Halloween time

by | Oct 29, 2024 | I Am Lame | 53 comments

I like halloween and I like looney tunes as well so last year I did a small version of

EVIL SCIENTIST

BOO

It was greatly received so this year I decided to go bigger and better. I Started with a 3’x 3’ box. The wood is half an inch all the way around and on the top. It used to be a table I acquired on the side of the road from a neighbor who just moved in and just didn’t need it.

The next thing I had to do was the actual evil scientist layout on the board itself. I had to take and scale up from the original that I had built, which was actually designed and laid out based on the original ‘tune. Next came the cuts.

The lettering needed to look very neon, meaning the ends needed to be curved, not squared off. I ended up using a drill bit for my end points to my curve points. Keeping things just cartoonish enough. And then using the Jigsaw to cut out the remainder. It seemed to work pretty well.

Next up was the lighting. I had already purchased a 6-pack of 10 W landscaping lights from the Amazon and in 12 volt so that I could utilize my dual time delay relay to go from one color to the other, so it was testing light angles and such at this time.

At this point, things were looking up and then I realized I have a 12 volt power supply that runs out to 35 W. And that’s going to max out my entire system If I use all 6 lights, but then of course, it dawned on me. I’m only running 3 of them at any given time, so they only have a 50% duty rating and therefore I’m gold.

The next thing I did was cut out BOO, Which is another story in itself. Rather than just draw lettering I had to “float” the B and the Os middle sections and it wasn’t easy or perfect but hey, cartoonish.

The final lighting came down to 2 red cross lights for Evil Scientist and 3 Broadway style lights for the green BOO.

Then, I painted the face black and began finishing the castle, now we are getting somewhere. The last thing is to mount it to my handrail on our deck, then drop some Saran wrap down to make a waterfall,

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Yusef drives a Kia

Yusef drives a Kia

Punctually illiterate But never late

53 Comments

  1. DEG

    I like it. Excellent work!

  2. Tundra

    I love it!

    The lettering needed to look very neon, meaning the ends needed to be curved, not squared off. I ended up using a drill bit for my end points to my curve points.

    A roundover bit next time would be perfect.

  3. robodruid

    As an evil scientist, i approve.

      • robodruid

        Why not both?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        / raises hand

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Oh, surely chaotic neutral.

      • UnCivilServant

        What are are we doing implanting organs in people with terminal, degenerative diseases which are guaranteed to cause those otherwise healthy organs to degrade, providing fewer ears of life than if they were given to someone with acute issues?

        /Medical Ethicist.

        /no seriously, that’s not a me opinion.

      • Timeloose

        I would prefer organs go to people with issues that will kill them if they don’t get a transplant, but before the person is so sick that they will run into end of life issues. In other words, a 50 year old otherwise healthy person with failing kidneys or a heart be given priority over a 70 year old with a slew of other issues as a result of having a bum heart or kidney for the last 15 years.

  4. Evan from Evansville

    I strongly approve. I like Halloween decorations better than other holidays. Certainly more fun and more personality attached to it all. There’s a nearby house that isn’t nearly as lit as yours, with ghouls and a giant skeleton w a Jack-O-Lantern head. Theirs is also playful but not nearly as inviting to kids. That’s a house to fuckin’ visit. They hope they get a good haul, but just the atmosphere brings ’em into the day.

    For me, Halloween is a big “Fuck You!” to Death. Havin’ fun, mockin’ all the shit He tries to scare us with. Exposure for kids to get them over scared-y-cat fears. As ya get older, just a celebration of Life. But losing the ridicule of the ‘Unknown’ can miss the point, but hey. Debauched parties is part of Life as well. I’m trying to find My-Age parties to introduce myself and scope out local Talent. Another celebration! Gettin’ folk out and engaged w each other. I know zero people here, and it’s useless, detrimental. to continue ignorance.

    Thanks for sharing and for doing that for kids, the neighborhood AND yourself. I wanna be an evil scientist. Well. I’m fairly close with my medical career …

      • Evan from Evansville

        You and y’all are damn good with your hands. I can build, construct, nothing. I can follow IKEA directives aimed at me. Athlete, drumming, intricate jobs with my hands? Sure. But ain’t ‘creating’ anything tangible.

        My end? I can tie one knot. But I can double-knot the one knot I know!

      • cyto

        Doom ba-doom ba-doom doom-doom.

        Doom-ba-doom doom….

        Ba da-da-da dot!
        Ba da-da-da dot!

