Hey Squirrels....

Come and get it! Happy Halloween!

Trick Or Treat!

Yesterday, we went trick or treating at the husband's office. There were lots of kids there.


Bob the Builder and Optimus Prime. Two interesting facts: (1) Now all the men in my household have dressed as Bob the Builder for Halloween. (2) Bob the Builder has endorsed Barack Obama. Take that, Joe the Plumber!



Dan-El realized rather quickly that being cute could get you a lot of candy, and took advantage of this fact.



Bob and Pilchard (the parents of little tots will get that one).



Optimus needs to learn his apple juice limits.


Bumblebee under glass.


Happy Halloween! I'm off to carve the squirrel buffet pumpkins now.

A Musical Interlude

Curse You, Squirrels!

Last year, the little bastards at least had the decency to wait until after Halloween to make our pumpkin into a buffet.

Yesterday, I walked out on to my porch to discover that this year, they apparently couldn't wait.





Just for the heck of it, before posting this I went out and checked again. Apparently, they had brunch.



We need to come up with a plan and fast. Here are some of our ideas so far:

1. Build an electric fence. The husband thinks it would be funny to see the little critters hanging off of it.

2. Build a force field. Unfortunately, as Jak-El pointed out: "You need a scientist to do that. And we're not scientists."

3. Post signs alerting squirrels to the much tastier--and possibly chocolate!--pumpkins on neighbor's porch.

4. Kill one squirrel with a chainsaw, as a warning to other squirrels. (I don't think Jak-El has really thought this idea through.)

5. Teleport squirrels to (a) an alternate dimension, (b) New Hampshire, or (c) the future, where they'd have to fight robot squirrels.

6. Gesture wildly at squirrels, while yelling empty threats at them in a bad Italian accent. "You a' squirrels, you a' stop a' eatin' my a' pumpkins, or I'ma' gonna make a' you into a squirrel risotto."

Anyone have any better ideas?

Reason #5,678 Why I Wish The Doctor Really Existed:

From Peter David's Blog:

"John McCain was so punchy that he got up in front of a crowd in Western Pennsylvania and accidentally said that he agreed with comments allegedly put forward by others that Western Pennsylvania is filled with racists.

And all I could picture was the Doctor standing toward the back of the rally and saying quietly to reporters within earshot, "Don't you think he looks tired?""

Happy Birthday Danny!

Nanananananannananana....Batmobile Cake!



Note the flames coming out the back, an homage to the "Batman" TV series Batmobile.


The cake was a hit with the the birthday boy, a big 3 years old today.


The Ring Ding wheels were very popular.

Time to Vote!

No, not for president, for Matt and Sara, two nice people I know (well, I know him but not her but he's nice so we'll assume she's swell too) who are trying to win a free wedding.

Go here and vote.

Why?

1. Weddings are expensive. Give these crazy kids a good start.

2. If they win, they might let us all be bridesmaids.

3. They dressed as Batman and Batgirl for Halloween once (check out the video).

4. What, you have something better to do for the next two minutes? Give me a break...

5. You're still reading this? Go vote already!

ASDF....Space!

I Really Shouldn't Find This As Funny As I Do Right Now. I Think My Brain Is Broken.

Good Cake? Affirmative!

Since my birthday and the husband's are so close together, we traditionally have one cake for the two of us. And I traditionally bake it, since he doesn't cook.

This year, I made my first attempt at using fondant (yes, yes, I've been watching too much "Ace of Cakes") in preparation for making a Batmobile cake for Dan-El later in the month.

I made a K-9 cake as a sequel to last year's TARDIS cake.
 I'm kinda pleased with how it came out.



Shortly after these pictures were taken, Dan-El peeled off K-9's nose and ate it. Poor K-9.

Obama Llama Duck