I recently found out that in many areas of the United States, Europe and Canada, October the 30th is observed as an evening to take a degree of license to play pranks and do mischief to their neighbors.  It is known by many names.  Mischief night or Gate night are the most common titles but it is also known as Devil’s Night, Goosey Night, Cabbage Night and Mizzy Night in some areas.     Most of these pranks are harmless...

  Being a big guy, and loving Halloween like I do, I thought it would be helpful and humorous to run down a list of the Halloween costume ideas I entertained this year.  I will definitely be picking from this list for future costume ideas.  If you are an extra rotund, pleasingly plump, large and in-charge guy, like me, then I hope you enjoy this list.  I know I laughed pretty hard when I thought of myself dressed up like one of...

    Religious zealots complain about the increasing tendency of the popular mind to make the association between Halloween and secular or pagan imagery.   What is really amusing is the utter seriousness with which they disregard the fact that Halloween predates Christianity by thousands of years.  The Halloween we celebrate today is drawn mostly from the pagan parts, the Jack-o’-lanterns, the dressing up as ghosts, witches, etc....

    The scarecrow is a fascinating piece of Halloween cornucopia that just does not get the attention it deserves, in my opinion. Some of the best scary stories ever told contain themes of this icon of fall coming to life and behaving like men. Many times their behavior is of an evil or ominous nature.     Wiki tell us that a scarecrow is, traditionally, a human figure (or mannequin) dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by...

    September was the 7th month of the year if you were a Roman until about 153 BC.  Thats where it gets its name as Septim is the Latim word for “Seven”.  September has never been a particularly interesting month to me so I thought I would use all this massive spare time I seem to have (laughs) and do some digging to see I couldn’t make it just a bit more fun.  Here are some unusual things that I...

     I find that I post a lot during the Fall months.  Its really because I LOVE this time of year.  I wont make this post too complicated.  I just wanted to write a bit about my favorite fall things.     Things I like about Fall - Titans FOOTBALL!!  Well hell ALL FOOTBALL, but the Tennessee Titans the most. New TV Season starts. The Kids go Back to School Halloween Cooler Weather / Backyard Fire Pits Chili / Homemade...