There is always a little more hope in the first of the month. A new beginning. A fresh start.
  I remember our first Halloween after moving into our house. It was 1998 and Jaclyn was not quite 3 years old. We had just moved in the previous summer after living in an apartment in Manhattan. Going door to door was a different experience.    
This week was a big week in history, the John F. Kennedy assignation files were released. Nearly 3,000 secret government files related to John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination have been made public more than 50 years after he was gunned down as he and his motorcade rode through Texas’ Dealey Plaza.  
This (as in today’s) blog found its voice or muse while reading my friend’s “Fridays with Fred” blog. I did a number of blogs around likes and more recently dislikes.
Hey, what do you feel like doing today? I've got it...let's throw some axes. C'mon...     Well if you were in Paris, you could. There's a place called Les Cognees - French for "axes" or "hatchets" - where people can gather after work and pay to hurl heavy edged weapons around. All you need is about $17 and for an hour you can feel like a warrior :)  
Two weeks ago my blog consisted of a list of my Dislikes, e.g., Judge strike outs.  My blogging concept is to encourage comments and then respond to them, i.e., interact with the audience and create a conversation.    This week I seek to double down on the interaction by publishing the reaction to my Dislikes by the readers.  The commenter Dislikes are as follows:Paul Napolitano: Disingenuousness/phoniness
File this under "Canadian Cops have too much free time."