Happy Halloween!

The Omaha Symphony's "Symphony Spooktacular" concert prompted many of the musicians to wear costumes.  There was even a costume competition, which upped the ante a little.  In the past I have used Halloween costumes as an outlet to voice political opinion (such as Satan W. Bush a couple of years ago and the Lame Duck last year).   I doubt there is anyone who isn't inundated with politics at the present time (CNN tells me it is 2 days and 4 hours until the first polls close).

[Aside: I think countdowns are ridiculous.  OK, I can deal with the last 10 seconds before the New Year, but beyond that, "No Thanks!"  Countdown to Election Day, countdown to first polls closing, countdown to Olympic Games opening ceremony, countdown to the New Millennium... maybe we should start keeping countdowns between countdowns.   What do you think: "Countdown to the start of the Summer Solstice Countdown."  Or even better, what don't we simply reverse our method of timekeeping?  Then our whole lives could be one giant countdown.  Talk about not living "in the moment".] 

As I was saying... instead of a politically charged Halloween costume, I decided to make something goofy and fun (and oddly appropriate for a symphony concert).  Here's a couple of pictures:

There were lots of really great costumes.  Among my favorites were a spot-on Sarah Palin "Global warming isn't our problem at all, it's just God trying to hug us a little closer" and a really awesome Wall-E costume.  Dorah the Explorah, Batman, and Indiana Jones also made appearances at the concert.