// UPDATES * Planning out the nominees for the second annual Polidori Awards! * I chatted with Dani Cutler on her Truth Seekers Podcast - Once just with her about religion (and vampires) and again in a roundtable mostly about politics (not released yet

// HAPPY (BELATED) HALLOWEEN * We humbly apologize for the delay in not only recording an episode for you (which we did on the 31st) but then in editing and posting for you. - Work has been extremely busy for myself, Michelle's assignment as a temp ended,

// CHAT * With Marc Vale, the author and podcaster of a short story anthology called All Roads Lead to Blue Lake, which you can subscribe to over at Podiobooks.com. - We talked about Podiobooks.com, the awesome Mike Bennett, Evo Terra and Jeff Moriar

// NEWS * We will be on hiatus until October. * Cookbook is progressing well; I am working on absinthe recipes right now. * "Blade" anime can be watched on animefreak.tv - You can also find other vampire genre anime there also *Gail Carriger pointe

// COOKING * That's right, we decided to combine two things we love -- cooking and podcasting! * Making Paprika Hendl with mămăliga (polenta), from DRACULA. - Recipes are based on: Chicken Paprikash and Cheesy Polenta from AllRecipes.com // PROM

// CONTEST WINNERS! * The contest winners are: Nancy Coffelt, Mike LaFerney, and Krystal LaFrance - These winners each get a copy of BLAMELESS signed by Gail Carriger. - Big thanks to EVERYONE who entered. We had a big push in May of entries. - If folks a

// CONTEST ALMOST OVER! * The contest ends June 1st, 2011. We have some entries! There's still time for YOU to enter, too! - Simply contact me at outofthecoffin.com/contact OR at our Facebook page and let me know you want to enter the contest. - I will dr

// NEW VOICEMAIL NUMBER * (623) 239-2942 // CONTEST REVAMPED * NEW Contest dubbed the "Is This Thing On?" contest - Simply contact me at outofthecoffin.com/contact OR at our Facebook page and let me know you want to enter the contest. - I will draw three

// NEW VOICEMAIL NUMBER * (623) 239-2942 // CONTEST * That's right, we are finally holding a giveaway contest. We're calling this the "Come Out Of The Coffin Contest"! - All you have to do is post a review of OoTC anywhere (but iTunes and similar podcast

(Sorry for the repost. In my haste, I forgot to attach the MP3. Just building up the antici...) // POLIDORI AWARDS UPDATE * Due to the awesome response to the voting, I will end the voting on Feb 28, at 11:59PM Eastern. So make sure you cast your votes i