All dressed up and no place to glow

Dad turns his toddler into a glow-in-the-dark stick figure for Halloween courtesy of an LED costume, making for an effective visual.

Also a little dressed up, a Tumblr called Marxwear shows the father of Communism looking good, Louis.

"I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." - Gilda Radner

What'd they ever do to you?

Carving them isn't enough for this guy, who feels the need to share his pumpkin killing methods with the world.

Or take it out on Squishy Earth, which hearkens back to simpler interweb times.

"Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet." - Daniel Webster

Fire retarded

No chance of these toy dolls being recalled, I'd say. (Thanks Gordon)

A descendent of Rich Hall's sniglets, a site called Words For That matches neologisms with as yet unnamed scenarios or meanings.

"How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?" - Christy Whitehead

Nightmare on Elmo Street

Possessed Teddy Ruxpin and Elmo duo in an un-dead-on cover of "Thrift Shop", showing once again that stuffed animals are creepy.

What time is it? Not too late to visit the Museum of Four in the Morning.

"Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is." - Albert Camus

Rock and roll

Incredible video from Taiwan shows an extremely large rock break off the top of a mountain, roll down the hillside, and crash onto the road below, right in front of the car shooting the dashcam video. Look closely and you can see the rock break loose in the first few seconds.

And this BBC news anchor gets past a tough hurdle reading and correctly pronouncing a 35-letter Hawaiian surname not once, but twice, in a 29-second broadcast segment, a feat that might be a first.

"What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck." - Author Unknown

Wild pitch

Despite the seeming lack of context and apparently low-to-no budget, these odd TV spots somehow manage to make a mark.

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." - Mahatma Gandhi

Sticking your neck out

What's the most humane way to test a dog collar? On a human, of course.

"Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared." - George Clason

Last Word on mobile design

Watch a slice of this lunatic recreating the iOS 7 Home screen using nothing but Microsoft Word (and who knows what drugs). Tough to explain, and inexplicably compelling, at least for a minute.

"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is." - George Lucas

99% inspiration

A deserving parody of the format and formula, Patton Oswalt's fake TED talk take-off will change your life.

"Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information." - Scott Adams

And eat it too

Exuberant engineer builds a rotating spoons of death machine to pummel himself with cake. What the hell's wrong with this guy?

And Your Kickstarter Sucks opens fire on deserving(?) targets.

"A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch." - James Beard

Rodenttrack

Like incontinent miniature dogs, rats, doing tricks.

And IKEA product or death metal band? Take the tougher-than-you-think quiz.

"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." - Eartha Kitt

Hole in the head

Major moment for mouthless metropolis members in "Mute".

"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." - Amelia Earhart

Age of innocence

Filmed in the 50s, five men standing under a nuclear detonation, doing it for Science. God bless. [NPR]

"Trust is letting go of needing to know all the details before you open your heart." - Author Unknown

Beautiful music

Slow-motion paint on a speaker is a beautiful ballet of technicolor droplets, and would make a heck of a fountain.

"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." - Leopold Stokowski

A-mazing

Water hurtles headlong through a heated metal maze, courtesy of curious physics known as the Liedenfrost effect.

"Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet." - Dave Barry

Hard news...?

Islamic militia rocket fire shoots down airborne foe in this short clip from Banksy.

"We have the best government that money can buy." - Mark Twain

Real me

Man suffers some amusing amnesia — or makes his run at husband of the year — after waking up from post-surgery anesthesia. (Thanks Raygun)

And from artist Sebastian Bieniek, something close to animate Picasso, a day in the life of a "Doublefaced" Girl. I wonder if her name is Janice?

"I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." - Rita Rudner

You betcha

Ten more bar-style bets you will always win, unless your friend has also seen the video. Either way, someone will hate you.

And Filmillion supposedly can guess the movie you're thinking of by asking a mere 30 yes or no questions.

"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people." - Will Rogers

Read right

From the future New York Public Library archives, librarians remake Beastie Boys' classic "Sabotage" as best they can.

"I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks." - Steve Martin

Tough row

Nothing clear about the larger debate, but this Chipotle ad called "The Scarecrow" is at least captivating. [SmithsonianMag]

"The belly rules the mind." - Spanish Proverb

Buffering

Interesting little short called "Progressbar" tells you everything you need to know about how it gets done.

"But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?" - Diana Nyad

Protein shake

Recipe for a country breakfast of eggs beaten at 39,024 FPS. Don't shoot 'til you see the whites of their albumen.

"You can do a lot for your diet by eliminating foods that have mascots." - Ted Spiker

Won't leave it alone

Siberian husky in an exhibition of unadulterated joy. I couldn't help but imagine this same thing going on in the snow.

"Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window." - Steve Bluestone

I think I can

Error at the canning plant takes down the tomato version of Skynet in "Otto l'Automate". Or something like that(?).

Left over and left behind, these moldy old food containers in the office fridge are both disgusting and near-art.

"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it." - Buddy Hackett

Super fly

Wingsuited maniac jumps off a cliff wearing a panorama camera that lets you control the view as he hurtles to the ground.

And a photographer painstakingly recreates Death Row prisoners' last meals. Comfort food, I guess you might call it? Morbid and fascinating.

"There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." - Douglas Adams, "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Capeless crusader

Man dons the signature mask to become Batdad, and possibly parent of the year.

"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them." - Moliere

Side effects

Vertigo, dizziness, nausea — such are the symptoms of iOS 7 usage reportedly afflicting some portion of the population. But thankfully Jimmy Kimmel unveiled a sure-fire cure on a recent episode.

"As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round." - Ben Hogan