October is my favorite month. The weather in St. Louis is perfect this time of year, and one of my favorite holidays is at the end of the month. Unfortunately the Cardinals aren’t in the playoffs this year, but there’s always next season.
Ever since I was a little kid I have enjoyed dressing up and going door-to-door begging for candy. While I’ve given up the latter, I still enjoy wearing a costume. Whether it was the highly flammable costumes you get at the supermarket, the ones with the elastic string that lasted exactly 15 minutes or the more elaborate ones my mom crafted, I was always a contender at the local Halloween costume contests. After three years dressing up as Dracula, Kari insisted I get something new. Reluctantly I hung up the cape and fake teeth and we went to Party City to buy me a new costume. Below is the best we could come up with:
Kid Vader wants your candy. You don’t want to cross a mini-Sith do you? For more great costumes and a few slightly disturbing ones check out this site.
A big congrats to my cousin James Rowden and his wife Angie on the birth of their new baby Breyer Owen!!!! I know Grandma Renee and the rest of the clan are so proud!
A true Halloween treasure…. Christopher Walken reading Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. Its missing something though, I can’t quite put my finger on it.
As the election nears, I’m asking everyone to consider voting for a real American. Can you imagine the kind of smack down the Hulkster would unleash on the axis of evil? He is undefeated against the likes of the Iron Shiek and Nikolai Volkoff, beating into submission on several occassions. Kim Jung you’re going down brutha!
This year’s November Lan is only a couple weeks away and I can’t wait! For the past 8 years, my crew and I have gotten together each year to compete in Epic battles on our computers. We deep fry a turkey and gorge ourselves on stuffing and Mnt Dew. This year will be no different as we travel to Festus, MO and invade our hosts Butch and Katie Reiter.
I love the new song by Against Me which features guest vocalist Tegan. She’s of course one half of the twin supergroup Tegan & Sara and if you’re not familiar with their work then check out this video. They burst into the mainstream with their latest album The Con. They a brief splash two years earlier when the White Stripes covered one of their classics, Walking With a Ghost.
