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The Daily F Bomb, Thursday 10/31/13

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Interrogatories

Do you get trick-or-treaters where you live? If so, is your place a popular destination? What kind of candy do you hand out?

What is your favorite Halloween candy?

When did you last dress up for Halloween? What were you?

What is the coolest costume that ever showed up at your door (or your party?)

Do you ever attend your city’s Halloween parade (if they have one)?

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On This Day

In 1517, the Protestant Reformation got underway as Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.

In 1864, Nevada became the 36th U.S. State.

In 1923, before there was air conditioning, the town of Marble Bar, Australia, experienced the first of 160 days of 100 degree temperatures. (But it was a dry heat.)

In 1968, LBJ ordered all bombing in North Vietnam to cease, saying the peace talks were going well.

In 2005, George W. Bush announced his nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

Born on This Day

1632 – Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter (d. 1675)

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1732 – Jean Bardin, French painter (d. 1809)

1740 – Philipp Jakob Louthebourg the younger, English painter, illustrator and stage designer (d. 1812)

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1763 – Jean-Antoine Laurent, French painter (d. 1832)

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1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)

1817 – Friedrich Johann Voltz, German painter (d. 1886)

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1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect, designed the New York Tribune Building (d. 1895)

1874 – Hans Josef Weber-Tyrol, Austrian painter (d. 1957)

1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)

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1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese military leader and politician, President of the Republic of China (d. 1975)

1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)

1920 – Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (d. 2010)

1920 – Helmut Newton, German photographer (d. 2004)

1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress and author (d. 2005)

1928 – Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)

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1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist

1936 – Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)

1937 – Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944 – Sally Kirkland, American actress

1945 – Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Argent)

1946 – Stephen Rea, Irish actor

1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)

1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist

1950 – Jozef Stolorz, Polish painter

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1957 – Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Guided by Voices)

1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, screenwriter, and producer

1961 – Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish drummer, songwriter, and actor (U2 and Automatic Baby)

1963 – Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Smiths)

1966 – Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor (Beastie Boys)

1966 – Annabella Lwin, Burmese singer (Bow Wow Wow)

1966 – Jon Wurster, American comic and drummer (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats)

1983 – Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign

Died on This Day

1517- Fra Bartolomeo, Florentine painter (b. 1472)

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1806 – Utamaro Kitagawa, Japanese artist (b. ?)

1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)

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1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)

1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician (b. 1874)

1945 – Ignacio Zuloaga, Basque painter (b. 1890)

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1984 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)

1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and director (b. 1902)

1988 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (b. 1906)

1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)

1993 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (b. 1970)

1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938)

2008 – Studs Terkel, American author and actor (b. 1912)

Today is

Books For Treats Day

Day of the Seven Billion

Girl Scout Founder’s Day

Halloween or All Hallows Eve

National Caramel Apple Day

National Knock-Knock Jokes Day

National Magic Day

National UNICEF Day

Samhain


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  1. Floja Roja

    W never get trick-or-treaters where I live.  My place is up some stairs, then a long path between 4 bungalows, then the building I live in. From the street you can’t see what’s beyond that arch. Even one year when there were lit jack o’lanterns up the stairs, we still got none. And we have kids living here! I wonder about the rest of my street. It’s mostly tidy little 20s houses and a couple of apartments. Do they get trick or treaters? Maybe all the kids just go to malls and parties.

    My apartment many years ago was very popular. Easy to see from the street (though there were stairs), and we had tons of fun candy, like jawbreaker eyeballs, in addition to chocolate and little toys. Kids would come back for seconds.

    Wow, last time I dressed up was ages ago. I was Axl Rose. It was right after he got busted for trying to hit a woman with a wine bottle, so naturally a wine bottle was one of the props. My friend dressed as Slash, but then chickened out and went as a dumb girly gypsy instead.(Can you tell I’m still pissed at her?) I had a blast, but one place would not let me bring in my wine bottle, an essential part of the costume.

    I was at a party many years ago that was invaded by rats. They were dressed all in black, head to toe, with faces concealed under black stockings, long pointy bewhiskered noses, dark glasses, black stocking caps, gloves, and leather jackets. They disguised their voices, so it was really hard to tell if I was talking to someone I knew. It was fun, it was funny. Another clever one was when a friend had just recovered from a severely broken leg and was using a cane, so he threw a pillowcase over his head (with one eyehole) and donned a black cape he had around and went as the Elephant Man. The movie had just come out and was quite a sensation, and his costume was totally spur of the moment.

    I’ve never gone to one of the parades, either here or in San Francisco when I lived there. I regret that, but I always had fun wherever I ended up. Halloween is a fun holiday.

  2. Floja Roja

    I didn’t buy any “just in case” candy. If any kids actually show up this time, I’ll have the lights off and just pretend I’m not home. I do not need the candy!

