My newest thing to covet is this Skull Wallpaper designed by Barbara Hulanicki for Graham & Brown.

I showed it to my mom who glanced at it and said, "That's nice, honey." but didn't even notice the skulls. Then I mentioned it cost a $125.00 for a double roll and she went a little ballistic on me. Anyhow, even if I could afford luxury wallpaper, my landlord probably wouldn't appreciate it. Still, I feel like buying a bolt or two and putting it away so that one day, when I own my own walls, I'll be able to skull 'em up as I please.









Special thanks to Jodi for sending me this link!

'Twas A Bacony Halloween

I was a lame-o this year and didn't get dressed up for Halloween, not enough time this year to put together a good costume and I will never half-ass a Halloween costume. I did wear a whole bunch of skull stuff to work on Friday but I'm pretty sure no one was surprised by that.

You know, some people keep trying to tell us that the bacon "fad" is dead but this year's Halloween costumes are a great indication that they are full of crap. Browsing thru random pictures via Flickr found a treasure trove of homemade bacon costumes for adults, kids and pets. I applaud these people for not taking the easy way out and buying the one off-the-shelf bacon costume available.























And these were just the tip of the iceberg! Go bacon!

The Skeleton Chair

How amazing is this chair? I stumbled across Olde Good Things, a store that carries antique and architectural artifacts, just two blocks away from my office.





The picture is not the best since I took it through the store window with my cell phone. The sign on it said something about a Masonic Lodge and Vincent Price movie? So I had to investigate...

The inspiration for this distinctive chair is perhaps a known Russian example, signed and dated in Cyrillic, "Ivanovic Cheshcevi to Nickolai Ivanoovic Kolemin, Chair from Masonic Lodge 1838", which sold as lot 278 at Christie's, New York, January 25, 1992.



Vincent Price owned a whole set of skeleton chairs. At least four variations of the large, scary chairs have been sold in recent years. A few were painted white, one was dark mahogany and one was a rocking chair.

That Russian chair sold in London in 1980 for $36,300, sold again in 1992 for about half that, then sold in 2009 for $3,198 at Jackson's Auctions in Cedar Falls, Iowa. I believe the price tag in the window of Olde Good Things was $3500.

I covet this chair. I don't care how uncomfortable it probably is.

Go check out The Worley Gig for another great skeleton chair that Gail posted just today. Obviously, great minds think alike.

Dem Bones

Toe bone connected to the foot boneFoot bone connected to the leg boneLeg bone connected to the knee bone...

via blort.meepzorp

Permanent Bacon (Part 3)

It's been a slow couple of weeks for bacon news so I figured I'll post some bacon tattoos that I've seen kicking around the internet. If you missed my previous installments of bacon tats, you can find them here and here.

I really love this one but you kinda have to look past the dirty feet.

via flickr

The Bacon Cross of Saint Peter was sent to me by Dale.


via ugliesttattoos.com

Who doesn't ♥ bacon?

via baconbaconbacon.tumblr.com

The pic is a little blurry but it's an original!


via flickr

Earlier this year at SXSW, two of the Suicide Girls got bacon tats.


via the latimes

and someone else apparently liked that tattoo a lot

via geekologie

Bacon.

Skulls from Pylones

Pylones-usa.com has some really cute and unique Skeleton/Skull stuff.I can honestly say that I've never seen a skull ice scraper before! My favorite by far though is the sugar pot.

Stainless Steel Skeleton Sugar Pot - $40.00



Skull Ice Scraper - $21.00


Skeleton Bicycle Bell - $19.00


Skeleton Fish Stapler - $15.00

This Is Why You're Fat Scavenger Hunt - 10/29 NYC

Get this - On Oct. 29th, the team behind This Is Why You're Fat will hold a food-truck contest in NYC to promote the release of their first book. For the contest, six mobile food vendors are preparing extra-indulgent items, which TIWYF will describe to participants via their Twitter. The first person to hit all six vehicles and submit a photo of himself eating each treat gets a food-truck party of his choice for 25 friends. Info on the trucks' locations will be updated every 20 minutes. (via Crains)

Holy Crap. I wonder what goodies they'll be serving up? Probably not these:

Meat Baby w/ Bacon Diaper


Bacon Chip Nachos


Elvis's Fools Gold Loaf Sandwich


What do I do? Do I take the day off from work and try it out? Honestly, I don't think I'm fast enough for this contest but it sure sounds like fun.

Jammerz Skull Footie Pajamas

On an unseasonably cold and rainy October day like today, I start thinking of winter and curling up on my couch in some warm pj's, sippin' on some hot chocolate. A pair of these Jammerz Footie Pajamas would be perfect. I can't remember the last time I had footie pajamas.

Silly Skulls - $49.95


Baby Silly Skullz - $9.95


Green Camo Skull - $49.95 (XL Only)


Yeah, they're a little pricey but there's a bunch of great designs. You know, the biggest omission is that there's no bacon jammies. There are Piggies but that's not really the same thing. I bet if Jammerz put out Bacon Jammies, they would be in for a big surprise. There's a niche to fill here, someone get on it!