OCTOBEST

Why is October the best month of the year? A better question would be, why don't we have October year round?

1.) Weather
Who doesn't like the fall? Everything is greener. The temperature is at that middle point between devastating 100 degree days and days when your hands feel like they are going to fall off. Yard work is actually enjoyable. Naked people run about in packs.

2.) Haunted Houses
Inching through a collage of my favorite horror films with my head on a swivel, waiting for some masked demon to force some adolescent scream from my lungs sounds like the perfect evening. The producers spend an entire year planning, designing, building these mazes of terror. The competition is fierce, making prices affordable and forcing the producers to push the boundaries. And the chance to see a grown man lose his water and cry is way out of a warehouse full of makeup and torches, is something everyone should experience.

3.) Oktoberfest
Germany knows how to throw down. What a blessing it is to escape our recycled lifestyle and drink down a part of German culture. Music from many genres. Food you don't normally see, such as Hendl, Schweinebraten, Würstl, and Knodel. The best in arts and crafts. And a reason to drink as much beer as you can fit down your throat.

4.) Horror
Some cable stations play movie after movie, series after series, trying to keep you up all night to become the greatest serial killer that ever lived. So study up you entrepreneurs! Tales from the Crypt, Carnival, Nightmare on Elm St., Friday the 13th, Halloween, a whole arsenal of cheesy 80's monsters flicks, and an ocean of brand new Computer Animated films like The Human Centipede, Minotaur, Sharktopus, and Alone in the Dark. Get out your pen and pad.

5.)Halloween
Nothing beats scaring kids. And its so easy. After you scare the kids and feed them sugar, there are costume parties to attend. What a way to finish off the best month on the calender.