You must forgive me. I know little of the the long held traditions of this country. Today is Halloween, so where are all the kids? I thought I’d be able to get all these cutesy shots (on my digital) of spooks, protective parents and Snickers bars. Scouting at 2pm, looks like I missed it – instead I bought some magazines, one of which I am embarrassed to say was called “Muscle” – what on earth am I turning into? and plonked down on the couch to read and alternate with a lacklustre NFL game. I’ve had the flu for the past 4 days (well, mostly the sore throat part of it) and it’s been hard to do my usual stuff – a bit down in the dumps – only 2.5 weeks to go and I haven’t seen all those cool bands I wanted to catch, nor done all the gym-work I aspired to, nor cooked the ultimate Texan BBQ/Tex-mex combo that I wanted to return triumphant with. At least I’m driving like an absolute pro nowdays..