In the Oct. 28 issue of The Brock Press, the Marginalia section included a list of Halloween alternatives; an inventory of various items that could be interchangeable with candy. When compiled, the author sought out various items around their house to include in the list, and subsequently complete it.
In Grade four, I dressed up as Gandalf for Halloween. At the time, no one had any idea who that was, so halfway through the day I gave up and told people I was Merlin. I was disappointed, but am now glad I learned the horrors of Halloween failure at a young age.
When I was 15, my mom gave me a copy of Kim Cattrall's book, "Satisfaction", which is essentially a how-to book for achieving the female orgasm. She has always been a big believer in educating yourself to know what you want so you can ask for it … even when it comes to her daughter's sex life.
HALLOWEEN ALTERNATIVES Surely Mr. Corey McDonald cannot live in such a cultural vacuum that he does not realize how singularly offensive it is to list a holy book, the Qu'ran, amongst 39 other items that essentially bear the semiotic reading of "without redeeming value.
