It’s Halloween, a.k.a. my single favorite day of the year. So double link dumps for everybody!<\/p>\n
(And tell me what you’re doing for Halloween!)<\/p>\n
Carrion Comfort Creations<\/a> – Etsy shop full of coffin boxes, human finger key holders, and the creepiest painted ceramic teacups you have ever seen.<\/p>\n Halloween Hairstyles<\/a> – A roundup. The bun with spider legs is adorable. (Hat tip to pdq)<\/i><\/p>\n Paranoid Magical Thinking<\/a> – Interesting-sounding YA-ish novel which BoingBoing<\/a> describes as “Melrose Place<\/i> for quasi-magical, super powered misfits.”<\/p>\n Cthulhu Chess Set<\/a> – Gorgeous set featuring handmade polymer clay pieces. The seller has some adorable dragons for sale too.<\/p>\n Halloween Poems<\/a> – Extensive roundup of spooky poems for Halloween.<\/p>\n Health Goth<\/a> – A new “subcultural movement” where you…go to the gym…wearing black, I guess? Apparently the main difference between this and “every goth who goes to the gym, ever” is that you wear a particular brand of clothing instead of all the other black stuff in your closet. Whatever.<\/p>\n Ikea Instructions for Monsters<\/a> – Artist Ed Harrington has created a series of instruction sheets for assembling monsters.<\/p>\n Mad Science Birthday Party<\/a> – This kids’ party theme isn’t even “vaguely irritated science,” let alone “mad,” but I sort of love the gummi worms in the petri dishes.<\/p>\n Boo Bark<\/a> – Easy-to-make candy bark featuring cute li’l ghosts.<\/p>\n Pegacorn Anatomy<\/a> – Tragedy Series has a cut-out standup labeling the innards of the rare and elusive Pegacorn. I wonder what the jellybean gland does.<\/p>\n Teddy Bear the Porcupine’s Halloween Feast<\/a> – Adorable porcupine is adorable, and sounds like Cousin Itt. I was most taken with this bit from the video description: “(Sorry fans, Teddy just would NOT wear a costume, we tried!)” You…tried to put a costume on a porcupine? (Hat tip to Bruno)<\/i><\/p>\n Passed On<\/a> – This ‘toon from Perry Bible Fellowship made me giggle.<\/p>\n Tango Macabre<\/a> – Free skeleton-themed TrueType font which, unlike many skeleton-themed fonts, has the advantage of actually being readable.<\/p>\n Google Your Birthday<\/a> – This would be an amusing party theme: Come as you were.<\/p>\n These Spider Fangs Aren’t Going To Photograph Themselves<\/a> – An entomologist describes how he got some stunning close-up photos of a Sydney funnel-web spider’s hardware.<\/p>\n Potato Print Monster Tees<\/a> – Super-cute idea for kids’ T-shirts. I love the “skeleton friends” (slide 2). Includes a how-to guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nice Knockers<\/a> – This Labyrinth<\/i>-inspired cosplay is sort of brilliant.<\/p>\n All-Seeing Eye Button<\/a> – Uber-creepy fashion design featuring eye buttons which fit into eyelid buttonholes.<\/p>\n