The Necronomicon

You've heard some of the crazy things the US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
have been finding, right? Like, stuff from the palaces, stuff in old caves,
stuff in bunkers, like golden swords, big honkin' vases, expensive jewelry,
thousand year old lamps and stuff?
They found something big, just recently.
Some... marines, I think, yeah, marines, were poking around in an old cave,
and they found this chest, and in it was a collection of remarkably preserved
scrolls written on what seemed to be flesh.
Who here is familiar with the works of Abdul Alhazred?
Yep. They found a genuine first edition copy of his number-one best seller,
Al Azif.
You might know it better as the Necronomicon.

Hotel California

They say that somewhere in western America, some say in Utah, others say on the California coast, there's a certain small motel on the side of the road.
When you go inside, it's decorated in very common hotel decor, with the ornate paneling and old-fashioned key-lock doors.
The thing is, there's a room in there for everybody. Everybody has a reservation for exactly when they show up, and the number of rooms available is always one more than the number of people there. One person to a room, that is the rule.
Some say that the song "Hotel California" is based off this motel, though you *can* leave this particular motel. I wouldn't advise looking at a mirror for at least a month after doing so, though.