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Attention Everyone! Big Bird Is Done Being Exploited

No Muppet has ever been as “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore” than Big Bird. Ever since Mitt Romney, childhood-killing, numbers hater said he would defund PBS and effectively fire Big Bird, well, the Bird has had it. PBS sent a stern message to the campaign calling Romney some sort of soul-stealing, dream bashing wizard (none of that is true except the parts that are), and when Obama’s re-election campaign used Big Bird’s image in an ad, the Sesame Workshop also reached out and sent their campaign a cease and desist letter. Naturally all the hub-bub surrounding Big Bird has made the long-time childhood friend popular in other circles including the Halloween market. Oh, geez. Yandy.com. Continue reading →

Dog Halloween Costumes Are Serious Business

This is my niece, Rosie. She is a St. Bernard. She is wearing a monkey costume.

You see, there is a Halloween costume contest at her day care. Yes, doggy day care. And my sister wants to win this year. I said it seems kind of silly to put all this time and effort into dressing up dogs. You don’t understand, she said. This is doggy day care. This is cutthroat.

Last year, Rosie was a ladybug. And she didn’t win. My sister says one lady cheated last year by promoting her ‘fucking cocker spaniel’ on her personal Facebook page and directing people to the website of the doggy day car to vote for her ‘ugly fucking cocker spaniel’. My sister considers this cheating, because her St. Bernards are way cuter than ‘that fucking piece of shit spoiled cocker spaniel.’ Continue reading →

Time To Start Halloween Planning

According to Moneyland, we Americans are going to collectively spend just a little less than seven billion dollars on Halloween this year. In 2005, planned spending for Halloween was just north of three billion dollars. These figures are courtesy of a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation. Even accounting for inflation, it seems obvious that we, as a country, are addicted to Halloween. Continue reading →