Spooky weekend notes.

By , on 3 November, 2008

So Friday was Halloween and it’s a good thing that my in-laws dropped that bag of candy off as we actually had a few trick or treaters this year. Not a whole lot, the one bag still had a fair amount left over when it was done, but enough to make us feel like we . . . → Read More: Spooky weekend notes.

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Every Trick-or-Treater’s worst nightmare.

By , on 31 October, 2008

WARNING! Do not watch the following video if you have a weak heart! It’s THAT FRIGHTENING!

OK, we’re just poking a little fun at our more… enthusiastic… Christian neighbors, but I can recall as a kid hitting a couple of houses in our neighborhood which did attempt to proselytize to us. Nothing on as creepy . . . → Read More: Every Trick-or-Treater’s worst nightmare.

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Happy Halloween 2008 from SEB.

By , on 31 October, 2008

So are any of you dressing up today? I gave some thought to it myself as my current job is fine with the idea, but the only thing I could pull together quickly would’ve been the Renaissance garb I just wore a week ago for a wedding and I didn’t feel like wiggling into . . . → Read More: Happy Halloween 2008 from SEB.

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Halloween pics are once again in the sidebar.

By , on 9 October, 2008

If you’re visiting the site directly instead of reading it via RSS then you’ll be happy to see the various Halloween themed pics of yours truly are once again in the sidebar. A random image will load with each page view so sooner or later you’ll see all five of them.

If you only read . . . → Read More: Halloween pics are once again in the sidebar.

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Scaring up some fun with “Hallowindow.”

By , on 8 October, 2008

I so wish I had the talent to come up with stuff like this:

Fortunately the guy who did make that projected video, Mark Gervais, is selling it on DVD so lesser talented people like me can scare the crap out of kids on Halloween. He uses a simple white sheet, a standard digital projector, . . . → Read More: Scaring up some fun with “Hallowindow.”

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Some folks substituting toys for candy on Halloween due to obesity.

By , on 7 October, 2008

I have to admit that when I first read this news item…

NEW YORK (AP)—It wasn’t the gruesome costumes or gory masks turning up at Lisa Bruno’s front door that spooked her on Halloween. It was the pudge lurking beneath the costumes.

“The kids were just so huge,” Bruno says.

So five years ago, . . . → Read More: Some folks substituting toys for candy on Halloween due to obesity.

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Happy Halloween 2007!

By , on 31 October, 2007

Here’s hoping your candy bag is filled to overflowing. Save a couple of Pixie Sticks for me. Nothing says “Halloween” like tubes of pure colored sugar.

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