Heading to the pumpkin patch this weekend?  Here are five tips so you bring home the best one . . .   1.  Check the pumpkins for soft spots and signs of mold.  Don't forget to check underneath, and press on it with your thumbs.  If it gives a little, the pumpkin isn't fresh.   2.  Look for one that has its handle or stem intact.  And a dark green stem is a sign it was picked recently, compared to a brown stem.   3.  Tap the outside of the pumpkin.  A hollow sound is means it's more likely to be [...]

Has society reached peak stupid?  Or are you totally buying these?  Crocs for DOGS will debut later this month. They're like normal Crocs but smaller, and they come in sets of four.  There's a strap around the ankle so they won't slip off.  (Here's a photo.) They claim fans have been asking for dog Crocs for years.  So they finally caved and went for it. They're already listed on the Crocs website for $50, but you can't buy them until October 23rd.  They come in three sizes and two colors, green or pink.  (Or technically, "Green Slime" and "Dragon Fruit".) There's also a matching pair for humans, [...]

They say the best way to indulge in a HEALTHY way is to eat foods that make you want more . . . but don't actually eat more.  That said, some foods come back to BITE YOU if you eat too much. There's a list online of foods that are delicious in small amounts, but GROSS in big amounts.  And some of them are VERY debatable. 1.  Cheesecake . . . But one dissenter says, "I have never in my life regretted eating too much cheesecake." 2.  Cereal . . . Someone said, "The first bowl of cereal makes you want [...]

Halloween is exactly THREE weeks away.  So naturally, "Variety" released a list of the 100 best horror movies.     Here are the Top 20:     1.  "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", 1974   2.  "The Exorcist", 1973   3.  "Psycho", 1960   4.  "Jaws", 1975   5.  "Rosemary's Baby", 1968   6.  "Night of the Living Dead", 1968   7.  "Audition", 1999   8.  "Frankenstein", 1931   9.  "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom", 1975   10.  "Carrie", 1976   11.  "Alien", 1979   12.  "King Kong", 1933   13.  "The Silence of the Lambs", 1991   14.  "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror", 1922   15.  "Don't Look Now", 1973   16.  "Halloween", 1978   17.  "Diabolique (Les [...]

You can be a stupid criminal at any age . . . although for kids under 16, they must be surrounded by stupid adults to pick this stuff up so soon. A 10-year-old boy has been arrested and booked at a juvenile detention center after he drove a stolen car through a school playground in Minneapolis. And it was NOT an empty area . . . it was packed with dozens of kids and adults at the time, who could've easily been mowed down.  Thankfully, no one was hurt. It's unclear if the kid stole the car, or if he got [...]

Every Halloween playlist has the same songs:  "Monster Mash", "Thriller", "Ghostbusters", "I Put a Spell on You", "Werewolves of London", "Don't Fear the Reaper". . . and on and on. Well, a newly-updated list from the "Today" show has all of those . . . but also a bunch of great tracks you probably DON'T already have on your playlist. They include: 1.  "Disturbia",  Rihanna 2.  "Haunted",  Beyoncé 3.  "Ghost Town",  The Specials 4.  "Devil in My Car",  The B-52's 5.  "The Witch Queen of New Orleans",  Redbone 6.  "Red Right Hand",  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 7.  "Bones",  Imagine Dragons 8.  "Materia Primoris (The X-Files Theme)",  Mark Snow 9.  "Carmina Burana: O Fortuna",  The London Philharmonic Orchestra 10.  "Halloween Spooks",  Lambert, Hendricks and Ross  (Halloween FYI:  Annie Ross [...]