I sometimes wish I could give out handmade edibles to trick-or-treaters (it has been very thoroughly impressed on everyone over the decades that this is a Bad, Bad Thing); I would totally love to make a batch of handpies and then have my husband and I dressed as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett.

What did I think? I thought “Fuck that man in the ear with rusty rebar”, that’s what.

I have been feeling sofa king clueless on racial issues lately... so all I could think is that it might be pretty funny if you went with the original Luke Cage costume (though people who watch the Netflix show and have never read the comics might not get it):

Y’know, it might be interesting to look for some little clear seed-beads and sew a few into the “jar of male tears” for some sparkle.

Just been kind of off-kilter this week. I did get my 2 SparkFun kits done (I don’t remember if I had finished the second one this time last week: you can see them here), but trying to figure out what good costs for a reroofing should be has left me feeling very fuddled and stupid. I also have a little more idea of…

I have no idea what we’ll do. Arguably, there’s more than a touch of Halloween in this house year-round, so maybe that’s why I’m feeling a bit of an idea block...

Wasn’t this an episode of that true-crime show hosted by John Waters?

14 seasons?!

That’s a pretty dress, and I’m glad she can smile through it all.

This box of postcards for $8 instead of $20. I should look for some frames to put them in.

Finished a capacitance meter (the kit is here); not posting the photo ‘cause it’s kind of sad and blurry (I had to turn the light down low or else the iPhone’s adjusting for ambient light made the display hard to read).

Not really— usually the thing being described lacks depth, warmth, or charm.

Very Cyriak-like.

Apart from the electronics kits, recent purchases have been more useful than cool— well, except for this wind-up toy which was half off (or more than half off given the company’s MSRP):

In a holding pattern on the multimeter still. Got all of the section I had been hung up on before soldered and in place (yay!) but it’s not passing the tests. I *did* notice, in troubleshooting, that one of the test probe plugs wasn’t showing continuity, but it’s not clear to me if it’s supposed to or not.

In spite of…

Could someone just prank their knee and elbow joints with a tire iron?

That said, Bale has shown he can play a dead-inside psychopath with a great deal of conviction.

I think you meant “gravel crusher”.

Wot, no Lady in the Radiator?

Sometimes I think I’m glad I got all my dating done before the Internet, never mind Tinder.