"Chilly chilly. Chilly chilly chilly."

Scary Stories was terrifying for me as a kid, but when I started working as a camp counselor I picked up a copy and memorized the best ones. As terrifying as they are to read alone, there is a pure, undeniable adrenaline rush that comes from hearing those stories late at night, gathered around a campfire. Bliss.

Scary Stories was terrifying for me as a kid, but when I started working as a camp counselor I picked up a copy and memorized the best ones. As terrifying as they are to read alone, there is a pure, undeniable adrenaline rush that comes from hearing those stories late at night, gathered around a campfire. Bliss.

Sure, but try telling it around a campfire. It doesn't get much scarier than that.

Sure, but try telling it around a campfire. It doesn't get much scarier than that.

I liked the first X-Men, but the second will always be one of my favourite movies. X-2 is The Avengers, 9 years early. All-star cast, great action scenes, witty dialogue, with the bonus of an actual plot that pushed the characters forward!

I liked the first X-Men, but the second will always be one of my favourite movies. X-2 is The Avengers, 9 years early. All-star cast, great action scenes, witty dialogue, with the bonus of an actual plot that pushed the characters forward!

"Penguins are people, my friend!"

"Penguins are people, my friend!"

The amount of jokes, references and satire he packed into TUA is extraordinary. I remember staying up late and trying not to laugh too hard as I read.

The amount of jokes, references and satire he packed into TUA is extraordinary. I remember staying up late and trying not to laugh too hard as I read.

Is that art? It looks like the opening screen to a 90s arcade game with digitized characters.

Is that art? It looks like the opening screen to a 90s arcade game with digitized characters.

75 Ways to Lose the Flab and Make Your Baby Racist!

75 Ways to Lose the Flab and Make Your Baby Racist!

110% agree. I have yet to read a lazier, doesn't-give-a-shit writer than JP, let alone one who churns out bestsellers faster than a McDonald's cook makes Big Macs. He embodies telling instead of showing, makes everything over-the-top dramatic, and has a protagonist who is so smart, loved and invincible you'd swear he…

110% agree. I have yet to read a lazier, doesn't-give-a-shit writer than JP, let alone one who churns out bestsellers faster than a McDonald's cook makes Big Macs. He embodies telling instead of showing, makes everything over-the-top dramatic, and has a protagonist who is so smart, loved and invincible you'd swear he…

He's a great actor who's been in some great movies, but to me he'll always be the dad from "Don't Look Under the Bed."

He's a great actor who's been in some great movies, but to me he'll always be the dad from "Don't Look Under the Bed."

If I want to make my mourners sob: For Me This is Heaven by Jimmy Eat World.