Cartoon of The Day: "Manwich"

 

 Taken at Caledon's Halloween Party. Yep, that's what he called his costume. 

 

Thinking later on, I realized I missed an opportunity for a response.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: "Tree-Mendous Legs"

 

 Taken at the Mole Protest at Governor Linden's manor  on Friday. Why this lady's leg included a branch, I didn't ask. But I had a few ideas.

 

By Bisyl Shuftan

 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Furry Ghostbuster

 

 Taken at a Merryjest Starchild Halloween event. Nothing wrong with a furry being a Ghostbuster, though it would invite puns.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Darth Vader Down

 

 Taken at one of DJ Pilot's Halloween costume parties. In "Star Wars," few can take on Darth Vader. But Emperor Paptline/Darth Sidious can easily bring him to his knees. And well, evil men often have a twisted sense of humor.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

Cartoon Of The Day: This Really Burns My Butt

 

 Taken at the "Burning of The Man." Somehow, someone ended up "bottoms up" with a glowing red timber over their backside. That would certainly hurt, and inspire some comments.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Two-Tu Tuesday?

 

Taken at Burn2. He has a skirt on, and when asked he was saying it was really a tutu, and it was Tuesday so why not "Tutu Tuesday?"

 

But looking at the design of the garment, there was one more pun.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Loose Threads

 

 Taken at one of Merryjest Starchild's events. In the audience was someone dressed as the "Nightmare Before Christmas" antagonist Oggie Boogie. So just why is he freaking out about a loose thread being pulled? Well, watch the movie to find out.

 

By Bixyl Sullin 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Lending A What?

 

 From Club Scorn. One partier was in a witch costume, and had on her shoulder what resembled "Thing" from the Addams Family.

 

I could easily imagine how she came across it.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Hell of A Delivery

 

 Taken at one of DJ Pilot's parties. One guy in a demonic-looking avie was in a pizza delivery outfit. That made me think of a certain "Far Side Cartoon." 

 

Something tells me whatever's on the pizza would have even the most fanatical "never pineapple" guy craving a Hawaiian pie. 

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

The Happy Vixen's Halloween Haunt

 

 

Remember when yesterday the Newser mentioned something new at the Happy Vixen? Well, we can reveal it now. What we showed was a door, one leading to this year's Halloween Haunt at the Happy Vixen, 

 

The Haunt was built by the talented Jasmine Dawn. Over the years, Jasmine has built several haunts for the Sunweaver/Angels' beach club, the last one "The House at Haunted Hill" in 2022. 

 The Halloween Haunt was officially opened for partying on the evening of Thursday October 8, with DJ Charlee playing her tunes before a sizeable crowd. 

 

 Hey there peeps! We're in for a double treat tonight. Not only is our awesome DJ Charlee playing her tunes, but we have our special Halloween Haunt ready, courtesy of Jasmine Dawn, which is where our parties will be until after Halloween. To get there, go through the door at the beach club's dance floor, then go through the spooky fog down the trail. You can't miss the haunt. Come on over and dance away to DJ Charlee's fantastic tunage. Oh, and don't forget to set the viewer to Shared Environment or Midnight.

 

This included some people who haven't gone to the beach club often, and a few I hadn't seen there before. Much was talked about, notably Halloween jokes and the Caledon Downs Halloween Ghost Hunt.  

 

 The Halloween Haunt will be up until after Saturday October 31. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Hare-Raising

 

 Taken at Paradise Lounge. Among the people there was this guy whom in real life would be close to ten feet tall. Maybe he should be in an 80s band, since they were known for "big hare."

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: A Batty Situation

 

 

Taken at Club Zero Gravity with the help of Lilybeth Patterson. If vampire bats are a problem, it's good to have something that discourages them.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Bellisseria Trick or Treat

 

 It's October and the spooky season is upon us. And that means what's become a Halloween tradition in the Linden Home continent is back: the Bellisseria Trick or Treat. Homeowners can give out candy, and anyone can go get some pieces of it. 

 

To pass out the candy, you need to own a Linden Home in Bellisseria. If you do, head to Millbank at (217/41/23). There, you'll find the giver for the candy buckets, and the HUD for get treats (picture above). Touch it, and you'll see an option to get either just the bucket, or both the bucket and treat HUD. Pick either (pick both, and they come in a folder makerd "Halloween Candy Bucket Challenge 2026 Game Supplies"), and head to your Linden Home. Rezz it from your Inventory to a place at your home accessible to people, such as the front porch or next to the sidewalk. If there's particle effects that look a little like a blurred neon green bat swirling around the pumpkin, you should be all set. It is not recommended placing the pumpkin inside the house without a sign inviting people in. These buckets are not meant for use outside Bellisseria and will de-rezz if it's attempted. 

