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Halloween

Halloween Fun at Huff Po

I’m blogging over at HuffPo today. Click over to check out Top 13 Horror Movies for Parents. Enjoy.

The 3 Types of Halloween Families

It’s the weekend before my children’s teeth fall out. Yes, Halloween. And I’ve compiled some heavy-duty anthropological research. To earn a mail-order PhD, I was originally going to research potato chip flavours of the world. Instead, I have crunched data, classifying people into 3 types of Halloween families. This was the topic of my humor […]

Halloween, the Day-After: 5 New Terms

It’s the day after Halloween, so it’s time to listen to Christmas music. But before we suffer through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I thought we may wish to add some new words to the Halloween lexicon. Here are my 5 suggestions for new Halloween terms: Hallowhiner: a parent who openly complains about this event, like […]

Married To a Scorpio Support Day: Astrology & Chocolate for Kids

Today is Married To a Scorpio Support Day. That makes me laugh. Is there a support group for people married to bulls? I mean the astrological sign – not the animal or the basketball team — though I supposed being married to a large mammal would necessitate a support group too.  Fluorescent Scorpion, by Schristia […]

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