Another sure sign that Halloween is just around the corner. Raleigh-based brewery Big Boss‘ Harvest Time pumpkin ale is BACK to be served again.

I love how all good things come back around at Halloween. My love of Harvest Time has been well-documented. Boner-inducing is the best way for me to describe this wonderful ale. It’s literally the best pumpkin ale I have ever tasted. I EVEN HAVE THE FUCKING SHIRT.

And look how cute the little logo is!!! It’s the only one I could steal from their site. It’s wicked-evil looking though. It’s the perfect logo ever. More perfect than Coke or Pepsi could ever dream of. They should both hire whoever made this logo.

If you’re ever around Raleigh, please stop by the tap room and pick up a growler. Or 7.

This beer is so good, this is what it does to me:

I’m sure it’s been back for quite some time now, but it’s the first time I’ve noticed it.

THAT JUST MEANS THAT HALLOWEEN IS SO MUCH CLOSER THAN I HAD EXPECTED.

I am super excited for the dots, especially the ghost dots.

These ghost dots have been part of legend ever since X-Entertainment reviewed them way back in 2007.

I also reviewed them last year. They were a hit at parties, and I don’t foresee them disappointing this year either. Look at them in all their glory:

YES. I shall consume thee, ghost dots. But I will probably just throw your bastard cousin candy corn dots drunkenly at my friends.

But wait, that’s not all …

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62.  For these 62 photos of a Halloween party from last year we definitely should have been invited to. Thanks Hef for ruining every other Halloween party we will ever go to.

63.  For Alan Thicke, Canada’s greatest export, who is 63 years old, and for his magical show Growing Pains. Way back before Kirck Cameron was insane, Growing Pains was a fun way to spend an evening (if you were 6 years old). I vividly remember a Halloween episode in which Mike had a dream that his entire family had turned to zombies. Seriously I didn’t sleep for days. I was horrified. I can’t find it online (help me out), but I did find this:

64.  For these incredible Commodore 64 game versions of Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Evil Dead.

65. For 1965. The year in which ex-NFL wide receiver Cris Carter was born. Cris Carter played for the Minnesota Vikings. And VIKING metal is one of our favorite subgenres of heavy metal.

Out of all the viking metal out there, our favorite has to be Amon Amarth. This is them, in their finest:

This screenshot is from a buddy’s office. I am honored.

66 days until Halloween. 66, when given one more digit, is the great number of all time, 666.

I actually feel very sorry for the number 66. So many times, people probably mistake you for your older and much cooler brother, 666. But alas, you fall just short.

The black sheep. The redheaded stepchild. The Corey Feldman. You’re always one step behind the rest.

So every year, I visit what I think is the best amusement park in the world, Cedar Point. They have bone-shaking roller coasters like the Millenium Force that give me the chills and the best kind of natural high. It’s a no-frills park, as people are only there for the rides. Not for stupid parades or theme rides.

Every year, they have HalloWeekends in the fall. I have yet to go, but apparently they transform the park into one huge haunted playground, with several haunted houses and other attractions.

Probably the most amusing aspect of the events is their hiring policy. During the summer, CP is manned by young college kids or foreigners visiting for the summer. All clean-cut for the most part, wearing standard-issue uniforms.

There are signs posted throughout the park indicating that given the nature of Halloween, “normal” hiring restrictions like tattoos and piercings are OK in this sense. Let the freaks come out and play.

Anywho, they’ve began to advertise HalloWeekends throughout the park, and they do so by clever little displays featuring skeletons, coffins, and corny phrases.

Here are some pics from one such display, the C.O. Fin Used Casket Emporium.

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So, I’m really reaching for a post idea today. Our official Halloween countdown still has not begun in earnest, but while searching around the internet for anything interesting about the number 68, I came across the following factoid from this Wikipedia article:

68 is the most well-proportioned number

I’m still on a mission to figure out what that exactly means, but what it makes me think of are well-proportioned women. Sorry, but it does.

Speaking of which …

How does she look like that without all that makeup? What a sweet looking lady.