I just got a new pet hissing cockroach! I named it Duke. Mom says I can keep him if I look after him and filter him every day. She said if I get sick of him, she knows a really nice farm where he can go and live, so there's really no pressure.

Last weekend a bunch of us camped out overnight in our fort. We made a throne out of expired yogurt for the Frightmaster to sit on, and took turns sitting on it and telling scary stories with a flashlight under our face. Johnny told one about a ghost named Damien who haunted the guy who stole his fuchsia ankle. Ollie was so scared he peed in his sleeping bag. It was totally cool.