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My brother, the sicko

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My brother sees Halloween as a mission.

A mission to create elaborate, custom-made costumes.

One year, he went as a man in the process of being struck by lightning, with glowing lightning bolt coming out of his head.

Last year, he went as one of those fortune teller machines like in the movie Big. He walked around with a huge box around him, coin slot, fortunes and all.

This year, he is a sick, sick man.

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All Hallow’s Eve

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For the first time in my adult life, I’m living somewhere where there’s a good chance there will be trick or treaters coming to my door.

And I’m just tickled a tasteful shade of red about it.

Now is the time where we decide What Kind of Trick Or Treat House we will be. Will we be generous with the portions, or mindful of the children’s dental health? A few bits of candy corn or full-size chocolate bars? Stacey has purchased a couple big bags of an assortment of candies… do we give each kid one item, or drop a handful in their bag?

Decisions, decisions… though I’m leaning towards an all-out candyfest.

What time does this stuff happen nowadays, anyway?

Shedding Light.

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I’m going to completely shed light on the impetus for this post.

[09:31:01] : I wish someone offered a class.
[09:31:39] : Assertiveness training?
[09:31:42] : They do.
[09:32:00] : Or How To Navigate Customer Service.
[09:32:24] : And assertiveness training.
[09:32:32] : Hmmm…
[09:34:13] : You should take such a class.
[09:34:17] : Yes, you should.
[09:34:25] : You should, dammit! Don’t argue with me!
[09:34:30] : Is that what you’re asserting?
[09:34:55] : Well, if you want.
[09:35:58] : Evening at Emory has one.
[09:36:07] : The teacher has a website that lists her interests.
[09:36:29] : It lists quilting, baking bread and hiking.
[09:36:43] : Only I thought it said guilting, baking bread and hiking.
[09:36:48] : Which would have been funny.
[09:37:16] : Yes it would.
[09:37:54] : They have a memory class called Memory at Emory. How would I ever remember that name?
[09:37:56] : “No, don’t bother eating this bread I spent all day baking for you.”
[09:38:19] : I used to pronounce the first “m” in “mnemonic.”
[09:38:44] : I said it “muh-nuh-monic.”
[09:38:57] : I thought it was like that Muppet song.
[09:42:02] : heh heh.
[09:42:35] : But it’s an easy word to remember.
[09:43:01] : Yes.

Well Done, Mr. Bush

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Well, I feel safer.

U.N. agency: Nuclear materials vanish in Iraq

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — Equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear weapons have disappeared from Iraq, warns the chief of the atomic watchdog agency for the United Nations.

Satellite imagery shows buildings that once housed high-precision equipment that could be used to make nuclear bombs have been dismantled, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a letter to the U.N. Security Council.

In the letter, IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said that though some radioactive equipment taken from Iraq after the war’s start has shown up in other countries, none of the missing high-quality, dual-use equipment or materials has been found.

The American government prevented U.N. weapons inspectors from returning to Iraq — thereby blocking the IAEA from monitoring the high-tech equipment and materials — after the U.S.-led war was launched in March 2003.

Full Story at CNN