SNAKE EYES

 

Granddaughter Ellie's school was closed on Election Day, which suddenly seems to be a thing. We all went to the St. Louis Aquarium, which the kid loves. Plenty of fish, sure, but also aquatic animals like this one. Is it sleeping?            

SCIENCE FRIDAY

 

Mrs. C and I are devoted listeners to National Public Radio's show Science Friday. Ira Flatow, left, has hosted the program for 36 years. He came to St. Louis yesterday and recorded a segment of his show at the Sheldon Concert Hall with Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann, president ad director of our superb Missouri Botanical Garden and professor of botany at Washington University in St. Louis. Great way to spend a Thursday evening. 

            

THAT'S NOT FUNNY

 

A candidate for the most horrifying costume at the Central West End Halloween party. I don't like scary stuff. It makes me deeply uncomfortable. My granddaughter thinks horror movies are a hoot. She can watch them without me.                

DOH!

 

I stopped this couple at the Central West End Halloween party and asked them to explain their costumes. "I see the eggs," I said, "but what's the rest of it?" She pointed to her horns.  "Oh, I see. Deviled eggs.  But what about him?" She pointed to his head and wrist band and the brand on his shirt and told me "runny eggs!" I smacked my forehead like Homer Simpson finally realizing the obvious. "For this I went to college!" I said. They thought it was funny.                 

WAITING FOR A CALL

 

More from the Central West End Halloween parts. Awfully good makeup. He looks like he is waiting for a call or wielding his phone as a futuristic weapon (which maybe it is).