\u2026 Children. Those greedy little one percent-ers. <\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of redistributing candy wealth; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/11\/economics-of-an-eight-year-old.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">my son is having none of that<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Did you know you\u2019re never too old for candy. Or Halloween. Or just being obnoxious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/im-30-now-gimme-that-candy.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/im-30-now-gimme-that-candy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"im-30-now-gimme-that-candy\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7693\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A huge part of why I took to Catholicism like a fish to water was that Papists love to party. We have a feast almost daily, and if you\u2019re bi-ritual or pre-Vatican II you\u2019ll have multiple calendars to induce ecclesiastical schizophrenia. Catholics also have an amazing knack of taking regional traditions and making them their own; just ask those ungrateful pagans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/the-virtue-of-halloween.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a>\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My favorite post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/the-unspeakable-horror.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">extolling the virtues of candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOoooo. I will feed your kids high fructose corn syrup and red dye #5 when you aren\u2019t looking.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Spooky. Absolutely horrifying. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/privatized-food-pyramid.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/privatized-food-pyramid.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"privatized-food-pyramid\" width=\"550\" height=\"618\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7696\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Halloween, y\u2019all. Or as it\u2019s called in my house \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/11\/candy-for-dinner.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Candy For Dinner Night<\/a>! Diabetes, ho! <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7694\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/halloween.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/halloween.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"halloween\" width=\"327\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7694\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let the emotional scarring begin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Related post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tjburdick.com\/2012\/10\/31\/what-do-all-of-the-protestant-kids-get-when-they-say-trick-or-treat\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Holy Card Lady<\/a> \u2013 a house that deserves to get egged every year. <\/p>\n<p>Now here is a warm and fuzzy picture of some really cute kids, none of which are mine. Mine is going as a demon jester with a skull for a face because, you know, according to my fanatical evangelical neighbors who live in the compound next door, all Catholics are idol worshiping spawns of the Whore of Babylon. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/598952_10151192379673700_2143494919_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2012\/10\/598952_10151192379673700_2143494919_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"598952_10151192379673700_2143494919_n\" width=\"960\" height=\"439\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7699\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/showerofroses.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/our-parish-all-saints-party-and-costume.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Image source<\/a>. Bonus points, the tonsured baby monk. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 Children. 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