The month of sports

This is the time of year when if you're "lucky" enough to have a split screen TV, you can watch the World Series and a football game at the same time.  Or more like, watch dueling commercials. The networks aren't stupid.

Around here, John just channel surfs back and forth between games, which I find discombobulating, because baseball and football watching is so fundamentally different. My brain doesn't process it.  Baseball is more contemplative and pleasantly boring. Sure, there are bursts of excitement, but if the home team is losing it's deathly quiet in the stadium, compared to the non-stop roaring of football. 

Having said that, our HDTV turned me into somewhat of a sports fan, and John managed to set up excellent antenna TV service. Unbelievable as that sounds in this techy house, we still get our TV the old-fashioned way-- over the air.  Not only is it free, but the definition is as good or better than cable reception we see in motels and other places.  Anyway, this World Series is interesting for its beards and sloppiness, if nothing else.

Tomorrow is Halloween, and after weeks of dry, clear weather it's supposed to rain again in Seattle, just in time for trick-or-treating.  I always enjoy it, because once a year I get to see the kids and parents who live close by but are never seen outdoors anymore.  The only problem with Halloween is that little kids now seem to go to bed later than me.