Halloween Songs

Enjoy those Halloween parties, y'all. Don't forget your Halloween Songs! From Lensmaster Joan4.

The Green Man Jack 0'Lantern

Lensmaster sandralynnsparks does some extreme pumpkin carving at her lens, The Green Man Jack 0'Lantern. Turns out great!

Last Call For Squid Cooks

Lensmaster Rewards4life created the book, In the Kitchen With SQUIDOO. It contains recipes from some Squids that you probably know.

Now, Rewards4life is creating a Christmas edition. This time, you may participate in the upcoming In The Kitchen With Squidoo — Christmas Special. Hurry — only two days left to submit your recipe and to be a part of this!

Needed now: Ten recipes from ten lensmasters.

Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County Ohio

Lensmaster Rob_W takes us on a grand tour of the Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County Ohio.

Pretty Envelopes How To

If you've ever wondered how to make envelopes, Lensmaster puzzlemaker tells you all you need to know.

Question Of The Week 10.25.09

What lens (not yours) should be the next Lens Of The Day — and why? (Leave the link. :)

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Winner: What lens of your is a jewel to you, but apparently not to anyone else?

Thank you, RickyRobi, Mukunda22, and Spirituality for responding to the Question Of The Week!

This week, our winner is... Spirituality. ...Congratulations!

Spirituality's response to the QOTW (What lens of yours is a jewel to you, but apparently not to anyone else?):

I don't know if it counts if a lens gets hardly any traffic, but has 6 5 star ratings, but this lens http://www.squidoo.com/going-red about Women and Heart Conditions is really a jewel I think.

Heart conditions are as prevalent in women as men, but our symptoms are different, and harder to recognize. This lens helps recognize them as well as give basic information about heart problems in general.

Spirituality is a previous winner, so I'm posting her latest bio information:

I'm a webmaster and student of religion and spirituality. See my website on religion and spirituality: www.katinkahesselink.net or my spiritual blog: All Considering.

Join my fanclub if you want to be kept updated on NEW lenses I make. I have lenses on The Ultimate Questions, Spiritual teachers and a few non-spiritual topics, including A few nerdy, squidoy topics.

Thank you again, ladies, for participating!

Granny Geek

Granny Geek is our very own lensmaster, Joan4. She's gone local — helping the small businesses in her hometown of Rock Hill, South Carolina get online. Much success to you, Miss Joan!

Check out Introducing Granny Geek.

Understanding Homelessness

Lensmaster Kylyssa helps us understand homelessness — Some Reasons People Become Homeless.

Hangin' With Series

A new Giant Squid is making a name for herself with her Hangin' With series. She has around a dozen lenses in this series, most of which are about an endangered species — there's the luna moth, the snowshoe hare, hedgehogs, and more. Lensmaster Sylvestermouse's love for these creatures shines through. Check out Hangin' with Sylvestermouse and Her Favorite Animals

Pearl Fryar

Pearl Fryar is a giant of a human being. If you haven't been inspired by him yet, let Lensmaster TopStyleTravel have the honor of the introduction.

Crock Pot Apple Butter

Not just how to make Crock Pot Apple Butter, but what to do if it's too thick, too thin...and other tips. From Lensmaster Macs.

Question Of The Week 10.18.09

What lens of yours is a jewel to you, but apparently not to anyone else? (Leave the link. :)

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Winner: What has Squidoo taught you about life?

Thank you, Kylyssa, Katinka, and AJ for responding to the Question Of The Week!

This week, our winner is... Kylyssa. ...Congratulations!

Kylyssa's response to the QOTW (What has Squidoo taught you about life?):

I have Asperger Syndrome, a type of high functioning autism. That means that I find it almost impossible to interact with people using the spoken word. My difficulty making normal-looking eye contact and body postures makes it hard for others to see eye to eye with me in more ways than one. I look odd, I behave strangely, I'm like a cat trying to imitate an octopus. So people are afraid or upset or uncomfortable around me. They put up a hard spiky shell and behave as if they don't care, which, to me, makes them seem uncaring.

Squidoo has taught me that writing has a way of cracking through what seem to be uncaring exteriors to caring hearts underneath. When speaking online, whether through a lens or on the forum, people react to it like I'm a person, an equal, not a cat trying to be an octopus.

