HALFWAY TO CHRISTMAS.

Let the Excessively Earnest People be grouchy.  We can't offer unrelenting coverage of Things Gone Wrong.

Freedom Festival season approaches for these United States and Canada.  The county fair season has begun, with Oktoberfest to follow.  There might be an itinerant circus to go to before the pennant races get serious.  Trick or Treat!  That should get us to the Festive Season.