By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT Scene Writer on Oct 28, 2011, at 3:37 PM Updated on 10/28 at 3:37 PM
LIVING WRIGHT
As I confessed in my Tuesday column, I'm a clumsy hooker.
But I'm also nosy, as I want to hear about YOUR most embarrassing ...
Aside from enjoying humorous ones spied on others' automobiles, I'm not a fan of bumper stickers.
I blame my father, ...
During last week's bad weather, when a tornado siren sounded around midnight, I was caught at a midtown QuikTrip.
As ...
This detail from the twistedly talented Hieronymus Bosch's "The Last Judgment" shows a handbasket in hell. A straw basket, it looks like, so this must've been painted in summer.
Going to a Halloween party? Well, you're also going to hell.
Kidding! I mean, you might, but not because you're going to a costume party to celebrate All Hallow's Eve. You'll go for all those other things you've done.
OK, jesting aside, I'm never surprised yet always find it interesting each late October when the inevitable debate of "Halloween: good or evil?" pops up, be it overheard in friendly(ish) conversations or on news feeds and blogs.
I view Halloween as a fun time for little kids to dress up in costumes and go begging for candy or -- my favorite -- stay at home and watch scary movies. It's all quite innocuous -- ain't it?
Others see it as a pagan holiday with roots running all the way down to hell, practically to China. Yes, the holiday's roots are pagan -- Celtic, specifically, from what I've read. And, yes, Virginia, it's decidedly secular. But does that make it evil? Feel free to weigh in. Otherwise, have a very happy weekend, haunted or not.
Peace, love and handbaskets ... XOXO
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