It is so nasty out, people. I don't even want to go home on the bus, never mind trick or treating in this weather. And Dillo's gorgeous costume is made of cardboard, so it would be mutilated. Bah, I say.

flea, I saw on Channel 9's website that IKEA is doing trick-or-treating from 5 to 8 tonight. No word on whether the treats are Swedish meatballs.

If you know you are going to freeze soup, use half the water (or omit water if you are using enough other liquids) then dilute when you serve with boiling water.

There wasn't enough liquid in this recipe that all of the ingredients would have been covered with half the water.

Someone just came by and handed me an article! The old guy here that everyone loves (and he knows everyone's names and uses them in every conversation with you) has an interest in Jamaica (or he has a topic for everyone in the company, dunno) and came by yesterday and asked if I'd be interested in an article in Caribbean suing Britain for reparations. Instead of sending me the link, he tore the article out and gave it to me physically. Even more adorable, he had to rifle through pockets full of newspaper clippings to find the right one for me.

Our preparations for tonight started with a stop by Holli's store, where she was face painting all the kids who stopped by for free. My dragon is even more dragon-y!

I was typically interested in the idea of cellphones with curved screens when I clicked on this WSJ video review but now I'm preoccupied by how much I want the tech reporter's job. She's AWFUL. She says nothing, but with a lot of words. Literally SMH at her.

Finally saw the worker's comp appointed orthopedist and got my doctor's note for desk work for the next four weeks, yay! I was starting to get worried that since I ditched the cane that I would get rushed back to hauling wheelbarrows.

A coworker has been trying to get a communal soup-lunch going, and I felt bad for her letting me eat a small cup of her delicious Thanksgiving Everyday from King's yesterday. So I dropped twenty on two large soups from the same grocery store, then felt like a jerk because she wasn't in today. But it still hit the spot and we had a party of three on a cold rainy day with Beef & Barley and another tub of TE and yummy bread.

I was gonna wear my pirate outfit when I got into work, but totally forgot, even though it was sitting right there in my passenger seat.

No trick or treaters yet, even though it's full dark. It's a bit rainy, but not so much you'd think we'd get a couple.

The rain is supposed to let up by trick or treating time. I hope it stops soon, as I want to get a picture of Grumpy Pumpkin all lit up.

I don't have a costume, but I'm wearing my'zombies are the new black' t shirt at the gym...

Flicked a stinkbug off my laptop.

It took a minute, but, yep, there's that fragrance. And then the little shit went and landed on my elbow.

I was all in a tizzy thinking that Welcome to Night Vale aired on the 15th and 30th, and there was no new podcast. Oh, it's tomorrow. Wah.