site stats Wet Noodle Posse | Blog  Monday, October 31, 2005
"He blew his mind out in a car..."  So today is Halloween, or
All Hallows Eve, or, if you're in Mexico, La Dia Del Muerte (The
Day of the Dead.) I thought I'd blather on about the history of
this holiday, or maybe get into all the traditions and how they
came to be.  But I'm not gonna do that. Instead, because a close
family friend died this weekend, I'm going to chat about
something far more esoteric than candy and costumes and vague
religious connotations that have been lost through years of
blatant commercialism and radical witchmongers and some pretty
wacked out people who take advantage of the dead thing and use
this day to make mischief. (Incidentally, the family friend was
83, and suffering, so I can comfortably say, it was his time to
go. May he rest in peace.)  Have you ever looked up at the stars
and wondered what's out there? If you haven't, you are clearly a
loser who has no connectedness to humanity and should stop
reading this blog im