133 - Backpedalling

1. Scare Tactics I decided to do another Halloween day, which is weird because I don't even really like Halloween Here's a great story about a guy that was willing to go to great lengths to scare passengers on a haunted hay ride.

2. Cruelty to Animals Do people really think that their pets like to wear costumes? I guess my dog, Opal Stoltz, who died tragically at an early age, really did like wearing her argyle sweater, but only when it was very cold and she didn't look like an asshole.

3. Science of Scare I'm not sure if this is really science. I don't see any evidence of a control group, and there is definitely no falsifiable hypothesizing. Still, "Nothing evokes wild-eyed terror like a chain-saw" sounds pretty good.

4. Minifig If you read this early enough, you might have time to whip up one of these lego action figure costumes. Personally, I'll be spending the day sleeping and watching bootleg DVDs.

5. If Houdini Hasn't Come Back From the Grave, Then No One Has Another great episode of Skepticality focusing on the mysterious life and death of Harry Houdini with Houdini Museum curators, Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brooks as well as renowned skeptic and historian, the Amazing James Randi.

131 - Halloween

1. Historical Halloween A concise history of the Halloween holiday from the History Channel. You can trust the veracity of this article based on the History Channel's archives of impeccably researched programs on such topics as Amityville, and Roswell. (sarcasm)

2. Virtual Pumpkin Avoid the mess and stink of Jack-o-Lantern carving by visiting this online pumpkin cutter.

3. Witches Bread Fungus infected crops in Salem caused people to experience convulsions, hallucinations, and psychosis which were interpreted by the population as witchery. Maybe.

4. Favorite Haunts Enter your state and find a Haunted House near you.

5. Haunt Your House 101 ideas and projects to do for Halloween, like roasting pumpkin seeds and solving mazes.

023 - Youtube - with Links!

1. Where the Hell is Matt? Matt is a guy who spent his life savings traveling the world. Somewhere along the way he decided to videotape himself doing a Catch 22-esque dance in every country he visited. Check out his online journal to see what he was doing in your country.

2. QVC Computer Stick around to hear Randy get in the last word.

3. Acrobats Just because it is super easy to figure out, that doesn't make this video any less ingenious. The comments are awesome too.

4. Trick or Treat I was going to save this for Halloween, but I could get hit by a train or something before October. I'm sure you Funniest Home Video fans have seen this already anyway.

5. Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva I'm no mathematician so I'm having a hard time figuring out how 21 people could possible add up to 1000 hands. So that clears out a lot of the youtube video links that have been cluttering up my favorites.