Apple Barn Chicken Plank Dinner - Gatlinburg

Apple Barn - Gatlinburg - Chicken Dinner
The Apple Barn, located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is one of my favorite restaurants. The reason are simple. Excellent home style cooking food. Reasonable prices. Good service. Cheerful and nice employee's. As you can see, I ordered the chicken planks dinner with mashed potatoes with gravy, mac and cheese, fresh rolls, plus a diet Coke.

The chicken was hot, crispy, and excellent tasting. The mashed potatoes were real, not the fake flakes from a box. The mac and cheese hot and good. And the roll, fresh, hot, and tasty. All for about 12 bucks.

The Grassy Knoll Institute scores 5 out of 5 shots and recommends Apple Barn for dinner.

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Catholic Nuns Legendary Lightning Eraser Release

Sister Mary Badass walked the streets of San Juan Puerto Rico with confidence knowing her legendary eraser release was not only deadly but lightning fast. Jaun and Hector, survivors of 8th grade Catholic school attempt to blend in to the background after learning the hard lesson not to attack Catholic nuns. The New York Yankee's could have used Bad-Ass this season.

 

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Happy Halloween 2012

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2012 FROM THE GRASSY KNOLL INSTITUTE

Happy Halloween to all the readers of the Grassy Knoll Institute. I hope you enjoyed the bevy of beauties in our sexy Halloween costumes pages plus our bumper crop of Halloween melons. I appreciate your patronage and commenting through all these years. With the ever changing Internet experience as everything is shifting to smart phone access and 140 characters or less, the non commercial personal blog is quickly becoming extinct. I do not know what is in store for next year, or even tomorrow, or the direction this blog will take if any but once again I appreciate the patronage.

Happy Halloween

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2012 Winner - Best Halloween Melons

Best Melons 2012

Congratulations goes out to Caitlin O'Connor, Winner of the Dark Zone 2012 Best melons contest. Caitlin spent a long time on her melons and her dedication shows in the perfectly formed plump melons. As soon as we spied Kaitlin's melons, we knew hands down she would walk away the winner.

The grassy Knoll Institute In House Psychic see's big things in Caitlin's future beginning with a fast rise to the top in Maxim's 100 hottest babes. Horror and Sci-Fi movies are right around the corner.


Happy Halloween

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2012 Best Halloween Costume Winners

Best Halloween Costume 2012 Grassy Knoll Institute

For 2012, the Dark Zone has more than one winner for the best Halloween costume. Every year I travel to many trade shows and conventions and of course the Halloween themed ones are the most fun. I snapped this photo at the January 2012 Halloween show inside the George R. Brown convention center in Houston, Texas.

I have to give props to these models as their job is far more difficult than it looks. These women must stay in costume for 8 hours a day usually changing costumes several times a day. Notice the shoes they are wearing. Imagine standing in those puppies all day. The Dark Zone salutes you.

PS: Click the photo twice to enlarge to read what the sign says the blonde is holding.

Happy Halloween 2012

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Zombie Fortress - Floating Zombie Barge

When Zombies Attack

As I have stated before, it is never to early to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse. A vital part of surviving the horde of zombies is securing a Zombie Fortress impregnable to the horde. This intriguing design is named The Zombie Barge. The barge is self contained with different cargo on each ship. The barge can sustain a small amount of people for many weeks before coming ashore for more supplies.

The barge has electricity, both solar and water turbine, fresh vegetables grown on the barge, chickens, cows, and plenty of fish. The barge has living quarters, work area, storage, Jeeps, weapons, medical supplies, everything you need to survive.

The beauty of the floating barge is its mobility. The barge can move up and down a river, say, the Mississippi river to avoid zombies from collecting at the shore waiting for the barge.

There is plenty of room on the Ohio river. Should I begin constructing my own barge or are there design flaws in this fortress? Let me know in the comments.

Happy Halloween

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Usually Bad Luck To Cross A Black Cats Path

Halloween Tip #3: The Black Cat Superstition:
Don't always believe the old Halloween urban legends and wives tales that black cats are bad luck. As superstition goes, black cats are bad luck if you see a stray one. It's even worse luck if a black cat crosses your path. People to this day alter their own course to avoid a black cat. Perhaps the worrisome feelings stem fro the black cat being linked to the occult and witchcraft.

The Dark Zone advises: If you happen upon the scene pictured above, dive right in.

Happy Halloween

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Trick Or Treat Psycho Style

*Sound Effect: Door knocking*
Children At Door: "Trick or treat. Smell my feet. Give us something good to eat!"
Voice Behind Door: "Mother, children are at our door again? What should I do?"
Female Voice Behind Door: "I'm in the shower. Answer the door and smile at them Norman. Invite them in for some candy."
That puts a smile on Norman's face every time.

Happy Halloween

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