How excited am I about Halloween? Lots.

Got all the costumes in the mail today. Owen looks spiffy in his Batman costume but we couldn't get a picture before school. The Halloween party at the gym is tomorrow night so we're going to be set.

Tonight I'm going dancing, and then maybe to a friend's birthday party (I'm still suspicious about the last minute invite, and what that means for bizarre drama that may be simmering that I know nothing about...are people mad at me and I don't even know it?). Then I'm going to an amateur porn festival, held by the local alt-weekly.

Tomorrow, a free chiropractor appointment, the GILF's grandbaby's one year old birthday party, shopping for a halloween costume, and a Halloween party.

Sunday, possibly a corn maze and pumpkin picking, maybe a date.

All in there, some work, and prep for flying to LA Monday morning. I could also stand to clean my house and do some laundry.

How excited am I about Halloween? Lots.

Love it!

I totally shouldn't have read Ruben Navarrette's commentary on CNN. It's about the intolerance of Liberals as demonstrated by Palin and JtP.

Commentary: Liberals let loose on Palin and Joe the Plumber

I also thought the Democratic Party was supposed to go to bat for the little guy, the everyday Joe the Plumber.

Tell that to Joe Wurzelbacher, the Ohio resident who got his 15 minutes -- and 40 lashes -- because he dared question Obama about his tax plan. Obama insists that the plan would raise taxes only on those Americans earning more than $250,000 per year. It was then Obama made his clumsy "spread the wealth" comment.

What was Joe thinking: that we live in a democracy where everyday Americans who pay the salaries of elected officials can dare question their policies? That just isn't done.

Arrrgh! JtP asked Obama a question and Obama took a good chunk of time calmly and seriously answering it. McCain then made JtP the pillar of his campaign as an example of how Obama's policies hurt the average guy. The media followed up, the narrative turned out to be false and the media reported it. It was McCain who thrust him into the limelight.

There's plenty more, but a pet peeve of mine was violated in particular.

Commenting on a CNN.com story, one condescending reader wrote that Joe the Plumber should pipe down and "get back in my bathroom and unclog the toilet."

Don't try to prove your point quoting some dude's comment on the Internet! I can go get dozens of reprehensible quotes from right wingers on comment threads, and it means nothing. Sure it might be fun in an informal thread, but it is ridiculous in a syndicated column.

Sorry, venting.

Liv looks action packed!

Tonight I'm going dancing

What? Without me?

What? Without me?

Why, are you going to be in Seattle and want to go two-stepping?? I go dancing every Friday, Hec!

I'm still suspicious about the last minute invite

I (and a bunch of other FBookers) got a last minute invite to a birthday party and then a retraction shortly afterward. She (not the birthday girl) said they'd reached the limit on invitees, and she asked us not to tell the birthday girl.

I never really liked the girl who sent out the invite, but really like the birthday girl. The whole thing sat badly with me, and I still wonder if anyone made drama.

Happy (and drama free!) birthday, Kate!

This weekend I'm going to Kernersvile, for more dad stuff. I've been doing this nearly every weekend since mid-August, and it's gotten kind of old now. But this time some of the dad stuff involves a test run of him driving. If he seems steady and competent behind the wheel, his doctor says he can start driving himself again. His first chemo wiped him out so much that he just wasn't safe to drive, but he's been off that for a while now. If he can drive, that means my own weekend commutes will go way down. Yay! (Plus, you know, a sense of self-sufficiency and whatnot for him. Also good.)

A writer for ESPN gets Obama as his partner in a fantasy football league for a week.

Why, are you going to be in Seattle and want to go two-stepping?? I go dancing every Friday, Hec!

I still don't hear an invite. Is because (as katefate told me at the first F2F: "You don't have the tits for it, baby.")?