Happy last day of November

The final day in November is upon us. Tomorrow we can start the serious countdown to my birthday and Hanukkah and Christmas and New Years Day. Then we can all get depressed for a while.

We have a few things to honor or celebrate in the winter months. Martin Luther King day in January. Groundhog Day, Valentines Day, and President's Day in February. March has St. Patrick's Day and the First Day of Spring. Then it's on to April 15th, Tax Day.

I will now go on record with this; if it'll help, go ahead and take an extra hundred bucks when I pay my taxes. If it will shut up politicians and get them working together, take it all. I should consult Wanda on this last one but I think she would agree with me.

Even with all the news outlet possibilities, TV, radio, Internet, newspapers and such, I missed this one. A few days ago nearly 10,000 people paraded in Mexico City dressed as zombies in what organizers claim is the biggest "zombie walk" ever held.

Did you know about all the various zombie record possibilities? I sure didn't. In 2006 the very first "zombie walk" was held in good old Sacramento, California. It's comforting to know my state capitol is good for something. Beside walks, in various cities of the world there have been zombie runs. Zombie Runs? I have yet to see a real zombie do anything other than shuffle.

In 2006 the first recorded and verified by the Guinness record book was a gathering of 894 zombies in Pittsburgh, Pa. Beside going for the worlds record at the time the zombie walk raised funds to benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Are you as confused about this as I am? Zombies eat people who then become zombies who eat more people. Who needs a food bank?

Also of note in 2011,  three hundred and thirty roller coaster riders in full zombie costume braved the Steel Force coaster in Allentown, Pa. Also in Pennsylvania a large number of zombies participated in a pub crawl. The two groups decided to forgo the "zombie barfing" record as too difficult to determine. Besides, they didn't want to compete with the new set of Victoria Secret models.

And, just in case you think the world can't get any crazier, here is this news item from Wisconsin:

A twenty three year old man allegedly pulled a foot-long butcher knife on a woman after she refused to stand up from the chair he said he wanted to sit in. This is according to a criminal complaint filed in Racine County Circuit Court.

The woman defended herself with a broom and was unharmed.

When the woman declined to give up the chair, the man, who is 5'4" and weighs 110 pounds, began to throw things around his girlfriend's Racine apartment, where the dinner took place.

He then ran into the kitchen, grabbed the knife and returned to the dining area where he allegedly tried to slash the woman. His girlfriend called 911.

In addition to attempted homicide, he also faces disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and first degree reckless endangerment charges.

No charges were filed for ruining the candied yams and green bean casserole.

Those Thanksgiving meals with the family can get pretty dicey. I guess the guy really wanted to sit in that chair. Maybe it was the only one he could use without a phone book on the seat?