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• As below, so aboveMay 16, 2024
  “What the hell, Mike? “Why do I have to hear it from Asmodeus of all people – Asmodeus, Mike! – that you not only let your tail slip, but that you were bragging about it? “The first rule of heaven is that you don’t let anyone know that we’re just like them. We have to… Read more: As below, so above
• Insider Trading 2April 19, 2024
  Welcome to another episode of ‘Debunking the Myth!’ As usual, I’m your host on this wild ride, Alan Carthage! Today, we are discussing the ‘Insiders’ that are said to plague the Hermitian Heritage Hotel. These creatures, spirits, or whatever they may be, are said to ‘trade’ with hotel guests, taking what they want from rooms, sometimes returning like objects, and sometimes returning the same objects but with small changes.
• SleeplessFebruary 16, 2024
              “Daddy, I can’t sleep,” my 9 year old daughter Sophia said, while standing in the doorway of my bedroom.             I groggily looked at my watch to see it was 11:13 PM. “It’s late, sweetie. You need to get some sleep for school tomorrow. Please just go lay down, close your eyes, and try to sleep.”             “But I’m scared,” she whined, “there’s this tapping sound in my room. I think it’s coming from my window, and it’s really creepy.”             “Ok, sweetie, I guess you can sleep in here tonight, if you think that will let us both get some rest.”             The next morning I was off work because of a late morning doctor’s appointment, so, after getting Sophia off to school, I went to figure out what had been tapping on her window. I found that the tree by her window had a young branch that was actually touching the window, so I broke out the ladder and pruning sheers, and cut that branch. I made sure no other branches were close enough to the window to tap on it, and I thought that would be the end of it.