I can't even remember the last time I went to a real Halloween party (with costumes and all), but this year we've been invited to four. Four! What's up with that? Has there been some sort of Halloween Renaissance or something?

One is tomorrow night and three are on saturday. All in opposite corners of the city, of course. At least I'll be able recycle one costume for all of them. Although I'm still assembling it. Perhaps I'll find some of the crucial missing ingredients when I go up to New York friday to hang out with the visiting gloriamunty.

Oh, and I still have to carve the 21 pound pumpkin I bought in Long Island last weekend.

I tell you. Halloween takes a lot out of a feller...