It’s a little late for this news to be helpful for this year’s Halloween, but perhaps for next year. The American Veterinary Medical Association announced recently that veterinarians are very useful members to have on your post-zombie apocalypse team. They are incredibly and uniquely valuable in such a situation. The ...

All hell breaks loose, that’s what.

Geeky dad Michael Schenck and his son Alex did something awesome for Halloween: they built a jack-o-lantern with Lego Mindstorms NXT components inside to give it a robotic twist. From Michael’s description: What – do you say – is a “Jack-O-Bot” – well, that is what you get when you combine ...

There are Things that were tamed in the beginning of the cosmos and chained by the stars which were placed in a sigil of five dimensions in the tongue of a formless race which was ancient before the elements. The Prophecy of Zarah by Jenne Kaivo Although Halloween has come and gone, ...

The foundation of my house is creaking under the weight of all the candy my kids hauled in last night. Literally thousands of calories are hunkered in grocery bags in the cabinet above the fridge. In years past, this candy has called to me, and I inevitably binged on mini-chocolate ...

It’s that time of year again, when our little ghouls, goblins, vampires, pirates and princesses take to the neighborhood in search of pounds of candy! If you’re like other parents, you’re quick with your camera to snap still photos of your trick-or-treaters all dressed up, but why not turn to ...

This year my six-year-old daughter wanted to be a ghost for Halloween---"but definitely not just a sheet ghost." We've been reading a lot of Victorian ghost stories and I think this led to her vision of "an old-fashioned ghost." Unlike past years' efforts, this turned out to be an incredibly ...

174. If you’re lucky, you might have ten to twelve years to take her trick-or-treating. Don’t miss a single year. (photo: Deb Moran Photography)

I am always looking for ways to teach my kids about the importance of giving back to the world. Whether it is is small or large ways, we try our bext to work hard and find ways to give in our own ways. In the past my daughter put ...

Hallows’ Eve and the Pumpkin Dream from Adam C Sager on Vimeo. Adam Sager is a geeky dad who works for Fashionbuddha, the company behind the Piece Me Puzzles apps (among other things). He has also worked for Laika, the animation studio that made Coraline and is currently working on a ...