October 2014 – Tacky Raccoons

The .Gif Friday Post No.353 – Happy Halloween!

“Tim Burton received this handmade cake from his animation team and it’s basically the coolest shit ever.”

[Found here. More Samhain stuff here.]

Squirrels Carve Demonic Pumpkin = WIN [Updated]

[Found here. Stitched ’em all together into one gif. All I can figger is that the perp painted some honey on the pumpkin for the cheat, but the WIN is awesome.]

UPDATE: Here’s the source vid:

Halloween Costumes on a Budget

[More awesome costumes here.]

Have a sammich.

[The Dagwood, shamelessly lifted (and slightly modified) from here.]

Dogs really hate this x 11. [updated]

[Found here. I cropped it.]

UPDATE: I fell for this photoshop. Found it via a Tineye search; it appeared on Reddit in 2014. Here’s another:

According to the source of that image, this happy guy was discovered after someone cut down a cherry tree, and one of the commenters believed it to be the larva of some type of long-horned beetle. Beetles come in all shapes and sizes, and the Xixuthrus Heros is one of the largest.

[Bottom image (with an interesting story) found in here. Related posts here and here.]

Saturday Matinee – Halloween Pumpkin Carving, Frank Zappa & Oingo Boingo

Nice pumpkin carving tips. I use an orange Sharpie to mark the design, and carve with a serrated fish boning knife. Pre-designed push-pin patterns are for pussies, and using a Dremel is cheating big time. BTW, this is NOT how to do it.

That’s from Frank Zappa’s MTV Halloween Show 1981 at the Palladium NY. “Doreen” is classic, with doo-wop lyrics and chord patterns done in 4/4 time. “Goblin Girl” is typical FZ snark and innuendo.

The best Halloween Band (IMO) is Oingo Boingo, and they got their start as “The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show. Pure awesome.