Sex Candy... After much thought this Halloween week, I've decided that candy is sex for children... Candy, in moderation, provides intense pleasure. Too much candy can be very bad for you, affecting you physically as well as emotionally. Candy from some one you love is amazingly pleasureable. Candy from a stranger is fun, too. If you do take candy from a stranger, make sure that it's properly wrapped -- for your protection. Candy can be innocent fun until you get it too often -- then you get cynical about it, even though you still love it. Candy can be addictive. Candy alone can be fun, but sharing the it with your love makes it more intense. Candy in public can be very exciting, but you have to be careful where you have it. Sharing Candy with a close friend can have a seriously negative effect on the relationship -- as can not sharing. Anyway, this is what happens when I'm allowed to sit and think for a while...

John Derbyshire is writing well today. FWIW, I enjoy Derb's writing immensely. He's such an unBritish Brit. That's a good thing; trust me...

It's the most, spookiest time, of the year... It's that time of the year again, and tonight I will be beseiged with goblins and creatures from beyond the grave, all scraping at the door, moaning softly "brains! brains!" No, wait, the election's next week. And I'm not in Minnesota or New Jersey, so I don't have to worry about the Creatures from Beyond the Grave. Whew! We've gotten three calls this week from odd numbers. We use caller ID to vet the incoming calls -- if the caller is blocked, they get a standard "we don't accept calls from blocked callers" message. If we don't recognize the number, or if it comes up unknown, we dump it to the answering machine to screen the call. For the folks we know, we answer the phone. Back to the three calls. Two came from the 303 area code, one from 757 (local). None left messages, but they all had "Name Blocked" or somesuch for the ID of the caller. None left messages. I wonder if any of these three are push pollers, those pollers who ask loaded questions seeking to instill doubt about a candidate for those receving the calls. I almost want to answer one, just to experience a push-poll, but my luck would probably put me in contact with a siding salesman instead. Oh well...

Aieee-yah, the Dems are basically evil... I'm sure by now that you've heard the brouhaha over the "memorial" for the deceased Democrat Paul Wellstone. It turns out that the Dems held a Soviet style funeral, denounced the non-Dems present, and exhorted the Republicans to "put aside politics" and vote Democrat Uber Alles. It was a Nuremberg rally of sorts. This is basically evil. If Wellstone was the man of principles that every one claims he was, he would be mortally offended for ANYONE to be asked to abandon their principles in his memory. It's offensive to hear it. The Dems also spent part of the last week gearing up legal challenges so they can already have the ball rolling in court if their regurgitated White Socialist Old Fart selection fails to win the election. Yep, they're already suing to install the Emporer if they can't win legitimately. And this is what makes the Dmocrats Evil -- the complete absence of honor. The Democrats will do anything to secure and retain power. It's a fairly short step from using the bludgeon of the courts to secure a win (Hello, New Jersey) to using threats against people to secure a win. It already shows with the shrill cries from the Democrats about Social Security, helathcare, abortion, etc. -- they scream that we'll waltz back to the early days of the 20th century if they are not elected, that the Republicans will kill blacks, asians, hispanics, your babies, sister, grandmother, aunts, and uncles, if the Democrats are not elected. It's this inability to prescribe basic human decency to their opponents that shows the evil of the Democrats. i suspect thta the Democrats would pass a law allowing for the public flogging of member of the Republican Party if they could. They would ram their policies down your throat. They would take away your option of electing any other party, any opposition -- and that is evil.