Lydia’s daycare is celebrating its “Fall Festival” today, no doubt in response to those who fear the infliction of religion; the Winter Festival’s in a couple months.
Halloween.com: History, origins, costume ideas and links, news, Christian perspective on Halloween “in response to email castigating Halloween.com for glorifying evil :-)”, and jokes such as:
Q. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
A. Because demons are a ghoul’s best friend!
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. – Carol Bishop Hipps (Stolen from a friend)
There must be 30 Ways To Eat a Pumpkin. Ah, a new Paul Simon song, no doubt. And speaking of which – Paul’s 65th birthday this month went unmentioned on this page.
So did Sting’s 55th birthday. Here’s a fun story about the FIRST time Sting met Edin Karamazov, the lute player from Sarajevo, 12 years ago at a circus. You fans of Studio 60 may recognize Karamazov from the episode featuring Sting (and Lauren Graham).
Facts for Halloween from the Census BOO-reau.
Picture above from NASA.