: The Enfield Horror is described as bing 4.5-5 feet tall and grayish in color with large “flashlight-sized” red or pinkish eyes. The creature has two ...

8. Monster of the Week: The Mongolian Death Worm
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Since I can’t think of any new archetypes to do every week, we’re switching gears and doing the Monster of the Week. Some of the monsters covered here will be classics from folklore and mythology, some ...

9. Archetype of the Week: The Holy Man
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The holy man is a character who serves God. Most fictional holy men serve the Christian God, but there are occasional examples of holy men serving other deities, especially in fantasy stories. It should ...

10. Archetype of the Week: The Noble Savage
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The noble savage is a character from a primitive culture who is uncorrupted by the prejudices and quirks of "civilized" society. As a result, the noble savage is seen as embodying a high level of spiritual ...

11. Archetype of the Week: The Boy Scout
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The boy scout is the classic white-hat-wearing Good Guy. He believes that everyone should get along and follow the rules, and does his best to help people in need. The boy scout's strong values, incorruptible ...

12. Archetype of the Week: The Warrior
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The warrior is a character who specializes in battle. Unlike swashbucklers, most warriors prefer to dispatch their enemies with ruthless efficiency and sound tactics rather than with flashy displays ...

13. Archetype of the Week: The Rookie
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The rookie is the new kid on the block who doesn't have a lot of experience. Unlike the hot shot, he also doesn't have an amazing knack for his line of work. He's just a regular guy starting his career. ...

14. Archetype of the Week: The Trickster
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The trickster (often called the shapeshifter) archetype is closely related to the fool, but tends to be a more subversive character than the fool. The fool is (whether he knows it or not) is the object ...

15. Archetype of the Week: The Fool
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The fool is a comic relief character who makes the audience laugh by consistently making bad decisions, ignoring social boundaries, and generally acting absurdly. While some fools actively try to be ...

16. Wednesday WWPHITM?: Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser
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To continue with this week's musings on Sword & Sorcery fantasy, this Wednesday WWPHITM? takes a look at Fritz Lieber's Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser series. The basic plot will be "Ill Met in Lankhmar,' ...

17. Downdown After Dinner Promises Entertainment Without Troublemakers, Satan
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Summer’s almost here, and that means it’s time for another summer of Paducah’s weekly Downtime After Dinner events. Since there has been some recent controversy surrounding the festival, I tracked down ...

18. The Rules: Sword & Sorcery
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... during the first weekend of May. Read More at The Death Cookie  ...

19. The Funniest Shit You've Never Seen: God Edition
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... job of selling the idea that it’s really written by religious wingnuts (when my friends and I first discovered the site several years ago, it took us about a week to decide whether or not it was serious). ...

20. Archetype of the Week: The Spook
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The spook is an agent of some shadowy (usually government) organization, or at least he claims to be. While some spooks freely identify their agency affiliation, many prefer to remain vague about the ...