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Pumpkin Ice Cream and free Ghoul-Aid!

Quick Note #1: I believe I've corrected the coding mishap that's been causing all of the Countdown articles to look like textual mine fields on Mac computers. If you've got a Mac, please let me know if the text still looks funky. (Funky in a bad way, I mean.)

Quick Note #2: I'm back in this month's issue of ToyFare (#123) with a fairly large feature on Gobots. I had to finally train myself to not call them "Go-Bots" or "GoBots" or any other variation that looks more correct even if it really isn't. I haven't seen the issue myself yet, but God willing, nobody cut the two-paragraph aside where I gush about Rock Narlies for no good reason.

I'll be in next month's issue as well with a far spookier topic, but let's concentrate on spooky topics that are, as they say, in the now. Today's Countdown entry is about Edy's limited edition Pumpkin Ice Cream, which is one of those "little things" I point to whenever my imaginary friends ask me why I like the holidays so much.

If you're smart enough to sit on the blog hitting F5 all day long, today's your lucky day:


The first 15 people who e-mail me their name and address will receive a free packet of Kool-Aid's most unholy flavor, Ghoul-Aid.

UPDATE: All 15 packets have been accounted for. Thanks for playing. There will be more stupid contests like this throughout the season!

Posted by Matt on 09/20/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 123 comments
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I always liked Gobots better than Transformers anyway… they seemed more accessible.

Chestnuts roasted by maticdog @ 09/20/2007 2:29 PM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Ghoul-Aid.

So when you drink this does The Kool-Aid guy burst through your wall and feast on your sugar laced blood?

Chestnuts roasted by Doc Scarealot @ 09/20/2007 2:29 PM

Looks like Im third to post, so I wonder If I got my email off in time.

Chestnuts roasted by Jack @ 09/20/2007 2:33 PM

Sent my mail… I hope Matt ships overseas. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Trike @ 09/20/2007 2:36 PM

First 15 people… 4 comments so far…

Hello Ghoul-Aid!

Chestnuts roasted by Evin. @ 09/20/2007 2:37 PM

Looks fine to me, Matt. I is a Mac. When Safari was mentioned I was like, no, it still happening in Opera for me.

Safari, ftl.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 09/20/2007 2:39 PM

Thanks! Whenever I looked at the site on my work’s Mac comp, the articles always looked like a mess. But not quite the level of mess that people were describing. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/20/2007 2:41 PM

looks fine on my mac, using Firefox

Chestnuts roasted by Garrett @ 09/20/2007 2:42 PM

I noticed a lot of products and companies are completely edging away from artificial ingredients and only using “all natural”.

Chestnuts roasted by shawna @ 09/20/2007 2:48 PM

So how do we know if we have won?

Chestnuts roasted by Trike @ 09/20/2007 2:50 PM

I too, was a victim of the Growing Text That Tried To Eat My iMac, but under the circumstances in which I cruise the ‘net, I thought it was just my ‘puter.

The goofy skull looks like he might enjoy some Ghoul-Aid if he had a stomach to keep it in.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/20/2007 2:51 PM

You will be e-mailed if you’re a winner. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/20/2007 2:51 PM

Matt does not lie, I just got my winning email notice.

This just made my Halloween season, and its only September!

Chestnuts roasted by Jack @ 09/20/2007 2:55 PM

Just scored me some kool aid. Always lurk, never post.
I love you so much my tongue hurts.

Chestnuts roasted by Bobbifett @ 09/20/2007 2:57 PM

A winner is me as well. I knew kicking around this place for nearly 7 years would pay off eventually, and now it has. In sweet, sweet Kool-Aid.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin. @ 09/20/2007 3:01 PM

As a long time reader, first time partaker in one of X-E’s contests, I’m going to thank you for the pack of Ghoul Aid.
*bows down*
Since Ghoul-Aid (or any kind of Kool-Aid) isn’t available in my country, it’ll be the first time I try it. I shall make this an event I’ll remember forever.

Chestnuts roasted by Trike @ 09/20/2007 3:02 PM

Actually, you know what, it’s actually almost 8 years, not 7. God damn. First article I read was on December 27th 2000. That’s a long time.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin. @ 09/20/2007 3:05 PM

AHHH! I really wanted the ghoul-aid. My favorite is still probably blue-dini. I used to make that stuff and sell it with my friend in front of my house around fourth of july.

