{"id":2041,"date":"2009-10-27T12:47:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T17:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2009-10-27T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T18:00:25","slug":"success-and-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/success-and-failure","title":{"rendered":"Success and Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Grumble<\/a>From the Dead Letter Office<\/strong>:
\nOur friend Gzzlglug writes…<\/p>\n

Subject: Bruno<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s sad, really. I had the highest hopes for my pumpkin monster involving lavish plans with PVC, dowels and wire. Novice that I am, I stupidly believed that I could do this with a real pumpkin, and have ended up with (rather cool) skeletal arms protruding from a black-draped ladder, upon which the head sits.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hey, Glugmuck<\/p>\n

If you don’t count swearing, “I stupidly believed” ranks as one of the top 10 most-uttered canards by the haunt engineer. A few other gems in that list are: “We assumed”, “Randy said”, and “It’ll be fine”.<\/p>\n

\"Tape<\/a>To date, I can’t recall a single project that ended the way I thought it would when it was hatched. Sometimes that works out for the best, and sometimes you get a Packing Tape Zombie. <\/p>\n

Enjoy your successes and toss your failures over the fence. They make good nesting material for bunnies and quail. \"Tape<\/a>Packing tape zombies, however, degrade differently. They’ll hang around, usually out of spite, to remind you of your spectacular potential for inadequacy. <\/p>\n

On the plus side, when it finally fills up with ants, it will eventually burst.<\/p>\n

Gruesomely.<\/p>\n

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Success and Failure…<\/p>\n\n\t\t