I'm guessing it's to put in his chest freezer as insurance in case the power goes out.

Phrase of the day: "They cannot have imagined that it would catalyze the tsunami of opprobrium that it has."

Spiderman just came to the door. He looks much younger in person.

Ironman was smaller than he looks too.

The Hulk was much smaller and much, much less angry. Apparently, all he needs is a bit of candy.

Prayers and well-wishes go out to the teachers today. One of them told me recently that November 1st is always the worst day of the school year. The kids always stay up past their bedtime the night before and come in either on a sugar crash from a night gorging or a sugar buzz from sneaking treats for breakfast.

You're trying to tell me you are not in the same shape?

We never get kids thanks to our very rural road combined with our long dark lane. We buy treats every year though. You know... just in case. By about 10:00ish we realize that "someone has to eat them."

I just turn all the lights off and watch a movie. That way, I don't have to buy the candy in the first place.

Bah. Humbug.

Actually I just go to the vault in the basement and count my money.

Sounds very familiar, Murph.

For us, it's that we live in an area that is otherwise Doctor's offices, schools, etc. Not a lot of homes.

When we first bought the house, I was excited to be one of those people that really go all-out on Halloween. I made a black cardboard cutout of a person with a big knife, and attached it to the window with a variable strobe light behind it to look like lightning. I put speakers in the window and played a custom-made spooky tape. I wanted to (but didn't get the chance) to replace the sample portraits in the studio with portraits of zombies and such. I wanted to swap out all the tracklight bulbs in there with green ones. I was pricing fog machines.

I'm still disappointed that all of that would be in vain.

Mark, if it makes you feel better, I peed a little after reading about your frightening Halloween decorations.