I went to the local costume parade this Sunday. The overwhelming majority of costumes were Star Wars related. The... I guess not so amazing thing in retrospect is that the parent's costumes were better than the kids. I was especially charmed by a bespectacled, shallow chested Obi Wan with a patchy five day growth of fungus or beard. An ewok could have kicked his ass and shoved his lightsaber up Mrs. Kenobi's full functional death star.

Funny how anything can sound like a euphemism for sex, unless it's Star Wars related.

All the Star Wars folk had their little daughters dressed up as Princess Leia. The version with the ear muff hairdo, not the Revenge of The Jedi version. That would be sick and exploitative.

Second to Star Wars was the complete student body of Hogwarts, including an 8 foot tall Hagrid, and Dumbledore. Again, the adult cosutmes outshone the kids. Especially since the kid playing Harry was suavely picking his nose and fussing...