  3. JanF

    The Reign Of Morons: Absurdity In The Senate

    For 12 days, the government shut down, and the country flirted with default, because a rump faction of the House of Representatives in the worst Congress ever elected, led by a renegade senator from Texas who belongs in a zoo, scared the entire Republican party into a dangerous inertia. Finally, with even the Chamber of Commerce howling in anger, the Senate voted a stop-gap measure aimed at keeping the absolute worst from happening. It managed to pass the House, primarily through Democratic votes. The worst was averted. Temporarily. Now, while we’re all hanging fire to see what happens after the first of the year, the people who did the right thing, and helped the country avoid the fiscal abyss, find themselves obligated, essentially, to apologize to the people who did the most damage, and to the people who supported them, because, otherwise, there might be a political price to be paid for not wrecking the economy. This is not leadership. This is submitting to an ideological show trial because you want to keep your job at the expense of actually doing your job.

    Back later to hover (lots of last day of October things to do first). I can already tell you that my favorite Tweet is one that I retweeted:

       Give a man a fish, get primaried as a fishgiver.

       – pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 30, 2013

    This guy, Arthur Brooks, president of the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute, thinks that should stop:

       One of the things, in my view, that we get wrong in the free enterprise movement is this war against the social safety net, which is just insane. The government social safety net for the truly indigent is one of the greatest achievements of our society. And we somehow want to zero out food stamps or something, it’s nuts to want to be doing something like that. We have to declare peace on the safety net.

  4. plf515

    Do you get trick-or-treaters where you live? If so, is your place a popular destination? What kind of candy do you hand out?

    I live in an apartment building. We get kids from the building. We give out an assortment of candy (usually we let kids pick 2 or 3 pieces)

    What is your favorite Halloween candy?

    I am not really a candy fan

    When did you last dress up for Halloween? What were you?

    A long time ago, before we had kids, some friends of my wife had annual Halloween parties. Here is how I dressed. (I am not a big dresser-upper.

    What is the coolest costume that ever showed up at your door (or your party?)

    I don’t remember any particularly cool ones. Mostly pretty basic costumes.

    Do you ever attend your city’s Halloween parade (if they have one)?

    No..

  6. Gee

    Warm and foggy today.

    Do you get trick-or-treaters where you live? If so, is your place a popular destination? What kind of candy do you hand out?

    What is your favorite Halloween candy?

    When did you last dress up for Halloween? What were you?

    What is the coolest costume that ever showed up at your door (or your party?)

    Do you ever attend your city’s Halloween parade (if they have one)?

    We get very few trick-or-treaters, and even the kids next door who always showed up have moved away.  We found that, year after year, we ended up eating all the candy, so we’ve taken to turning off the lights and hiding.  We used to hand out Hershey’s miniatures, Reese’s cups, Three Musketeers, and Milky Ways.

    Coincidentally (ha!), my favorite candies are the ones I listed above.

    I went to a party in the 1980s, dressed as a boom box.  It was a very inconvenient costume.

    Best costume… hmm.  I can’t think of anything that’s wowed me.  A friend of mine in college went to a party where everyone was supposed to go dressed as a concept.  She wrapped herself in aluminum foil (reflective) and called herself subjective reality.

    The only Halloween parades I can remember are when the elementary school teachers paraded the dressed up kids around the neighborhood.

  7. Gee

    I’m going as Julianne Hough for Halloween. Hope I can pull off Blondeface.

    – Cryptnabber

    If you’re going as Julianne Hough, can I come with you?

  9. jlms qkw

    no clue at new place. (last weekend was LOUD) yes at old place. children have requested to trick or treat in their old neighborhood.  i have reese’s, kit cats, and a small snickers bag if anyone comes by while we are home.  but i don’t think they will, as i am not leaving the light on.  

    i would prefer godiva or even better, but i am not willing to hand that out or even share it with my own children.

    i grabbed a leftover witch’s hat, cape, and wand, last friday night with my black sweats, when i took my children to a community event.  on sunday morning, i dressed as a lutheran.  ðŸ˜‰  

    i used an old prom dress and my stuffed animal collection to dress as Mary Had A (couple dozen) Little Lambs . . .

    no. no parades.  not a parade fan.  (too crowded).

  10. Avilyn

    Do you get trick-or-treaters where you live? If so, is your place a popular destination? What kind of candy do you hand out?  We usually turn the lights out & don’t answer the door, although we rarely get anyone ringing the doorbell anyway. Last two years Halloween was cancelled (Sandy & the snowstorm the year before).

    What is your favorite Halloween candy?  Candy Corn!!

    When did you last dress up for Halloween? What were you?  Err…  maybe 11 or 12 years ago?  I dressed up as Amidala from the Star Wars prequels.

    What is the coolest costume that ever showed up at your door (or your party?)  Best I’ve seen at a party was this really awesome Darth Vader costume a friend of a friend made.  

    Do you ever attend your city’s Halloween parade (if they have one)?  Don’t know if they have one, never attended one.

  11. anotherdemocrat

    then I saw that it was yesterday’s Bomb.

    Today is Johnny Marr’s birthday! New earworm – How Soon Is Now

  12. anotherdemocrat

    Do you get trick-or-treaters where you live? If so, is your place a popular destination? What kind of candy do you hand out?

    never had a single one

    What is your favorite Halloween candy?

    Reeses peanut butter cups

    When did you last dress up for Halloween? What were you?

    Today. Hermeione Granger.

    Do you ever attend your city’s Halloween parade (if they have one)?

    used to, but 6th street is too wild for me these days

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