Real pumpkin for your pie.
Soup is so much more satisfying when it’s cold outside.
TV seasonal specials return.
We’ve always watched Hocus Pocus, Scary Godmother and It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Grandson is now 14, though, so, I’m not sure he’ll want to.
Uncle Jim starts raking leaves again.
Valentines Day seems so distant.
Waiting inside on this cold, blustery day to see who comes up with what for X.
Xenophobia kicks in on Black Friday and lasts until Jan. 2.
(Aww, I was gonna say “Xanthophyll makes leaves yellow.”.)
Yellow leaves are due to xanthophyll.
Zero degrees is a fictitious number be it Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin or Klingon.
"And the Oscar goes to…"
“Best Picture of the Year… The Avengers: Age of Ultron”
Cooper - Bradley, that is - really should’ve gotten a Best Actor nod for Limitless in 2011. He was terrific.
Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Elizabeth Olsen, Best Supporting Actress - I Saw The Light
Forrest Gump won Best Picture over Pulp Fiction? Blasphemy!
George Burns - oldest actor (at 80) to win an Award; Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys, but really a recognition of his life’s work
Halle Berry, the first (and so far only) African-American woman to win Best Actress in a Leading Role, for Monster’s Ball (2002).
I really think Jeff Daniels should’ve gotten a Best Actor Oscar for Gettysburg, too. He was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
Jaws - for most recognizable movie theme music
Keira Knightley has nominated twice for an Oscar but has never won.