Noticing the year: 10/31/08

Happy Hallowe'en everyone! And new years wishes to those of you who celebrate it now.

This was the first morning that it was below freezing when we walked the dogs. Didn't feel that bad, since it's dry and clear and not windy--plus I wore a hat and gloves in anticipation of the weather. It's been an extraordinarily beautiful fall so far.

And because I can't not post this, here's a video of Sarah "Bush-In-Drag" Palin courting the very important "stupid" vote:

In Paaris Fraance no less! Let's storm the laboratory with torches and pitchforks!

Brookline is the best

My neighborhood was full of trick or treaters tonight. My street is quiet because we're sort of the far end of the town, but a couple streets in there were hundreds of kids. One block (Brooks street) was closed to auto traffic, and several of the houses were really done up with decorations. The highlight was the pirate ship with animatronic pirate skeleton. It's becoming a locally famous event, with people driving in from other neighborhoods and towns. I figured I could find some mention of it online, but I only found this weird youtube fragment:

I saw some great creative costumes too! Probably the best was the kid dressed as the Zakim Bridge, a complicated affair that he had to gingerly maneuver around the other kids. I bet he's a budding engineer or architect and built it himself. I also saw some awesome old school cardboard and tinfoil costumes, including a kid dressed as a giant iPod. Mad props to the kid dressed as a toilet--funniest costume for sure. The unexpectedly common costume was Superman, in fact, the only kid to come up to our house was a silent toddler dressed as the Man of Steel, with his very friendly parents as (I think) Lois and Jimmy.

Alexis captured the fun here.  Seriously, go look at the pictures.  Plus my jack-o-lantern is there.