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Halloween Gift Guide

♬ Darkness falls across the land ♩ ♪ The midnight hour is close at hand.♫ ♩Creatures crawl in search of blood ♬ To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood ♫ And whosoever shall be found ♬ ♬ With the cash for getting down ♩ ♬Will enjoy our Halloween Gift Guide...     ...And stay alive where others died

XENI

Skull Table Runner

A handsome 14x72" graphic banner that can be used for any number of pirate parties, Halloween hoedowns, or other dark festivities.

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MARK

Halloween Cat Favor Boxes

For your favorite trick-or-treaters, fill these 3.25-inch cubes with high-quality confectionery treats.

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ROB

Digital Halloween Decor

At the Boing Boing store, we're proud to offer these spooky holiday decorations. They go in your window, startling passers-by. Now you too can frighten the neighbors without all the legal complications that come from standing there at the window naked in the dark.

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JASON

Super creepy PVC Scooby Doo mask

This creepy Scooby Doo mask is both made of PVC and rather disturbing! Liven up your office party, or even better your spouses.

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DAVID

Bag of 500 Self-Adhesive Googly Eyes

If only you could see what I’ve seen with your googly eyes.

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CORY

Four anatomical models you assemble from 132 anatomically correct sub-components

The $45.28 Learning Resources Anatomy Models Bundle Set is a well-reviewed set of anatomical models: a 5" heart, a 3.75" brain, a 4.5" body and a 9.2" skeleton, all of which disassemble into anatomically correct sub-components that you assemble into the finished pieces.

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JASON

Five fucking pounds of candy corn

I've heard from some folks they love candy corn when it is stale. They'll be thrilled with this 5lb bag.

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XENI

Dia De Los Muertos Skull Swirlies

This 30-piece Day of the Dead decoration kit includes skulls and swirls in festive foils, and transforms any room or outdoor space within minutes of easy assembly.

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JASON

Twelve cans of Barbisol shaving creme (sewing needle and lighter not included)

This halloween? Relive your youth! Prep a few cans of Barbisol for battle! Wait for those annoying parents who can't pick their kid up from a traffic circle to pass by the bush you've always thought would be a great spot for an ambush, then rain soap upon their parade!

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CORY

Splorch ovipositor

For when you want to role-play stern schwa and sweet, submissive Whitley Streiber; comes in two models but the $120-130 Splorch is the clear winner.

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DAVID

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Remastered Deluxe Edition)

More than a half-century since it first aired, Linus is still waiting for the Great Pumpkin to rise "out of his pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children,” Snoopy continues his battle with the Red Baron, and Charlie Brown can’t get a break. A masterpiece of animated television that, like the Peanuts gang, never gets old.

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ROB

Articulating lowpoly skull mask

Wintercroft offers this devilish DIY maskmaking kit (and more like it) for just $6 on Etsy: "Sometimes, we've just got to take life (or death) by the horns and do something a little different. The Horned Skull Mask takes our favourite symbol of warning, mortality, anarchy and independence and ups the ante with a pair of horns and a moving mandible."

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JASON

Lion mane for your cat

This also looks very silly on small dogs.

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XENI

Nightmare-black Nitrile Exam Gloves

Matte black nitrile gloves for cleaning up around the house, or whatever creepy stuff people do with

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DAVID

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand

Brunvand, the iconic professor of urban legends, compiled some of the greatest and grisliest tales of contemporary folklore into one book and wrapped them in compelling context. It’s a wonderfully creepy collection of modern myths, except of course for the story about the teenagers in the parked car who narrowly escaped the hook-armed maniac. That totally happened to my brother’s friend’s cousin and her prom date.

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JASON

Sugar Skull Ducktape

A lovely holiday variant of everyone's favorite fix-all.

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MARK

Vintage Halloween Scene Bobbing Apples Pill Box Pill Case

If you've recently purchased some esoteric research chemicals over the dark web and have been at a loss as to where to store them, this is for you.

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MARK

Spider Web Thigh High Stockings

These unisex stockings can complement any costume, or can be worn on their own for a costume everyone will appreciate.

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DAVID

John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998

Carpenter didn’t just direct some of the most iconic scary movies of the latter 20th century, he also scored them. The themes from Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, and They Live make for a fantastically groovy soundtrack for your own horror house. Available on vinyl for those who dare and CD or digital download for those who don’t.

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MARK

Ouija Planchette Lapel Pin

Summon Captain Howdy on-the-go with this cartoon occult ceramic pin.

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ROB

White Walker Halloween costume

Described as a "sexy white walker" Halloween outfit, this also doubles as a terrifyingly realistic costume of Sir Jimmy Savile in his current state of repose. It's $150 and comes in four sizes.

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ROB

Pumpkin Necklace

There's a lot of cheap tatty Halloween jewelry to be found, but ForTheCross's offers year-round quality at a reasonable price. This necklace, for example, comes in under $40.

