206. Monsters Like When Campers Retreat into Tents for Protection
It’s like having your prey conveniently wrap itself in a thin tortilla shell and wait patiently for you to attack.
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205. Monsters Like Living in Inhospitable Habitats
The wilds of Borneo. The temperate rainforests of the American Northwest. The peaks of the Himalayan Mountains. The fourth circle of Hell. The satellites of Jupiter. Monsters like hard living. It keeps us tough. It keeps us agile. And usually, you pesky kids and your dogs don’t bother us at…
204. Monsters Like Stealing Your Heart
There are a few things in the world to which everyone is vulnerable. Little girls dancing in tutus. Sad puppy dog eyes. A cat playing with a feather or a ball of yarn. Without fail, these things grab your attention, steal your heart, and make you vulnerable to any request.…
200. Monsters Like Being Gentlemen
Monsters terrorize villages. Monsters raid and pillage. They destroy entire civilizations – when they can, of course. They build weapons, and summon demons, and pull the tags off of mattresses, and live without a solid moral code. But monsters have a soft side, too. And when we fall in love,…
199. Monsters Like Incongruous Movie Titles
You thought you got off easy, didn’t you? Don’t get too excited. Just because we said it was our last time doesn’t mean we meant it. We’re ba-a-ack!
194. Monsters Like Dying When the Amulet is Destroyed
Monsters don’t know what it is about those damn amulets that keep us alive. Some sort of ancient power or strange curse? We’re not really sure. But what we do know is that when the amulet is destroyed, it’s time to die. Again.
193. Monsters Like the Hobson’s Choice
“Join me, or be destroyed” is a line prattled out by many countless movie monsters. But is this really a choice? Any decision where one option is death isn’t really a choice. It’s a Hobson’s Choice – where the presenter gives two choices, but only one is actually viable. So,…
192. Monsters Like Playing with Dolls
Mr. Dolly, thank you for joining me for tea today. I do hope you are having a pleasant afternoon. Let me tell you about what happened to me today. First, I was walking down the street, and a car came along and splashing me in the stockings! I was so…