I can speak with the spoken word but I cannot communicate. In writing, I can communicate and on Squidoo, I can do even more, I can converse! If I write a magazine article, I am communicating, too, but it is not a conversation. Squidoo makes writing a conversation - and the things I've learned in those conversations are wonderful!

I took a chance and wrote about my experiences of homelessness. I did this elsewhere and got some abusive comments and a few lukewarm encouraging comments but the Squidoo reaction was different. I got an outpouring of support and an inbox full of people asking what they could do to best help the homeless. People wrote me asking if they could use my words to help homeless people through their church, homeless shelter, soup kitchen, or with their own two hands. People also asked how they could help me.

So, I learned from Squidoo that though speaking terrifies me I can have conversations with thousands - and they are well worth talking to.

Here are all of Kylyssa's lenses as of today:

• An Atheist View
• Ask an Atheist
• Atheist Spirituality
• Do It Yourself Tulip Wedding Flowers
• Florist Tips On Buying, Ordering, Arranging, and Caring For Flowers
• How I've Coped with Aspergers
• How to Make a Cute Skull Cake
• How to Make a Fondant Trilobite
• How to Make a Sandy Beach Cake
• How To Make Decorating Fondant for Cakes
• How to Make Fondant Seashells
• How to Make Fondant Starfish
• Is Overpopulation a Myth?
• Keep Cool, Save Money, and Conserve Energy
• Kylyssa's Fondant Cakes
• Kylyssa's Love Poetry
• My Health Care Issues
• My Love Affair With Fondant
• Pet Party Safety Tips
• Rupert Does Cute, Silly Pictures of a Ginger Cat
• Saltwater Aquarium DIY
• Should Atheist Ads Be Allowed?
• Solutions to the Problem of Homelessness
• Some Reasons People Become Homeless
• Sometimes I Get a Little Short
• The Ten Most Popular Wedding Flowers and What You Should Know Before Choosing Them
• What Evolution Isn't
• What I Learned While Being Homeless
• What to Buy if You are Homeless
• What You Should Know Before Getting A Porcupine Puffer
• Why Homeless People Don't Use Shelters
• Writing From a Homeless Heart

Thank you again, ladies!

Great Long-Distance Walks Of The World

Who better to tell you about Great Long-Distance Walks Of The World than Lensmaster Ramkitten?

Halloween Challenge For Potential Giants/Giant 100s

If you're in the Giant Squid challenge, you can enter the December 2009 Giant Squid Challenge Halloween Lens Contest!

Lens created and hosted by Giant Squid Greeter and Honorary Squid Angel, Lensmaster luvmyludwig.

Great Blogging!

If you haven't made your way to Crabbysbeach, run by Lensmaster Drifter0658, you're missing out. There are already some great blogs started over there by rms, aj2008, a_willow, and Clouda9 — to name a few of the well-known lensmasters. Check it out, and grab a blog!

Gonna Catch A Big One

Sometimes I just can't resist telling you about my own stuff. This time, it's Gonna Catch A Big One — a book I wrote and illustrated for my grandson. I hope you can drop by and enjoy it as much as we have.

The Traveling Squid In Hollywood

Lensmaster KimGiancaterino and The Journal of the Traveling Squid Goes Hollywood!

Thank you to JaguarJulie!

Question Of The Week 10.11.09

What has Squidoo taught you about life?

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Winner: What Do You Need To Know

Thank you, Katinka, Poutine, Clouda9, and Ayngel Overson for responding to the Question Of The Week!

This week, our winner is... Ayngel. ...Congratulations!

Ayngel's response to the QOTW (What do you need to know more about in order to be the best Squid you can be?):

Almost every day I come across something that I needed to know but didn't know I needed to know until I found it. There are so many tips, tricks, hacks, and even happy accidents that I think we could spend a lifetime devoted to Squidoo and still not even begin to understand what we can do with it!

What I do know about the greatest Squids I know are that they are friendly, positive, they give of themselves, they always offer some value for your time, they are there to offer help when needed and support any and all in need.

We could all improve our skills in that area for sure!

