Why the heck not?

Feel free to chime in and report your own Halloween stories. Baaww hahahaha!

Nothing says Halloween like deli meat.

Halloween, for many young people, is synonymous with candy. Two state representatives from DeKalb County, Stephanie Stuckey Benfield and Michelle Henson, have found a positive way for children to enjoy the holiday, limit candy consumption, and support our troops overseas.

In conjunction with Kool Smiles, both representatives are sponsoring a candy buy back initiative where the first 100 trick-or-treaters (ages 2-16) can trade three or more pounds of candy for a $5.00 gift certificate to Subway Sandwich Shop. From November 1st to the 6th, kids can drop off the candy to Kool Smiles to receive the gift certificate. Drop offs will be collected during normal business hours (9:00 am to 6:00 pm). The candy will be shipped to U.S. soldiers stationed abroad through Operation Gratitude.

Zero Dollar Foot-Long!  The Clairmont Heights Civic Association has the full release.

Mindy alerts us that a link to Moey’s segment on CNN Saturday Morning yesterday is a prominent link on CNN.com right now. On top of that, you can buy a CNN t-shirt with the headline “Obama Wins Candy Vote” for $15!

Its Moey Madness!  All links and coverage can now be seen on candyvote.com.

The candy has been tallied and though there were some reports of tampering (you people should be ashamed of yourselves!) the results are now posted in a rather hilariously edited video over at candyvote.com.  (I especially like the look on Mindy’s face at the end when Moey announces how many days left ’til the election)

Great job guys!  Hope you had fun on CNN this morning!

On another Halloween-related note:  We got far fewer trick-or-treaters this year than last.     So, needless to say there’s a ton of candy left and no one to give it to.  I think my co-workers are about to put on a few pre-Thanksgiving pounds!

The best cartoon monologue of all time.

Happy Halloween!

Since first being featured on Decatur Metro, human candy voting booth, Moey, has become a Halloween sensation.  First it was a feature spread in AccessAtlanta; now his mom Mindy (a.k.a “altmod”) directs us back to candyvote.com, where there are links to interviews Moey has done with both XM Satellite Radio POTUS ‘08 and XM Kids. (He’s one smart cookie!)

If that wasn’t enough, there’s even talk that 11Alive might cover Moey’s canvasing of Ponce Heights on Halloween night AND a potential segment on CNN Headline News.

We’ll keep you updated!

Oh…and let me throw one more humorous, “I’m so clever!” costume suggestion on the pile:  Have a 6 hour line of voters trail along behind him…sort of like those Verizon network commercials.

There’s a great question on Oakhurst’s Message Board that’s inspired me to ask a similar question here:

How many trick-or-treaters come to your door on Halloween? (Don’t forget to mention which neighborhood you live in)

I ask because many newcomers are caught unaware by the critical mass of children that take to Decatur’s streets with demands of Snickers bars and Reeses on All-Hallows Eve.

That was us last year when we unknowingly didn’t buy enough candy and my wife was browbeaten by a 12-year-old punk for not turning off all the lights and putting a “No Candy” sign on the door fast enough.

We’d rather not have a repeat performance of that.

A light(-hearted) news day thus far.

People.com is posting pics of people’s pets in Halloween costumes. This Jack Russell from Decatur made the front page in a sexy little number made out of a baby doll bear costume. See 104 other severely annoyed pets here.

(That’s one very tolerant dog. Our golden retriever would probably flip out if we ever tried to put something like this on his head.)

UPDATE: The AJC also has snapshots of dressed up pets.

Adults and kids alike are invited to attend the DeKalb History Center’s Haunted Courthouse Party on Thursday, Oct. 25th from 5:30p-9:30p at the old DeKalb Courthouse on the square in Decatur.

The $30 admission for adults and $10 for kids includes dinner, a costume contest and live music from The Rainmen. Children’s activities will take place from 5:30p-7p and include Ghost Storytelling (or in other words “Ghost Stories”), Witch Storytelling (storytelling by a witch?) , a puppet show, a magician, face painting, balloon animals and goody bags.

For tickets or more information call 404-373-1088

Go DeKalb