Oy vey, this weekend was a steel cage death match between me and common sense. The winner, as always, was the state of Texas. Rather than launch into a whole recap, I'll just post a link to the photos later tonight/tomorrow along with my vulgar, yet ironic commentary. Deal? Deal.
Okay, it's Halloween. How about some Do's and Don'ts for the Trick or Treaters who will be gracing the Powell household?
DO say thank you after I have dispensed the candy.
DON'T say anything to your parents if I run out of candy and start handing out allergy medication.
DO ring the door bell and wait patiently until I answer.
DON'T blow the situation out of proportion if I leap to the conclusion that you're a maurading band of highwaymen and answer the door suddenly with a blow torch and a can of 409.
DO dress like your favorite Star Wars character.
DON'T actually take your Mark Hammill impression too far, as I may or may not be dodging a subpeona from him.
DO offer to perform some household chores if I give you a particularly sweet distribution of candy.
DON'T draw any unreasonable conclusions from the contents of my underwear drawer, as my neighbor just recently asked me to house his collection of Matlock erotic fan fiction.
It's that simple! Happy Halloween, you candy eatin' chumps.
Posted by Cody at October 31, 2005 6:57 PMI just realized I misspelled subpoena. That's a hard word to spell.
Posted by: Cody at October 31, 2005 10:15 PMSince it's so hard to spell, I decided I'd write a short poem to help others.
Subpoena, Subpoena
The legal hyena
Whip out your O
and stick it 'fore ena.
One thing I didn't get into is that I saw Iron and Wine/Calexico play last night at Stubbs. Man, that was a heck of a show. If you ever get a chance, go see Calexico. The sheer scope of their sound astounds me.
My opinion about Iron and Wine is similar to lots of other folks: he's got a wonderful voice and he's a great guitar player, but some of hte songs are just a little too slow. The songs they did together were great, though.
Posted by: Cody at October 31, 2005 10:19 PM