“From ghosties and ghoulies, and long legged beasties, and things that go bump in the night, good Lord deliver us!”
Old Scottish prayer
Here’s a list of things (mostly from the MSM) that evoke Halloween evergreens that have caught my eye. Some are just in fun; some are deadly serious:
- Spooks: Scrappleface posts “Cheney Sends Joe Wilson to Find CIA Leaker”.
- Bones: More human remains have been found near Ground Zero.
- Zombies: Forbes Magazine has a list of the top earning dead celebrities.
- Ghouls: behead three schoolgirls in Indonesia.
- Witches: the BBC reports that a rare “witches’ bottle” used to ward of evil spirits goes on display at Corfe Castle in Dorset. UPDATE: Dutch witches can deduct the cost of schooling from their taxes.
- Vampire: Merriam Webster defines “vampire” as
2 a : one who lives by preying on others b : a woman who exploits and ruins her lover
See also here.
- Costumes: Planet Moron has some suggestions for appropriate costumes for various political figures.
This isn’t exactly Halloween, but I’ve mislaid your e-mail, and hope you and maybe a few of your readers might find it amusing.
Here in Yuma AZ, we have a Glittering Guy!
This starts along about October 1, when my bud Joe Laughlin, who manages a chain crafts store, started getting in his Xmas shipments.
Every night from now through New Year’s he comes home covered with glitter. His wife says she doesn’t bother decorating the house anymore, because she’s the only one in town with a decorated husband! ;>)