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Please get out and vote. It may not seem like it matters, but low turnout just makes each one that gets cast matter that much more.

Spooks' night out

So another Halloween has come and gone. I hit the hardware store the day before for some wood and paint, and one of those megastores that pop up this time of year for a kind of fake flaming cauldron that I'm going to be putting to good use for years, and did some minor redecorating to the outside of the house. The day started out warm, which to my mind is not really a good thing for trick or treating. Most costumes involve a layer or two of material, and down here heat builds up on a body a bit faster than in other places. Luckily it cooled down, and soon there was a nice breeze.

Sadly, there was a pretty thin crop of kids this year. I have a suspicion as to what caused it, because last weekend Claudia had a booth open at a convention up in Irving, and due to the panicked attitude people have about a certain virus, attendance was light, a lot of the guests canceled, and the ones who didn't cancel adapted a 'no-contact' policy. They wouldn't pose with people for photographs. Yes they would still sign autographs, but the people paying good money had to select the pictures from pre-made stacks, and wouldn't get to handle them until after the guest had signed them. I can understand caution, but that's over reacting.

Makes the fact that I dressed up as a plague doctor seem tame, doesn't it? No? Oh well.

Still writing.