Hey there! You may have noticed that some things changed around here. I’m currently messing around with a revamped design and trying to make the site a bit more modern. Hopefully you’ll find the reading experience a lot better with this version. I’m still neck-deep in the code so there are still plenty of things that aren’t perfect yet, but I wanted to launch it early and get some feedback.

In preparation for more editorial-style posts, I’ve made images, captions, quotes, and all that kind of stuff a lot prettier. The site is also retina-ready for the first time, so if you’re browsing from a newer iPhone, iPad, or Retina Macbook, everything will look a little sharper.

Admittedly, I haven’t even tested the site in Internet Explorer yet, and I probably won’t. IE 9 should display everything just fine, and if Google doesn’t support IE 8 and below, I don’t think I should have to either.

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Hi there! Sorry for the lack of posts over the holidays, but things got a little Cray-Cray in my neck of the woods. I got the Flu From Hell™ right before Christmas, and then Indianapolis was slammed with a blizzard [obligatory cute dog pic] on the 26th, which really doesn’t effect my ability to post here but I like using the word blizzard as an excuse for things.

This was a one-big-gift-instead-of-lots-of-little-ones kind of year, because I scored an iPad Mini. I’ll be writing more about it later, but I finally feel like I can get into reading comics again now thanks to this little device. I’ve tried reading comics on my wife’s iPad, but wasn’t too crazy about the weight and size, so the Mini is perfect for me.

I’ve caught up on the entire IDW TMNT series and I love it. Besides Comixology, I downloaded Comic Zeal Reader to handle all the digitally acquired CBR/CBZ files I had on my computer. Now I have a few GBs of comics that should last me quite a while.

The iPad Mini is an awesome gaming device too. I have a ton of games on my iPhone but now I think I’ll do most of my gaming on the Mini and reserve my phone for more phone-type things.

Besides that I got a cool little LEGO set from the new Galaxy Squad line that I’ll post in the next few days. I still have a stack of books to review for the site too.

I have high hopes for 2013 here on the ‘squatch, so I think it will be a fun year!

So, how was your Christmas?

Sure, the placement of the ornament-hook-thingy totally ruins any chance of slapping on a little top hat, but this is still a pretty cool Sasquatch ornament. These are made of glass and are being sold by the International Cryptozoology Museum, so you could say the money goes to a good cause…I guess. [BoingBoing]

Update: I posted too soon, I guess these are sold out. Bummer!

This post is also an excuse to let you all know about the awesome Christmas-variant Sasquatch logo that’s back in the header. I had almost forgot Alex Deligiannis whipped that up for me last year.

Happy Halloween to all my favorite geeks. You guys make the holidays so much more fun. I dug up this old photo of me sporting my generic emblem-less Batman costume, and thought I’d open this up and make it the official post-your-old-Halloween-costume-photos-here thread. Did you have a killer Ewok costume as a kid? A homemade Ninja Turtle outfit? Post your photos in the comments!

I wanted to post this days ago but didn’t have access to a laptop or a non-boonies quality internet connection. I’ve been stuck out of town for most of the week seeing to a family member in the hospital, and it’s delayed a few things around here.

First off, I’ll try to post the winners of the TMNT Photo Contest on Monday. We had a lot of awesome entries and it’s going to be pretty hard for Chris and I to pick three winners.

Rob also has some new book reviews coming really soon, and along with some new podcasts, editorials and toy reviews, the site should be back in business next week.

In the meantime, if you’re in the Halloween spirit, check out some of the past Halloween posts on the site:

• Disney Halloween Compilation: Donald’s Scary Tales
• Bubble Pipe Theater #6: Halloween 2011
• Ernest Scared Stupid

Wow, there’s a surprising lack of Halloween content around here. I need to fix that.