Things I learned from Ghost Hunting*

1. Reiki can open up your energy to such an extent it will activate your mediumistic powers.

2. Green olives can deactivate your mediumistic powers, at least temporarily.

3. Steve Gonsalves used to be a police officer in Springfield, Massachusetts, my dad's home town.

3a. He had his own paranormal group before joining T.A.P.S. full time. Many of the members were in the closet about their ghost hunting because they worked for organizations like the FBI which might frown on such activity.

4. Brian Harnois used to be in the Air Force military police. This scared me more than the ghosts.

5. Grant and Jason are friends with the writer, Jodi Picoult.

6. Sometimes evilbad people try to fool the ghost hunters with fake ghosts!

7. Donna, their case manager, is an "Environmental Engineer." I find myself wondering if this is anything like a "Sanitation Engineer."

And I've only read 32 pages. Think of how knowledgeable I will be when I've finished the entire 273 pages.


*Ghost Hunting: True Stories of the Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Soceity by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman

But I like the fabulism

Random quote of the day:



"Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell."

—Charles De Lint, "The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep"



( Illustrated version. )