The Book of the Bizarre

THE BIZARRE BOOK GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

Okay fellow connoisseurs of the curious and fans of the freaktacular, the winner for the Bizarre Giveaway has been chosen (at random using a very complicated system of bibliomancy that my niece, Vivienne, imposed upon me). So drum roll please… And the winner of my BIZARRE GIVEAWAY is… Aphrodisiastes Le Fay!!! Please e-mail varlaventura@gmail.com with …

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The Bizarre Book Giveaway, One Week Left

Well, technically a week and a day but that doesn’t make much of  a header now does it? Just a little reminder for those of you who haven’t entered the contest yet! It ends the 31st of May. How to Enter*: Subscribe to THE BLOG OF THE BIZARRE {+1 point} “Like” the Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Facebook page (they …

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May Day! May Day!

Happy May Day! Often associated with the distress when a vessel or vehicle is in trouble, the call “mayday! mayday! mayday!” derives from the French word m’aider which means “come help me.” Lesser known is the call “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan!” which means there is an urgent situation on board. Though one may think it is …

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