Election Day, 2020. Well, here we are. With seasonably cool(er) weather abetted by strong easterly winds, the suffocating South Florida heat and humidity have been temporarily vanquished, and we're able to sleep with the doors and windows open. This is a rare event, occurring on only a few occasions each year, and we make the most of it! Oddly, I woke up this morning feeling calm, serene, even. That didn't last long as the grating sound of men shouting and car engines racing drifted in through the open windows. The elementary school just around the corner is the voting place for our neck of the woods, and the ruckus came from that direction. After two cups of coffee, I thought maybe I'd take a little stroll to see what was going on at the school (as if I didn't know) but, by 8:30, things had settled down. There was nary a sound save for the wind whipping through the trees outside the sliding glass doors. I guess even Trumpsters have to go to work. Later in the morning,...
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Today is Halloween, my favorite holiday and the last day of my favorite month of the year. However, we will not be celebrating Halloween this year, obviously, due to the ongoing pandemic, not to mention the fact that every single day of 2020 has been jam-packed with all the malevolence of a holiday gone wrong: Halloween as directed by Lars von Trier . And with the election looming in three days time, who the fuck can think about celebrating right now? I'm already concerned that things may quickly turn into a real-life version of The Purge . At any rate, we have Halloween candy, but not for potential trick-or-treaters--they're as elusive as an evangelist's integrity in this complex. No, we bought the Heath bars, Peanut Butter Cups and Almond Joys for our homebound, stressed-out, completely knackered selves. We also have tons of scary movies, which I've already spent most of the month watching. I've made it through the first two films of Dario Argento's Three M...