Here are all of Ayngel's lenses as of today:

• "The Fall" - A Childs Mind
• 100 things I love about life
• A Survivor Story
• Abuse, Advocacy, and Recovery Lensography
• Am I a bad person? Are You?
• Austin Powers - Sequel Wars
• Back To The Future - Sequel Wars
• Back When We Were Grownups
• Batman - Sequel Wars
• Blade - Sequel Wars
• Boshemia's Bohemia: Who am I?
• Brands in Public: Brand Hijacking
• Celebrity Domestic Violence
• Changing your appearance in Second Life
• Changing Your Life And Everyone In It
• Codependency the people addiction
• Colorado Travel
• Columbine Survivors 10 years later
• Coparenting after a divorce
• Desiderata - The universe always unfolds as it should
• Do it Anyway ~ The Paradoxical Commandments
• Endometriosis: A traitorous uterus
• Evil Dead - Sequel Wars
• Finding your passion in life
• Germany - Where the heart is...
• Grandma's Hands
• Green Chile Stew - Green chili recipies
• Gremlins - Sequel Wars
• Haim G. Ginott - Child Psychologist
• Hamlet 2: A Parody of a Tragedy
• Happy Birthday My Love
• Harm None - a novel on Squidoo
• Hellboy - Sequel Wars
• Highlander - Sequel Wars
• If every day was Halloween
• Indiana Jones - Sequel Wars
• International Womens Day
• John Hughes - Growing up 80's
• Learning How To Live With Yourself
• Lensography - The Human Spectrum
• Life After Fibromyalgia
• Lord Of The Rings - Sequel Wars
• Mad Max - Sequel Wars
• Making peace with your past
• Maslow and Abuse
• Maslow's Hierarchy Revisited
• Me? Quit? Alternatives to quitting smoking
• Mind Magic
• Movies That Mess With Your Mind
• My Favorite Classic Books for Children
• My Heirloom Dolls
• No bad words, only bad intentions
• Nucla, Colorado - Hippies, Uranium and Prairie dogs Oh MY!
• Parenting: Gifts That Last a Lifetime
• Parents Passion - Parenting Teens
• Passive - Aggressive - Assertive
• Peace-centered parenting, Non-violent children
• Perfect Fictional Character - Scarlett O'Hara
• Pirates Of The Caribbean - Sequel Wars
• Planning a Celtic Handfasting
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Survivors
• Profile of a school shooter
• RMS Titanic - The facts and the myths
• Second Life: What's the Point?
• Self-Actualization and Maslow
• Squid What? Lens #50
• Star Trek - Sequel Wars
• Star Wars - Sequel Wars
• Storybook lensography
• Strange Parenting Facts
• Superman - Sequel Wars
• Talking to kids about sex
• Terminator - Sequel Wars
• The Art and Craft of writing
• The Best Self-Help Books Ever
• The Crayon Wars - Short Story
• The Cure for Doormat Disease
• The day I died - here for the experience
• The decade of discovery
• The Empath Next Door
• The half-baked gourmet
• The REAL "Secret" to success
• The San Miguel Resource Center
• The Sociopath Next Door
• Things they never told you - Manly Men
• Think Before you Ink
• Tips for saving your marriage...
• Tips from Between Parent and Child
• Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
• Top 10 Writing Influences
• Toy Story - Sequel Wars
• Ugly Dogs Need Love Too!
• Underworld - Sequel Wars
• Vacation - Sequel Wars
• Victim - Survivor - Thriver
• Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Americans
• Welcome to Sequel Wars
• Welcome to Squidoo!
• What love is NOT - Abuse
• Why I must meet Eddie Izzard before I die!
• Writer's Toolbox
• Zeitgeist - The Movie Fact or Fiction?

Thank you again, ladies!

Potholder Soup

Ask Lensmaster Wednesday_Elf. Cooking seemed easy — until she became known for her Potholder Soup.

Halloween Gingerbread Haunted Mansion

Halloween gets to be more and more fun each year. Especially for kids -- and bakers! Check out Halloween Gingerbread Haunted Mansion, from Lensmaser andreaberrios.

