Holiday Travel

I have to drive from Chicago to Appleton, WI, and then on to southeast Minnesota on Wednesday -- so of course, the forecast calls for the first snow accumulation of the season. At least on the eastern leg of the trip. Being in a glass-half-full kinda mood, we only have 30 days until the hours of daylight start getting longer. So, we have that going for us. Which is nice.

To celebrate, here's 8-year-old Johnny R. of the Bolts covering my favorite Jayhawks tune. Awesome:



And here are the Bolts as a group, all 9-years-old as of August -- in another song about the sun:

Wednesday dinner in Indy

Age-Defying Protein Pancakes, courtesy of the Aristocrats:

Praise the Lord, the parking lot is full of pancake eaters. America loves pancakes, and I love America.

Belated Halloween post

My apologies to my thousands of readers for whom these may have prevented the loss of life or limb for your children on Halloween. Please review in 51 weeks.

Part One. Watch as a perfectly creepy witch costume devolves into a completely uncool wreck of reflective tape and "beautiful princess" costume over the course of 11 minutes:



Part Two. I'd be pouting, too! Abernathy Family members, note what time it is at 1:37 in. Time to party!



As an added public service, I'm including this 1955 educational film on how to spot pervs:



And be sure to check your candy carefully! You wouldn't want to wind up in San Francisco, the murderer of a hot dog who had a wife and seven children.