Rain in Ohio, poured briefly, now stopped. Cool weather ahead, must be Fall in Ohio.
I've checked over the news. nothing new. Some guy in New Jersey and his wife are leaving their "mansion" and going to jail. That happens a lot of New Jersey, no news there.
Ebola has become a great "keyword" ....
Halloween, merchandising wise, is becoming what Christmas was a few years ago. A great deal of merchandise in the stores. Marketing, merchandising, advertising and TV are wonderful things, they make the world go round. When I was a kid, we bought a "mask." We cut down old clothes to come up with something, used shoe polish on the face and hands, and were "creative" in what we came up with. A pumpkin with a candle in it was about the only decoration on the front porch.
The kids went out on Beggars Night, the parents had a party on Halloween, and that was it. Beggars night was, I think, the night before Halloween, whenever that might be. And, no set hours. It started at dusk and ran till it stopped, all on the same day.
The "take" was not at all like today. Popcorn balls, some made fudge, some candy bars and that was it. I have mentioned before, one house on Chestnut Street ..... gave out .... Pennies. It was a real "treasure" then. Probably a dollar today, not the new dollar coin, no "In God We Trust" on it, they are trying to boycott it because of that. And, we did our own neighborhood, I don't think any kid was driven to a more highly populated neighborhood.
I must admit I didn't watch "Thursday Night Football" last night, or, the two college games, or, the high school game ... all were on. Monday Night Football gets little publicity. I think there are too many good shows on Monday night, not as many on Thursday night. Or, they just want to have a "big" game on, every night. I used to be lucky to get a game on the old Philco radio. Generally Notre Dame games were broadcast, I think with Bill Stern announcing. Just think what TV has done for football, a whole new industry, new stadiums, analysts, thousands of analysts, and old coach graveyard of opportunity.
I remember many years ago, as an experiment, they televised a football game, no analysts or announcers or broadcasters. It failed, I liked it, no one else did. Most games now, I turn the sound off, much more enjoyable. Even better, record it, then watch it, fast forward the commercials.
My wife records two Perry Mason shows that are on late at night. Then, after the news the next night, we watch Perry and Della and Paul, fast forward the commercials, much better .............
