The Madness Begins...

I'm a big fan of Halloween! What's not to love? You get to dress up in costume and eat lots of candy! (And, no, you're never too old.)

The kids had their first Halloween party of the year tonight, so I get to show off their costumes.

The party itself was pretty cool. The kids played Make a Mummy:

See the little girl in the pink dress? That's Swicky's new friend. See the kid with her, completely wrapped up? That's Swicky.

See Coconut? No. That's because he wasn't interested in playing Make a Mummy. He was too busy playing football with the big boys.

After that, they all went in and watched Hotel Transylvania and ate popcorn. They also got treat bags full of stickers, pencils, and candy to bring home.

All in all, a good night.

Next up: Trunk or Treat!


Links!

• Libraries, Books, & Authors
• The future of tech: Your local library 
• Keynote, Libraries as a Bridge: The Role of Libraries in Closing the Digital Skills Gap 
• Uninvited "Liberian journalist Wade Williams was uninvited from attending a lecture at the University of Georgia because parents and the public were afraid. She writes about the experience and the panic being fueled by the U.S. media."
• Grip the Raven "Perched on a log in the Rare Books department of the Philadelphia Free Library stands a strange piece of history. Dead since 1841, but preserved with arsenic, and frozen inside a shadow box, this bird's legacy is longer than most people’s. His name is Grip. Grip the Clever, Grip the Wicked, Grip the Knowing." 
• Lese Majeste Filed Against Historian For Questioning Ancient 'Elephant Battle' 
• A Human Pulp-Fiction Factory Becomes a Cult Hero 
• Net & Tech
• Nobel-Winning Message for the FCC 
• Comcast “extortion” shows the need to treat broadband as a utility, Reddit’s Ohanian said 
• Universities Rethinking Their Use of Massive Online Courses 
• A TSA Checkpoint for your Internet? 
• FBI Director: Actually, We Do Sometimes Spy Without a Warrant 
• Cops Need a Warrant to Grab Your Cell Tower Data, Florida Court Rules 
• Science
• Front Line Update: United Against Ebola 
• Don’t Worry, Be Rational: Why Extreme Fear Of Ebola Is Bad For Your Health
• I'm a Hazmat-Trained Hospital Worker: Here's What No One Is Telling You About Ebola 
• Experimental Canadian Ebola vaccine to be shipped to Geneva for trials 
• Ice loss sends Alaskan temperatures soaring 
• Authority Issues
• Rachel Kohnen, Pregnant Woman In Labor, Held At Gunpoint By Police After High-Speed Chase "Rachel tried to call 911 from the SUV to warn authorities of the situation, but she said the dispatcher couldn't understand her since she was screaming in pain from contractions."
• Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Addiction: Do These Sound Like Crimes? 
• Inmates Dying After Governor Rick Scott Outsources Prison Health Care 
• Governor Snyder Stands Behind Prison Privatization, Even After Maggots and Murder for Hire 
• Students Reprimanded for Handing Out U.S. Constitutions Outside “Free Speech Zone” Freedom of expression is a right - not a privilege. Shame on Southern Oregon University for denying students the right to voice their opinions and beliefs! 
• Ohio will send a message Oct. 18 "Black lives matter" 
• Other
• Man not worried about Ebola after visiting same bridal shop as Amber Joy Vinson "'I didn't exchange any bodily fluids with anyone, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'I'm much more likely to be mistakenly killed by a police officer in this country than to be killed by Ebola...'....Pattakos thinks people are overreacting, and he blames wall-to-wall media coverage. He hopes Vinson recovers soon.  'I wish people would freak out this much about climate change,' he said. 'It's one of those problems that's real easy for the media to cover, rather than some of those other problems that people should be more concerned with.'"