It’s National Alfred Hitchcock Day! Some of the first scary movies that I shared with my kid were old Alfred Hitchcock movies. I think the first one I introduced was The Birds, which freaked me out when I was a kid. It didn’t have much of an effect on my kid. I remember my mother was watching a movie on television one afternoon and I asked her “Can I watch it too?” She said no because it was too scary, and she sent me outside to go play. Well, I snuck back in and peeked around the corner, and wouldn’t you know it, my timing was perfect! I looked in right as the scene of Vera Miles turning the chair around to see the skeleton of Bates’ mother played. I scampered back outside feeling so guilty I had disobeyed -- of course, the proof that I disobeyed was that I had gotten scared – that instead of playing, I started weeding the vegetable garden. When my mother came out, she said “What are you doing?” I remember saying “Nothing. I like how bright it is out here.” LOL...