My wife does not like scary stuff.  If she sees something scary on television she will turn it off…even if it has not yet gotten to the scary spot yet.  In fact, if she happens to see something scary or even given the slight hint of something scary she will not sleep well.  I on the otherhand am quite different.

I love scary stuff.  I’m not sure exactly why, perhaps I’m “wired” differently, but I just do.  My favorite television show is currently “The Walking Dead”.  Here it is, Sunday afternoon, and I can’t wait til this evening as I know a new episode will soon appear on my TiVo.  I love the “on the edge” type of horror stuff and this show definitely delivers in this regard.

The last time I remember being scared at horror stuff when I was a little kid.  Something real scary these days is not having a place to put my sunglasses.  There was a television show that came on television called “Night Gallery”.  Perhaps some of you older folk out there will remember it?  Basically it revolved around a painting…and the scary story behind it.  I remember this one episode in which a ordinary baby doll would come alive at night and kill people.  My room was in the basement of our house back then and I remember having a hard time sleeping after watching that particular episode.  The white shirts in my closet seemed to come to live and every knock and ping from the furnace took on a life form of their own.

I’ve grown up since then and it seems I am able to differentiate between horror television and real life.  If I am tired I can actually nod off to sleep while “The Walking Dead” is still on television.  Guess this further emphasizes the point of how it does not bother my sleep patterns.

I would like to encourage all of you out there who have not watched a scary show on television to give it a go.  You might have found you were scared at stuff when you were a kid but have outgrown it.  You may find that in your later years you will overlook the “scary parts” and appreciate the other visual and audio segments that you have not really been appreciating up til now.