As a farewell to Toodlepip...

... one of my absolute favourite things to ever grace this fair blog:

For All the Metal Heads...

I like the promo vid for the Conan O'Brien's new show

Vintage Halloween costumes...

...are scary as shit.

HALLOWEEN BLOGSTRAVAGANZA begins...

NOW.

As per tradition, I'll be making at least one horror-themed post from now till Halloween night. Everyone's invited to join in. Post ghost stories, YouTube vids of UFOs, creepy horror art - anything that fits the Halloween theme!

Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiii....

I think it's worth the whole seven minutes, but I'm nutty that way.

Ork Spud, the Potato Head of the Warhammer Universe

I haven't even watched this yet...

...but it's the short film I've learned is the source of the creepy .GIF I posted a few posts back. It's just a minute or two long (and I'm told half of that is credits), but apparently scare-tastic. Figure I'll watch it in the morning and not right before I try to sleep :)

Enjoy:

That's just creeeeepy

No idea what it's from.

Cond-i-ment crime spree! Spoo-ky! Scar-y!

BOISE, Idaho – Police in Idaho think they might have solved a yearlong condiment crime spree. Authorities said a 74-year-old Boise woman arrested after pouring mayonnaise in the Ada County library's book drop box is a person of interest in at least 10 other condiment-related crimes.
Joy L. Cassidy was picked up Sunday at the library, moments after police say she pulled through the outside drive-through and dumped a jar of mayo in the box designated for reading materials.
Cassidy was released from jail and faces a misdemeanor charge of malicious injury to property.
Boise police say Cassidy is under investigation for other cases of vandalism that started in May 2009. Library employees have reported finding books in the drop box covered in corn syrup and ketchup.

Holy shit, MORTAL KOMBAT by way of SE7EN

Nobody seems to know quite what this is yet, but it looks like a SE7EN-style overhaul of Mortal Kombat - either the set-up for a new game franchise or a teaser for an upcoming movie. Either way, it's surprisingly twisted and gory and it's got one really well-staged fight.

Simulated Bloodletting, Skull Sawing, Murder, Heart Removal, Staple Chris, and Cannibalism

...make this link a wee bit NSFW, but there ain't no boobies.

Click here to see a slideshow of this very blog's Chris in what is easily THE most metal and gore filled photoset I've ever done.

Note: I had to flag the content as adult, so you gotta be logged into Flickr with your NSFW filter turned off to see even a single photo.

Another Note: This is a "narrative" set that tells a story, and there's 75 images to the set. Believe it or not, it doesn't "feel" that long though. (just timed it; it takes 5 minutes and 2 seconds to play the slideshow)

Even More Notation: Chris asked me not to post this on Facebook or anywhere his professional rep might be tarnished, so no cross postin'

some random gifs for ya

God help us

The Scale of the Universe

I figure everyone's seen the genius Powers of Ten at some point in their life (if not, follow the link!) Here's a nice accompaniment with a touch more interactivity. Go feel humble:

THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE

Screw the dogs of Moscow

It's shark-riding, rpg-toting raptors I'm afraid of

Death Dogs of Moscow

Fear them.

Moscow's Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway

For every 300 Muscovites, there's a stray dog wandering the streets of Russia's capital. And according to Andrei Poyarkov, a researcher at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, the fierce pressure of urban living has driven the dogs to evolve wolf-like traits, increased intelligence, and even the ability to navigate the subway.

Poyarkov has studied the dogs, which number about 35,000, for the last 30 years. Over that time, he observed the stray dog population lose the spotted coats, wagging tails, and friendliness that separate dogs from wolves, while at the same time evolving social structures and behaviors optimized to four ecological niches occupied by what Poyarkov calls guard dogs, scavengers, wild dogs, and beggars.

The guard dogs follow around, and receive food from, the security personnel at Moscow's many fenced in sites. They think the guards are their masters, and serve as semi-feral assistants. The scavengers roam the city eating garbage. The wild dogs are the most wolf-like, hunting mice, rats, and cats under the cover of night.

But beggar dogs have evolved the most specialized behavior. Relying on scraps of food from commuters, the beggar dogs can not only recognize which humans are most likely to give them something to eat, but have evolved to ride the subway. Using scents, and the ability to recognize the train conductor's names for different stops, they incorporate many stations into their territories.

Additionally, Poyarkov says the pack structure of the beggars reflects a reliance on brain over brawn for survival. In the beggar packs, the smartest dog, not the most physically dominant, occupies the alpha male position.

The evolution of Moscow's stray dogs has been going on since at least the mid-1800s, when Russian writers first mentioned the stray dog problem in the city. And that evolution has been propelled by deadly selective pressure. Most of the strays arrive on the streets as rejected house pets. Of those dogs kicked out of their homes, Poyarkov estimates fewer than 3 percent live long enough to breed. To survive those odds, a dog really does have to be the fittest.

For the Transformers geeks: potential for an actual, good Transformers game

For once, it's not a hasty tie-in to a crappy movie, but an actual, dedicated game.

Setting is on Cybertron during the big wars before the Transformers came to earth.

Here's the opening cinematic: