Strange & Unknown

The Scariest Phone Number In The World

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Once upon a time in 1984, there was a young man in the northwest who loved to play with telephones. One day he was exploring the 804 area code in Virginia and discovered the strangest thing. Every time he dialed up any number on the 840 exchange, he’d get a recording as if the exchange [...]

The Ghost Who Gave Back Massages

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

As we often did in those days, late one night in 2006 I lay stretched across the bed, on the phone with my girlfriend Christine. Her Cuteness blathered on about such-n-such issue of little consequence when all of a sudden I heard her shriek followed by a loud *clunk* *clunk* *clunk* “…Christine? Are you ok?” [...]

The Creepiest Word

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Sometime back in 2006, I remember laying on my bed reading the latest issue of Fate Magazine, when I stumbled across a very peculiar advertisement. It was from a company I’d never heard of before called Finbarr International, based out of England. Being a copywriter and therefore in the ad business myself, I’m always up [...]

How To Use The I Ching To Divine Your Future

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

An old yellow book I’d discovered in a dark, dusty corner of a nameless bookstore here in St. Louis sat on the bookshelf in my bedroom – undisturbed – for years. It was called “The I Ching” – Chinese for “The Book of Changes.” My friend Jason also nabbed him a copy at the same [...]

Cancer Astrology Study part 2: July 21 – Mayan New Year

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Awhile back, I wrote a fairly in-depth look at the psychology of a Cancer man because, well, I’m a Cancer myself and if you are too (or if you are considering dating one) it’s definitely a good idea to take a look at the things that will help you understand some of his (or her) [...]