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  • Halloween Happiness

    Posted on October 26th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Could there be a holiday better than Halloween?  Growing up we adored it, and who wouldn’t?  You didn’t have to go to church, you got to dress up, scoop the disgustingly fun stuff out of pumpkins, and best of all, get candy for free.   Oh, the candy.  And even though my mom tried her hardest to ruin it for us …

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  • Dessert Happens

    Posted on October 14th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    To me, the perfect Halloween mentality is all about the Stewarts:  Jon and Martha.  Plus some Stephen King thrown in.  I appreciate good gore, but I like witty/funny ideas a lot, such as the dead body on the lawn with the tax bill lying next to it.  One time I went to a Halloween party as a soccer mom, wearing …

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  • You, Too, Can YouTube!

    Posted on October 7th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    If Howdini told me it was my turn to make a how-to video, what would I do?  Hmmm.  Talents that amaze others, such as my ability to pick up things with my toes, cannot be taught, you must be born with such a gift.  How to write a blog?  You’d see me sitting in front of my computer thinking, then …

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  • Bad, Bad Mother

    Posted on October 1st, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Whenever I hear Jim Croce’s “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” my thoughts turn to my mother.   The song is a cautionary tale about the owner of a custom Continental (and an Eldorado, too) who hits on a girl at the edge of the bar, only to find, uh oh, Doris is the wife of a jealous man who will be the …

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  • About This Blogger

    • Helen Jonsen is Editor-in-Chief of Howdini, a broadcast journalist turned digital and social media communicator. She has traveled extensively and covered news in the US and Australia. She is mom to four and aunt to many. For fun, she enjoys photography, hand-painting rooms and furniture, creating costumes, scrapbooking and gardening (growing weeds mostly). She has been known to let her children draw on walls and invite their friends to do the same!

  • Blog

    • While hundreds of how to videos await you at Howdini, The Howdini Blog is where you’ll find out what goes on behind the scenes.  We blog about what’s hot, what’s new, what makes us laugh, and sometimes, what drives us crazy.  It’s our chance to share our opinions, and it’s your chance, too.  Feel free to post a comment…please!