So, while originally a Haloween themed deal a few years ago, I’ve gotten the idea that I don’t really feel like waiting until October to talk about pictures of random crap I take with my cell phone.

This case has to do with a hotel I was staying at in Austin last week for meetings.  When I first arrived, it seemed like there were an inordinate and varied number of cop cars.  There were cop Hummer H2’s, cop Impalas, cop Chargers, cop Tahoes.  I was afraid that possibly someone had been shot in my hotel or something.

It turns out it was something far worse:

The Homicide Investigators of Texas.

That’s right, throughout the week I was subjected to mustachioed beer-gutted middle-age white guys with too-tight blue jeans and cowboy boots who all parked full size vehicles in a garage that looked like it was designed for a fleet of Geo Metros.

They also spent some time in the hot tub not too far from my room.

And (in case they read this) good times were had by all!

It’s time for yet another installment of everyone’s favorite blog segment, Everyday Horror. Today’s entry is people who have web pages that automatically play video. Jackasses who do that deserve to be eaten by a giant prehistoric bear.

Wait, no, that’s not it. Today’s everyday horror is actually about people who spend way too much time carving pumpkins. It’s a pumpkin it’s meant to be either a) looked at or b) smashed. Spending inordinate amounts of time trying to come up with clever designs or carving them into pumpkins are just proving that they have way too much free time and should probably be doing more productive things like calling their boyfriend/girlfriend.

The pumpkin on the right was inspired by Snakes on a Plane. And while it doesn’t truly capture the awesomeness of that great internet movement (it is not biting somebody’s face) you have to appreciate the dedication to such a noble cause.

Still, it’s way overkill for this much work to be put into a pumpkin. It’s a pumpkin and will be gone in a week. Just leave it sitting there, uncarved.

What’s next, elaborately decorated pumpkin pies or crazy Christmas cookies? It’s just a holiday.

Some additional too-much-effort pumpkins: