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Gentle readers, I have placed below the "fold" photographs documenting certain events of this afternoon, which events I have come to believe I must relate to you, even though I think it likely that you will dismiss them as the product of an "over-active imagination" or a "nervous disposition". Indeed, I fear that you will think me mad. Nonetheless, the only proper course is disclosure. I have come to know certain things — awesome and terrible things — about what dwells in the ancient hills of North Georgia. I must risk my reputation if it means that even one person is prepared — as I could not have been — for what he will find stalking amongst the sagging homesteads and rusting cars of White County.

Hey, while we're on the comics tip, check out these awesome and hilarious illustrations by Jack Kamen. A quick search indicates that most or all are from EC Picto-Fiction (a short-lived family of exploitation titles that combined black & white artwork (see below) with blocks of text). The source for these is Mr. Door Tree's incredible Golden Age Comic Stories Blog.

Oh my god, that's horrible. For how much?

(More after the jump…)

We went to a Pumpkin Patch down near Newnan with my parents before Halloween. In addition to a whole lot of pumpkins, there was a petting zoo and a hayride. A number of photos (somewhere between too many and too few), some with captions, can be found after the jump.

Daisy: Bark! Bark!
AT: Would you see who's at the door?
LM:[Checks door, then, sitting back down at the dining room table with Sg] There's no one there.
Sg: [Asking] No one dere?
LM: That's right, there's no one there.
Sg: No one dere?
LM: No one there.
Sg: [Brow furrowed] No Grandaddy?
LM: No, Grandaddy wasn't at the door.
Sg: No Grandma?
LM: No Grandma.
Sg: No Pumpkin?
LM: No Pumpkin either.
Sg: No Pumpkin. I got juice!

This morning we walked in some sort of cardiovascular disease charity's walk. We did this in the Raleigh area once, and there were a lot of people in attendance. There were nothing like this many people, though:

Here's another picture. You can see that Georgia's capital building has a dome that is actually plated in gold. How fabulously stupid.

Item the First: Happy Halloween!

Item the Second: Kiddies, by Self, a Song About Tricks and/or Treats.

Item the Third: Lady Bug and Poodle Skirt Find Cymbals More Fun When Shared.

We ended up behind this bio-diesel F-250 this morning on the way to work. The sticker below the "F" says "Vote Insane - Vote McCain". Atlanta, I'll be adding this to the tally of ways I love thee.