November 02, 2004
Halloween, Lunar Eclipse, World Series .. oh and an Election
So a lot has happened in such a short time. The big news in Boston (actually all over New England) is the Red Sox have won the (baseball) world series for the first time in 86 years, and during a lunar eclipse no less! Up until now it has been quite normal for the Red Sox to almost win and then dramatically choke at the end. Supporters have seem to be even used to this and are a little lost now they have finally won. Never fear, the football team, The Patriots, ended their 21 game winning streak on the weekend. At least we'll have something to talk about.
So there as a huge victory parade on the weekend and Jen and I went down to cheer the boys in, along with 3.2 million others!! Luckily we found a nice, relatively quiet location to support the sox, along the Charles river. You can see some typical drizzly autumn photos of the event here http://www.dbradby.net/gallery/redsox04
This weekend was also Halloween and coming from a country that really has trouble getting it when the Simpsons do a halloween special, and the whole trick or treat thing, we really wanted to try it out. So like everyone else, we bought a pumpkin and $9 worth of candy. Sunday afternoon before the hoards of kids would come knocking on our door, we carved out a simple design into a pumpkin. Then we placed a candle in it, took it downstairs and waited. Well not one trick or treater came knocking on our door. There was a few kids around in costume but we either missed them or they just went passed without stopping. We suspect we may needed to have been on some safe house list? Anyway I have now drowned my sorrows in about $5 worth of candy (that's a lot of candy in the US) and have taken the rest into work.
Oh ... and the US are electing the leader of the free world tomorrow for the next four years. Some fun commentry from Bill Bryson who grew up in Iowa, mvoed to England and then came back to live in New Hampshire. He now lives in England again and this article comes from an Australian newspaper!?
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Two-men-One-difficult-choice/2004/11/01/1099262786562.html
Of course I can't forget the Melbourne cup. If anyone is listening put $1 each way on "Another Warrior" for me ... thanks :)
