Halloween

For a whole swirling fallen leaf pile-up of excellent reasons, I love Halloween.  So does my grandson, as you can see by the fun he had checking out pumpkins.  And to properly celebrate this harvest holiday, here's the perfect charity.  Soldier's Angels is raising money to provide voice-activated hardware/software to injured servicemen who can no longer use regular computers. 

There's a good natured contest among the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, and of course their supporters too, to see who can raise the most.  Tough to choose only one.  My Dad was in the Army, my son served in the Navy, and one brother was in the Air Force while another was a Coastie for life.  No way could I insult any of them........so........

I've signed up with the Marines to honor one of my heroes, Asa Baber.  Ace served with honor, and then took on the insanities of the feminists and the follies of political correctness in his "Men" column in Playboy Magazine.  Ace died in 2003 of Lou Gehrig's Disease.   

He taught me so many fun and fabulous lessons, and he believed in me when I moved to the big league of lobbying.  He was sure I could make a difference in D.C. and he never missed an opportunity to cheer me on.  And he always knew the best little ethnic restaurants in Chicago. 

Ace believed that beauty and brains go together in women.  He taught me not to underestimate beautiful women nor to sell short my own appearance. Years later, as I look at the blossoming ranks of gorgeous, intelligent, kick-butt conservative, neo-conservative, libertarian and freeranger women bloggers, it's obvious that Ace knew what he was talking about.

I miss you, Ace.  Thank you for everything you did for all us uppity women, and for the brave men who love us!