5 Things We Know On A Sunday – Halloween Candy Greats & Duds, An Explosion Of White Trucks, Friendships Can Overcome Any Divide, Dancing Days At The White House & Your Fall Festivals Aren’t Fooling Anyone

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5 Things We Know On A Sunday

1. When it comes to Halloween candy, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups of any size are still the GOAT. Nothing better. Even the tiny ones add up. After that, Milky Way bars are underrated and those little boxes of Junior Mints are highly coveted by parents everywhere when they take the Halloween Tax out of their kid’s haul. In asking my wife what her Top Choice is, she went with Milk Duds. I feel like I don’t even know her. I could have asked 25 people out of the phone book, do we still have those…, and no one would have said Milk Duds.
2. Has anyone noticed the proliferation of white pick-up trucks around West Texas over the last few years? My family has three white vehicles…I can drive down Slide or Quaker and stop at a light and be surrounded with a dozen or more white cars and trucks. It’s like Fleet Vehicles everywhere. When did this happen?
3. I can provide proof that I can be friends with nearly anyone. I’m even friends with a guy who hates okra. Of course he’s not from West Texas, but it goes to show that we can build bridges of friendship over any divide.
4. The furor from some sectors over the Trump Administration adding a formal ballroom ( is there another kind?) to the White House amuses me. Presidents have made changes big and small over the course of history to the White House. Of course the British did the biggest renovation job; but at the time it was probably needed. When it comes to the most powerful nation on earth, the White House should be a great symbol of pride impressiveness. I’m convinced 99% expressing angst over the addition don’t give a rats rump about the White House, they’re just mad Donald Trump is the one doing it. TDS is real.
5. Do any schools or organizations still have Halloween Carnivals or are they all “Fall Festivals” now? When I was a wee lad in the 70s/80s there was nothing better than the school Halloween Carnival. Just know, that if your school or even church is calling it a “Fall Festival”; you’re not fooling anyone. We know what you’re celebrating and it’s OK. Make it fun. We’ve sucked a lot of joy out of our kids lives over the years by trying to “protect” them from something or another. Let ’em dress up like Spider Man, bob for apples, wear vampire teeth and have night. They’ll be fine.

Hyatt

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