Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign: Bay View Trick or Treating
It’s Bay View, nighttime Trick or Treating time again.  When I was a resident of Bay View, I was happy to participate, and gave myself over 100% to the event, even going so far as to dress up myself.  There was a real sense of community about it.  Unfortunately, I no longer live in Bay [...]

Worst Halloween Candy EVER
As promised, here’s the short list: First, there are Circus Peanuts.  Thankfully, Circus Peanuts are hard to find.  If you’re not familiar, they are basically marshmallows molded into the shape of a large peanut.  Most people never experience the horrible taste because the color is enough to keep it from being consumed.  Much like many insects [...]

A Humble Request: Trick or Treaters
A word of advice to prospective Trick or Treaters:  You must at least try to dress up.  Bed head and eye boogers are not a costume, and the pillow case you’re carrying doesn’t help either.  And if you’ve already hit puberty, maybe you should consider retiring from Trick or Treating and start a family of your [...]

Halloween ‘09
It’s here again; my favorite time of the year.  I am of course talking about Halloween.  This wonderful time of year when you walk around the neighborhood, leaves crunching under your feet, and stop at a particular that has been painstakingly decorated in honor of our favorite Druid holiday.  Most people don’t know that that’s [...]

Foodie
I have a humble request:  If you refer to yourself as a Foodie, please stop.  The problem’s not with you; it’s me.  I acknowledge that you like food.  It is your chosen method of nutritional intake, and you want it to taste good. I don’t.  I don’t like food.  I don’t like the fact that I need [...]