Midterm Madness

While I'm under no illusions that even the bluest of waves will fix anything, two things are significant about today: 1. We can hopefully stanch the bleeding, and 2. We're just about halfway through this latest self-inflicted nightmare, so a finish line is in sight.

Nate's final forecast:

Tennis Tuesday

 

This one could probably play at Wimbledon even with those shorts on! More BELOW.

Remains of the Day (11/02)

 

KIT212: I might off myself too if I lost this guy as my husband 

MetroWeekly: The nation's leading LGBTQ advocacy groups are gearing up for the midterms -- and preparing for a political fight that won't end on Election Day

Greg in Hollywood: Gio Benitez's biceps aren't getting any smaller

People: A 37-year-old youth flag football coach allegedly put a 15-year-old girl from the opposing team in a chokehold during a postgame brawl, leaving the terrified teenager fearing she would black out

Mug Shot Monday: 6-foot-2, 172 pounds of trouble

IG: A fan brought his "Airplane!" action figures to an autograph show to meet stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty, and their reactions were priceless

Hen Mazzig: Who knew slaughtering 1,200 Jews -- for being Jewish -- could pave the way for such unabashed antisemitism

I Love the UWS: My new neighborhood has officially dethroned my old one, with two Upper West Side ZIP codes taking the top two spots in a national wealth ranking and knocking Chelsea, which held the No. 1 position for two years, down to third

Page Six: Jane Curtin mourns the death of her "Kate & Allie" co-star Susan Saint James, reflecting on the loss of her longtime friend and on-screen partner

Tricks and Treats: François Arnaud dresses up as onscreen lover Robbie G.K. for Halloween ... plus all the best/sluttiest costumes out there HERE

Queerty: The B-52s received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, paying tribute to late founding guitarist Ricky Wilson during the ceremony

PinkNews: Eight years after Northern Ireland introduced a scheme to pardon men convicted under its now-abolished gay sex laws, not a single living person has received a pardon -- and just three have applied

Advocate: Adult star Liam Fitzgerald, 29, dies in motorcycle accident

Instinct: A dating-app meetup turned into a terrifying ambush in an alleged anti-gay hate crime, highlighting the dangers LGBTQ people can face when meeting strangers online

MNPP: Dino Fetscher's 'stache can't wait till Saturday

Hot Cat of the Day: Meet Boo, who's totally worth every minute it took!

Weekend Tennis Roundup

Valentin Vacherot proves he's no one-hit wonder, Carlos Alcaraz adds another trophy, Holger Rune makes his comeback, Ben Shelton hires a new coach, J.J. Wolf chronicles his road back and lots more BELOW.

Happy Halloween!

 

Trick or treat? 

UPDATE:

As I was looking through old photos, I came across this one from the Halloween party I hosted in 1980, when I was in eighth grade. This was shot early in the evening, when we took my sister and her friend trick-or-treating, but later it got hopping and sort of became legendary -- the year before everything went to hell with the tennis team. (That's Jim Bell in front in blue.)

It’s a perfect example of how the costumes people wear on TV shows are always infinitely better than anything anyone has in real life. Other than my friend Mike's punker look -- which he would adopt in real life a year later -- my Strawberry Shortcake little sister and the sheik, I can't tell who anyone is supposed to be, although I'm sensing a firing squad theme based on people’s expressions.

Particularly egregious is yours truly -- unless I was merely going as a big queer -- because I'm not sure what this was supposed to be. 

Although I look like a less-butch Bea Arthur, my first instinct, given how obsessed I was with slasher films of the era, was that it was something Jamie Lee Curtis-related. But your guess is as good as mine -- so I'll Venmo 50 bucks to anyone who can solve the mystery!

This was Strawberry Shortcake's guess, but I'd have to think I'd have gotten a dress like Norman Bates wore. 

And my friend Mark thinks the key is the footwear ...

Meme Spirited

 

 You can take the boy out of Detroit, but you can't take the Devil's Night out of me! 

What were the odds that I would marry a man from one of the few other places that actually has a name for Oct. 30, only they can't even sort it out among themselves. (FWIW: Damian says it was Mischief Night in Hudson County -- and he has never even heard of the other two.)