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Halloween Thoughts...How to Come Out Ahead in Daylight Savings Time
Every year on the Sunday before Halloween, daylight savings time ends. The nice thing about this time change is that you gain an hour. As is often the case in life, for every gain there's a loss, and for every loss there's a gain. So next April, we'll lose an hour as we go back to daylight savings time.
But I just found a way in this daylight savings time process where you could come out ahead. If you die between October and April, you end up gaining an hour without ever losing it. Thus, you come out ahead. Of course, there is that little detail of being dead...
I Have Some Bad News and Some Good News
I wonder if a doctor with a weird sense of humor ever told a healthy patient this:
I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that you are going to die (The doctor then would pause and let the patient get really worried.) The good news is that it probably won't be for another 30 to 70 years (May take the patient awhile to realize that this is true for every healthy adult.)
Unique, Simple, and Cheap Halloween Costume Ideas
For about 6 straight years I use to go to a Halloween party hosted by some co-workers/friends. I'm not the type of guy who's into elaborate costumes. My favorite costumes are low-key, simple, unique, and cheap. Here are some of the favorite costumes that I made during this time:
- Duct Tape Man - I used a roll of duct tape and an old black T-shirt and created a duct tape vest. On the back, I cut out the letters "Duct Tape Man". I kept it simple and cheap by justing making a vest. Of course, duct tape could be used in a full head-to-toe costume for those so inclined.
- Spider-Man - My version wasn't exactly the typical Spider-Man costume. Instead, I bought a package of rubber spiders and sewed them onto a T-shirt and a hat as if they were crawling on me. I also tied one to a long piece of thread and arranged it on my shirt so I could have it move.
- Toxic Mold Man - This was one of my most unique costumes. I took an old white T-shirt and used a black pen to dot the bottom half of it with patches of make-believe mold. This is also probably one of my most scary costumes. After that Halloween, two people at the party experienced toxic mold in their homes and had 30K to 50K of repairs done.
I did have one dud for a costume idea. One Halloween I attempted to create the costume "The Ant Man". My idea was to gather a whole bunch of real ants inside ziploc bags and tape these bags to my shirt and pants. I couldn't find any ant hills near my apartment so I attempted to create a bait. I placed Poptart crumbs on the balcony and waited for them to come. Well, not enough ants came, so I gave up that idea and reverted back to my old Spider-Man costume. I was probably better off without the ants. I don't think I would have been that popular at the party...
