Halloween Cats

What would Halloween be without cats? Not half the fun it is now, that's for sure.

Cats are natural hipsters. They know all the best people to be friends with when Halloween rolls around.

And of course, every witch must have a cat. She and the kitten who will become her perfectly-matched familiar always recognize each other right away. It is Fate's Decree that their paths should cross and their lives be joined.

Cats can become very adept at learning all the witchy skills, like palm reading . . .

. . . and tarot as well. The wisdom of the cards is often revealed beneath their furry paws.

Cats are also the best and most skillful tellers of ghost stories . . .

. . . but sometimes, cats are the ghosts themselves. Beware!

It's no suprise to anyone, I'm sure, that cats make the most convincing demons . . .

. . . that's because they know The Big Guy Himself.

Oh yes. Cats walk among us and our souls become theirs.

Canadian Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Harvest blessings and best wishes to everyone! My Rare One is cooking a big turkey dinner and a dozen friends are coming over later to help eat it. So hopefully there shouldn't be too many leftovers. We're serving everyone's favourite Thanksgiving dessert too!

Sometimes our eyes can be bigger than our stomachs, of course . . . .

. . . but when it comes to pumpkin pie, we can rely on our "dessert stomach" to kick in and save the day!

So go on, have that second (or third) piece of pie . . . we can do it!

#InkYourPromise

Canadians are currently in the midst of a seemingly never-ending federal election campaign. Here's the latest political development! A tattoo parlour in Montreal has issued a challenge to the leaders of our federal parties --



Which leader believes so strongly in his party's campaign platform that he will take the shop up on the offer and bare his heinie for the tattoo gun?

Will it be our dogged and embattled Prime Minister, Steven Harper?

How about our ever-hopeful Leader of the Opposition, Tom Mulcair?

Surely we can count on the hip young leader of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau?

Yeah, I'll believe in those tats when I see them too, LOL!

Bad Celebrity Halloween Costumes

The fur will fly with a backstage tantrum, no doubt.

This next one is just plain wrong.

Don't you recognize him? It's Baroque Obama!

And here's another American president who's probably rolling over in his grave at the moment --

Who needs multi-million dollar CGI and special effects?

Even a Thor costume can be done on the cheap!

Sometimes the best celebrity costume comes from tweaking a real celebrity just a little bit --

And you know this costume will take first prize at any Halloween party!

Oh, the Horror . . . THE HORROR!

The horror of ONLINE DATING, that is! Let drag queen extraordinaire and former beauty pageant winner Miss Richfield 1981 be your guide to the perils which can await you!



I owe a tip of my kitty cat hat to Mistress Maddie over at A Day With The Mistress Borghese on whose blog I first saw this and from whom I shamelessly stole it. Many thanks!

What Month is This Again?

Oooooo, time for some spooky fun! But before we get too ghoulish, how about starting things off with a few harmless LOLs?

I promise some truly scary stuff in my next post!

Bloggin' Buddy Meetup -- Francie

In September when I was in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the Shaw Festival, I had the pleasure of meeting up once again with my bloggin' buddy Francie of A North End Journal! We first met in person a couple of years ago when My Rare One and I were visiting nearby Hamilton.

Francie, my theatre buddy and I all went for a lovely dinner at a winery vineyard restaurant. And this time I came prepared for the photo shoot. See? My face is out of the shot but my purple fingerless gloves verify my identity!

Thanks for being such a good sport about all this crazy subterfuge, Francie! It was great to see you again. Vikings rule!