It’s October. Not Oktober, which is generally celebrated in September, but October, named after the number eight, even though it’s the tenth month of the year. Those Caesars were some real self-important jerks, naming entire months after themselves for no apparent reason other than they just could.
October means playoff baseball, people complaining about pumpkin-spice flavored drinks, the unearthing of really bad horror movies, and my anxiety over how much effort I should put into Halloween. Halloween is fine. I don’t love it, but I do like cheap candy and also expensive candy. I don’t like costumes that much, though, mainly because I never come up with anything good.
I’m a fairly creative person but I’m horrible at costume ideas. The most fun I ever had on Halloween was one year in law school when some buddies and I bought some Power Rangers costumes made for twelve year olds, squeezed ourselves into them, and then got irresponsibly drunk while laughing at how stupid we looked. That’s it, that’s the best I’ve ever done for a Halloween costume. I’m already disappointed in whatever I decide to do this year, which is probably nothing. Getting older sucks, but the one nice thing about it is you can pull that Danny Glover line when you decide you don’t want to do something anymore. Pretty sure I’m just gonna do that this year.
LINKS!
- Looks like the folks that own baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays are buying the Rowdies. What kind of name is the Rays, anyway? I know it was Devil Rays and they shortened it up, but that’s still kind of a silly nickname. What about a stingray or whatever translates to baseball? Then again, most sports team names are kind of dumb, really. It’s unclear whether the Rowdies’ sale will have much effect on the team, but the Tampa twitterati seem okay with the sale, so I am, too.
- An interesting comparison of Eastern vs. Western conference teams this season.
- What I want to know is who’s buying hubcaps from this gang of monkeys.
