must be the season of the witch;

Hurrah! I’d been wanting an excuse to use this photo!

I think I only ever went round the doors the once on Hallowe’en, but it was a pretty lucrative evening. I guess, in those more innocent days before Asda’s cash-in offers in the six weeks leading up to a once-pagan holiday, the neighbours hadn’t really prepared for a schoolkid invasion, and so instead of monkey nuts and mini Mars Bars they gave us money for a wee song and dance.

We used to get guisers round at my mum’s. Every year they got less and less imaginative, mumbling Christmas Cracker-style jokes and holding out their chubby hands for treats. In the end they didn’t even bother with party pieces, the lazy wee shites. For that reason, I will as usual be making sure I’m out for most of the evening, and ignoring the door when I get home.

Oh, okay then. If you want some Hallowe’en spirit, here are some silly costume ideas inspired by Bob Dylan lyrics.

I was offline last night with a migraine, but I’m very surprised that the person who emailed me this little nugget (clue: he was on the sofa next to me most of the night) didn’t think it worth mentioning offline. But I refuse to believe that X-Files 2 will start filming in December – until I see some pictures from the set at least, or some corroboration from somewhere that isn’t a blog! But rest assured, when I know about it you all will because I won’t be able to keep the squee down.

[The following bloggers wil also look like fools if this turns out to be yet another false hope: Crazy Days and Nights, Always Gay. Always, Comic By Comic (hello: twentysomething geek), Obsessed With Film, SciFi Scanner (somebody didn't watch anything past Mulder's abduction), Busy Bee Blogger and Cinematical.]

YET ANOTHER EDIT WHICH WILL PISS OFF THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME: “multiple sources… independently confirmed…” This looks much more promising.