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A wise sensei once said "every boy and every girl, spice up your life." There is no better time to act on that sound advice than right here, right now. It's Halloween, chickies. Let's get saucy. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring Bees Knees Spicy Honey from MixedMade! Casey and Morgen, two life-enthusiasts in Brooklyn, have been waging war with "boring." They work with small, independent, natural-process beekeepers in the Hudson Valley, then infuse the raw honey with a blend of chili peppers to make a perfect mix of sugar and spice. Full disclosure: one of our co-workers has been eating this honey, by itself, at her desk, for the last 6 hours. It's that good. If you're more of the "condiments with actual food" type, here are some incredible recipes with the honey. "Every batch is handmade with lots of love and spice-induced watering eyes in Brooklyn, New York." You're fighting the good fight, boys. Bra. Vo. Each winner gets a Spicy Honey and a Finger Food Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Costume contest!!! Get on Instagram and show us how you're spicing up Halloween with the hashtag #FreakerSpice for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, family, and stuffing your face to the point of explosion. It's also a time of getting back to your roots. And you would be lying if you said your roots didn't include "finger food." Finger Food is one of the most satisfying eating experiences in the history of eating things, and it would be a shame if that wasn't properly celebrated. Don't be ashamed. It's the natural way. Finger your food today! Ladies & Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Finger Food!

Slogans are highly under-appreciated. Slogans are one-liners with a purpose. A motto that sells you. A proverb that doesn't say anything important. A jingle that doesn't give away your karaoke handicap. Today we're celebrating the simple beauty of these weirdo catchphrases and we're inviting you to the word party. Slogan of the day: We did it all for The Hooky. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring The Hooky keychains! "Solid. Simple. Spinny." is The Hooky's winning slogan. The Hooky is an "unobtrusive, lightweight keychain that can easily but securely hook onto belt loops and straps." Are you a serial key-loser? Not anymore, Buster. Aluminum, functional, clean... and perfectly designed to spin on your finger, so you can silently and successfully give the hint that you are ready to leave that Friday afternoon board meeting. Nick and Dave, two North Carolina all-stars, are smack-dab in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to get this baby off the ground, so each winner will be getting a product so exclusive that nobody else has one yet - even the people that have paid for it. Each winner gets a Hooky and a Poli Sci-Fi Freaker! HOW TO ENTER:Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave a comment with your personal slogan for a chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Do you love Freakers, but exclusively "buy local"? Awesome and awesome.  Support your local freaktailer!! Check out our FIND page to high-five yours!  (Photo via @nashville_photog!)

Love them, hate them, or megh them - politics are weird. They're super weird. Undeniably weird. The only thing weirder than our modern political system is our modern political system SECRETLY RUN BY SHAPE-SHIFTING ALIEN LIZARD OVERLORDS. Fact: 4% of Americans (12 million people) believe that underneath those perfectly gelled hairdos, politicians are actually Reptilian tyrants from another planet. ... And that is a fact to celebrate. Tell your political junkies, lawyer friends, and debate drinking-buddies the good news. Ladies & Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Poli Sci-Fi!

Freak everyone. Freak everything. You think this is a game? This is not a game. This is The Game.  Happy Monday, little chickies!

Let's all take a moment to appreciate where we are. We are smack-dab in the middle of the most magical season known to mankind. Autumn has something special for everyone. Live in the North East? Your foliage situation is delightful! Are you in the habit of paying your electric bill? Fall gives you a sigh of relief. Soup. Sweaters. Pies. Pumpkin Spice Lattes. (You know who you are.) The wonders of autumn are never-ending, but today we want to add something new and indispensable to your list. Totescarves. You're welcome. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring totescarves from Wintercheck Factory. You heard me right. A tote that's actually a scarf. To the untrained eye, it's a traditional scarf. To the autumn professional, you can find perfectly sized (and zipped!) pockets to keep your valuables close when the temperature starts to drop. Winterheck Factory is a design and manufacturing studio in Brooklyn. What started with furniture evolved into so much more and now Wintercheck makes a variety of quality life-goods (sometimes with a little help from domestic-sourcing friends!) from oak lounge chairs to classic bathing suits to utility shower curtains to totescarves. Totescarfs. TOTESCARVES. We will never not be floored by the brilliance of totescarves. Each winner gets a totescarf and a Sizzurp Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us your favorite quirk of autumn with the hashtag #Freakercheck for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

The dapper dingo and his beloved Freaker!  Portrait of Watson (the lovechild of our Alisha and Dallas) courtesy of the ever talented Robert Bobby Art! 

Do you like feeding hungry school children? TRICK QUESTION! Of course you do. Nourish NC! is here to make your wishful nutrition giving a reality. Specialty Freakers are now available at Edge of Urge and 100% of the proceeds goes to Nourish NC's backpack program! Saving the world, one apple at a time. Get that special educational philanthropist in your life a Nourish Freaker here!!

Sauces are arguably the greatest edible things ever invented. I know, I know - pizza, tacos, and chicken fried waffle enthusiasts are prone to disagree, but sauce is what makes all of those things great. Today we want to celebrate an underrated sauce source. Pancakes are a shining light in this dark cold world. Syrup is the halo to the pancake angel. (Yes. Syrup is sauce. Maybe the sauciest of sauces.) Can we get a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T for the holy Sizzurp? Ladies & Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Sizzurp!

Video killed the radio star, internet killed the video star. This is great news for people that thrive off of endlessly weird cats, videos of hamsters playing pianos and photos of sharks eating pizza. The world can be a dark place, and sometimes all it truly needs is an adorability vigilante. MmmmmmHM. You heard me. A Batman of cute stuff. Ladies and gentlemen, you'e in luck. It's Friday. Gotham is saved. What you are Winning: We have 5 care packages this week featuring iconic cartoon embroidered pillows from P'illoporto! By day - Phil Marden. New York Times illustrator. Work featured in MOMA. Currently living in Portland, illustrating columns for The Times. By night - Phil Marden. Awesome-stuff vigilante. Cartoon extraordinaire. Decorative pillow wizard. Fighter of the darkness. "Bold minimalist design and retro-inspired graphics evoke vintage illustration, early mass-production, comic art and advertising." It's true. And we're all better off because of it. Each winner also gets 2 embroidered P'illoporto pillows, made in Portland, and a Manneater Freaker! How to Enter: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave a photo comment with the most adorable thing you can find. Battle of the cutes. It's on. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

The English language has this oneeeee word that everybody is enthralled with. Other languages have infinite words for our one English word, which may explain why nobody in the English language can totally pin down the definition of that one word. The old saying goes:   "LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT DOES NOT DISHONOR OTHERS, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES."   So. What you're telling me... is that love is a manatee? FINALLY, SOME CLARITY. We love manatee. Manatee love orange. All is love. Ladies & Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Manneater!