Halloween for Nate
Supposedly, this is John McCain's Halloween Costume, but I assumed he'd be campaigning all day.
Ah, I love Halloween. Sure, I know its evil and it is just a trick of the devil, but I figure one night a year won’t hurt. I remember as a kid one year–I had the best Alexander Haig costume and a great James Lynn, but I never won a costume contest until 1980 when I went as Ronald Reagan.
As I got older, I reallized that going from door to door looking for free candy was pretty silly. Now that kids come by my house I give them candy based on whether I like their costume or not. I saw a couple of Sarah Palins and they got king sized snickers bars. I saw one kid dressed as Elmo and not wanting my tax dollars to go to PBs I gave him a penny. For costumes in between I usually give them a chance to earn better candy by debating me and once again I am discouraged by the quality of education in our public schools. By third grade, a girl should be able to debate at least the rudimentary issues of free trade within the Western Hemisphere in regards to agricultural subsidies regardless of what her rude mother says.
Kids being kids, my house always gets pelted with at least a dozen eggs. I used to get upset, but I figure that’s what employees are for. It looks like this is going to be a big year for eggs and shaving cream. Its money well spent.
I got tired of passing out candy so I just left a bowl outside with a note that says, “Honor System: Take one please”. That note absolves me from the responsibility of actually putting candy in the bowl. I think some of the kids are starting to get suspicious that my entire bowl full of candy gets stolen every year. Happy Halloween!!
