Ramen? I should try ramen next year.

One of my daughters favourite places when trick or treating in previous years handed out potatoes (actually I think it was a bowl of various produce and she picked the potato). No idea why she loved it so much; she had to be told to throw it out eventually because it was like a pet rock for her, except potatoes eventually go bad.

I trick with ketchup. Last year, kids went crazy. This year, I almost made one cry and I felt really bad.

Anyway, I recommend a fog machine. Wind can ruin it, but I just let it rip with a clamp on the button. I ended up smoking out the block with an eerie haze that called kids over. I still had poor turnout. I always mean to stroll around myself and see if it's my block or the town that's light, but I'm always too busy heckling kids at my door.

Several years ago, a house one block over set up an elaborate haunted house, the path started in the driveway, went through their garage, inside their house, and through the backyard, it was quite impressive. They did it for several years running. It made the local news. They had a line all the way down the block for a few years before they moved. The street was filled with people showing off big costumes, Stormtroopers, a dude dressed as reaper on his actual horse, crazy shit the last couple of years. Of course, that brought a lot of extra kids to the neighborhood.