The yearly slog of the calendar when you're supposed to give away tooth-destroying candies to small (and large) costumed children (here, in the Northeast, they're getting a break, it's windy, but balmy, in the low 60's).
Even as a child, I never quite got into this holiday, or event ... Or whatever it is ...
Wikipedia says that ...
Halloween (more traditionally spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and gets its name from being the eve (e'en) of the Western Christian holy day of All Saints (the Eastern Orthodox celebrate All Saints Day in June). It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones ...
The colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire or of pumpkins, and maybe because of the vivid contrast this presents for merchandising. Another association is with the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Ahhh ... "Merchandising" ...
Like there's not enough balls-of-string - electronic, or otherwise - to waste your money on.
Yes, a muy grande siento, for our missing-in-action this past week.
No, we didn't fall off the face of the planet, but, rather, we were inundated with tasks, for both The Aunt, and myself, on the homefront, that cut deeply into computer time, as well as leaving one tired, and very uncreative in the evening.
We're hoping to get a few posts up today, and use that to build back into a groove.
Pretty bold title, heh, considering we tanked posting this weekend.
It was a bit busy, here on the Homefront, but it had to do with something else;
Today is our birthday!
So, we decided not to sit at the computer, very much, and indulge in some minor celebration (Thanks, Sisters!), as greetings dribbled in from family and friends.
In that light, we're going to point you to some other voices, on one of the weeks' top (remarkably), stories.
The ridiculous, collectively, panties-getting-in-a-knot reaction to the Obama -Faux News War.
We only touched on it briefly, the other night, with the ignoramus Jake Tapper, but there were truckloads and barges of pixels burned out on this story.
However, there were three that stood out, above the crowd.
Barry Crimmins had people jumping up, and waving at him to weigh in, so Barry, in his best-satirist-in-the-country-mode said "Okay, you want to hear what I have to say ... " with "Look! A shiny balloon!"
