3 great indie book stores you've (probably) never heard of

The Book Loft

Settled in the German Village district on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, The Book Loft is a treat for book lovers. Sporting 32 rooms filled with books, there is a little bit of everything for all kinds of readers. Of course there's your children's books, cook books, novels, and everything that can be expected, but there are also rare gems waiting in the giant maze that makes up this book store. For a maze is what it is, with several floors and stairways that will take your around to large rooms filled with books and to little nooks and crannies stuffed with reading material. It's been a few years since I've been there, but they also used to have a house cat roaming around, so don't accidentally step on the kitty.

The Regulator Bookshop

Nestled into a nook on Ninth Street in Durham, North Carolina, The Regulator Bookshop is not far from the downtown area and is right next door to Duke University. The clientele is obviously heavily influenced by the university environment, and many of the selections here are ones that would be appreciated by college students, though there's a little bit of everything throughout the store. There actually are some text books for sale, and there's a nice mixture of new and used books. The store also buys book, but call ahead first to ask for their policies on book buying.

the Morris Book Shop

Not only is the Morris Book Shop and independent book store, but it also caters to readers who enjoy material from independent publishers and authors as well as books from smaller presses. Book signings, live musicians and other events are quite common at this shop off Southland Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, so don't forget to check out its online calendar before dropping in. Also, if you happen to be an author, try becoming familiar with the Morris Book Shop; I've personally asked store staff to carry particular books from smaller publishers, and they have always happily complied within a matter of days. Though this is a small store, don't be fooled; this shop has lots to offer, often unique material, and they're willing to order whatever will make the customer happy.

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How many actors played Jason in the Friday the 13th movies?

In case you didn't know, the hockey-masked killer from the Friday the 13th series of movies is named Jason Voorhees. He has been portrayed by quite an array of actors and stuntmen. How many? Let's break it down by the movies.

Friday the 13th (1980)

Following up on the success of the late 70s indie killer-who-chases-teens horror hit Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, the first Friday the 13 did well enough in theaters and in VHS for the series to continue into sequels. And believe it or not, there is no hockey mask in this movie and Jason Voorhees himself appears for only a few seconds in the film. The main killer here is Jason's mother, Pamela Sue Voorhees. Jason himself only appears twice in the film, and quite briefly. He appears in a silhouette as a child when his murderous mother tells a tale about her past, and he appears in what seems to be a dream or hallucination by the movie's sole survivor at the end of the film. But who portrayed Jason in the original Friday the 13th movie? It was then-15-year-old actor Ari Lehman, who has gone on to have a career in pop music.

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

In this, the first of many sequels to the original Friday the 13th movie, Jason Voorhees steps into the spotlight as the main killer. Masked with a sack over his head, there is still no hockey mask to be found here. In this movie, Jason is played by two men, actor Warrington Gillette and stuntman Steve Daskawisz. Daskawisz was Jason throughout almost all of this movie, with Gillette playing Jason during an unmasking scene near the end of the film.

Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)

The hockey mask finally arrives! It's a historical moment in horror cinema! In this movie Jason is played by Englishman and former trapeze artist Richard Brooker. And how did our killer receive his first hockey mask? Having been unmasked in the last movie, here Jason takes the hockey mask from a victim he kills.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

As pretty much everyone knows, this of course wasn't really the final chapter. Though it was supposed to be, at least for Jason Voorhees who was appeared to have been hacked up with a machete by the Tommy Jarvis character at the end of the move. What happened? Money, of course! Paramount Pictures wasn't going to let a little thing like the main character getting chopped into little bits interfere with them making millions. And who could blame them? Stuntman Ted White portrayed Jason in this movie, and he has gone on the record that he did not fully enjoy his experience on this film while portraying a murderer and he did not find any interest in stories where a deformed killer murders young people. So, why did White do the movie? Money, of course!

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

This film was supposed to bring about a major change in the Friday the 13th franchise of movies. Jason was dead. A new killer was needed. Who would it be? Well, for this movie it turned out to be character Roy Burns (played by actor Dick Wieand) who wore a hockey mask like Jason and who tries to kill Jason's killer, Tommy Jarvis. Unfortunately for Burns, Tommy slays him, too. However, Jason does appear in this film in a few flashbacks and dreams. Stuntman Tom Morga had the honor of being Jason in this movie, and he played the Roy Burns character in some scenes, too.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

In this one, the real Jason returns. From the dead, even. Tommy Jarvis is back, too, and it's he who accidentally resurrects our notorious killer. And yep, Jason is still wearing his trusty hockey mask. But who is the man behind the mask this time? It's none other than C.J. Graham, who was a night club owner picked to play Jason in this movie after being seen portraying Jason in a night club act. Graham also appeared as Jason in the Alice Cooper video for the song "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)."

