"It's not your grandmother's Halloween..."

Well, we're heading into Halloween week, so it should be a weird one. And with a full moon, even weirder...

I know from having worked at newspapers all these years, that the crazies (luna-tics) always surface around full moons, and my friends that work in hospitals say the same.

I'm always glad when November gets here so all of the evil stops and the horror movies on TV stop their constant rotation in October. And I don't know about where you are, but here in Texas, people are decorating for Halloween more and more each year. Maybe it's the south of the border influence of 'Dia de la Muerta'? There are fake graveyards in lots of yards and witches and skulls everywhere. And there seem to be a lot more costume parties for adults than there used to be. (And an excuse for women to look sexy/skanky.) In Austin, Sixth Street has become like Bourbon Street, and Halloween is even bigger than New Year's Eve for huge crowds. People come from all over Texas (and beyond) to see all of the craziness and costumes. (I don't go myself, but the Austin news channels cover it like a UT game or ACL.)

So get ready... it's going to be a wild week.

(All images are from Austin and all costumes from 6th Street's Halloween.)