How to Compost Your Pumpkin

"Angry old man" by sethtex, via Flickr

It's been a week now since Halloween, and chances are, that once-gorgeous Jack-o-lantern is starting to look more like refuse than decoration.  Loathe as I am to suggest doing anything to dissipate the lingering Halloween spirit, it may, in fact, be time to get rid of your pumpkins.  Luckily, The Daily Green has some useful tips on how to compost pumpkins so that they don't go to waste.

9 Ill-Advised Musical Costumes

Houston Press has a compiled what might be most accurately be called a worst-of, a list of musical couples costumes that would be in bad taste, including this charming couple:

Celebrity Costume Recaps

In case you didn't get your fill of famous people in Halloween costumes, here's a slideshow of some celebrity Halloween twitpics.  I'm not sure what my objection is to celebrities dressing as other celebrities, but it seems to demonstrate a basic lack of perspective.

Halloween TV Specials

If, like me, you're saddened to see your neighbors taking down their decorations and the pumpkins on your front step slowly sinking in on themselves, then one sure-fire way to bolster that Halloween spirit is by rewatching some classic Halloween TV episodes.  I've been thinking of what my list would include (certainly Supernatural's ridiculous razor-blades-in-the-candy opener), and maybe at some point I'll put together a list of my own, by in the meantime, here's a great roundup from Jezebel of Halloween specials from our youths.

There are a lot of clear winners on this list -- the Buffy episode, of course, and every episode ever of The Addams Family - but I think my favorite is the Freaks and Geeks episode.  Bill as The Bionic Woman.  It just kills me every time.

Jezebel's Ghost Stories

Here are those ghost stories Jezebel was looking for.  I think my favorite is "Charlotte," although it's a fun selection generally.

Real Halloween Horrors

Proving that sometimes the real world is scarier than horror stories, there were some sad events this Halloween, including a young woman who has accidentally hanged in a St. Louis haunted house attraction, and at least 6 people who were shot on Halloween night in Washington, DC.  Be careful out there, people!

Happy Halloween!

Today's the day!  Hope you all had a marvelous Halloween!