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Time to cash in a wee bit of that trust fund you are sitting on Mr. and Ms. Trustafarian because the Dracula Castle is for sale. Seems the family that owns the Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th century medieval ruler who inspired “Dracula” said Wednesday they wish to sell the fortress to local authorities for $78 million. Yup, just a paltry $78 million. Dollars we guess, not Euros or the local Romanian script.

The North County Times further reports that “…more than 400,000 visitors a year visit the castle — mainly because of its loose association with ‘Vlad the Impaler,’ the legendary prince whose cruelty inspired novelist Bram Stroker’s creation, the vampire Count Dracula.”

“Vlad punished wrongdoers or the lazy by impaling them on stakes, and once impaled all the elderly people in a community in an act of revenge following the killing of his father and brother.”

“Vlad did not own the castle, but is believed to have used it briefly during his incursions in Transylvania. He is also believed to have been imprisoned in the castle for two months in 1462 when he was captured by a rival Hungarian king.”

And while your digging out those nickles and quarters from under the seat cushions you’ll want to consider picking up your very own country. The world’s smallest country comes complete with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports.

You’ll need to apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the North Sea.

And even better? Asked to describe the delights of living on what Prince Michael described as a cross between a house and a ship, the 54-year-old said: “The neighbors are very quiet. There is a good sea view.”

No doubt with your trust fund you can get both Sealand and the Castle Bran and STILL have enough to get a Starbuck’s installed in each.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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Just in time for Christmas from those crazy Canadians in Leader, Saskatchewan - a calendar that shows them posing nude in the potholes of their main road. Order early an often.

We received word from Caustic Truths that OurDailyDead.com has been added to their web site links. Accepting the award for ODD is our happy bit on a death in a Korn mosh pit. Korn is that fun loving band that can decided between heavy metal and mental heaviness aka religion. Thanks Caustic!

Our buddies at the LA Times report that Robert ‘H-Bomb’ Ferguson has died at the age of 77. The Times informs further that ol’ H-Bomb was the bluesman and pianist who urged listeners to “rock baby rock” at the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era. Another Christmas thought - you’ll find Ferguson and others featured on this five disc box set: “Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From the Golden Age of Homeland Security”

And Heather over at Dooce seems to have found quite the bargin, eh?

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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From the Denver Post: Harold Dahl “was the kind of guy we’d envision as a cowboy 100 years ago,” said Pat Grant, president and CEO of the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo.

Dahl, who died Sept. 9 at 89, was a tall, lean man who loved to ride and hunt and knew Colorado’s mountains “better than anyone alive,” Grant said.

Dahl was at the Denver Athletic Club on Labor Day and collapsed in the locker room after swimming. He died at a hospice in Wheat Ridge.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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