Oct 31
Beware the energy vampires
Cats: odd things|See my Herald column over here.
They are all around. They are the undead. And they want to suck the life and vitality out of you.
We all have energy vampires in our lives: they come in the form of friends, in-laws, ex-spouses and co-workers. They wear you down, exhaust you, force you to surrender.
Politicians vant to suck your vote from you. Telemarketers are particularly virulent energy vamps vanting to suck your time and money from you.
And if that doesn’t do it, the bathroom mirror first thing in the morning will slay you.
Don’t worry about the little ghosts and goblins who come to your door tonight. Worry about the energy vampires who are there all the time, waiting in the wings to drain you.
They are the real monsters.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:11 pm
This was an inestimably excellent article
Happy Halloween!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I’ve been getting drained by the Gen Y / entitlement culture vampires. They are a tough group, as they are empowered and supported by the Union vampires and the Work Safe vampires…and there is no wooden stake!
P.S. For those of you who never knew…or forgot:
Halloween starts at dusk, and is when the line between the living and the dead disappears. The dead bring disease and misfortune upon the living and their crops and livestock. It is a dark time. A time to be feared.
You should be scared!
October 31st, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I always figured kids were energy vampires. I would wake up feeling rested and energetic then my kids would get up and suck the energy out of me. They would be wound for sound & I would be drained and tired. It happens at our BEaver meetings too. The little suckers leave me exhaustedbe the end of an hour and they are spunkier than ever – damn them!
November 1st, 2008 at 5:18 am
I am a registered Democrat and a union member, so I get three times the calls than most get. Will static garlic ward off energy vampires?
November 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
It’s true what you say – so true! They are the real monsters! You are right about telemarketers too.
November 1st, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I haven’t even signed up for the DNC list and I am getting waaaaaay more calls than I used to. I have started getting extremely rude and it’s kinda fun.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Dale, that word, inestimable, say it again and again!
Dick, it’s dusk now and i’m scared
H n P, truer words have never been spoken. They don’t tell you that in the books, do they.
Cormac, no garlic won’t work. It’s too good for them
Susan,say it again sista
Barbara, they will wear you down eventually. Sign up now
November 4th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
They’re PSYCHIC vampires! There was one in “One Dark Night,” a horribly crappy ’80s movie I made my friends and roommates watch recently and I still haven’t heard the end of it.
November 5th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
BeckEye, aaaaaahhhhhhh