Rant or Treat (October Mini Rants)

Anti-rant: I PUT MY OWN SOCKS ON THIS MORNING! I haven’t been able to do that since July.

Mini-rant: Hey, Mimi’s Cafe, the return of pumpkin pancakes to the kitchen is something to celebrate! You’re supposed to put it on the seasonal menu, not the SECRET menu, so only the people who know it’s a thing are going to ask about it.

Also, it’s supposed to be served with a ramekin of warm spiced apple compote, and topped with whipped cream, not just a squirt of apple butter on the top pancake in the stack.

Honestly, it’s like you’re planning to drop it from the menu entirely next year and you want to be able to claim that it’s because “nobody ordered it.”

Screw it. I’m going to c&p the above to the Mimi’s website and Facebook page.

Dear pink mafia, plz give october back to ghosts and witches and other monsters. Pick some other damn month instead, like march or april or august or something if you have to do this stuff for a whole month. K thx bye.

Probably just the KC Royals fan in me being overly sensitive, but the East Coast media bias with regards to the World Series is just driving me crazy. I swear just about every national news story about the World Series that I’ve seen or heard in the last couple of days has mentioned the NY Mets being down two games to none. How about saying the Royals are up two games to none every once in a while?

I’m sure that many disagree with me, but I’m over it. Does anyone really need to be made aware that cancer can occur in the human breast (or any other part of the body, for that matter?) Mission accomplished. Awareness raised. Can we now take the money that raised awareness and use it to fund research, or patient care, or something useful?

It’s that Lamestream Media agin, amirite?

And… the Mets just now lost the lead that they had for half an inning
(as opposed to the Royals taking the lead).

Oh come on. Everyone knows that the pink crap has nothing to do with cancer and everything to do with tits.

So what you’re saying is that the Susan G. Komen foundation is responsible for stupid costumes like sexy ear of corn and sexy Ebola nurse?

I can see that, actually.

So here in Nevada, the Trick or Treat day was Friday. Halloween is Nevada Day so there is tons going on that day. Ok this year we choose to participate. Our neighbor’s all decorate and it’s like a block party. Over 250 kids meandered through the 'hood with their parents in tow. People DRIVING causing a traffic jam on a residential street. Whose plates were on said cars…California ! Ok then. Durn foreigners :slight_smile:

I walked into a Sheetz (convenience store) last night and there were signs on the doors reading:

I stopped in my tracks and considered the demand, finally realizing it was Halloween related.:smack:

Hurray!!! Now for the big question…did they match?

My hands are bleeding and my cats are mad at me. Note to self: dogs don’t mind wearing Halloween costumes. Cats do.

This is why I don’t try to dress my cat. I do not think the nearby ER needs stitching practice. :slight_smile:

Anyone heard from Cinnamon Imp?

Yes. 36 hours ago she was told she was ready to go to the labour ward and have labour kick started once a room became free. She’s now very very bored and pissed off and isnt going to get her Halloween baby after all (3 hours till midnight here).

I have no idea why she’s talking about herself in the third person, except she’s been stuck in this airless maternity ward since Wednesday now and cabin fever may be driving her mad.

Gadzooks! She needs to get on the stick and have herself a nice little Halloween baby right now! My own Halloween baby turned 18 today - those first few years are awesome when you can convince him that his birthday is so special that everyone wants to give him candy. So much easier than hosting an actual party! :smiley:

Har dee har.

I’ve been buying only white socks for several years now, so yes. :stuck_out_tongue:

Ouch.

Although frankly, my sympathy is tempered with some surprise that this is the first year you’ve become aware of this.

My husband wants to go out tonight after ToTing. So we have to schlepp the kids across town to his parents’ house, then drive an HOUR to get to the party. It will be 10 before we get there. I’m exhausted, on my period, and taking Augmentin for a cat bite and am in no mood to go. Plus, since I’m the DD, I’ll want to leave around 1. He’ll whine and throw a fit about not being able to stay later. But I’ll have to drive an hour back to his parents’ house where we’ll sleep on the floor in the living room. And then we have to wake up early in the morning because the kids will be up.

The DD?

Designated driver - sober person who drives home.

Ouch and ouch for everything, but how did you get cat bit that badly?

Make him promise to make waffles for breakfast or you’re not going.

ETA: sorry about the cat bite.