Author: Joey deVilla

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“Caveman” is a little more workable given our climate, but it’s nowhere nearly as interesting as the costume ideas that people in other states are Googling for:

• I’m not sure why people in Indiana would want to dress up as trees, and I’m even less sure why people in Ohio want to dress up as potatoes.
• Hey, New York, New Jersey, Washington and California: we’re not surprised.
• Hey, North Carolina trick-or-treaters: just eat South Carolina’s trick-or-treaters!
• South Dakota is either simply asking for costume ideas, or getting deep, philosophical, and downright meta by dressing up as a costume idea.
• It appears that the states of Louisiana and Arkansas are going as the primary hand-held weapons of World Wars 3 and 4: “gun” and “rock”.
• I had to look up “Doc McStuffins”, which sounded a lot like a male porn star name. It’s the name of a Disney show for kids, and its titular character, a seven year-old girl who’s a “doctor” for broken toys and doll.
• As a friend of mine commented earlier today: “I learned something new about Texas.”
• And finally, Illinois: “Slutty pumpkin?” Where’d that come from?

Thanks to Peach Flambee for the find!

I voted in Canada’s election via the advance out-of-country ballot, (while I’m still allowed to).

…we’re well on track to throwing out our dickish, robotic, control-freaky prime minister. Do let the door hit your ass on the way out, Stevie.

Back in August, I gave an Ignite presentation in which I posited that Florida Man and Florida Woman were not embarrassments, but promising signs that Florida was up-and-coming. I posted the video, which my wife Anitra shot on her iPhone 6S (and it came out quite well).

The official videos of all the presentations at Ignite Tampa Bay 2015 are now up, and here’s their video of my “Florida Man” presentation, which includes straight-on shots of my slides. Enjoy!

It’s election day in Canada, and for those of you outside Canada, here’s John Oliver’s explanation of what’s going on in the Great White North, with the help of special guest (and Canadian) Mike Myers. If you’re not in Canada, watch and learn; if you’re in Canada and eligible, vote if you haven’t already!

After seeing the pricing chart from my last post, Mike Attrell pointed me to this sign at the clothing store Urban Planet. I’m not surprised; I remember at least a couple of discussions with people who hadn’t quite made the connection between percentages and fractions.

Found at Imgur. Click to see the source.

My guess is that the folks at Ponies “R” Us originally had a sign that simply said “Rides $4 each”, and that the customers kept saying things like “I don’t have the time to do complex math, Einstein! Just tell me how much for five rides!”

Here’s a scary thought: many people for whom this sign was made will be voting in Canada’s national election tomorrow.