My puking pumpkin

OK, one more Halloween thing. After admiring them for years (yeah, I'm weird), I finally made a puking pumpkin. Here it is, in all its glory, a cautionary tale for any squash that decides to wash down Halloween candy with tequila ;-)

Murder and dismemberment in New Orleans

Just in time for Halloween - a grotesque story of murder and dismemberment in New Orleans. See Michael C. Hebert, MD - Journal - The Strangest

Don't worry - this isn't a tabloid piece but a funny and thoughtful commentary on a case that's truly stranger than fiction. And New Orleans is the perfect setting for it.

Happy Halloween y'all!

Extreme Pumpkin Contest Winners 2005

Wanna get creative with your Jack o' Lantern this year? For inspiration, check out the Extreme Pumpkin Contest Winners 2005
I love the pumpkin giving birth, the moldy skull, and the flash o' lantern. I have about 5 pumpkins sitting at home; I think I'll get to work on 'em.

Boy, 6, chosen as library's volunteer of the year - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

I rarely post library news here, but this one is too good to keep to myself. A 6-year-old boy has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Allegheny County Library Association in Pennsylvania. His reason for volunteering at the library? "I just like to help." More details available in an article from this article:
Boy, 6, chosen as library's volunteer of the year - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

LILEKS (James) Interior Desecrators

Did you grow up in a house with orange furniture and green shag carpet? Or green furniture and orange shag carpet? Then you too must be a child of the 70's! For a nostalgic, snarky look at America's ugliest decade, visit LILEKS (James) Interior Desecrators

Next to pictures of the worst the 70's had to offer the world of interior design, the author makes the hilariously snarky comments we wish we'd been witty enough to come up with back in '77.

Solutions from PC Magazine: Save the World with Your Screensaver

Remember the SETI@Home project, which lets users install a screensaver that searches for extraterrestrial life while you aren't using your computer? Now there are more projects that use this model, called grid computing. While it's otherwise idle, your computer can search for cancer treatments, help find a cure for Parkinson's Disease... or help SETI find extraterrestrials. PC Magazine provides a nice overview of some grid computing projects and how you can participate. See Solutions from PC Magazine: Save the World with Your Screensaver