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Richer and Deader Than You and Me
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the 2011 Forbes list. Forbes magazine takes a ghoulish turn on wealth and fame every year just before Halloween when it publishes its annual list of top-earning dead...
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Deader? Yes. Richer? Maybe.
Jacko and Liz Taylor: Welcome to the party When last we checked in, we were reviewing Forbes magazine’s 2010 list of top-earning dead celebrities while waiting for this year’s pre-Halloween list of...
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REWIND: Five Spooky Castles
UPDATE: I first posted this piece just before Halloween 2009. Obviously a lot has changed over the past three years: Daylight Savings Time ends on Nov. 4 this year, for example, and Michael Ignatieff...
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REWIND: Creepy Cemeteries
UPDATE: Here’s another Halloween blog post that originally appeared in October 2009. I like cemeteries. I find them peaceful, calming, often quite beautiful, sometimes dramatic and always full of the...
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REWIND: Five Spooky Castles
This Nosey Parker piece first appeared just before Halloween in 2009. Without further ado, here are five spooky castles: 1. Orava Castle, Slovakia You know Orava Castle if you’ve ever seen Nosferatu,...
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It’s Waaaay Too Early For Halloween
So I’m sauntering along the Danforth on Saturday and — without actually looking for them — I came across not one, not, two, not three, but FOUR stores already selling Halloween costumes, treats and...
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