During the month of October, we see a lot of scary things on TV, in movies, on ads in every walk of life — all because Halloween is coming.
But with the exception of The Town that Dreaded Sundown, I don’t think I have seen anything as scary as the couch at this hotel.
Actually, the photo makes it look kinda vintage. It’s not.
It’s a HORROR.
I got my first look at a Go Pro camera in an electronics store in the Cincinnati Airport over Halloween weekend. I had seen video footage from one before, but the clips they had on a loop at the store entrance sucked me right in.
So I completely understand why this squirrel felt the need to ‘grab and go.’
He’s a pretty good cameraman, yes?
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This greeting card officially wins Halloween:
Yes, it’s the only card I received in the mail, and my dog is a cockapoo…but I think most people will agree —
My friend Caroline rocks!
I saw Frankenstein at the Woodford Theatre Company in Versailles, Kentucky last night.
I was spooked.
This production is an excellent reminder that local theater can get it right.
There’s death by every manner imaginable — hanging, gunshot, strangulation, beatings — and they all look amazingly real. Give credit to the special effects designer and crew, and a cast that ‘dies on stage’ in the best way possible.
This is a serious translation of the original text — no campy Frank send-up here — and you have one more night to experience it.
Oh, and if you wonder about that one guy’s bloody, mangled face?
Red velvet cake. (I asked.)
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Halloween is only five days away.
Better have your candy ready…
‘Cause I’m pretty sure she wants some.
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Tis’ the season for all things Halloween…
But a candy corn bagel?
Yes, that is the super-shiny, garishly colored baked product on the left.
It’s sold, of course, at a bakery in my beloved adopted hometown of New York City.
Now, I love a theme, but this bagel just looks wrong to me. But before I pass judgment, I wanted to get your thoughts.
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With the world’s attention focused on Ebola — and rightly so — a common fungus is sweeping through our neighborhoods and befalling our jack-o’-lanterns.
And Halloween is over two weeks away!
We’ve got moldy pumpkins on the streets of the Upper West Side — do you?
These proud symbols of trick-or-treat are being eaten away before the kids have donned their costumes… collected their candy… or tossed their first cookie.
It isn’t right. In fact, it’s…
GHOULISH
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I watched The Princess Bride for the umpteenth time again today.
(It came on TV suddenly; what else could I do?)
I was playing on Facebook and Twitter at the same , where I encountered a bunch of pumpkin stuff. This spurred a random thought —
Are there any Princess Bride pumpkin carvings out there?
As you wish!
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I know today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Day. I pay my respects and send my love.
But for lunch today, I had the good fortune to have a popcorn ball.
It was part of a popcorn-themed gift basket that my brother and sister-in-law generously gave me for my birthday. I fully expected to find different flavors of popcorn in the box, but the popcorn balls were a sweet, sweet surprise. Our family used to make them from scratch for Halloween when I was a kid. I have burned my hands many a time shaping those popcorn balls.
Good times.
I just did a quick Google search — there is a National Popcorn Day in January, but no individual celebration for the popcorn ball itself.
Oughta be a law.
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The Sticky Egg 
Turdogken
For 20 years, photographer Peter Thorpe has put his dog in costume for his annual holiday card — first Paddy and then Raggle have been dressed up and propped to celebrate the season.
No Photoshop allowed.
Poor puppy.
Seeing this display, I’m even more resolute to never dress up my dog for Halloween or Christmas.
And definitely not Thanksgiving.
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