In a total reversal of last year – I led the Earl of Sussex hockey pool from day one until the beginning of March – by a wide margin with my six forwards including Vancouver’s Sedin twins among the top 10 in our scoring categories – until my entire team went cold and choked down the stretch and faded to third.

Making monsters is Dr. Nutt’s specialty. Her best creations are the Yummy Mummy, the Boogie-Woogie Man, and her masterpiece, Dracula-la-la! who loves to sing Opera music. It’s music to Dr. Nutt’s ears, but the villagers don’t like the idea of singing vampires roaming around their town. When they storm her laboratory they are in for a pleasant surprise.