Nightmare Before Christmas bento boxes

Nightmare Before Christmas bento boxes by Gina Lee. Via.

*Buy Nightmare Before Christmas toys at eBay.

Halloween-themed bento boxes

Frightened sandwich.



Witch grapes.



Mummy pigs in a blanket and monstrous apple slices. (See lots more bento boxes here.)

*Buy bento boxes at Amazon.

Twisted Batman illustration (link roundup)

Fresh take on Batman, the Joker and Two-Face (?) by Griselda Sastrawinata.

And a few more links:

1. Mickey Mouse turns into Venom. Via.

2. Sculpt based on Sean Galloway's Iron Man design.

3. Astro Boy bento box.

*Previously: Snow White and the Seven Twisted Dwarves.

*Buy Venom toys at eBay.

Album cover bento boxes

Huge gallery of album cover bento boxes on display here. Via.

*Previously: Panda face bento box.

*Buy bento boxes at Amazon.

Eve and Mo bento box

Hard-boiled egg Eve and peanut butter sandwich Mo bento box by Anna.

UPDATE: Here's how she made it.

*Previously: A much more complicated Wall-E bento box.

*Buy WALL-E toys at eBay.

Where the Wild Things Are bento boxes

Where the Wild Things Are bento boxes by Anna.

*Previously: If Lovecraft wrote Where the Wild Things Are.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Cute (and doable) bento box

Unlike the bento boxes I've posted recently, here's a charming bento box that's realistically doable and made of food your child might actually eat. Click through for directions.

*Previously: Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars.

*Buy bento boxes at Amazon.

Wall-E bento box

Wall-E bento box by Anna. She has a terrific blog about making bento boxes. Most recently she explained how she made this:



Nausicaa God Warrior vs Ohmu bento box. Go here for the recipe. And don't miss her Katamari Damacy bento.

*Previously: Panda face bento.

*Buy bento boxes at Amazon.

Portal bento box

Portal Companion Cube, Cake, and Turrets bento box by Derek Lieu. Go here to see his Bioshock bento box.

*Previously: High-heeled sardines bento box.

*Buy "Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes" at Amazon.

Totoro bento box

Totoro bento box by Derek Lieu. Check out his seaweed and cheese Shadow of the Colossus sandwich, and go here to read his daily webcomic.

*See more bento boxes here.

*Buy Totoro and Doraemon bento boxes at Amazon.

More Halloween Links

Previously: Spooky Halloween food recipes; Downloadable masks and other costume ideas.


Video of Terri Hardin showing off her impressive pumpkin carving skills. She has an instructional dvd on sale here. Via.




Halloween bento box. Link.



Skeleton and pumpkin bento box. Link.




Lame Sarah Palin costumes forbidden flyer. Via.



Unmasked Predator pumpkin and many more carved pumpkins. Via.



Little girl dressed as the comedian Gallagher. Link. Via.



Jack-O-Lantern and candy apple desktop icons. Link.


And finally, practice your pumpkin carving with this pumpkin simulator. Via.

*Go here for even more Halloween ideas.

*Buy Halloween recipe books at Amazon.

Scooby Doo and Tractor bento boxes

Scooby Doo and Tractor bento boxes. Just two of the clever bento boxes on display at the Cooking for Monkeys blog (don't miss the dragon).

*Previously: Jaws bento box.

*Buy "Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes" at Amazon.

High-heeled sardine bento box

High-heeled sardine bento box by Santos. There's a Flickr group devoted to bento boxes. Via.

*Previously: Jaws bento box.

*Buy "Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes" at Amazon.

John McCain's Vietnamese jailers endorse him for President and other news of the day

1. Col. Tran Trong Duyet, former commander of the "Hanoi Hilton" prison camp, where McCain was held, has endorsed McCain for president. You can read more here, including a description of the prison camp, which has been turned into a museum. Via. (McCain/Anna Nicole Smith campaign poster found here.)



2. Man accused of having sex with comatose wife in nursing home, court says he's entitled to privacy. This article does a terrible job of describing the situation, but it's safe to say it's one sextape I hope never shows up online. Via.





3. Frank Mundus, the real life inspiration for Captain Quint in Jaws died this week at age 82. You can read his obituary at the NY Times. (Jaws bento box found here.)

Ever read the book Jaws? As I recall, nearly one third of the book is devoted to the police chief's wife and her desire to have an affair.




4. I'm not a fan of the stage productions, but this description of a new play starring Dylan McDermott and Maura Tierney is awfully intriguing. The play is called Three Changes and you can apparently watch about five minutes here if you register.

*Previously: Disturbing Polish Jaws 2 poster.

*Buy books by Peter Benchley at Amazon.