Hello Minions! It’s that time of the week again. As we move loser to that wonderful day, I will keep posting the clever, creative, and awesome Halloween and Horror-inspired pics from around the net. Please feel free to submit your own pics and links as well.
Happy haunting!
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Some of you know that I often have guest posts published over at Dumb White Husband. That’s because the site is awesome and I’m honored to be featured there. Ben, the original dumb white husband wrote a serial about how dumb white husbands deal with the zombie uprising. Dumb White Husbands vs. Zombies: The Zomnibus is the collected parts of the serial. I haven’t read it yet because I’ve had too much on my plate. But if it’s like any of his other books, I know it’ll be hilarious. I’m going to hit Ben up for an autographed copy. The rest of you just click the links and buy books until you run out of money. Do it now.
Hello there Minions!
Sorry for no post tonight. I got caught up writing this thing and forgot that I hadn’t written something for this thing!
However, I did write this other thing that’s up at Dumb White Husband right now and I wrote yet another thing that’s up over there too.
In fact, you should probably just spend lots of time over at DWH and see all they have going on. Ben just finished The Zomnibus, a book about dumb white husbands who fight zombies.
Well, that’s it for now. Back to the thing I was doing before.
I don’t know why but lately I’ve been hearing a lot of people complaining about the availability of Halloween stuff in stores. This year the complaints are more heartfelt; the frustration apparent.
This completely baffles me. And here’s why:
I live in Houston. For the geographically challenged, that’s in southeast Texas. For most of the year the temperature is higher than 100 degrees and relative humidity hovers around 100%. The air is teeming with mosquitoes, almost year-round. It is not unheard of to be in shorts and a t-shirt and sweating on Christmas day around here. If it ever happens to snow, even for a few minutes, it shuts the city down. That’s how un-used to cold weather we are here. 8-9 months out of the year we live in a steamy, soupy, buggy swamp where the hot air is so thick, it’s difficult to breathe. Autumn and Winter, rather than being seasons, are simply waves of cool and cold fronts between hot days. Spring is just hot.
The day after Labor Day you typically see Fall-themed or Halloween stuff being put out at retail. That’s pretty common. And every time I see it it makes me happy.
It makes me happy because it’s a promise to the eventual end of 20+ consecutive days of triple-digit heat. It makes me happy because the holidays are coming and the holidays typically mean time off from work, seeing family, and getting food and presents.
Look, I realize that holidays are over-commercialized. If you don’t like that, then make your own costume. Make your own treats. Make your own decorations. Then take a picture of your creation and send it in. That’s why we’re here!
Oh yeah, and another thing, lady: Lighten up. Halloween is awesome.
