That’s right, no Max’s. Sad, too, because that would have been a great costume any year prior. Way to ruin everything, Hollywood.

Seven Halloween Costumes to Avoid [via Gakwer]

Yup.  I kind of like the guy sitting down. His legs are crossed fancy-style.

SoHo Shop Celebrates Halloween With a Hanging [via Gothamist]

Here are a couple more of my favorite Etsy Halloween goodies that have been posted recently. Some goodies after the jump.

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So I get a little tipsy, end up in the suburbs in grocery stores, and this is the sort of stuff I end up with. Halloween magazines. For moms.

The Taste of Home Halloween Food and Fun special edition came first.

This little gem was cheap ($4.99) and has a nice convenient size, great for travel and subway reading.

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Do you live in New York? Are you interested in spending the night before Halloween in a bad-assed church watching Nosferatu? If so you should buy tickets for the annual Procession of the Ghouls at the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine. I’ve never been, but I think I might have to this year.

Halloween ’09 at St John the Divine

You can tell it’s Halloween season when everything Pumpkin flavored/spiced/colored magically appears on store shelves near you.

Quick segue: I will never use the term Fall or Autumn ever again to describe the months of late August, September, October, and even the first part of November. It’s Halloween Season. I am currently working on a proposal to have this officially changed anywhere and everywhere, so if anyone is a lawyer or would like to simply start a petition to rally the troops, I would be forever indebted to you.

Anyways, I am already quite fond of all things pumpkin flavored (like beer), so having this extra pumpkin influence around only enhances the craving. Consider this a warning; this will be the first of several pumpkin-themed posts.

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Have you ever heard of Chick tracts? If you grew up going to church (like I did), you most likely have, though you may not have realized that’s what they were called.  Chick Tracks are the hip name for a series of religious comics authored by Jack Chick, a crazy person who is probably very much like your grandmother.  The books were often given out at churches and other religious places that are exactly like churches.  They dealt with issues like abortion, drugs, science, smoking, and of course, muthalickin’ Halloween.

Today we’ll be covering the Halloween Chick Tract.  Here’s the teaser…

Oh indeed!.

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Thank GOD someone else out there is getting giggly in anticipation of Halloween. In my second consecutive Etsy post, I bring you creepy finger soap, produced by Etsy seller ajsweetsoap. In addition to the fingers, they have some other Halloween themed soaps, including ghosts and vampire teeth. They look delicious.

Thanks much to my pal ohcallmeb for the pointer to this.

It’s never too early to think ahead though. I decided while at work (where else does one do this sort of stuff) that I should try and find some inspiration for costume ideas. Since it’s still pretty close to Easter, Jesus is on my mind, so I tried to see what kind of Jesus-type costumes I could come across.

Obviously my thoughts centered on the offensive and blasphemous, but I found this very old link for some costume suggestions of a religious nature that you might find humorous. You know, if you really want to make an impression. Be warned, these are some EVIL ideas.

#4 is my favorite: Dress up as a yellow and black striped leaf and ask them if they beeleaf in Jesus!

You can’t kill Halloween, Santa, no matter how hard you try! While shopping for Eggnog, I came across the Clearance section of a local grocery store. As any decent shopper does, I glance over the section without actually pausing to look, making sure I give off an aura of “I don’t mess with that cheap shit.” But I couldn’t ignore the beckon of black, purple, and orange packaging. I knew what that meant.

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