        Now you got me jonesing. Gotta go find that Metallica cover.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        It’s called Powerline

      • Evan from Evansville

        Nothing beats Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts Christmas for Dec music. Perfect album, start to finish.

        But for now, it’s gotta be Nightmare before Christmas, when Tim Burton was still earning his fantastic rep. Don’t approve of much past Ed Wood. (Sleep Hollow ain’t great, but it’s got a gorgeous feel and I grew up with it. A continuation of my childhood Christina Ricci crush, starting w Wednesday. I REALLY need to rewatch Mars Attacks! ) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AD08DBE262F494C

      • Evan from Evansville

        Apparently Corpse Bride is legit-great, but I’ve never seen. Sounds an alley designed for me. I should get out more.

    • Toxteth O'Grady

      The only holiday with a sense of humor.

      • Evan from Evansville

        Yes. I take it as a holiday where everyone has to at least put up with The Court Jester’s time to shine: To make fun of everything around, with little Off-Off Limits. However it became a Dark night to entertain kids, dress and monsters and enjoy what there is… (naughty or nice..), is a cultural change I strongly approve of.

        I’ve never really been naughty-naughty. I played a lot of Halloween gigs at bars in Korea. I’m getting off FB, but it is a great Opp to collect and save pics I otherwise don’t got.

        It is a celebration I/we can all get behind, even if you don’t like where it’s gone. It’s the day before an old, 3-Day Christian fast, IIRC. Lent-ish. Time to celebrate whatcha got! I like that aspect. It intersects with view.

  5. rhywun

    Thunderous applause!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Thank you, I love my work

    • The Other Kevin

      To make your evening, Biden just said the only garbage is Trump supporters. So some of us got that going for us.

      • Gender Traitor

        I’m starting to think that it’s Biden that Joe Rogan should have in for a three-hour conversation on his podcast. As soon as possible.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        In a row?

      • rhywun

        Yeah, I’m picturing him glitching out after 10 or 15 minutes.

  6. Timeloose

    Nice work Yusef.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Thanks, more cool stuff for Christmas hopefully

      • R.J.

        The Peanuts are starting to look good!

      • Fourscore

        Now only imaginative but translated into hands on stuff. What’s up for Easter?

        Good work on the Halloween/Christmas stuff.

        I made a cribbage board in wood shop in high school but I guess that’s not quite the same.

      • rhywun

        I made a cribbage board in wood shop in high school but I guess that’s not quite the same.

        Nice. That sounds more fun than the message-taking thing mom indulgently allowed to be nailed next to the kitchen phone (you filled it with a roll of cash register tape).

        I think that is the last time I worked some wood.

      • Aloysious

        I think that is the last time I worked some wood.

        These euphemisms are getting to the point where even I can understand them.

  7. LCDR_Fish

    Missed it in dedthread, but Apocalypto was pretty solid. My netflix rental was weird..or acting up in my player because I couldn’t get any subs to work. I thought I had recalled reading that it was originally released with no subs at all – but that was probably wrong. Easy enough to figure out what was generally being said though. Also, it was interesting that it ended right with the Spanish/Portuguese arriving. Should pick it up on BR.

    • cyto

      Mel made some fantastic flicks when he got full control.

      That was quite an era…. Clint, Costner, Mel…. lots of actors made passion projects that were great.

      Robert Duvall made The Apostle. Fantastic if you haven’t seen it.

      • rhywun

        Robert Duvall made The Apostle. Fantastic if you haven’t seen it.

        Interesting – hadn’t heard of that. I love Duvall in everything I’ve seen.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Holy cow, the Apostle is fantastic.

  8. Ownbestenemy

    This is excellent Yusef!

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I’m discovering I can cartoon to certain extent, it’s actually exciting and I hope it turns out well,
      Thanks!

    • UnCivilServant

      Any place that does that should be fined 1% of their annual revenue multiplied by the number of days before December they’re put it out, with each day it is out generating a new fine.

      Just hold it until december, people.

      • Gustave Lytton

        I wish to subscribe your newsletter/glove catalog.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        What happened to the mere twelve days?

      • UnCivilServant

        I adopted a compromise position.

  9. Gustave Lytton

    Saw a NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement suv on the highway today. Exactly how you’d expect a fed game warden to behave. Driving excessively fast, camping in the left lane, following too closely, etc.

    • UnCivilServant

      On land? Outside his jurisdiction, pull him over and arrest him for attempted murder and reckless endangerment.

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