Happy Halloween

When I lived in Arizona, I loved Halloween.  We had small classes (I think that we had about 16 kids in my class) and, every year, it became a competition for the weirdest, most outlandish costumes.  Space aliens, zombies, train wreck victims, you name it.  Very few of the ‘plastic mask and plastic poncho’ cheapo costumes.  And, in a small town, trick-or-treating was really safe.  We could hit every house in the town.  Twice (one year my pals and I had two costumes).

Then we moved back to Maryland.  To the northern end of the Bible Belt.  To social conservative central.  To culture shock.

I’m Back

Hi, ya’ll.  Sorry for my absence.  I really thought that I would recover much more quickly from pneumonia.  I was wrong.  I really don’t think I’ve been this sick since I had mumps while in college (I went to the college health clinic, they told me I did not  have mumps;  two weeks later, an epidemic of mumps was sweeping the school).  Anyway, I’m ba-ack.

Hello, I am still here.

Really.  I am.  I have viral pneumonia brought about by a bout of the flu (?) or my fall mold-spore allergies (no, I take that back — that would be bacterial pneumonia which I do not have (so it would be influenza / rhinovirus related).  I am exhausted (and heavily medicated) and will respond when I am able.

Carry on.

Or carrion.

Take your pick.

A Few Pet Peeves

(((Wife))) has decided that, should we ever be stupid enough to acquire yet another pet (most likely a cat), the new pet would be named Peeves.  Here are a few random pet peeves of mine (all through personal experience):

More Mail: AFA Fundraising

More mail.  And this one came from an email farm server in Phoenix, so I can’t even blame anyone.  Actually, I can.  I blame myself for putting my email address out there on my blog.

Anyway, I got this in the email today and, well, shit.  Read it: