…because I’m eating some super-yummy Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream. It makes an awesome treat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Or dessert. (Forget what your parents told you, kids - you can eat ice cream whenever you want. Your Uncle Maskull said it’s O.K.) But like all good things, if you do it wrong you will suffer - so don’t eat it too fast or you get The Brain Freeze.

And besides eating the ice cream, I’ve been researching cool monster music. And what have I found? A record that I got for my eighth birthday! Yeah! It’s Monster Mash!!!

What kind of parent would buy this for their kid? I dunno. My cousin got it for me.

So what did my parents buy me? Ummm…it was way cooler…it was this:

It was so hard to choose the best KISS album however, based on the superb covers. And among fans, the debate rages on as to which album had the best cover art. (My vote? Destroyer.)

Greetings, fellow lovers of all things Halloween.

I am sure that you all are also are despising these long hot and bright days of summer and looking forward to the coming autumn. Autumn- while it signifies ridiculous sweaters, aromatic apple desserts, the glorious color changes in foliage, and cooler weather to most people- to us who love the darker side, autumn means more. The days shorten and the sun dares not be so bold anymore. Those things that go bump in the night have more time to frolic. And then there’s the climax of it all - Halloween.

If you are anything like me, you have already been planning for those beloved fall activities, and I am not talking about bobbing for apples either!!! How will you re-create your favorite scene from that horror movie in your front porch? What wicked trick will you play on the trick-or-treaters that knock upon your door? What costumes will you wear to the various parties that you are looking forward to??

(I think I will look quite fetching in this little number.)

So if you are behind on your planning, then I suggest you get into the mood and watch some classic horror movies (hmmm… “The Pit and the Pendulum,” anyone?) and then join me in making our devious plans with an impish smile.

There’s not much I love more than Halloween. Except maybe a pepperoni pizza from Mo’s (my favorite place). And Abita beer. And Morticia, my woman.

But besides all that, I have a thing for Halloween masks - scary ones. Cool ones. Awesome ones. Crappy ones, too.

Here’s one I like: the Goth Skull Mask at Eerie Shop. Check it out…for forty clams you can’t go wrong.

Wicked cool, isn’t it?