For Halloween this year we went to a party with Rockabilly Jon, creator of this awesome iPhone dock.

I had to come up with a last minute costume and I came across this costume idea. It ended up being more difficult than I expected, but in the end it turned out pretty well.

Plus, the umbrella gave me aerodynamics which were good for flying.

Even though there aren’t really a lot of comics I read, I still always check out Graham Cracker Comics website every week to see what’s new. The other week “X-Babies” caught my eye and I just couldn’t resist picking up a copy because really, who doesn’t love superheroes as babies?

I found out that this wasn’t the X-Babies’ first appearance. They originally appeared in Uncanny X-Men #12. This appearance is included in the first issue of X-Babies, but frankly the illustrations were so bad I couldn’t bring myself to read their original origins.

But X-Babies, now that is a great comic. The premise is that the X-Babies are characters on a television show. Essentially, they are being held captive by Mojo. They accidentally stumble upon evidence of other shows being aired, including one featuring younger versions of themselves. They aren’t going to stand for this, and fighting ensues.

A show where younger versions of the X-Babies learn about the merits of eating healthy.

The comic has a ton of great features – dinosaurs, outer space, babies. It was thoroughly entertaining, and well illustrated. I will definitely be picking up the next issue.

We here at Cycloptopus want to wish you a safe and fun Halloween. And remember, trick or treat doesn’t have to mean sick or hurt!

When Josh and I bake cupcakes, we won’t settle for lame cookie cutters. Instead, we create a plethora of awesome cookies.

As you can see from this photo we had the U.S.A., triceratops, lobsters, squirrels, sharks, snails and ice cream cones. And let me tell you, those cookies were good. We used Martha Stewart’s Ideal Sugar Cookies recipe.

I saw this video today on Boing Boing and it is really amazing. It was cut entirely with webcam footage. At first I thought it was going to just be a bunch of random people just singing or dancing, but the level of interaction is so incredibly impressive. I love it.