 

To collect the candy, you're going to need the game HUD. It's at the same place as the candy buckets. Once you have it in your inventory, Add it to your avatar and it should appear on the upper left of your screen. If it does, you're ready to go. You go around Bellissaria looking for candy buckets you haven't taken from yet. If you see one, touch it. If you haven't touched it before, there should be an animation showing a small explosion of candy, and the number in the hud should go up by one. Touching a bucket you already have will do nothing. If you yourself have set up a candy bucket, the number will go up by a bonus five a day. 

 

While the candy collecting in itself is fun, what makes it better are the prizes.  Getting one candy gets you the participation prize: the "spooky speaker." One hundred candies gets you a playable bobbing for apples game. 250 candies gets you a spellbook, which can either be held or household decor. Four hundred candies gets you the top prize, a "Grim & Gloom Boopie," which you can "add" the animesh version to follow you, or use the other as decoration. For the first time, people get prizes for having a candy bucket at their Linden Home. If your bucket has had a hundred people reach into it, you can get a magical sweeping broom. All prizes must be collected from next to where you got the candy bucket and HUD. 

 

While you could just run or fly about Bellisseria to find new candy buckets, there's a way to find them faster.  A list was made on Google docs where one can find them. To get on the list, you need to fill out a few spaces on this form. 

 Linden Lab would make a video for this year's Trick or Treat. 

 

When the Trick or Treat Event first went live on Thursday October 1, there was quite a bit of chatter about it on Bellisseria chat. People were showing one another the links to the list, as well as SURLs of their Linden Homes they had just set up their candy buckets. Some of whom had put a few decorations up. 

 

Once again, the location for the candy bucket, HUD, and prizes is at:  

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Millbank/217/41/23 

 

The location of the list of Linden Homes with buckets is at : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idADi1lvhuXOYiTY0dAU2J25Hd660aqCnE2hRsdOXNA/edit?gid=696322386#gid=696322386

 

Trick or treat,

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Funny Picture of The Day

 

 Taken at Scorefield, This furry Cape Hunting Dog had a tee with the line, "This totally has dog hair on it." 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Creepy Clown Season

 

 Taken at SLCS Funday. Someone was going around dressed as a clown, sometimes dancing, but sometimes acting sneaky. With October approaching, it got me thinking of when they're less funny, and more creepy.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Gone Bananas

 

 Taken at the Firestorm Anniversary area. What these three people were doing in banana costumes, bumbling about, who knows. It certainly looked like they went bananas. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

Cartoon of The Day: "Pullin' Me Leg"

Taken at the Montecito Bay "Talk Like A Pirate Day" party. The hostess was dressed as a buccaneer with a peg leg. The expression "pulling your leg" might take on a whole new meaning with someone with that.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Happy "Talk Like A Pirate Day"

 

"Shiver me timbers! It be 'International Talk Like A Pirate Day' me hearties. So feel free ta speak th' way of th' brotherhood, dress up like a buccaneer or wench, or better yet, both. Check out yer groups fer pirate-themed goin's on. Arrrrrrrrr!"

Check out our article on "Pirate Speak."

 

 Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: That Shrinking Feeling

 

 Taken at the Happy Vixen beach club with Nydia Tungsten. I had decided to see if my microfox avatar, made almost a decade and a half ago, still worked. It did. While it's not the smallest avatar - the Lomtech is half it's height, it handles the dance floor just fine. 

 

For those who don't know what "shrinkflation" means, it's when companies start selling goods in smaller packages, but charge the same amount as when they were in a larger package. One especially sneaky tactic is over the course of many years sell items in increasingly smaller packages. Then they introduce a "Extra Large" package at a much higher price that is really the original package before the shrinkage began. 

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Any Good In A Fight?

 

 Taken at Montecito Bay. This ottergirl was in a witch's outfit, but carrying a crystal ball. With magic users ending up in fights, it occurred to me that something designed for getting glimpses of the future wouldn't seem to be any good in a quick fight. But glass made into a solid heavy ball has one obvious use in a brawl.

 

 By Bixyl Shuftan