October is the month of Halloween, and it always gets me reading my classics, like the excellent “Dracula” by Bram Stoker and “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley. Even some H.G. Wells and Ray Bradbury, my favorites. We’ve blogged about hemophilia and vampires before. But here’s a twist on vampires in literature from our literature reviewer at

No matter how many dozens of presentations I’ve given over 32 years, being on a TV set, with only cameras to look at, makes me nervous! I wasn’t alone last Thursday evening; Chris Bombardier confided he felt the same way—and this is the guy who did the Seven Summits, including of course Everest! I told