The Scary Month

   October is considered horror-oriented because it is the home of Halloween. Fair enough, but Halloween is just the coup-de-grace of the month of terror.
   October is a prime month for hurricanes. Sometimes the late ones are the worst - just ask the people of South Carolina today.

   It's also a bad month for money. The stock market crash of 1929 was in October - as were smaller crashes in 1987, 1989, 1997, 2002, 2007 and the big scare of 2008. (Thank you Wiki!)

   Every even-numbered year, October is the month when political goblins fill our entertainment programming with political ads, and our voice mail with robo-calls.

   I mean even the trees are freaked about this month.

   Shudder. (That was meant to indicate that I was shuddering, and not to demand or imply that you should shudder - unless you're so inclined.)

   As a service of Just Plain Stupid, I would love to offer you reassurance and comfort as we dive into the second week of this most perilous of months.

   Really I’d love to...

   But I'm too freakin' scared.

   So instead, I offer these frightening images that my so-called friends on FB have posted in an effort to rob me of sleep and create inconvenient (and unpleasant to name,) digestive disorders.

   Misery (and terror) loves company.

   Sure we have to worry about aliens

   Monsters

   And the specter of death

   But even things that SEEM safe are dangerous.

   Like food

   Chewing gum

   Even your couch!

   Some dangers look cuddly

   Some are nostalgic

   Some even threaten Star Wars characters

   Maybe the best thing to do is breath deeply - maybe take a walk in the woods.

   Maybe not.

   Warning:  Those who went to Catholic school may find this video too intense.

Wild Animals are Scary

   But sometimes they're funny too.  I get so many stealible photos on FB with animals in them that this week I decided to break them down to wild and domesticated.
   There are the big scary ones:

They search for a meal

 Track it down

And then sit down to feast

There are the big not-so-scary ones

That have bad hair days

Bad antler days

And some times just sit around looking sexy

Then there are the little guys, who make up for their lack of stature with:

Bravado

Religion

Or the common sense to run away

Some try to adapt to humankind

Accepting treats

Or staying on their diet

Or even sharing what they have

It's true that technology can make things difficult

And sometimes the best policy is to avoid humans completely

But wild animals know what humans sometimes miss - the most important thing:

Is just to be themselves

   Here's a wild beast from Burbank.