Not to scare anybody

But do we really expect the same people that didn’t know that people were stranded at the New Orleans Convention Center (in spite of them being interviewed on TV every five minutes), and couldn’t provide support for the evacuation during Rita to realistically be able to plan for a flu pandemic?

Here’s some advice: wash your hands, a lot. Don’t panic. Don’t wait for our government to do anything helpful. Throwing $7 billion at the problem will not solve it (if our track record of throwing money at terrorism and drug abuse is any indication)

Costume

Otay, I’m a bit under the weather. I think it was something I ate. I’m
kinda hoping that’s it, since that means it will be over quicker. It
doesn’t help that they keep finding birds dead from West Nile in our
neighborhood, or that people keep talking about this Super Flu like it’s
the next Stephen King movie. Or that I’m a little bit hypochondriac.

Anyway, let’s talk costumes.

I KNOW your kids and/or yourself were the bestest EVER, no doubt about
it. But who was the runner up? What costumes did you see that just made
you laugh, or scream like a little girl, or whatever?

We saw lots in our ninety minutes that we were out and about. One that
was memorable was Lindsay Lohan. The girl (she looked to be about twenty)
was wearing a long sleeve denim shirt that was probably two sizes too
small, short ruffly skirt, long very straight red hair. She looked just
like Lindsay.

I was wondering just what she was supposed to be when it occurred to me
that she looked like Linday’s twin from about the time she made Herbie
Rides again.

Meanwhile, I saw a half dozen Snow Whites, and lots and LOTS of folks
wearing the Scream mask. My son went on for at least thirty minutes about
how you can tell if the mask was from Scream, Scream 2, or Scream 3, and
to my knowledge he’s never seen any of them. Fascinating.

So, did y’all see anything good?

Boo. Who.


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Originally uploaded by silly old bear.

I can’t remember the last time it rained. I’m guessing just after Rita passed us 100 miles away (I think it rained the following week).

Guess who is going trick-or-treating in about three hours?