And You Thought Your Pumpkin Was Cool

Follow the link and prepare to get schooled.

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween; always my favorite holiday.

Didn't get the time to make a costume this year, so I guess I cam dressed as Peter Jackson – shorts, bare feet, and a baseball cap.

Huzzah.

In honor of the holiday, here are a couple of spooky link treats.

• Mary Poppins really was here to terrorize us all along.


• A guide on dealing with being buried alive.


• A glimpse into a dystopian, chilling, and (hopefully!) alternate future.


• A parasite so disgusting, I almost don't want to live in the same world as it. [ Side note: although I find it fascinating, and really reminiscent of the flying louse in Godzilla: 1985. Ugh, that thing gave me nightmares! ]


• Watch as zoo animals eat some pumpkin treats.


• Recession, reschmession. See what really scares investment bankers.


• Last, look deep into the abyss... (see here for more info).

Obama Rap

This video is exceedingly silly, but it's a surprisingly good rap with some damn good points.

5 Reasons Luke Skywalker is a Complete Idiot

Missing? "But I was going to go to Toshi Station and pick up some power converters!" That aside, though, it's a fun little feature.

What has Luke had to look forward to after the original trilogy? Mostly trying to start up the whole Jedi Order by himself, which is a ton of work, and watching Han have almost constant sex with Leia.

See the list over at Topless Robot.

Plankity–Plank

Another classic interview with Sarah Palin.

...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

John McCain In Pennsylvania [Updated]

[UPDATE: Follow the link for video of the moment in question... and really, "verbal thicket" doesn't begin to describe it. I am embrassed just watching this.]

Last week, Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha, a Democrat, said of his own constituents that "there is no question that Western Pennsylvania is a racist area."

John McCain decided to use that to help sway voters:

“I think you may have noticed that Senator Obama’s supporters have been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately.” As the crowd booed, Mr. McCain became tangled up in the rest of his remarks. “And you know, I couldn’t agree with them more,” he said, to silence, and then wandered around in a verbal thicket before finally managing to say, “I could not disagree with those critics more; this is a great part of America.”

A "verbal thicket?" We can't let this man be the next president.

Can we?

(as reported in the New York Times by Elisabeth Bumiller and Jeff Zeleny)

Sherman Gets It Right

As said via IM this evening:

work = crap sometimes.