by Richard
Halloween. Let me say that one more time. Halloween. Halloween is here. Today is the day, the day of sweets and subterfuge, candy and costumes, id and invention and other paired alliteratives.
It’s the day to party and walk the streets and just plain have fun.
Oh, yeah. And the little dudes get to enjoy themselves as well.
This Halloween is going to be a little strange here at Chez Jones. Well, stranger than normal.
Not only is George of the Jungle going out on his own as he has for the last couple of years, Zippy the Monkey Boy is going to a Halloween-themed birthday party, but Speed Racer has been making plans to get together with some of his friends from school and go out with them. Which makes me just a little bit nervous.
I mean, without the youngest little dude going out on the streets, will I really have society’s implicit, tacit permission to dress up in some sort of outlandish costume and wander the streets? Well, aside from Fantasy Fest in Key West, but that’s something else entirely. Yet another question: Will I even care or will I be one of those lonely souls staggering down the midnight streets long after the last stragglers have gone home to count their candy and begin their march toward a sugar coma?
Really though, who cares? I mean, if I can dress up in a costume and get a chance to embarrass one of the little dudes at the same time, well, that sounds like a win-win to me.
So, all of you grab an empty pillow case and get out there. Take your little dude’s hand and walk the streets like a deranged Amway salesman. Have a great time right now. Who knows when your little dude might start making other plans?
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