The Boston Diaries

The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal “The Boston Diaries.”

Go figure.

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Merry Samhain's Day everybody!

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Ah, it's that time of year again, when the veil between the worlds is thin and we protect our young by forcing upon them a sugar coma so the spirits would have to physically lug them back through the veil. It works, because frankly, who would want to lug a bunch of comatose kids?

Perhaps the time of Trick-or-Treating is now past

Two kids.

Just two measly kids.

Who arrived at our door chauffeured in a van.

What is up with parents these days? Aren't they concerned about the spirits sniping their kids through the thinning veil?

Or maybe … just maybe … there are no kids in our neighborhood! Oh my!

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