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

This film begins actor and stuntman Kane Hodder's relationship with the Jason Voorhees character. Hodder was Jason for this movie, and he would portray the killer for four movies total, by far more than any other actor to this date. So, Hodder has become a bit of a celebrity among Friday the 13th fans in particular and horror movie fans in general. In this movie, Jason is raised from the dead (again) accidentally by telekinetic Tina Shepard (played by Lar Park Lincoln). As usual, Jason goes on a rampage. It is only when Shepard uses her powers to raise her father from the dead that Jason is defeated once more.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Kane Hodder returns to play Jason for the second time. In this film, Jason yet again is revived from the dead (this time by an electric cable) and goes on another bloody hunt for young people. What's different about this bloody rampage from all the others? This one mostly takes place in Manhattan instead of the country surrounding Jason's normal stomping grounds of Crystal Lake. Here, Jason jumps aboard a boat that is taking some teens to New York. Upon arrival, Jason jumps off ship and continues his normal slaying ways.

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Yep, Kane Hodder is back, but this time he's not in the mask so much. "Jason Goes to Hell" takes a different plot than the earlier movies. In this one, Jason is hunted down and killed by the FBI, but then his ghost manages to possess the bodies of others. So, Jason's spirit jumps around into different characters throughout this film. The first person Jason takes possession of is the coroner, played by Richard Gant. Next, Jason takes over the body of a police officer named Josh, played by actor Andrew Bloch. In another move, Jason becomes TV reporter Robert Campbell, actor Steven Culp. Finally, Jason takes over the body of a police officer named Randy, actor Kipp Marcus, and then Jason is finally destroyed and sent to hell. So, a total of five people portrayed Jason in this film, though most didn't garb the famed hockey mask all the time.

Jason X (2002)

This is one of the goofier of the movies featuring Jason Voorhees. In this one, it's the future. Jason is brought back to life once more, then nearly destroyed again. But parts of his body remain, and tiny, spider-like nanobots rebuild Jason, except he's bigger and better than ever. Kind of like the Six Million Dollar Man. They can rebuild him. And they do. And Jason goes on yet another rampage, this time on a spaceship against the spaceship's poor crew. This is Kane Hodder's final performance as Jason, at least to this date. This film has its moments, I suppose, but it's generally my least favorite of all the Jason films.

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Two of the best-known horror figures face off in this movie. Jason goes up against Freddy Krueger (actor Robert Englund) of the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise of horror films. Here, Freddy raises Jason from the depths of hell so Jason can terrorize Freddy's old neighborhood of Elm Street, but the tables eventually get turned and Jason and Freddy go at one another head on. Who is the winner? You'll have to watch the movie to find out. And watch for Ken Kirzinger, who plays Jason in this film. And let us not forget stuntman Glenn Ennis, who performs some of the stunts as Jason (and who also plays Hooded Justice in the Watchmen movie).

Friday the 13th (2009)

This, the latest film in the Friday the 13th franchise, isn't a sequel. And it's not an exact retelling of the very first movie despite the names being the same. This film is more of a retelling of the first few movies, though it has major plot differences, too. And who plays Jason in this film? Well, first up is child actor Caleb Guss, who acts as Jason when Jason was a boy. The adult, masked Jason is played by actor/stuntman Derek Mears (who is rumored to play the next Jason in an upcoming Friday the 13th film set to be released in 2010).

The final tally?

There have been a total of 16 actors to portray killer Jason Voorhees. Some might argue the number should only be 12, but I am including the four actors who portrayed characters in "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" who had their bodies taken over by Jason's soul. Either way, it's quite a number of actors. Interestingly, if Derek Mears does indeed play Jason in the next film in the series, he will be the only actor other than Kane Hodder to have appeared as Jason in more than one film.

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What should fiction writers have on their desk?

Dictionary and thesaurus

Does this one seem old-fashioned to you? Why have actual booksnear your writing space when you can log onto the Internet at any time and find out the same information? There are a few reasons, the chief one being that the Internet is a big distraction from writing. In fact, you might be best served to write on a computer that has no Net connection. Also, what is your Net access goes down? In that case, you'd still have your trusty dictionary and thesaurus right there at hand. I can't help you if the power goes out, but you could always have a manual typewriter or a pen and pad of paper handy. Keep in mind, the world existed a long time before computers came along. Even before household electricity, believe it or not. And people wrote back then, by candlelight sometimes.

