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The youngest member of Casa Brillig went to his first Halloween party last Friday, and is gearing up for (a) wearing his costume to school Friday; (b) Trick-or-Treating at town businesses Friday afternoon; and (c) the Big Nite on Sunday, with his older sister and her friends. At the Halloween party was a rather odd mix of October music, odd mostly 'cause it was a Kidzbop soundtrack. We here at Top Comments can do better...
Tonite I give you some of the music I think of this time of year. I'd love for you to add your own favorites in the comments, so instead of my usual 10 songs, there's only 9 :-)
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Time Warp - RHPS Soundtrack (or just about anything from that movie :-))
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Bella Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman From the movie Nightmare Before Christmas
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
Zombie - Cranberries
Heading to the TC mailbox with a sharp eye out for zombies and werewolves, to see whats in it:
From RF:
Angie in WA State differentiates between cloture and filibuster.
From side pocket & bronte17:
We gotta laugh to keep from crying... JFinNe has the perfect response to the whackadoodle wingnuts in the oh-so-serious diary Paramilitaries and Vigilantes: What the Right is Bringing America by Something the Dog Said.
From benintn:
In a refreshing diary from former Sec. of Labor Robert Reich, he makes a joke at his own expense that is even more funny if you've met him in person or seen him on TV.
From gooderservice:
This comment's not only by husl piper 11 but also his Dad!
From boran2:
This comment from bugscuffle was the funniest thing I've seen all day!
From Yours Truly, brillig:
It's bad enough he's a bigot. As Eryk points out, he can't spel eithur.
Ken Buck takes on the First Amendment. ChicagoSwan takes on the Second Amendment using the same logic.
No tricks in Top Mojo tonite! cskendrick and sardonyx made the treats possible by their mojo-to-excel magic!
Top 30 Comments excluding tip jars, first comments and stuff:
1) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! by Walt starr — 165
2) title by Robert Reich — 134
3) It's getting ugly out there! by mint julep — 129
4) There's nothing that could disqualify a GOPer by DeanNC — 121
5) Tipped & Recced for a FEINGOLD VICTORY! by Rejoinder — 115
6) This is the kind of shit they stirred up with by voracious — 109
7) Thanks for including Grayson in the mix... by markthshark — 103
8) Great to See Secretary Reich Posting on DK by JekyllnHyde — 97
9) An assault report has been filed with police by twcollier — 89
10) YES, THE REAL ROBERT REICH! by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse — 89
11) That was exactly the right way to handle FOX - by skrekk — 88
12) Taking that seat away from him by PsychoSavannah — 88
13) The guy who stomped on her head has to be by maybeeso in michigan — 85
14) Fascist Goons in Alaska and now Kentucky by Lefty Coaster — 82
15) Lisa and Sarah by anastasia p — 80
16) In an unrelateed matter... by rightiswrong — 79
17) F*** Malkin by GlowNZ — 78
18) Way to go! Thats how you call them out! by Tulips — 77
19) Positive ID- change the diary title by MD patriot — 77
20) They actually like them that way by Iberian — 74
21) And jealous. by Railfan — 73
22) That's "Secretary Reich" to you by LaughingPlanet — 71
23) We would prefer to call you by Seneca Doane — 71
24) Post Menopausal brain fart. by marigold — 70
25) Thanks! by digby — 69
26) When you canvass, ask by slinkerwink — 67
27) cynicism by Robert Reich — 67
28) Rick has an op-ed up too by creweeny — 66
29) I know about the rational for so called by BusyinCA — 64
30) To Quote George W. Bush by JekyllnHyde — 64
Top 30 Comments with no exclusions, aka the Tip Jar & Pooties list :-):
1) Tip Jar by slinkerwink — 571
2) Tip Jar by One Wisconsin Now — 473
3) Tips for GET OUT THE VOTE! by MinistryOfTruth — 463
4) These thugs will stop at nothing. by second gen — 439
5) Tip Jar by patriot spear — 374
6) Tip Jar by Robert Reich — 342
7) Heh by Pluto — 328
8) Tip Jar by casperr — 299
9) Tip Jar by Fish in Illinois — 261
10) Tip Jar by Chrislove — 261
11) Tip Jar by not2plato — 260
12) Ti;s? Flames? by Something the Dog Said — 250
13) Tip Jar by digby — 245
14) Tip Jar by deaniac83 — 241
15) Tip Jar by Scott McAdams — 198
16) Tip Jar by teacherken — 192
17) Tips for Goldilocks... by angelajean — 187
18) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! by Walt starr — 165
19) Tip Jar by Badabing — 136
20) title by Robert Reich — 134
21) It's getting ugly out there! by mint julep — 129
22) Venom Jar by occams hatchet — 126
23) There's nothing that could disqualify a GOPer by DeanNC — 121
24) Tipped & Recced for a FEINGOLD VICTORY! by Rejoinder — 115
25) This is the kind of shit they stirred up with by voracious — 109
26) Thanks for including Grayson in the mix... by markthshark — 103
27) Tip Jar by CTReformedRep — 98
28) Great to See Secretary Reich Posting on DK by JekyllnHyde — 97
29) An assault report has been filed with police by twcollier — 89
30) YES, THE REAL ROBERT REICH! by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse — 89