Wow, the word “Press” is kind of weird. Ever thought about one word long enough to think the word is simply not natural to the human language? Yea? No? Well, I sat here and looked at the devilish cover of today’s edition of the HoustonPress and thought to myself how closely the main words on the cover reminded me of HoustonHaunts, except for that pesky little “press” right in the middle of it all. Which of course began all of “press” contemplation.

Sorry for the mindless rambling…here’s my point:

I thought you should check out the excellent coverage the HoustonPress gave our excellent industry. Pick up your very own personal copy of the alt-rag (at many fine dining locations around our fine city) OR check out the excellent story here.

But wait there’s more! Check out the mini-story regarding the haunt industries “passionate” actors. Scaring you straight from the very bottom of what some would call a heart…just the way we like it!

While we were surfing the net, we came across another one of those addicting (but entertaining) Yahoo! Buzz lists. This time the list was featuring buzzing haunted houses. Low and behold, I was very amused to find that Houston was represented with Phobia ranking in at 10th on the top 20 list. See the list here.

We’ve watched Yahoo! over the last week or so “pumpkin push” everything from stories about a U.S. pumpkin shortage to a new pumpkin sized record. Sometimes we get so envolved with trying to put a decent (and perdy lookin’) site out there for you guys, we almost forget about Halloween altogether.

Yesterday I was sitting at my desk looking out at FM 1960 and thought about the Jack in the Box that resides down the street. My friend had one of their pumpkin shakes which brought up another thought…wasn’t carving up a pumpkin one of the best parts of Halloween when I was a kid? I think I’ll go get one of those shakes tommorrow, I’ll be sure to give you an update…

For now, here is some more of Yahoo’s pumpkin-pushin-buzz: 30-ways-to-eat-a-pumpkin

…and here is an interesting looking pumpkin website: www.pumpkinhunt.com