Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
I think in every walk of life, there are people who go about looking for an excuse to be offended/feel superior.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Anne W. - Oct 31, 2011 1:16:38 pm PDT #4030 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2011 1:17:46 pm PDT #4031 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think that every day of the year would be offensive to someone if you got married that day.
Calli - Oct 31, 2011 1:22:09 pm PDT #4032 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was buying candy at 5:15 today. I figured I had my best shot at not eating it all if it wasn't here too long.
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
What's wrong with new beginnings on what's essentially pagan New Year?
amyth - Oct 31, 2011 1:25:47 pm PDT #4033 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Calli, have you ever gotten a trick-or-treater here at The Compound? Because I never have. I always thought it was because of the busy-road-no-sidewalk thing. And with the bad weather, I figured we'd definitely not get any. If we do, I'm hiding, because I don't have anything. OOPS.
JenP - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:50 pm PDT #4034 of 30001
Pffft, whatever.
Exactly.
This is not a trick or treating house. It's tucked behind the church, off the road. Sad now.
If I live in an apartment complex next, I'm totally going to plan a thing where people can opt in to get tick-or-treat visits from the kids in the complex.
Hil R. - Oct 31, 2011 1:27:59 pm PDT #4035 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I just got a trick-or-treater who looked older than me. He did not have any kids with him.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2011 1:30:54 pm PDT #4036 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the poor boy from Rochester who was depressed about moving to a new school and how hard it was to make friends
He was throwing up every lunch! I think the child was clinically depressed. I am surprised that his parents didn't have him see someone. He was in really bad shape.
Calli - Oct 31, 2011 1:31:59 pm PDT #4037 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten 3 or 4, Amyth. The same kids who come by now and then to see my cat. I don't know if the weather will keep them home tonight, though. You're welcome to come by and nab a handful of candy if you'd like to have some on hand. I know I'll never move all of mine.
le nubian - Oct 31, 2011 1:33:53 pm PDT #4038 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have had about 20 kids so far. It's very slow. And I bought way too much candy!
10 kids. Our local designated time is 6-8. I bought way way too much candy. too many foreclosures around here. Too few kids. Not nearly as many as last year.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2011 1:40:16 pm PDT #4039 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't mind teens or even adults if they have put a bit of effort into a costume. ON the other hand some of the ones who have not look like they could be homeless, so everybody who does not actually say something on the lines of "trick or treat motherfucker" gets something.