Halloween is next month

Halloween is best in my little 'hood when all the neighbors gather in our front yards to hand out candy to the kids. And drink. Several cocktails make the event much more fun.

This little ice cube tray is going to make a great addition to this fine tradition. A few skull and crossbones will chill the vodka and help us celebrate the occasion.

Did I mention how great these would be for pirate-themed events?

Bone Chillers

geoGreeting

Remember the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs"? It uses every letter in the alphabet and helped check typewriter keys and stuff like that. You know, back in the day before everything was printed electronically.

You'll want to remember the lazy dog phrase when you visit geoGreetings.

geoGreeting.com is a fun site that has scoured the world for shapes that look like letters. You type in a message and they piece it together using aerial photos from around the world.

Send a greeting that's out of this world.

geoGreeting

Pushing Daisies

Here's a television show that you must watch. Yes, I said must. No arguing.

The dialogue is witty, the sets are dreamy and the acting is terrific.

And it has Kristin Chenoweth - the original Glinda the Good Witch from the Broadway show Wicked. The other stars are great too, don't get me wrong.

You've got to love a show that is primarily set in a shop called "The Pie Hole".

If you missed the first season, head over to www.abc.com to watch the previous episodes.

Go set your Tivo for ABC on October 1st at 8:00. That's one week from today - plenty of time for you to clear your schedule. Don't let me catch you watching something else. I mean it.

Pushing Daisies

Nastee Notes

Oh yeah, you read it right. This web site specializes in eloquently saying things you would love to say, but you just hate being so crude. Notice the pretty rhinestone and the yellow flowers. It's so sweet - almost.

Cards with titles such as “Not the brightest” and “Gold digger” pretty much say it all. And these are from the ‘not so nastee’ section.

Check out the ‘real nastee’ section on your own computer – not the one at work. Where they track all of your Internet actions. Including reading personal emails, like this one.

Oops. Too late. Well, keep goofing off then. You've got the time, now.

Nastee Notes

Spice up your next report at work

Have you seen those “word clouds” where all the text is scrambled together in different sizes and styles? Sure, it kind of makes your head hurt trying to figure it out. But they’re snackworthy to me nonetheless.

Here’s a web site that let’s you create your own. Go to Wordle.com and type in your message, click Create, then click Open in Window and edit until satisfied. Press Print Screen on your keyboard for a screen grab. Paste this into a photo editor or document to save your work.

Of course, that means you have to write something yourself. Or just copy and paste from snackworthy – if you’re that lazy. Like me.

Wordle

Chairman Meow

My two terriers don’t believe in live and let live. They want to rid the world of all cats.

What my dogs don’t realize is that cats are uniting under Chairman Meow. Much like Mao, Chmn. Meow is leading a revolution - a feline revolution. Go to this web site for some hilarious propoganda and learn more about their ideology.

Buy a t-shirt and give it to your favorite cat person. No matter how much you think they should own a dog.

Obey the Purebred

Relax, I'm a ninja

A friend has convinced her children that she's a secret ninja who sneaks out at night. What she does as a ninja, I'm not really sure. I think it just helps keeps her kids in line.

But I think the secret is out. Especially if she carries one of these tote bags from Hella Good. This simple, black cotton tote helps you carry your nunchuks and ninja swords.

You'd better hurry if you want to get one. Everyone knows that ninjas disappear fast. (And the website says they have limited quantities.)

Hella Good