Lost and Found

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Usually things like "lost weekends" are forgotten relics of your past. In my case, though, I seem to have lost a week or so in advance.

Don't ask me why, but I'm convinced that October is over at the end of this week. Maybe it's because I have the latest in my monthly series of Watkins Glen Appearances From Hell this Friday (those are set for the last Friday of the month), but still. There's a full weekend and the better part of a workweek with a 10 at the front of it, and I seem oblivious to it.

Yesterday was Weird Al's 48th birthday, which makes him a bit more than two weeks older than I am. In response to a post about it (a very kind soul who said "48 isn't old";), I thanked the poster with the tag line:

Love,
47 for another week-and-a-half

The hell I am. I was closer to 2½ weeks short of that millstone when I wrote that, and still am now. I have a possible trip to the NYC area, not this weekend or next, but the one after that. It's not any sudden onrush of winter causing it- the weather this month has ranged from seasonal temps, at worst, to damn hot at times as recently as Monday- and the Halloween obsession this year, though not as wiped out as last year's, is still subdued in comparison to some prior years (though I did walk the dogs past a party of Flintstones the other night).

::The light dawns::

Sorry, Erin, but maybe 48 really is old.

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Helpful hint for any regular listeners to the Kevin Smith Smodcast:

This week's episode, titled "Jersey Justice League" or somesuch? Hit play, then move your time-slidebar past the 20-minute mark. Especially if you are, have been or are planning on eating. 

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Best costume idea of the season (though still coming in behind the immortal Hamburger Helper Helping Hand costume of some renown from a few years back):

A child of a Friend of this page is going as a vacuum.

Just make sure not to attach the hose to the exhaust end, or there'll be candy all over the neighborhood.

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In the shameless political development of the week:

Giuliani announces support for Boston in a certain sporting event I promised not to mention

What a shameless shill for New Hampshire voters. And this only days after the debate where he made fun of Hillary for her own ephemeral allegiances.

All I can say to you, dude, is this: Get out of my damn yard.

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Back to make sense of this desk, possibly getting a clue about what month it is.

Comments

[afineline.livejournal.com]

Ohh, the vaccuum. Brought me to laughing tears...thanks.