http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http://redirector.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D05359ad263fa5296%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dpicasa%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1419410509%26sparams%3Did,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DBBF9BF171C355D32840FC6B4FE8A23648A434024.8688578645C93581A164A2107B60303D22414BCF%26key%3Dck2With Halloween approaching, a storied tradition has continued in our family once again… the visit from “Boo”, the friendly ghost who visits our house and delivers candy.  This year it got me thinking, what’s the deal with Halloween anyway?  So, the kids get all dressed up as monsters, ferries and other strange things ( I remember when my friend Tim came to school in fourth grade as a shower… best costume I’ve seen yet) I went two years in a row as Pierre the Peanut only because I was too lazy to think of anything else and my dad had made this really cool costume for me.

Anyway, I digress.  So, we dress our kids up, on purpose, as scary monsters, and then we walk them around the neighborhood getting bags of free sugary candy, on purpose, so that they can come back and we can eat half of it, on purpose. With a belly fully of sugar and kids who’re too scared to go to sleep and are too hyped up on sugar anyway, how did we ever think Halloween was a good idea?  Then I see videos like this one where Ry-guy gets his annual “Boo” visit and I remember why.