Self-Esteem: What It Is and How You Can Get Some

Lensmaster QueSea has made a jewel of a lens with his Self-Esteem: What It Is and How You Can Get Some. (Credit for finding this lens goes to aj2008. Thank you, AJ!)

Fun Fall Sensory Recipes for Kids

Fun Fall Sensory Recipes for Kids, from Lensmaster LeanneAttwell, is a wonderful lens that not only ably shows projects and recipes that help children learn and have fun, but it gives the added benefit of being an eye-sensory treat for all of us Squids.

Squids On Radio

Today, at 4pm EST, Joan4 and Mukunda22, on their radio show, Giant Squid OpenMike, are going to talk about the New Giant Squid Challenge. You can listen in and chat live -- or even call in to ask questions or give insights. It's going to be a lot of fun! Learn more at the link — which is Joan's blog — and ask any questions you may have in her comments section. Hope to see you there!

Question Of The Week 10.04.09

What do you need to know more about in order to be the best Squid you can be?

The lensmaster who writes the best post (chosen by me) gets all of their lenses linked from here next weekend.

Winner: Squidoo On TV Or Radio

Thank you, Katinka, and Kim for responding to the Question Of The Week!

This week, our winner is... Kim. ...Congratulations!

Kim's response to the QOTW (Have you ever heard anyone on TV or radio talking about Squidoo? If so, what did you hear?):

On April 7, 2009 I heard Seth Godin being interviewed by Dr. Oz on Oprah Radio and joined Squidoo while the interview was still on.

Here are all of Kim's lenses as of today:

• 50 Quality Lenses, You Say?
• A Baby Boomer's Life Through Music
• A Big Giant Squid Thank You
• A Guide to Responsible Purchasing
• A Journey Through Time
• Amazing Ants
• Battle Of The Blades Video Showcase
• Bel Canto
• Best Books & More about the Environment
• Best of Frank Sinatra on Twitter
• Canada's Woodstock - 1970
• Chief Seattle?
• Chris Jordan?
• Daisy, One Cool Cairn
• Discover Your Strengths
• Donella Meadows?
• Endangered Species Chocolate
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver?
• Figure Skating Favorites
• Fly Me to the Moon
• Frederick Franck?
• Hiking and Wine in the Italian Alps
• I Love Indianapolis
• Imagine a World Without Trees
• John O'Donohue?
• Jumping Rope
• Kim's Lensography
• Kurt Browning?
• La Dolce Vita Wine Tours
• Let's Stop Polluting the Oceans!
• Mary Richards: 1970's Icon
• My Trip To Ireland
• Niagara Peninsula Wine Region
• One Fine Man
• Organic or Local?
• Our Favorite Nuts and Bolts Recipe
• Photography & Visual Design
• Quantum Physics & Faith
• Radical Amazement
• Remaking Elkhart Indiana
• Seeing and Creativity
• Senior Squids and their Favorite Places
• Senior Squids Are Blue
• Staying Put by Scott Russell Sanders
• The Earth Charter and You
• The Inspirational Thomas Merton
• The Nature of Photography
• The Orton Effect
• The Song "Autumn Leaves"
• Thomas Berry?
• Top 10 Heroes
• Visions of Italy
• Wallace J Nichols - Ocean Researcher
• Wendell Berry?
• What I'm Reading in 2009
• William McDonough?
• Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

Thank you again, Kim and Katinka :)

Finding My Way

Get to know Lensmaster Macs through her lensography, Finding My Way.

Giant Squid Greeters

Being a Giant Squid Greeter myself, I know exactly how much time, effort, and dedication goes into the title.

Now that we've welcomed the new Greeters, BevsPaper, luvmyludwig, and OhMe, I'd like to give a much-deserved shout-out here to the fantastic Greeters from this past third quarter, Joan4, kab, Rajays, and a_willow.

Also, a "welcome back" to JustBon-Crochet-Designs!

And surely, I can't let this opportunity go by without a big thank-you to the Giant Squid Organizers, bdkz and rms, whose tireless devotion is manifested at each and every day at Squidoo.

Thank you all for being the, well, just the coolest!


Here's to all of Squidoo having an even more successful fourth quarter with the New Giant Squid Challenge.