Pens, pencils, paper

I mention this mainly for writing little notes to yourself, but obviously you can do just about everything a writer needs with these bare essentials. I prefer to leave little notes for myself, sometimes folders full of them, so I can look things over without having to power up my computer or have to go searching through all the folders on my computer because I couldn't remember the name of some note file I created a week ago. But that's just me, and obviously I'm a little old fashioned when it comes to this writing thing. Also, if you're writing fiction and the scene involves lots of people and/or action, sometimes it can help to draw out a little diagram of where everyone is.

A baby name book

This one should be obvious. If you're writing fiction, you'll often have to come up with names for your characters. Sometimes you might want a specific name, or a certain sound name, that has some meaning for a particular character. Other times you just want a name that doesn't sound boring. And still other times you won't really care, you just need a name. One of those books with names for babies can come in handy at this point, allowing you to flip through and get lots of ideas.

An atlas

This one can be handy, too. But why have an atlas when you can just jump onto Mapquest? Besides reasons I outlined above for staying off the Internet, it's also true that Mapquest doesn't have everything; oh, Mapquest has the U.S. covered pretty well, and most of Western Europe, but there are still plenty of places in the world where an online map can't help you. If you're writing a thriller, an atlas can help you plot out where the next caper or shoot-em-up or whatever should occur. If you're writing a horror story about a killer stalking someone in New York City, you want to make sure you've got the locale and street names correct, especially if you don't live there. Even if you're writing fantasy, an atlas can give you naming ideas for far-away lands.

A Latin dictionary

This one is a bit of a stretch, but I've always found it useful for a variety of reasons. A number of the world's modern languages are based on Latin, and even some of the English language is taken from Latin. Sometimes I just want to look up the early meanings of a word or the original root of a word. Other times, since I write a fair amount of fantasy, I like to peruse a Latin dictionary in search of words or phrases that sound as if they're from another time and land.

Something inspiring

I'm talking about whatever it is that helps you to keep the ball rolling. Whatever it is that inspires you to write. Maybe it's a picture of loved one. Maybe it's a paperback signed by your favorite author. Maybe it's a blue-ribbon award you won for a story you wrote back in elementary school. Whatever it is, you should have it near just to look at it to help keep you motivated and those writing juices flowing in the old brain.

10 albums for fans of 80s hair bands

Metal Health, by Quiet Riot (1983)
I was in junior high when this album came out, and I remember at the time there was a huge rivalry (at least on MTV) between Quiet Riot and Def Leppard, mainly driven by this album and Def Leppard's Pyromania. For the time, Metal Healthwas a pretty hardcore rock album, and it's still fun to listen to today. My favorite songs here were "Cum On Feel the Noize," "Metal Health" and "Battle Axe."

Midnight Madness, by Night Ranger (1983)
Is Night Ranger truly a hair band? Well, they had the hair, though they were lacking in spandex, crunchy guitar solos and the stage attitude. Still, I think they qualify, even though they're on the softer side of this music. Either way, this particular albums had some classic ballads, including the unforgettable "Sister Christian," along with stronger songs like "(You Can Still) Rock in America" and "Passion Play." If you like 80s music, even if you're not a fan of the hair bands, you've got to listen to this album.

Stay Hungry, by Twisted Sister (1984)
Now we do a complete 180. Twisted Sister is totally opposite from Night Ranger. Twisted Sister had the spandex, the guitars, the makeup, the hair and the attitude. This band's music was a bit more heavy metal than many mainstream hair bands, but that doesn't mean they weren't an awesome band. This album had some MTV favorites such as "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It," but it also had some creepy metal tunes like "Captain Howdy" and "The Beast."

Under Lock and Key, by Dokken (1985)
Dokken was never the most popular of rock bands, but they always held a special place in my heart and they had a few hits, especially off this, their third studio albums. Hit songs like "In My Dreams" and "It's Not Love" can be found here, but there were also other cool tunes like "Will the Sun Rise."


The Last Command, by W.A.S.P. (1985)
The band W.A.S.P. is arguably more heavy metal than true hair band, but they had the hair and the spandex and lots of stage antics. This particular album is their best, in my opinion, featuring rocking songs like "Wild Child," "Fistful of Diamonds" and "Widowmaker."


Soldiers Under Command, by Stryper (1985)
There was even a Christian hair band. That's right. If you weren't around or don't remember, Stryper was a Christian rock band in the 80s. This band wasn't usually my thing, but I have to admit this album had some pretty good songs with "Together Forever," "Reach Out," "Surrender" and more.

The Final Countdown, by Europe (1986)
Nearly 25 years later, I still can't get the song "The Final Countdown" out of my head, especially the horns section. This is the third album from this band and it was their biggest album with hits like "The Final Countdown," "Carrie" and "Cherokee." Europe was never a favorite band of mine, but they were alright.