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CORY

My Favorite Thing is Monsters: a haunting diary of a young girl as a dazzling graphic novel

Emil Ferris's graphic novel debut My Favorite Thing is Monsters may just be the best graphic novel of 2017, and is certainly the best debut I've read in the genre, and it virtually defies summarizing: Karen is a young girl in a rough Chicago neighborhood is obsessed with monsters and synthesia, is outcast among her friends, is queer, is torn apart by the assassination of Martin Luther King, by her mother's terminal illness, by the murder of the upstairs neighbor, a beautiful and broken Holocaust survivor, by her love for her Vietnam-draft-eligible brother and her love of fine art. It's a tribute to -- and critique of -- the classic monster comics and magazines of the era, which Karen is obsessed with, and through whose visual styles her story is told. It's a tribute to fine art and the pieces hanging in the galleries and museums of Chicago where Karen and her mysterious, womanizing, tattooed older brother Deeze brings her. It's a complicated story about friendship among girls, about gender identity and queerness, about family.

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DAVID

Liquid Ass

Invented by a high school prankster with a chemistry set, it’s described as smelling like a fine combination of "butt crack, kind of a sewer smell with a hint of dead animal.” Don’t buy this. But do know that it exists.

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CORY

Animatronic, maniacally giggling spooky eyeball doorbell

When you press the button, the eyelid flips open and a green, glowing, bloodshot eyeball peers around while one of several spooky recordings welcomes your visitors. It is surprisingly well-styled and the audio is surprisingly cool for a seemingly generic crapgadget, and I'm already scheming a teardown after 31st to see if I can program it with my own little recordings.

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XENI

Ancestor Paper Dolls

FROM Tim Holtz, clipped vintage portraits that can be used to make collage greetings or party decorations, or added to a Day of the Dead art-altar.

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MARK

Satan Loves Me T-Shirt

A great way to remember who to thank on the most devilish of holidays.

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XENI

Goth Cotton Swabs

They’re basically really good quality ‘Q-tip’ swabs, with spiral heads, and they’re all black.

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ROB

Skullcap Tee Shirt

Designed by Sarina Frauenfelder, this scary scull is topped out with our classic logo and terrifies your friends with its spooky, staring eyes. $20 shipped.

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CORY

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" - the pop-up book edition

Pelham and Wormell have serious pop-up/illustrated book chops. The seven pop-up effects they've prepared for this edition are extremely beautiful, and lend themselves to being "animated" by the reader -- for example, you can flap the Raven's wings in time with the "Nevermore's"or have Edgar throw wide his chamber's door at the precise moment you say, "here I opened wide the door."Poe's words are hidden on each page, nestled in fold-up/fold-down tabs that you have to open after each reveal, and as I read this to my 9-year-old daughter Poesy (it's not a coincidence that we call her "Poe"for short -- EA Poe is one of her namesakes), the double-reveal of the pop-up (not a dud among them) and the prose made for an extra bit of drama.

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ROB

Bone-shaped battery charger

It's a bit of a reach, but it's the only other thing in our official store that's remotely Halloweeny. (We're all out of 99%-off lifetime subscriptions to Hell, but you can get one of those for free by voting Republican in next year's midterm elections)

https://boingboing.net/2017/10/13/halloween-gift-guide.html

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The Gratitude Challenge A-Z

It’s the last Saturday of 2017, a year of instability, anxiety, confusion, careless actions, substance abuse and constant changes. A very dark time indeed, but also a great learning period which has led me to the end of that chapter. I feel an essence of somewhat inner peace, new goals and a belief that all things are going to be okay, and there is a lot that has already turned around.

Today I’m starting the gratitude challenge which is also one of the reasons why I’m starting this blog. Self acceptance, self love, self control, positivity and good mental and physical health are my goals - I guess they’re the goals for the majority of us. I want to be as honest as I can with myself and with others, be a more reliable person in all aspects, be more present, proactive and express gratitude often. I hope to achieve happiness from within, and exert an energy that will inspire others and make them smile. 

With this I begin the first challenge; an A to Z list of things in my life that I am grateful for, with the first words that pop into my head....

Artistic ability - although I may not believe in myself or practice as much as I should, (I’ve started again which makes me happy) I have an artistic talent that I would like to focus on more.  Australia, animals, automobiles, astrologists, acquaintances, art.

Brothers and sisters - blood or step, I’m grateful to have had so many around me growing up, and we still all see each other now. It’s heart warming to have grown up with people who are all around the same age and be able to call them my brothers and sisters.  Body parts, beaches, books, blankets, breathing, beauty, birthdays. Clothes - I often forget how lucky I am compared to a huge amount of people around the world. Sometimes it feels like you can never have enough clothing due to the fast ever changing pace of this society, but in reality we’re the lucky ones who have it so easily accessible - it feels good to buy new clothes, but we are truly lucky to be able to do so and shouldn’t forget that.  Chemotherapy, coffee, clean air, coconuts, connections, change, chefs, comedy, cameras, cuddles, celebrations, cats.

