Halloween is almost here. Time to decorate your computer’s desktop with some Halloween themed wallpapers. I have a number of photos that you can use. I created a Halloween Wallpapers set to hold some of ones that would make the best desktop wallpaper.
Here are a few examples:
Happy Halloween!!!
1 comment October 27th, 2007
My Halloween was really fun. We have been decorating my parents house for Halloween and scaring kids for over 10 years. The reason I know it has been that long is, my mask has been Ghostface since before it was used in Scream in 1996. I always knew I had the mask before it was used in Scream and finally ran across this confirmation:
Craven found the off-the-shelf item at a house where they were location scouting in California. The mask was originally created by Fun World.
Once they used it in the movie, I decided to stay with it. This year I finally got a replacement Ghostface as mine was getting a bit worn and dirty and I finally found a good quality one to replace it. The cloth is not quite as good as my original and it is cut a bit smaller, but the thinner cloth makes it a bit cooler. The face is now made of vinyl instead of (I think) latex so it holds is shape much better.
We put up graveyard this year for the first time. I really liked it. I lit each grave up with a battery powered glow stick. They are a bit brighter than chemical glow sticks. They are more expensive but last between 10 and 24 hours depending on the brand (and price) and can be used again next year. Of course, if you keep your decorations up for more than one night neither is a good option, but due to frequent strong gusts of wind and vandals I only put out the cheapest stuff and lights until Halloween day. I never wanted to put up a graveyard for the same reason. I always figured some jerk would kick them over or damage them or the wind would get them. To lessen the chance, I put the nicer ones closer to the house. Thankfully none were damaged though several stakes were badly bent from the wind. The half nearest the sidewalk lost their glow sticks before the night was over. Some trick-or-treaters are just jerks. Those weren’t the first things to disappear over the years.
Other than that and my fog machine not working, this year was really good. Kids started showing up around 6:20pm but it was kind of slow until just after 8:00. We figured that is when school carnivals ended. Our last trick-or-treaters showed up around 9:45 just as we were about to shut down. I was able to scare lots of kids and parents and didn’t make any little kids cry. Since I am sitting out in the open I can see who I am scaring and can do less or completely skip scaring them if they look too young. Which also has the benefit of confusing return visitors. I may not have scared them this year so they are sure I am fake and I can get them even better next year.
Looking through the pictures I counted about 70 kids (trying not to count parents) and we only took pictures of a small portion. Here are a few of our pictures:
4 comments November 5th, 2006
Halloween Fonts just in case you need to make any last minute posters in creepy fonts.
Ghosts of Halloween is a site for a pretty elaborate yard haunt. It is very impressive, but I am happy with my much smaller one night haunt. He has a really nice grave yard which is a new addition to my yard this year. Maybe I should have visited there before to pick up some tips. Anyway, I did one thing I like better, I left some grass unmowed around the grave markers to make it look a little more unmaintained. I bet the neighbors though we were nuts with a bunch of unmowed spots in the yard.
Spirit Halloween Online Store has a 50% off sale on whatever they have left until midnight tonight so you can stock up for next year cheep. I ordered a few things and I am lucky to have a physical Spirit store located nearby so will be shopping there tomorrow to see if there is anything left worth picking up that I couldn’t get online.
1 comment October 31st, 2006
Extreme Pumpkin Carving
De-Paganizing Halloween
Dentist taking sweet bite out of Halloween
Where Did Halloween Come From?
What’s the story behind Halloween?
What Halloween is Really About
Add comment October 30th, 2006
LiveScience.com has a mathematical attempt to debunk vampires. It is pretty convincing. Basically, assuming vampires started several hundred years ago, and that a vampire bites someone every month which creates a new vampire, the spread of vampires would grow exponentially and there would be no living humans left to feed on by now.
That of course does not take into account the fact (as shown in movies and TV) that not all bite victims become vampires, many just die. It also neglects slayers, hunters, death dealers, and accidental exposure to sunlight.
Anyway, I don’t think kids are going to believe the vampire living in their closet doesn’t exist just because of a little math.
Add comment October 26th, 2006
Here are a few more desktop wallpapers from photos I took that can be used for Halloween. They were taken early on a really foggy the morning last November when the spider webs were full of dew. My favorite is the one you can see the reflection of the tree upside down in the large dew drop. These webs were not by the same spiders as my previous post, these webs are much smaller, the biggest was maybe a foot in diameter.
Only seven days till Halloween!
2 comments October 24th, 2006
I have talked a lot about digital cameras on this blog. Well, here are some shots taken with my Cannon PowerShot S2 IS that I think make great Halloween desktops. I have been using them. They are golden silk (banana) spiders taken in Louisiana. Maybe not the scariest spiders if you are familiar with them, but no one wants to run into their huge webs.
4 comments October 13th, 2006
Believe me, you don’t want to know. Bugs, and not how you might imagine. Details here. Not that bad I guess since I have been eating the stuff for years, but I wish I didn’t find out.
Add comment October 9th, 2006
Do You believe in Ghosts? I have never seen a ghost. I don’t know if they really exist or not. But this video shows some really compelling evidence. You really must see this for yourself.
Add comment October 4th, 2006
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