2012 Countdown Participation Badges are here!

The new 2012 badges are here earlier than I anticipated! This year I took my inspiration from the 50th anniversary of the cheesy but fun flick The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, so with one exception, all the badges this year are featuring some fun, undead severed heads…


Badge #1 (featuring Virginia Leith as Jan in the Pan from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die)...

150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/7742997762_a9806152c4_o.png"/></a>

200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8439/7749516352_d4e560a3a7_o.png"/></a>



Badge #2 (featuring the Formalde Heidi Garbage Pail Kid painted by John Pound)...

150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7742998070_05ace65001_o.png"/></a>

200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8288/7742997946_2eb530a09b_o.png"/></a>



Badge #3 (Boris Karloff from Black Sabbath)...

150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7742998334_e8164da047_o.png"/></a>

200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7742998198_e1509d98f5_o.png"/></a>


Badge #4 (from The Thing That Couldn’t Die)...

150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8284/7742998622_62f3a1bc78_o.png"/></a>

200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7742998478_87499f2170_o.png"/></a>


And just in case severed heads aren’t your thing (or you want something more Halloween-y), Badge #5 (Jack-O-Lantern)...

150 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7742997464_8b9e04fca6_o.png"/></a>

200 pixels wide...

Just Copy and Paste the following html code:
<a href="http://www.countdowntohalloween.com/"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7749551630_9b2c58228e_o.png"/></a>

Please excuse the mess...

...while we're tinkering with the new site design.  All you boils and ghouls can expect some new 2012 badges in the next month or so...

For those pining away for the Halloween-y season...

...You might want to check out Yankee Candle this weekend as their Halloween displays officially go up in stores on August 4th!  Now, I know what you might be thinking, Yankee Candle, really?  Well yeah!  Even if candles aren't your thing, I've always had a fun time scoping out the displays and getting into the seasonal mood.  Strolling around stores during the season, looking at plastic and ceramic skulls is a beloved pastime for me, what can I say.  Anyway, if you are interested in seeing the new crop of fragrantly waxy accoutrements, you might want to swing by on Saturday because if past years are any indication this stuff sells out fast (sometimes by noon...)

I have my heart set on the wicked Angler sub!