* * * * * Perhaps the time of Trick-or-Treating is now past Two kids. Just two measly kids. Who arrived at our door chauffeured in a van. What is up with parents these days? Aren't they concerned about the spirits sniping their kids through the thinning veil [1]? Or maybe … just maybe … there are no kids in our neighborhood! Oh my! [1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2021/10/31.1 Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .