For the fans of Call of Cthulhu and HP Lovecraft, this bundle of joy from Troll and Toad would be the perfect gift basket:

Plus if you want some interesting background information on some of the mythos:

• HP Lovecraft created a grimoire for his stories: The Necronomicon. Lovecraft’s stories were so compelling and convincing that people actually believed the book had to exist. In fact, you can find copies of booked entitled “Necronomicon” in the book stores. The Necronomicon Files, by John Wisdom Gonce and Daniel Harms, debunks these books and explains the background history as to why the book is a fake.
• Daniel Harms also has a blog about Lovecraftian-type stuff entitled Papers Falling from an Attic Window.

Other stuff on Lovecraft is all over the place.

Emailed from a friend. Had to share. (Quick online search didn’t reveal the original author.)

Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”

She responded, “Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a big shot when you haven’t the brains to realize you’ll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, ‘Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?’

She again replied, ‘Why yes, I do. I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He’s lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can’t build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.”

The defense attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, “If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I’ll send you both to the electric chair.”