Pumpkins: You can eat them... You can carve them... And you can even paint them. If you like playing with your food, Halloween could be the perfect time to do that without being told off. All you need to do is follow the instructions given by JoAnne Westcott, our Guest Writer for today, and you'll now have a wonderful golden excuse that you can use for many years to come. Image via Wikipedia "Painted pumpkins, now that could be a great Halloween ... Read Full Story

"Sometimes, you want your guests to know that your Halloween party is also a birthday party..."    If you're sure that it's a good idea to broadcast that your (or your offspring's) birthday is on Halloween. that is...   I mean, as loads of people have seen the movie "The Omen" (and some have even seen the original one), someone is bound to add two and two together and come up with... 666, somehow. Also, if your name is Damien (your parents having probably a very wicked... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia "The ancient custom of wearing Halloween masks, just like Halloween itself, goes back to the ancient ritual called Samhain, the origins of modern Halloween..." We've eventually managed to fix our good old time travelling machine... That's why Paul Hulse, our Guest Writer for today's post, was able to travel as far as 2,000 years back in time to bring us back some facts and informations about the ancient origin of Halloween masks. Now, that's what I... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia I was so wrong when I said in my last post that  Michael Moore's emails always come in threes.... I've just discovered that they actually come in fours. I'm glad he's send that other email as I was quite curious to know how things went for the movie'sGrand Opening Night and I'm pleased to learn that the movie was well received. But, and most importantly, I'm also very excited to see that total stangers were talking to each others about it after the mov... Read Full Story

Michael Moore's emails are like trains...  They always come in threes. I'm only joking, of course.  It just that today, I've received another email from Michael Moore about his latest movie and, like what I've done with the two previous ones, "Michael Moore: 'Capitalism' as Comedy and Tragedy Now Playing.." and "Free Screenings Tonight of 'Capitalism' for the Jobless and Homeless...", I'm going to share it with you.  That makes it three Michael Moore related po... Read Full Story

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr Yep, I've got another email from Michael Moore to share with you guys...  But, this one might be even more important than the one in my previous post, because it shows that, despite what some of his detractors would like us to believe, he is not such an hypocrite after all!  The only problem with Michael Moore's emails (I'm not complaining about receiving them, far from it) is that there are some kind of deadlines in them. Hence why I'm ... Read Full Story

Amazing! Willy writes romantic poetry.  A dog with a very special creative talent. In this great video advert for Shicon (that could easily be added to the arguments in favour of the dogs, in the Dogs Vs Cats debate), we see a dog expressing himself pooetically, one letter at a time... Surprisely enough, his poetry doesn't actually stink (I said his poetry, not his pooetry) and could easily be one of the best acts on "Britain's Got Talent"... Well, as long as the auditions' ti... Read Full Story

If you like computer games with racing cars or/and the good old Scalextric kind of games, go get your virtual (or imaginary) helmets right now... "Why?" I can hear you ask. (Oh yeeees, I can..) Why? Because you are in for a treat here with Volkswagen having constructed a Scalextric track on an epic scale inside a hangar to lend armchair (or office chair) enthusiasts like you and I the chance to race the new hot hatch online and against the clock. (Wow!) The track is the w... Read Full Story

When asked if I wouldn't mind posting the following call for witnesses from the Association of Marine Research, I almost replied that I would actually pay for that kind of content as it's right in my favourite blogging street...I mean, hey, helping finding out about a gigantic and unknown sea creature, who wouldn't want to do that? Oh, and by the way, there might be something for you in it too if you have the info they need. Now, is it cool ot what? Enjoy... Loup Dargent __________... Read Full Story

Love him or hate him, Michael Moore is news...    The following is a slightly edited (as in: with a few extra links for background info - hopefully he won't mind too much) copy of the email that I (and probably quite a few others like me who've subscribed to his mailing list) have received very recently...   Enjoy... Loup Dargent Friends, The time has arrived for, as Time magazine called it, my "magnum opus." I only had a year of Latin when I was in high school, so ... Read Full Story