Chestnuts roasted by modern day pirates @ 09/20/2007 3:38 PM

I am literally angry with rage right now.

Well, okay, no I’m not. It’s sort of hard to get upset, even over Kool-Aid related shenanigans, when you’ve just spent the last two hours hanging out with dinosaurs. The fact that I now live within walking distance of an actual natural history museum is something that won’t fit all the way into my brain. I’m sure a week from now I’ll be hanging around the apartment with nothing to do and it’ll take hours of mucking about online before I think “Fuck it, I’m gonna go look at some dinosaurs.”

Free of charge, no less. Everything is awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 09/20/2007 3:41 PM

Yeah Matt! Got the toyfair eariler this week, good work on the article, read the whole thing thinking this is a. more informative, and b. funnier than usual toyfair articles. guess i know why now

Chestnuts roasted by 616commando @ 09/20/2007 3:43 PM

Wow, I cant Believe this site is such a good Advertising campaign, after reading the last Blog, I went to the local Wal-Mart and Bought the Ghoul and Skeleton Candles that bleed outta their sockets.

Oh yeah Matt if you havent heard they are making another Friday the 13th sequel, I believe that they said shooting begins in the beginning of 2008. I’ll go see if I can dig up a link to that article.

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/20/2007 3:49 PM

Double Posting for a reason. Here is the link to the Friday the 13th Sequel thing.

http://latinoreview.com/news.php?id=2877

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/20/2007 3:52 PM

Doing the Halloween Countdown is more or less my way of not feeling bad about about buying pumpkin-themed party lights and inflatable lawn vampires as big as my car.

…Does this mean there is an article about car-sized inflatable lawn vampires in our near future?!?! *fingers crossed!*

The fiance and I love ice cream… and pumpkins… and Halloween… you can see where this is leading. I must find this delectable before the weekend is done!!

(Matt, you may not want to read this next comment lest it make you puke…)
Our local Rusty’s Custard makes a Pumpkin Pie custard treat every year, complete with graham cracker crust and whipped cream. It is truly the highlight of my Thanksgiving season, even more so than turkey and mashed potatos! Too bad it’s not available for Halloween.

Chestnuts roasted by Special K @ 09/20/2007 4:00 PM

That totally rocks that you did a Countdown entry on the Pumpkin ice cream! I was just commenting on this in one of the other threads the other day. I have to admit I really like it. Then again, I love pumpkin flavoured food. I think the Pumpkin Cheesacake they have at Olive Garden right now is outstanding.

And I haven’t read the new Toyfare article, but I have enjoyed all the other articles you’ve done for Toyfare so far. So, I’m looking forward to reading it.

Chestnuts roasted by Threnodaemis @ 09/20/2007 4:02 PM

I’m the complete opposite of Matt when it comes to pumpkin. I LOVE IT! I consider it one of the best things about Halloween and Thanksgiving. From ice cream to pies to breads to cookies to blizzards to fudge to shakes, I love them all. I can’t wait to go down to the Stone Cold Creamery sometime and get their pumpkin shake. YUMMY.

Believe it or not, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a gingerbread cookie, so I can’t say if it’s similar to pumpkin or not.

Anyway, I convinced my mom to go on a Halloween “looksie” trip today (meaning we looked, but didn’t buy anything. That stuff is expensive). We went to the two Halloween shops near us first. One of the most popular costumes this year seems to be the oversized Grim Reaper from the Bill Murray “Scrooged” movie. Everyplace we went had one. But I got to say, nothing really stood out this year costumewise.

After a quick trip to Gordman’s and Hobby Lobby for the same reason and seeing nothing interesting, we went to Menards. Trust me, hardware stores are awesome places to go for Halloween decorations of the mechanical/electrical kind. I wanted to get all of the motion detection, singing, moving, items, but those things are expensive right now. My favorite was a bat on a tree branch that spun around while singing “You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round”

I did see a few Christmas items also, along with some Thanksgiving (people decorate for Thanksgiving?). But I will devote all my time to Halloween, for now.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/20/2007 4:09 PM

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