Way to go Jeff, but I think Barn would have kicked his butt if the two got into a brawl. I think Barn would have a lot of penned up anger and fustration to unleashed to compensate for his weakened state. Perhaps a fist fight might have caused a vampiric regression which would have been disastorous for poor Jeff Either way I would never bet against Barn in a brawl..

My guess: T. Eliot Stokes, Professor of Semiology.
I see him as a man who has made a study of reading signs and omens in varioius states of nature -- whether it is the contrast of shadows as the morning suns reflects off the Old House, or the nuances in the sounds of the birds in the trees surrounding Collinwood. Professor Stokes is attune with the metaphysical aspects of reality.  
He may, very well be able to answer Julia Hoffman's great retorical question, "What does this mean"? ?!?

Maybe it is because of  the Cinco de Mayo Holliday. Why, just today I was strangly compelled to make chille.
Any excuse to pre-empt Dark Shadows

I like Julia's new look. She looks less stern , and more approachable and friendly .
I do find it rather strange that her hair changed in the middle of an episode. I suppose she must of taken a long lunch and came back and supprised everyone.
The smile on her face when Barnabas complimented her looked so real. She looked cute in an under-confident, girly way -- the way an awkward adolesent would respond when told she is pretty.

I often think about what a turbulent time 1968 was. I glad I was only a child and didn't think it too scary that the world seem to be going to heck. I give my parents credit for holding it together during those times.

I really liked today in the first episode when some male voice yelled out the lines "Go to the old House" that Bathia Mapes was supposed to say. It was strange she was staning next to the coffin in a daze and the voice called out the line for her. She then repeated them.
I played it over several times. Somehow the intensity was not lost.

Barnabas has revived my childhood curiosity for those wondeful flying mammals: Bats. Last night was the first real warm night of the year in southern New England. Being such a pleasent evening I decided to take a walk at dusk. The cloud cover make the sky milky white -- perfect for bat watching!
I stood there in the dark watching in amazment. Bats, everywhere; their seemingly erratic flight mesmerized me. Up and down, left to right, circular swoops. And, yes! Squeaks. Not quite like on DS, but they do make squeaky sounds.
I remembered how my mother told me that bats have been know to swoop down and get entangled in peoples hair, getting stuck to the point where they could only be removed by shaving off your hair ( I don't have to worry about that anymore). AS a child I wouldn't go out at night without a hat. But that is just an Old Wives' Tale. However, the bats were flying very close to my head. My guess they were after the insects that were attracted to me.
I would like to know more about bats. They must hybernate? Hoe long do they live? Do they hang upsidedown in trees during the day? Anyone out ther have bat knowledge?
Well, I must go and take another walk in the night. More bat observations!

Now everyone sing along:

Everone wants a Henry,
wouldn't want a Willie or a Sam.
I am the eighth old man I'm Henry,
Henry the eighth I am.
(second verse, same as the first).
Oh, Im Henry.....