I Want This

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Hello Minions, it’s that time again. Time for me to offer suggestions for offerings you may make to your favorite mad blogger as, well, I wouldn’t call it a ransom, per se… I guess I’m just saying that we like to keep Scarydad happy around here and the things on this list would go far toward accomplishing that goal.

Ok, first item up this week: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Alchemy. Now I’m not one to quibble over the sciences. The experiments I perform are pretty straightforward- I gather parts from graveyards, morgues, junkyards, and thrift stores, throw in a little Elmer’s glue and high voltage, and I’m usually done before dinner. The finer sciences, such as Alchemy, I have always left to the experts. After all, if making lead into gold was easy enough for any idiot to accomplish, I would think it would be a closely guarded secret. Not so, apparently.

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Make your own creepy decor.

IMG_3403So I was perusing some retail websites looking for something interesting and possibly creepy to decorate the lab and shop. Most of what I found was pretty expensive for a place that is constantly full of floating sawdust and corpse particles. I had just about given up when it struck me like a shillelagh to the noggin that I actually run a website where I make things myself. Duh!

So, I changed focus, went over to Vintage Printable and set about betterizing my shop and lab.

Wanna see how I did it?

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A very tall gift for my (coming soon) neice

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So in the not too distant future I’m going to be an uncle. This is awesome because little Spawn will grow up with her cousin much in the same way I grew up with some of mine, which was a very fun way to be a kid.

My sister (who come to think of it I’ve called ScaryCarrie for 20 years) is going to be a mom and she set about decorating the baby’s room in a woodland theme.

I wanted to make something special for everyone and so began to think of things I could do. The more I thought, the more I imagined the picture you see above. However, I don’t think I realized my inspiration until I was done with the project.

I had ideas, you see…

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Things I like a lot lately

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Not much to explain, really. The following links are to podcasts and sites that I am really enjoying right now and I thought you might enjoy them too. Check them out, then let me know your favorite sites and sounds in the comments.

Okay then, in no particular order:

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Wednesday Picdump: Best of 2012

im-backGOOD EVENING MY BELOVED, BEAUTIFUL, AND EVER-FAITHFUL MINIONS! 

You can rest uneasily tonight because I am back. The holiday season was one of much revelry, drinking, mirth-making, and merriment and a very much needed break from just about everything. But I am recharged, happy, and whole again, ready to tear 2013 a new one. Seriously. I have some great things in development for this site.

But first, I felt compelled to review some of the highlights of 2012. Sometimes as I create a picture dump certain pictures stand out and I copy them to a separate folder for further review. I went back through that folder today as I was archiving some material and decided to share its contents with you. These are, in my opinion, the best of the picdump photos of 2012.

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Also, be sure to submit your own pictures, stories, and project ideas to me at scarydad@scarydad.com

Happy New Year everyone and thanks for coming around.

 

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