Boo!

The boss' wife made Halloween cupcakes with spooky sprinkles on top and I'm in the middle of eating one with my tea and grinning like an idiot, because stupid little gestures like that make me happy. It was completely unnecessary and yet it is what makes life a little fuller than mere existence. She got to share her enthusiasm and cheer a few other people. I like that. So I wanted to share my enthusiasm with you.

Halloween is, quite possibly, my least favorite US holiday. I really get cranky when I see little children dripping blood from door to door... childhood is short and should be sweet, not traumatic. But all that crankiness aside, I appreciate the people for whom a holiday is never a missed opportunity to celebrate life: even if it's a celebration of cupcakes.

So, Happy Halloween from this ghost of a blogger to all the ghouls and boys in Blogland!

Heartfelt Greeting

How Halloween Happened

A History of Halloween. (which is a stupid holiday, but whatever.) The article also has an annoying door which opens and closes to reveal a large, poorly manicured hand. This makes it hard to read the article because I keep gettting distracted by that hand. Maybe if I press the stop button at the top of the page it'll quit poking that hand out and distracting me from my reading. Ah! It worked. That's better.

(thanks to honestus)

Carve Yourself a Happy Little Pumpkin

Halloween's not my favorite holiday. I'm just gonna admit that right now. I'm not big into the scaring of other people or the smearing of fake blood on little children's faces. I could do without this holiday entirely if it weren't for the fact that as a theatrical type personage dressing in extravagant costumes and parading around in them is almost a requirement of my existence.

If I were a super cool blogger, I would design and create a little flash game where you could dress me up in Halloween costumes that you design and then I would hold a little contest and the best costumes would win a dorky prize or whatever. But I'm not that super cool. Instead I'll point you to this little pumpkin carving game where you click and hold the mouse to carve the features of your pumpkin and then it lights it with a candle for you. Simple and fun.

Researching....

I am currently trying to grasp some of the major points of ghost writing. Forgive me if I disappear a bit. Oddly appropriate for Halloween, don't you think?

Pirate Hat

For Halloween. Just need some newspaper and your hands. And a head to wear it on. And a marker maybe to draw a skull and cross bones.