another purely editorial:

as we come upon this most festive time of year Halloween I look about and say "what happened?"
Halloween was once a season of terrors and haunts,has been replaced as the true season of fear.
think about it,folks standing in lines in the dead of night zombified from exhaustion ignoring the cold and desolation driven by near psychotic fear. fear they won't find the right gift,fear they won't be able to buy their families love,fear of failure, deep down dyed in the wool fear.
Halloween no longer holds such terrors if it ever did. tell me some kid in a Walmart power rangers costume knocking on your door at 7pm is frightening.
thankfully(no disrespect there thanksgiving) Halloween has also become the season of drunken debauch and slutty costumes. frankly some holiday had to and Fourth of July was slacking off.
so raise your glass of pumpkin spice rum wear something you'd never dream of wearing in public any other day of the year and shout a Happy Halloween this year!!