{"id":6016,"date":"2012-10-31T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2012-10-31T21:48:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T02:48:58","slug":"trick-or-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=6016","title":{"rendered":"Trick or Something"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One regret of my 17 years living in two condos was Halloween. Any kid with a brain knows condos are mostly filled with grumpy old people with no children, and it’s just a waste of time to knock on doors and yell Trick or Treat. That made me sad.<\/p>\n

Now I’m living in a large apartment complex with lots of children in evidence, although I noticed after school started and the pool closed, many of them vanished.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t sure what to expect – I checked with the office and they hand out door tags if you want to have people knocking on your door. I already had bought the candy, but no idea if I had too much or not enough. It’s probably worth pointing out that it’s a school night. I’m pretty sure Michelle Obama frowns highly on the idea of giving candy to children and would prefer carrot sticks and spinach salad.<\/p>\n

I hung out the tag around 4:30 and the last straggler was around 7:30. I remember knocking on doors as a kid up to about 9:00 – wimps \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So my memorable moments…
\n – the first visitor was a 20 something Asian woman with an infant in a stroller (probably 6 months old)
\n– the inevitable teenagers whose only “costume” is a pillow case
\n– the Indian\/Pakistani parents were all very polite and made sure their children said “thank you” – many in this building drive taxis at O’Hare
\n– the young boy (guess 8 years old) of the ethnic group that may not be mentioned who had an irresistible urge to reach into my bowl to grab some extras and make sure I knew he was entitled to more ObamaCandy(tm)<\/p>\n

I clearly bought too much – I’ll know better next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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