Julie took Matthew and Lucas to join all the other arty-nerd families of Dallas this afternoon at a They Might Be Giants all-ages show, to which kids were invited to come in costume. Lucas costumed as Karate Guy With a Lightsaber (because Matthew's old karate gi is black, and not quite suited for Jedis), and Matthew chose to go as Expendable Red-Shirt U.S.S. Enterprise Crewman. (Neither his mother nor his father knew what he was talking about at first when he asked for this costume; our nerd licenses should be revoked).
I stayed home with Nora and cooked a beef bourguignon, Regina Charbonneau's pork roast in cane syrup gravy, and this insane recipe for candied bacon (dredge sliced bacon in brown sugar, place on cookie sheet in 400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, eat when cool, die of pleasure). So, three of us may have had a They Might Be Giants Halloween, but in my heart, I will be having a Jan Terri Halloween. You can too. Click on this video, and enjoy three minutes of bliss.
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You didn't know about the endless train of Expendable Red-Shirts?? Nerd license revoked, Rod.
Go back to nerd school!
My oldest went as a mangled red shirt guy too this year. The other wore no costume, but said he was a psycho killer and everyone knows they look like everyone else. The girls were Disney princesses, yuck!
Bradamante, did she ask whether the goodies were made with real Girl Scouts?
Ensign Ricky has Bill Moyers on his side - he called for the draft on Friday's show:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?s=cdc22633aedf2a0430b1163d0b5f6a3c&p=2392846#post2392846
Prithy -- what think thou thee Rod about your boys being called-up, minion style, in eight years (we've been at it in Afghanistan eight, heck it could take at least 20 more, thinks Buckley's National Review chum Brookhiser earlier in the show, since the "enemy" moved the theatre next door to Waziristan aka Pakistan's 'tribal' area)
I'm no state-minion fan, but does anyone really think the next generation of Ensign Rick's are that stupid to willing man our all-volunteer armed forces?
Watch who you call stupid, you've got card carrying former and current state-minions in this audience. We prefer the title "Veterans" normally.
Anyways, they are having no trouble recruiting in this current economy. It's a living. Comes with free government-run health care, too. ;) Unemployment bennies only last so long...
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