In 1973 the movie 'The Exorcist' was released. It concerned the story of a young girl seemingly possessed by a demon, and the efforts of two priests to exorcise that demon from her and save her life and her soul.When it was released, it caused mass hysteria in cinemas, and paramedics had to be called to treat people who had f... More..
Nowadays when people think of zombies, the image they have is of a shambling, decaying corpse whose only desire is to consume warm human flesh - an image which comes to us from decades of horror movies featuring zombies. It seems that the original concept of the zombie has all but vanished from the public consciousness in fav... More..
Some cats are content to be relatively quiet, only meowing occasionally, while others seem to like talking to you (or just to the world in general) incessantly. But anyone who has ever had a cat will likely have noticed that they make more noises than just the stereotypical meow.The meow is, of course, the most common noise t... More..
When George Romero was making his 1968 movie 'Night of the Living Dead', he originally asked Tom Savini to work on the movie as a makeup artist. However, before the film started shooting, Savini was called up to serve as a combat photographer in Vietnam, and so he missed the movie entirely. Therefore, it seems somewhat approp... More..
Identity theft is estimated to cost the United Kingdom somewhere between 1.3 and 1.7 billion every year. Because of this, and because identity theft is a growing problem which often has connections to other criminal activities such as people and drug smuggling, several new laws have been passed in the UK over the past couple ... More..
'UFO' means 'Unidentified Flying Object'. That definition in itself should be proof enough that UFOs do exist, because at some point in their lives nearly everyone will likely see something in the skies that they do not recognize. Despite the fact that, according to the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, between 90 and 95... More..
If you are thinking of picking up an online game or MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game), you'd be forgiven for being more than a little overwhelmed by the choices out there already, with more coming onto the market all the time. Choosing the game that you think is going to keep you entertained and occupied... More..
When we moved house, we decided that one of our cats, whom we had adopted as a stray and who had always gone to the toilet outside before this, was going to become a fully 'indoor' cat as we didn't want to risk her getting lost in the new neighbourhood. Of course, the big problem there was teaching her to use a litter box, as... More..
As well as their meowing, cats rely very strongly on body language to communicate, both with other cats and with humans. Some behaviors are obvious and easy to read, while others can be more subtle.One of the most obvious behaviors cats have is when they weave themselves between your legs and rub against you. When they do thi... More..
Katrin Miller
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