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I remember watching Revenge of The Creature on TV’s Creature Features back in the 60s and 70s with my kid brothers and sisters. It’s the second film in the three-part Creature From the Black Lagoon series.

Although not as good as 1954’s Creature From the Black Lagoon, this 1955 sequel is still a solid horror classic. I’m surprised there haven’t been any remakes, yet…. More on that in a minute.

Revenge of The Creature focuses on a second scientific expedition to the Amazon in search of the “Gill Man,” who was leading a pretty happy aquatic existence until civilization visits his neck of the swamps.

Being scientific types, the expedition’s team uses a highly-technical, scientific-type method to capture the hapless Creature…

Holy Wienerschnitzel! A Florida church is in hot water over a how-to-have-great-sex seminar it’s conducting while the clothing-conscious Swiss are trying to prevent happy German tourists hiking in the buff.

According to Florida Today, The New Hope Church in Melbourne is holding an ongoing seminar called “Great Sex for You.”

Over 20,000 fliers were mailed to local households, asking “Is Your Sex Life A Bore?” and inviting them to “learn how to have the Great Sex that God created you to enjoy!”…

This is a true story.

After being chased by a bear and hit by a car, a pregnant Colorado woman said she would honor the euthanized animal by giving her baby the middle name “Bear.”

Ashley Swendsen, 26, Swendsen said she first spotted the bear as it was coming out of a creek.

“I didn’t know what to do, so I just kept walking,” she said. She started running when the bear moved toward her. As she ran, she thought, “If it was going to hurt me, it already would have…

Is it better to be pissed off than to be pissed on? Ask this Oregon man who paid a $206 traffic ticket by sending a plastic bag filled with coins and urine to the courts.

Speaking of dirty money, the Associated Press reports that another Oregon man, described as “foul smelling” was arrested for money laundering. It seems this guy who smells like cow manure goes into a bank…

I’m going up to White Plains with some friends in a week and we were trying to decide where to eat. After doing a local search for Westchester County restaurants, I came across this video for The Melting Pot in W.P. Looks inviting. Has anyone been there? Any comments on the dining experience?