I hope that everyone had a safe night of trick-or-treating and did not end up eating too much candy. Rachel and I spent the last several days decorating the living room and the front yard. In the front yard, we put an inflatable Tigger dressed as a vampire. We also put out some orange and purple lights. Unfortunately, the purple lights were not very bright, so we had to take them down and return them.

Speaking of lights, Rachel got a few Halloween-themed nightlights for the house. They look cool, but I had to keep turning the one in the living room off every night. The light would keep me awake. When I mentioned this to Rachel, she said that the light was not affecting her. To demonstrate the problem, I turned off our bedroom light and turned on the nightlight. The nightlight only cast light on my half of the bed. It is no wonder why it did not bug Rachel!

The turnout of trick-or-treaters was disappointing this year. We had well over one hundred kids last year (before running out of candy). However, this year we only had fifty kids. I think the lack of kids was due to Halloween being on a school night. Our first "trick-or-treater" was the UPS guy, delivering us a new TV. After signing for the delivery, I commented on how well I liked his costume. He said that it took a lot of work to get the uniform, the truck, and a phony package. I said that I sure hope it is not a phony package. We both laughed and I gave him a bag of candy for the road.

Tagline for today: "Then there's the story he tells about meeting the blond Chinese girl on a bus who tells him all her problems. She says she is on her way to therapy, because she is a nymphomaniac, but she only gets turned on by Jewish cowboys. She then says, 'by the way, what is your name?' He says, 'Hi, I'm Bucky Goldstein.'" - Steven Wright