Dad - A goal of mine is to see members of my immediate family more often, he’s always there for me and tries his best to understand me even though I can be a difficult person. I can count on him to be there if I ever need any help, I am very lucky to have a dad who honestly does care about my wellbeing. Dogs, drivers (taxi,uber etc), daylight savings, doctors, dancing.

Emotions - I’m grateful for the ability to feel emotion - without feeling sadness, we would never have known what happiness feels like. Easy employment, energy, eyesight, electricity.

Friends - I’m very thankful to be blessed with some of the most non judgemental, understanding and loyal friends. They are forgiving, understanding, and selfless and for that I am eternally grateful. A goal of mine is to express my gratitude towards my family & friends more often. Family, food, festivals, flowers, forgiveness, freedom, firefighters, farmers.

Greek background - When I was younger I used to be ashamed and embarrassed of my Greek features and cultural background but today I am grateful and proud of my family’s culture. getting older and having visited Greece a few times I now see the beauty in my people and the country I come from. Grandparents, good times, GPS, glasses, good days, generosity, goals.

Home - I’m grateful for the fact that I have always had a roof over my head, wherever it may be. I’m also grateful for all the different homes I’ve lived in with the different people I have lived with. Health, humour, hospitality workers, honesty, hugs, hope, hospitals, happiness, holidays.

Intelligence - Incredibly blessed to have intelligence, although I may not always make the smartest decisions or catch onto things straight away I do believe my intuition is a big factor to my intelligence, as well as the luck to be born into a country that provides an excellent educational system.  Imagination, intuition, internet, individuality, independence.

Jokes - I’m grateful for jokes and humour just because they simply make people laugh.  Journeys.

Kindess - If it comes from a friend, a family member, a stranger on the street, a worker - kindness is heart warming when it comes from anybody. Kisses, kitties. 

Life - Of course, I am grateful to be alive because without life nothing else would exist. Love, laughter, little things, lifeguards. 

Mum - I will always be grateful for my mum no matter what silly arguments we may have, she has always tried her hardest in her circumstances to provide for us and be there for us.  Music, medical practices, medical system in Australia, magical moments, memory/ies, moon, mangoes, meditation.

Nature - I’ve always loved nature and felt at peace surrounded by the true beauty of the earth whether it be at the beach, rivers, forests, open spaces or any of mother natures creations. A goal of mine is to contribute more towards protecting the Earth, even just little things. National parks, nurture, nice smells, nutrients.

Optimism - When I feel optimistic, good things always come my way, and when they don’t, it only allows for something else to come into my life. I also love being around optimistic people as their energy rubs off on me, so I’m thankful for all the optimism in the world! Oceans, opportunities, oranges, organisation.   Pain - Without pain we don’t gain strength and resilience. I’m thankful for the pain I’ve endured and the pain that will be inevitably felt in the future for it only makes us stronger. Pets, presents, presence, paramedics, people, public transport, parks, photos, parties.

Quietness - Grateful to be able to have time to myself, in a quiet space.  Questions. Reading - I used to read a lot, lately I haven’t as I haven’t been able to concentrate but with my inner peace coming back I think I may be able to pick up books again and start reading and for that I am grateful.  Resilience, rain, reading, restaurants, recycling. 

Sobriety - I love being sober, I love getting things done and being proactive, being aware and making the right choices. Looking and feeling good, thinking straight and striving to be the best that I can be. I truly do love sobriety.  Surgeons, smiles, sunshine, schools, spirituality, safety, strength, senses, soulmates, social workers. 

Travel - I’m grateful for all of the places I’ve been able to travel to so far, and all the places I will go. Some of the times I’ve spent travelling have been some of the most life changing experiences I’ve had as I’ve chosen to travel alone a couple of times, and will continue to do so!  Time, today, tomorrow, tanning, therapists, teachers, traditions, trees, tropics, thought, techno, trance events.

Understanding - People who try to understand others, even if they don’t fully empathise or even agree, to just understand someone else and their reasonings is a beautiful quality to have and I’m grateful for the people in the world who possess that quality. UberEats.  Vegetables - I just fucking love vegetables and nutrients.  Vanilla flavours/scents, vitamins. Work - We often forget how lucky we are in Australia to be able to find work so easily compared to many countries around the world, we have good wages to be able to live comfortably and in general we have pretty good work safety. I’m grateful for work that has taught me skills and for my future change of career. Water, workers, waiters, weather that isn’t extreme. 

Xeni - In Greek, which means strangers. :-) I couldn’t think of anything in English. All the people around us that make a society that I’m grateful to be living in. 

Youth - I am in my very early twenties, which means there is endless opportunities, lessons to learn and things to experience. Youth isn’t timeless, so it’s important not to waste time. In saying that, making bad life choices and making mistakes are all important parts of experiencing our youth, be grateful for your youth.

Zzz - Indeed, I am grateful for sleep because without it I can’t function. :-) 

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u r what u eat ????

or something. lost the original plot of the movie it has been several days

but pls accept this lamb and goat thing

prompt list