Stephen Bolen » Halloween

Thriller!

Stephen — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:19:00 +0000

Awesome video.

Halloween candy

Stephen — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:47:16 +0000

And we may not have enough. It’s been wave after wave of kids.

I love Halloween.

Happy Halloween!

Stephen — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:36:44 +0000

The frost & cold snap made them look ok and wrinkled, but hey – adds to their mystique, eh?

St. Louis & Des Moines only two cities that make kids tell jokes before handing out candy

Stephen — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:09:00 +0000

Okay, I detest morning news shows. And our local Fox affiliate’s morning show is a special blend of awful (as you’ll see by clicking the link above). But, via a Facebook post I made about Halloween joke-telling, someone pointed me to KTVI’s website for a story about Halloween Manners (WTF?). In that story, it was revealed that only St. Louis and Des Moines enforce the strict “TELL A JOKE OR YOU DON’T GET MY SWEET TREATS” policy.

Interesting.

Happy Halloween from Groupon?

Stephen — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:40:00 +0000

Did Groupon really just put up spider vein treatments on the eve of Halloween? Really?

Pumpkin carving … with a gun

Stephen — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:25:00 +0000

Just in case you really mean business. (As an added bonus, the exit point is also carved, so you’ve got two birds with one stone)

Pumpkin Drop

Stephen — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:12:00 +0000

It was a happy halloween for everyone. Except that 1,200 pound pumpkin and rusted-out Pontiac.

Jane at the pumpkin patch

Stephen — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:48:00 +0000

Forgive me for my proud dad post, but man, my daughter rules.

Happy Halloween!

Stephen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:44:56 +0000

According to the experts at Wikipedia1, Halloween (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.

Here’s some fun things I’ve found about Halloween on the internets so far today:

We live in exciting times, folks. Indeed.

1. I’ve always wanted to start out a post with that line.

Halloween Milkshakes

Stephen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:10:02 +0000

Dude. This is a no-brainer. You love ice cream. You love candy. May as well throw in your love of thunder thighs, too – we’re making Halloween Candy Milkshakes, chubbs!

Kick-ass Candy Milkshakes

Vanilla/French Vanilla ice cream
Your favorite Halloween candy (tonight we’re rollin’ with Reese’s Pieces and/or M&M’s)
1/4 cup milk

Directions:

Scoop a generous amount of ice cream in your blender.
Add 1/8 cup of milk (or, 1/2 of 1/4 cup if you’re from the Nesting Doll school of thought).
Pulse the blender in 3 second intervals 10 times.
Add the candy (Note: if you’re using candy bars, it’s a good idea to coarsely chop the goods before dumping them into the blender so they’re actually distributed evenly).
Add the remaining milk.
Pulse the blender in 2 second intervals 6 times.
Pour contents from blender into a chilled pint glass.
Top with Whipped Cream (Optional … or TOTALLY F&%#ING NECESSARY).
Enjoy.

These milkshakes are an awesome way to enjoy the spoils of your children’s Trick-or-Treating. So put those kids to work on Saturday and make sure they haul in a king’s ransom of candy. If not, tell them that the milkshakes will run red with their blood. That should do the trick.

Assembly photos

Normally reserved for booze, we just found another use for the blender.

Gotta love those Halloween colors. What won't they sell?

We used some French Vanilla ice cream from Target. Yup, we're foodies. LAWLS.

Dude. You gotta WAIT.