Librarians are Like Biker Gangs

"The library is the worst group of people ever assembled in history. They're mean, conniving, rude, and extremely well-read, which makes them very dangerous."

Leslie Knope
Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation
Pawnee, Indiana

In this week's episode of Parks and Recreation, Leslie and company take on the most hated and feared department in Pawnee, Indiana,

::cue sinister music::

The Department of Library Services,

or as Leslie prefers, The Department of LIEbary ServicRs.

Watch all the hilarity here on Hulu.

Halloween 2010: Impress with Your Very Own Big Head

3D artist, Eric Testroete has come up with what can only be described as the coolest homemade Halloween costume ever.

Yes.

Ever.

As a tribute to the "big head" mode found in some video games, Testroete created a giant papercraft sculpture of his own head. As his website documents, he donned the surreal creation around town.

As a kind-of gamer, I just think this piece of papercraft is awesome.

If you would like to try making your own "big head," Testroete outlines his process and the computer programs he used to craft the head on his website.

--Happy Papercrafting

Found via Make: Online

11 Things to Do with Your Leftover Halloween Candy

Whether your kids took in an especially large haul this year, or you subscribe to the idea that "it's better to have too much than not enough," you probably have a pile of Halloween candy sitting around right about now.

If you happen to be one of those infuriating people who actually has the willpower to only eat one piece of candy a day, feel free to just "mark as read." If you're like the rest of us, below are some helpful ideas to rid yourself of your extra Halloween candy before the late night sugar binges begin.

Wisebread has come up with 10 great ideas to creatively use your extra Halloween candy.

10 Things to Do with Leftover Halloween Candy

• Infused liqour
• Baking and sweets
• Cooking
• Crafts
• Bribery
• Donations
  
• Send it to our troops
• Take it to the office
  
• Emergency stashes
• Advent calendar

What is the 11th thing, you ask?

If you just happen to live near Athens, Tennessee then give Dr. Dale Kennedy a visit. He will buy kids' Halloween candy for $1.00 a pound. He then matches those dollars and makes a donation to the United Way, but wait . . . it gets better. All the candy he buys get mailed off to troops overseas to thank them for their service.

You can read the whole story here at The Daily Post-Athenian.

It's like I always say, some dentists are geeks, but some dentists are awesome.

--Happy Offloading

Top Ten Music Videos for Halloween Night

Just in time for All Hallow's Eve, Spinner.com gives us their picks for the Top Ten Halloween Music Videos. The list has it all, murderous children,
the undead, aerobic skeletons, and of course, the requisite bleeding sink.

I'll give you just one guess for what video landed in the number one spot, but most of us would agree, it's well-deserved.

There are just two glaring omissions. The Backstreet Boys' "Everybody," which isn't really scary, but is . . . scary and Lionel Richie's "Hello," which isn't scary or scary, but is ten kinds of creepy.

--Happy Halloween

Celebrate Huluween!

Hulu has just made finding spine-tingling television episodes and movies a whole lot easier. This year, they have compiled all their scariest videos and created Huluween.

Things are getting spooky around here. Huluween, our ghoulish guide to the scariest videos on Hulu -- with more titles coming everyday -- adds a little fright to your life. So queue up a slasher flick, a zombie movie or a cult classic, dim the lights, and brace yourself: it's gonna be scary.

Though there is plenty to choose from, I recommend stopping by the Cult Classics and B-Movies section. I mean where else will you find Giant Spider Invasion?

--Happy Huluween