Posts from — October 2009

Happy Halloween! Enjoy this week’s links, and have a safe Halloween!

Costume Ideas

• My personal favorite: Limecat
• Costumes for your doggie: Nacho Libre and a bunch of grapes.
• Are you going as a wookie? Here’s how to make the Chewbacca noise.
• Here’s a cool costume for your favorite zombie wannabe.

Halloween Lists

• Sometimes the scariest movie moments can be found in non-horror movies. Check out the top 25 list here.
• Or, for a sure thing, read Martin Scorsese’s top 11 picks for scariest movies of all time.

Recipes

• Nicole over at Baking Bites has some cool vampire-themed recipes: pancakes, cookies, and cupcakes.
• Over at Not Martha, you can learn how to make a meat hand. Vom alert.
• Double vom alert: brain cake.
• Serve your brain cake with bloody brain shooters.

Goofy Halloween video of the week:

Two upcoming TV shows are giving me yet another a reason to turn on my TV.

First, some of you may remember the most awesomest TV show from our youth:

This was appointment TV at the Propst house when I was a kid. Well, ABC is remaking the V series and the first episode is this coming Tuesday. Here’s a sneak peek:

And while we’re on the subject of my favorite TV shows, here’s a sneak peek at the new season of 24, which starts in January:

Hat tip: Below the Beltway

Oops. Looks like I skipped last Friday night’s link dump. That just means more to share tonight!

• Law school exams are only six weeks away. Yikes! It’s also getting harder and harder to crawl out of bed every morning. Feeling a little burned out? Take a one-year creativity sabbatical. Oh, if only I could do just that. Seriously, though, I’d bet there is something to that. I always get my best ideas in the shower when my mind is wandering. In lieu of the sabbatical, here are 33 ways to get and keep yourself motivated.
• Did you  miss out on the Cash for Clunkers program and now you’re in the market for a new vehicle? Check out the Prombron, the world’s baddest SUV. Pay close attention to the disgusting repulsive horrifying unique seat covers. Eww, vom.
• I need another pet about as much as I need the Prombron, but PLEASE LOOK AT HOW CUTE THESE MICRO-PIGS ARE. Waaaaant. Bonus: Ron Weasley has one. Now you know they’re cool.
• Speaking of swine, FitSugar has some really great tips for warding off the H1N1 virus. It’s been making the rounds here for several weeks now. Don’t get it. If you do, stay away from me. Also, here’s a handy chart for determining whether your symptoms are caused by the swine flu or the regular flu.
• Tissue alert: Read the story behind this picture, if you haven’t seen it already. (image credit: Abby Bennethum)
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Courtoon of the week:

Most pathetic/hilarious video of the week:

Yes, yes, I’m aware that this post is actually going out on a Saturday. But I thought about posting it on Friday, so that should count for something. Besides, I don’t want to have to change the name of the series just because I’m running a day behind.

So, without further ado, here are this week’s best links from my feed reader.

• Are you at all interested in interior design? If so, you should check out these 40 Excellent Examples of Interior Designs Rendered in 3D Max.
• Design not your thing? What about Hello Kitty?
• Traces of the anti-flu medication Tamiflu are showing up in rivers in Japan, and scientists are worried that this could result in a drug-resistant strain of the flu.
• Speaking of the flu, here’s a recipe for some do-it-yourself hand sanitizer.

Funny cartoon of the week:

Entertaining video of the week: