Halloween

There has been an absence in the travel report latly but it was for a good cause. That cause being HALLOWEEN, and halloween recovery.

The build up for the Halloween party this year resembled in many ways the precaustions NASA takes before a shuttle launch. Much elbow greese and help from family and friends.

But WHY? well unknow to many people, there was a secret experiment in ther early 70's that determined that Halloween was the "bestest holiday EVER." O.K. so this is just my opinion but it is a great holiday to get dressed up set a creepy mood and make spooky theamed food dishes.

I see that every year there is more and more Halloween crap on sale and I could not be more happy about it. I think they should start making Halloween fireworks. Something that explodes in the shape of a pumpkin, a screeming witch cone, or maybe a flaming bottle of petrol being thrown at a car (God knows that would scare me).

Anyway, the party got started and we had a haunted house this year. We had a good turn out with a lot of fun people showing up and some scaredy cats who would not even go in the haunted house. But, far be it from me to judge. I heard on the radio this morning that Bush had petitioned to be alowed to run again in 2008 becasue he was not officially "elected" in 2000 (the supreme court appointed him during the re-count fiasco, strike three for democracy) And since the Republicans do not have very strong canidates this year, Bush was actually considering running AGAIN. This new story was played straight but of course it turned out to be a joke. Non the less, for a second it scared me more than a marathon of slasher movies ever could, or for that matter, it was more scarry that a REAL slasher attacking me. In all fairness Cheney is the really creepy guy. Be honest, no matter what your political view, if you came home, went to put your coat away and Dick Cheney came jumping out of the closet your heart would stop, O.K. his might stop too, but just the thought brrrrrrr.
Oppp's too much coffee this morning back to Halloween. Halloween started as a Gaelic holiday celebrating the havest.

They thought on Oct 31st the border between the living and the dead was weakend and they dead would come back an destroy crops and livstock so they did what they could to stop this: They got drunk and had a party, why can't we come up with solutions like this for our modern day problems? OH wait we DO it's called: The WEEKEND.
Halloween is of course the shortening of "all-hallow-even" celebrated by those wacky European Pagens until Pope Gregory the III changed it to "all-saints-day" There was a short period when instead of Halloween they called it "Saintsween" but many sacreligious jokes were made and even the Pope could not say it without a holy giggle so the chuch gave into Halloween.

It turns out that Trick-or-treating did not start until the 1950's in the U.S. Before this time children simply sat at home eating sugar cubes in funny looking costumes. The first forays into Trick-or-Treating were pioneered by the sons of mobster who would ask for booze and cash "OR ELSE" this slowly sofened into our moderen day Trick-Or-treating tradition.
No matter how it started it reigns as a really fun holiday now which I fully suport and enjoy, hopfully next year we can start decorating for Haloween the day after the 4th of July.
The party was a big hit and we even had some government officials there. Mayor McCheese and his wife came out, although I think it was just a political nessesity that forced him to show up and try and rebuild his reputation in the face of his recent scandel.

In case you do not know, the Mayor was recently involved in a controvery where he might have been soliciting sex in a McDonalds bathroom stall. While the Mayor had no comment a witness at the scene was asked if he could be sure it was Mayor McCheese and responded "Um he has an enormous burger head, Yhea I'm pretty sure it was him".

We also had some Cosmos come out and party down with us. What are Cosmos? Well, you should know by now but if not, they are members of Cosmopolitan International a group that raises money to help fight childrens diabeties. It is a great group that I am a member of so go out right now and give some money to them. Unless of course you have something against CHILDREN WITH DIABITIES. But, it is that time of the year to give a little so even if it is not for Cosmos at least help out the comunity or donate some food.



Ohhhh creepy creepy, hope everyone had a good time, until next year
Boo!