Who says you need a scary costume on Halloween?

I mean, would you take candy from a guy who looks like this:

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That’s what greeted the half dozen or so groups of kids that stopped by my backdoor this evening. All told I think we saw maybe 13 or 16 kids so they all got to grab big handfuls of candy . . . → Read More: Who says you need a scary costume on Halloween?

Happy Halloween from all of us here at SEB.

We’ve got lots of candy to hand out tonight, probably more than we need, and I’ve got a emo plastic pumpkin that lights up and a fog machine that I’ll be setting up on the back porch. No costume for me again this year and I’ll be handing out candy solo as Anne is . . . → Read More: Happy Halloween from all of us here at SEB.

Jon Stewart rips FOX News a new asshole.

Which is an impressive feat when you consider how many assholes FOX News already has.

It seems the Obama administration has been pointedly not talking to FOX News due to the fact that they’re basically the unofficial PR wing of the Republican party. Needless to say this has everyone at FOX News stamping their feet . . . → Read More: Jon Stewart rips FOX News a new asshole.

Kimberly Daniels warns us of “The Danger in Celebrating Halloween.”

Update: The original entry on CBN.com has been yanked after just about everyone on the Internet noticed it and started linking to it. So I’ve updated the link to point to the article’s home on the Charisma magazine website.

Nope, this isn’t another article in the yearly tradition of warning you about checking your . . . → Read More: Kimberly Daniels warns us of “The Danger in Celebrating Halloween.”

SEB will be changing platforms once again.

I’ve mentioned previously that I was thinking of moving SEB off of ExpressionEngine and onto some other platform, likely WordPress, and now I’ve finally made the decision to do so. Not everyone cares, but for those who are curious as to why I thought I should take a moment and explain.

We’ve been running on . . . → Read More: SEB will be changing platforms once again.

SEB Dumb Ass Mother of the Year Candidate: Margery Tannenbaum

Let’s say you have a 9-year-old daughter and she gets into a fight with a female classmate at school. What would be an appropriate response to that situation? Talk with the school’s principal? Contact the other girl’s parents about the fight? Or post the other girl’s name and phone number in a sex ad on . . . → Read More: SEB Dumb Ass Mother of the Year Candidate: Margery Tannenbaum

“The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon”

This movie looks like a winner:

Found over at Topless Robot.

A Moral Crossroads for Conservatives

Just read a great article here: A Moral Crossroads For Conservatives – National Journal Magazine

“Here’s the key principle,” Peter Sprigg, a gay-marriage opponent with the Family Research Council, said in an April radio interview on Southern California’s KCRW. “Society gives benefits to marriage because marriage gives benefits to society. And therefore the burden of . . . → Read More: A Moral Crossroads for Conservatives

Go watch Frontline’s episode on “The Warning.”

It will piss you off to no end, but it is worth watching. It details the story of Brooksley Born who was the one person who foresaw the coming trouble in the financial markets due to the lack of regulation for Over the Counter Derivatives. When she tried to do something about it they shut . . . → Read More: Go watch Frontline’s episode on “The Warning.”

Games I’m Looking Forward To: Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer 2

“Wait for official instructions, my ass!” Yeah, this looks like a good time:

When one considers how much of the stuff that happened in the trailer for the original L4D was also possible in the game, the possibilities posed by this cinematic are drool inspiring.

I may just have to break my no-new-games-between-October-and-January rule . . . → Read More: Games I’m Looking Forward To: Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer 2