Pride, by White Lion (1987)
This was back in the day when MTV made a band's career, not that White Lion wasn't deserving in its own regard. Because it was. This particular album is the band's best-known, including such great hits as "Wait," "When the Children Cry" and "Tell Me," all staples of the softer side of hair rock.

Winger, by Winger (1988)
Please, give poor Winger and frontman Kip Winger a break. Sure, they weren't the most metal of all the bands out there, and sure Beavis and Buttheadhad lots of giggles making fun of Winger in the 1990s, but this band wasn't nearly as bad or wussy as its unfortunate reputation (thanks mostly to Beavis and Butthead). Winger had some cool songs, such as "Seventeen" on this album. Other groovy tunes were "Headed for a Heartbreak" and "Hungry." This album even contains a very interesting cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."

The Disregard of Timekeeping, by Bonham (1989)
Lead by Jason Bonham, son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, this band hit just at the end of the hair band craze. And while this band never did huge, they had a hit (and pretty good song) with the Zeppelinesque tune "Wait for You." Overall, I always felt this was a pretty good album that didn't receive nearly as much attention as it deserved. Other cool tunes here include "Just Another Day" and "Bringing Me Down."

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100 movies all horror fans should see

1. Psycho (1960)
2. The Exorcist (1973)
3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
4. The Omen (1976)
5. Halloween (1978)
6. Halloween (2007)
7. Frankenstein (1931)
8. Dracula (1931)
9. Dracula (1958)
10. Dracula (1992)
11. The Mummy (1932)
12. The Mummy (1959)
13. The Wolf Man (1941)
14. The Wolfman (2010)
15. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
16. Theater of Blood (1973)
17. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
18. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
19. The Changeling (1980)
20. Freaks (1932)
21. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
22. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
23. Them! (1954)
24. Gojia (1954)
25. Poltergeist (1982)
26. The Haunting (1963)
27. The Evil Dead (1981)
28. Evil Dead II (1987)
29. Army of Darkness (1992)
30. Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
31. Alien (1979)
32. The Thing (1982)
33. Nosferatu (1922)
34. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
35. The Golem (1920)
36. Suspiria (1977)
37. Opera (1987)
38. Ringu (1998)
39. The Ring (2002)
40. The Grudge (2004)
41. The Shining (1980)
42. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
43. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
44. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
45. Day of the Dead (1985)
46. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
47. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killler (1986)
48. The Birds (1963)
49. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1943)
50. Prophecy (1979)
51. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
52. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
53. Friday the 13th (1980)
54. Friday the 13th (2009)
55. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
56. Village of the Damned (1960)
57. Re-Animator (1985)
58. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
59. Scream (1996)
60. From Dusk Til Dawn (1996)
61. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
62. Diabolique (1955)
63. Jaws (1975)
64. The Innocents (1961)
65. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
66. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
67. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
68. Paranormal Activity (2007)
69. The Amityville Horror (1979)
70. Ghost Ship (2002)
71. Thirteen Ghosts (1960)
72. Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
73. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
74. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
75. Saw (2004)
76. 28 Days Later (2002)
77. The Last House on the Left (1972)
78. The Body Snatcher (1945)
79. The Fly (1958)
80. The Fly (1986)
81. The Invisible Man (1933)
82. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
83. The Sentinel (1977)
84. Child's Play (1988)
85. The Others (2001)
86. Wrong Turn (2003)
87. Hellraiser (1987)
88. The Howling (1981)
89. Scanners (1981)
90. Le Manoir du Diable (aka. The House of the Devil) (1896)
91. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
92. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
93. House of Wax (1953)
94. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
95. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
96. I Am Legend (2007)
97. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
98. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
99. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
100. Cat People (1942)

10 facts about Jon Stewart of The Daily Show

1. Jon Stewart's birth name is Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz.
2. He was born in New York City on November 28, 1962, but he grew up in Lawrence, New Jersey.
3. His brother Larry Leibowitz is the chief operating officer for the New York Stock Exchange.
4. In college, Stewart majored in psychology. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and played on the soccer team.
5. Stewart's first stand-up gig as a comedian was in Greenwich Village in New York City at the comedy club known as The Bitter End.
6. Jon Stewart and Democratic U.S. House Representative Anthony Weiner were once roommates. Weiner is reportedly the only politician to whom Stewart has donated.
7. His first broadcast as host of The Daily Show was on January 11, 1999.
8. Stewart has been married since 2000 and has two children, one son born in 2004 and one daughter born in 2006.
9. He is a fan of the New York Giants football team and the New York Mets baseball team.
10. Stewart is the author of one book, "Naked Pictures of Famous People," and co-author with The Daily Show writing staff of two more books, "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction: and "Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race."

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