October 2013 Wallpaper: Pumpkin Patch
Shaenon: It’s autumn wallpaper time! As usual, if you make a donation in any amount to the Skin Horse Tip Jar, I will send you a link to the wallpaper. Each wallpaper a comes in two different aspect ratios (regular screen and widescreen) to fit most computer monitors, and in both Mac-friendly and PC-friendly orientations.
As a bonus, you’ll also get this classic wallpaper that has puppies on it. Because, come on, puppies.
Channing: Eee! They’re all dressed up as one another! That’s so great! Honestly, it’s nice to see them all looking so happy. Though I do hope that Unity has selected artificial-dog costume pieces and has not actually elected to construct her outfit out of actual dog. It’s probably a vain hope, come think.
(light bulb illuminates)
Oh! I get it, they’re dressed as each other.
Too cute…
Doh!
NOW I see Jeff’s comments…
Neat!
This is the happiest Sweetheart has been in a very long time. Must be because of the makeover. Unity’s ears aren’t real, because she still has the other ears with creatures living in them. The tail was sewed on, so that may be a clue as to its origins.
(TUNE: “Tiptoe Through The Tulips”, Al Dubin & Joe Burke)
Picking
Through the pumpkins
On your desktop
If you spare a buck!
It’s such fun,
As we now run
Amuck!
Tip, see,
Is a zombie!
Unity, she
Is a fuzzy pup!
And Sweetheart
Playing Tip’s part,
Dressed up!
De-lish! We’re begging for more!
(I wish … I wasn’t so poor!)
So without shyness,
Buy the finest!
Hey, there’s Linus,
See him passing out!
It’s such fun
As we now run
About!
I thought Tip was done up as the Patchwork Girl from the OZ stories
And Nick’s Halloween costume is Violet Bee?
Yes! Nick should totally borrow the Bee drone for Halloween. Just think of the costumes that he, Marcie and Chris could rock.
Maybe Violet dressed as Virginia. And vice versa.
It’s at a bad angle, but I suspect the large pumpkin up front has two tiny arms, no legs, and a top hat…
The Great Pumpkin!
Next year, the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch, and demand equal rights for non-humanoid holiday figures!
The Easter Bunny’s also in on the campaign, and the elves are giving their support in return for backing their efforts to unionize.
There is, or used to be, a terrific YouTube video of “Christmas Is revolting and So Are the Elves” which is truly delightful. I just wish I could find the song “Mail Me Home for Christmas”, or a good uncensored copy of the 1937 Columbia “Little Match Girl” cartoon… ‘Tis the season…
Did you all know that Shaenon has a short story in the “Girl Genius” comic?
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051212
Why didn’t anybody tell me?
Come to think of it, depending of how powerful Sweetheart’s healing factor is, Unity might of made her costume OUT OF SWEETHEART. Probably not, but still…