LOS ANGELES — Our good and always reliable friends at Wikipedia tell us Halloween began in roughly 1556 as a Scottish celebration of All Hallow’s Eve; basically, an end-of-summer party and preparation of the upcoming frigid winter months. I have no choice but to buy that. For me, though, Halloween has always been about little kids wearing cute costumes and walking around their neighborhood competing with their friends to see who can come home with the most candy. Seriously, how fun was the end of the night when you dumped your bag out on the living room floor and counted and separated everything you got? I stopped dressing up for Halloween when I was maybe 11 and didn’t again before I moved out here. No place does this “holiday” quite like Los Angeles, and with the highest number of creative minds per capita in the world, the costumes and parties are beyond description. I was fortunate to attend two such gatherings over the weekend. At the first, looking to strike while the Tim Tebow iron was hot (of course, this was BEFORE this throw-up job against the Lions on Sunday), I went as the aforementioned Broncos quarterback and struck his signature “Tebowing” pose any chance I could (see here for the visual evidence.) My buddy went as Tebow’s best friend Jesus (obviously.) At the second, I was Patriots Coach Bill Belichick, cut-off sweatshirt and all. Two costumes which I knew would garner reactions from a very specific audience, and boy did they ever. Excuse me while I pat myself on the back. Top costumes included a dozen people dressed as the Smurfs (we’re talking full body paint and tail), Captain Crunch, the 3 Blind Mice, Axl Rose and the bride from the November Rain video, dead Steve Jobs and many others I can’t remember. Good times.
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If I did this to Rich Kiss there is little doubt he would kill me. I mean, straight up murder. I’m not joking. The man declares the season over in Spring Training!
I tweeted this out on Wednesday, but it bares repeating: very cool, a year in New York City.
Because apparently sitcoms say “penis” and “vagina” a lot. Who knew?
All I know is, Dennis Miller said Joe Flacco has “Pelosi eyes” in the pocket and it wasn’t meant as a compliment. She’s just one scary lady.
For better or worse, this is the state of sports television right now.
The Dead Presidents would be so disappointed in this fool.
Please let this be a joke. It would’ve probably been a good fight in 1991 when both were hopping up on steroids.
There is no cooler athlete right now than Kevin Durant. Period.
I’m guessing this marriage is going to have a shelf life in the Kardashian range. Not even I would do this; I think.
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And today’s Twitter fun (don’t forget to follow me: @chris_brockman):
Random Tweet of the Day (so far):
@britdisarming
Just talked to an old man in the coffee shop wearing a fringed suede jacket and carrying a dog named half-pint. Good start to the day.
Friend Tweet of the Day (so far):
@Farbaro
Never noticed til today that Tony LaRussa has the same haircut as Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Athlete Tweet of the Day (so far):
@DEZ_88
Last day being 22.. I’m getting old world lol
Babe Tweet of the Day (so far):
@undeux
Oh. I just realized I’m eating ice cream for breakfast. Oops. ;)
— Chris Brockman
(ed. note: posts will be more frequent in the coming weeks, ya just gotta trust me on this.)
