(I wonder how many eggs and rolls of toilet paper Mr. Bruce Watters gets to clean off his house every year)
From YahooNews:
As ‘goblins’ knock, evangelicals answer the door
Bruce Watters used to simply hand out candy on Halloween, just like his neighbors in St. Petersburg, Fla., until he decided the holiday’s ghoulishness really didn’t jibe with […]

From YahooNews:
Vampyre club seeks new recruits
LONDON (Reuters) - Vampyres are prowling for new recruits in London as Halloween approaches to partake in wild parties, trips to Transylvania and bat spotting nights — but coffin-dwelling, blood drinkers need not apply.
With a penchant for custom-made fangs, striking make-up and gothic clothes, members of the London Vampyre Group […]

Have you ever wanted to be the biggest dork at your friends Halloween party?  Well now is your chance, thanks to this step-by-step guide on how to make your very own Rubiks Cube costume.
If I can find a design for a Tetris Costume I’ll be sure to let you guys know.
 

Create your own firework show with this cool site that allows you to paint the New york skyline with your creation.  (click on the top half of the picture to shoot the fireworks)

Happy 4th of July!

(view from the porch towards the end of the parade)
 

(My brother Aaron looking cool)
 

(Star Ballons)
 

(with the parade over, the street cleaners trail the last float to do their thing)
That wraps up the 3 and 1/2 hour Racine 4th of July parade for 2006.  Now it’s all about the backyard BBQ’s and block parties, followed by the […]

(The world Peace Marchers)
 

(The Horlick High Cheerleaders.  The best named High School ever)

(Giant fish float)

(Goofy kids taking a cupcake and cotton candy break.)

(Giant statue of liberty.  It had to do the limbo to get under the telephone wires a block further down)
 
More to come…

Here are some early pictures from the 4th of July Parade in Racine Wisconsin…

(Navy Guys, or maybe coast guard?)

(Float replica of a historic lighthouse nearby on Lake Michigan)

(My dad laughing about something, I think it was seeing my uncle (his younger brother) in the parade pushing an old lady in a wheel chair or something)
More […]

Today Goofyblog comes to you LIVE from Racine Wisconsin, home of the largest “4th of July parade” in the entire Midwest (or so I’m told).  
I’ve been here the past few days at my parent’s house, which fortunately sits right on Main Street, and smack dab in the center of the parade route.  It’s a beautiful […]

 
Last weekend my camp mates and I went up to the Great Black Rock Desert for a little Pre-Burning Man celebration.   Well, ok the trip was to organize our storage unit in Empire for this years burn, but then afterwards we took a few couches and dragged them off to the playa and had the entire […]

Well…  666 came and went, and now it’s 6-7-6.  
Are you relieved or disapointed that the world didn’t come to an end?   I was so busy at work today I didn’t even have a chance to look out the window to see if any Godly Christians were being sucked up into the clouds.   I’m guessing it […]

From YahooNews: 
Romania strengthens cemetery security on 666 day
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Security measures have been strengthened in Romanian cemeteries as authorities feared Satanists could use the date 06/06/06, evoking the so-called “number of the beast”, to stage attacks.
“Given the significance this date could have for some, we decided to double the number of agents assigned to […]

From YahooNews: 
Moms-to-be delay births on June 6, 2006
NEW YORK - Around the country, some superstitious mothers-to-be took steps Tuesday to make sure their babies were not born on the most bedeviling of dates, 6-6-6.
 
In New York, “people are canceling left and right because of what today represents,” said Liza Washington, an administrative assistant at Children’s […]

From YahooNews: 
Malaysians hope 666 weddings bring luck
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The number 666 may represent the mark of the beast, but it was a good omen for many ethnic Chinese in Malaysia.
Hundreds of couples rushed to tie the knot Tuesday, June 6, 2006, or 6/6/06.
In the Hokkien dialect, spoken by many of Malaysia’s Chinese minority, […]