I’ve got this recurring tic at the corner of my eye. It’s been happening on and off for about a week now and it’s starting to drive me nuts. I think I could incorporate it into a Halloween costume if I really wanted to. Something along the lines of Herbert Lom’s character from the Pink Panther series of movies.
I’m sure it’s stress related. The wedding is only 9 days away, and we’re in good shape for everything we need, but it’s still a bit stressful. On the other hand, I know there’s someone out there with the firm conviction that all muscle twitches are due to some mineral deficiency, and right now they’re nodding their head and saying “Potassium! That’d cure it. Go eat a banana right now! Go take a look at this web site, that’ll prove that I’m right!”
I’m sure there are websites out there touting potassium as the new fountain of youth. I’m also sure there are just as many decrying it as a horrible poison disguised as a panacea. Most people have gotten over blindly trusting the internet, but I know there are folks who never had BS detectors installed at the factory or who have trouble getting them to engage reliably. They’re the sort of people you see hanging around political sites, firmly convinced that Gray Davis set the California wildfires as a huge, flaming, middle-finger gesture in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s general direction. “Recall me, eh? Well, how about a little FIRE, scarecrow! Let’s see you try to balance the budget AND pay for the cleanup!”
So yeah, if you’re looking for the TRVTH! ABOVT! LIFE!, the internet is probably not the best place to start. On the other hand, if you’re looking for old Halloween costumes and ideas, it’s great. There was an article at RetroCrush showcasing some of the lamest costumes of the 70’s and 80’s. If you were a kid back then, I’m sure you remember those plastic bag costumes that combined a vacuum molded mask and a bag that you wore over you body… I actually had one of those once. I think it was the “6 Million Dollar Man” one, and if I’d kept the mask for a couple of years I could have worn jeans and a flannel shirt and gone as the stuntman/bounty hunter he played in “The Fall Guy.”
Most other years I was more creative with costumes. I remember a robot costume that I’d made with a cardboard box torso, dryer duct arms and a silver-painted gallon milk jug head. I also went as Ben Franklin one year, complete with little round glasses and tricornered hat. Yes, I was that geeky even back then. I was reminiscing about the costume to my Fiancee on the way in to work this morning, and she asked if I’d had a kite with me, but I couldn’t remember for sure… I don’t think I did.