Celebration: Freedom Derived from a Giant Cartoon Head Hiding Your Own Face

Whoever it is underneath this mask had better be getting paid well. How does he/she stay upright? (If you start to get bored, skip ahead to about 4:00 and watch my favorite part.)

Celebration: October and Halloween

October has been a good month. I couldn't, for the life of me, remember exactly why , but as the month ends I have a lot of happy, satisfied feelings about how it went. 

I'm also happy it's Halloween. Here are some things I appreciate about Halloween:

• Even though I hardly ever get in costume anymore, I love seeing other people's creativity and personality as displayed in their costumes.
• It's one of the few days when it is acceptable for people to defy social norms and get kudos for it.
• As a kid I used to want to be a witch, so I have a certain affinity with the atmosphere of the day.
• It's associated with candy.
• Little kids' cuteness gets amplified by probably 50%.
• And a new reason to like Halloween: It's Nevada Day! A Celebration of my new home state. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!