metal Metal cover of Nightmare Before Christmas' 'This is Halloween' Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

ebay Six members of eBay’s global security team charged with sending bloody pig mask to critic Mark Frauenfelder

costumes Family recreates Simpsons' intro after finding costumes during quaran-cleaning Rusty Blazenhoff

astronomy Getting to know 2015 TG 387, aka "the Goblin," an unconfirmed dwarf planet lurking in the Ort cloud Gareth Branwyn

design Fancy "ambient light" projector creates illusion of window overlooking trees David Pescovitz

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

law Utah destroys thousands of gallons of beer Xeni Jardin

Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2019 Gareth Branwyn

happy mutant I chatted with Danny Elfman about his new MasterClass, and his ventriloquist dummy "Buddy" Rusty Blazenhoff

fox news Fox News has filed a trademark for "OK Boomer" — and they're not the first ones to do it Thom Dunn

halloween Halloween night on the New York Subway John Struan

animals Horse rescued from Virginia swimming pool David Pescovitz

lord of the things Homebrew animated Eye of Sauron John Struan

halloween Bob Ross couple's costume and other Halloween night surprises in my neighborhood Rusty Blazenhoff

The best thing in wrestling right now is a hilarious troll who looks like Ryan Gosling John Struan

racism Teacher suspended after Halloween blackface rap Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The Porch of Doom: a Halloween haunt that sends visitors to a billionaires' Mars where they are expected to do all the dirty work Cory Doctorow

racism Utah elementary student wore a Nazi costume to school parade David Pescovitz

Kids Watch this kid do a good thing with his candy Xeni Jardin