{"id":272,"date":"2008-08-28T09:17:53","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2008-08-28T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T13:27:41","slug":"the-smell-of-burning-fog-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/the-smell-of-burning-fog-juice","title":{"rendered":"The smell of burning fog juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align='left' hspace='8' vspace='1' src=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare02-300x262.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Retro yard sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-279\" \/>A long time ago, your old pal Spooky did some spooking at the Culbertson Mansion haunted house in New Albany.  I still have my long-sleeved &#8220;Staff&#8221; T-shirt that I unpack every Fall and proudly wear.   Of course, since marriage obviously agrees with me, that shirt is getting a little stretched out.  (<strong>That&#8217;s<\/strong> why we joined the Y last week)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;ve done my time in a 90-degree fog-filled room under the unremitting, brain-frying flash of a strobe light, throat raw, waiting for the next group of sheep to come shuffling through.  Waiting.  Sitting.  Makeup stinging my eyes.  Booming soundtrack looping over and over.  Drone &#8230; drone &#8230; drone &#8230; hiss &#8230; buzz &#8230;  <\/p>\n<p>Peppered throughout the long stretches of intense boredom, however, came those short instances of unadulterated fun when the <em>marks<\/em> came along and we made them jump out of their skins.  That makes up for a lot of sore throats and stiff joints.  And besides, getting to go behind the scenes of any haunted house is just joy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/head-nurse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Head Nurse\" align='left' hspace='8' vspace='0' class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-289\" \/>It&#8217;s been a long time, and I&#8217;ve missed the feeling of involvement if not the smell of burning fog juice.  Funny how these things work out.  Completely separate events have led to my happy entanglement in two different haunts this year.  God&#8217;s idea for getting me out to meet new and interesting people, I guess.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-272 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/the-smell-of-burning-fog-juice\/retro-nightmare'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare-200x200.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare-200x200.png 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/the-smell-of-burning-fog-juice\/retro-nightmare02'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare02-200x200.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare02-200x200.png 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/retro-nightmare02-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/the-smell-of-burning-fog-juice\/head-nurse'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/head-nurse-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/head-nurse-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/08\/head-nurse-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\nIn case you&#8217;re wondering, click any of the &#8220;gallery&#8221; pictures for a larger version and more info.  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