Tricks, Treats & Mojo. Halloween Open Thread.

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 7:47 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 19:47

No polls, no politics tonight. Just a place for you to share your Halloween stories, past and present.

Tonight the wife and I are taking it easy and handing out candy. We've had some adorable trick-or-treaters tonight, including a mouse princess, Jango Fett, Thomas The Tank Engine, a race car, various ghouls and goblins, Spiderman, and of course a few that didn't quite register. It's been mostly VERY young 'uns, but we've had a few stragglers who looked just a bit too old to be trick-or-treating.

We're handing out good candy if I do say so myself: Sour Patch Kids, Whoppers, Kit Kats, Reese's Cups... mmmmm!

My favorite Halloween memory comes from being about 6 or 7 and going out with my sister and father. Sis didn't want to wear her crappy plastic Strawberry Shortcake mask-on-a-string anymore, so Dad insisted on wearing it around. It was pretty classic.

Tell me how Halloween is going in your neck of the woods, and share your favorite Halloween memories here.

I'll delete if people can't handle this light bit of fun tonight.

My Republican Dad is Fired Up and Ready To Vote Obama

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 10:26 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 10:26

I just got a phone call from my father. He's a wonderful man, but as a small business owner he's been a solid GOP voter for as long as I've been alive. I remember having intensely heated arguments with him after the 2000 election -- screaming, swearing, slamming down the phone arguments. I remember sitting in the car with him shaking my head and grinding my teeth as he explained to me in 1996 that, as a 19 year old newly minted voter, it was my duty to vote Bill Clinton out of office to help keep the family business strong. I just got another heated call from my old man. He's fired up and ready to vote for Obama.

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Your republican family members...

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Your republican family members...

Fired up and ready to vote Obama!

23 votes

Unenthusiastically on board

8 votes

Sitting this one out

10 votes

Still on the Dark Side (for now)

34 votes

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