An old Irish folk tale tells of Stingy Jack, a lazy yet shrewd farmer who uses a cross to trap the Devil. The myth says that Jack was getting chased by some villagers from whom he had stolen, when he met the Devil, who claimed it was time for him to die. However, the thief stalled his death by tempting the Devil with a chance to bedevil the church-going villagers chasing him. Jack told the Devil to turn into a coin with which he would pay for the stolen goods (the Devil could take on any shape he wanted); later, when the coin/Devil disappeared, the Christian villagers would fight over who had stolen it. The Devil agreed to this plan. He turned himself into a silver coin and jumped into Jack's wallet, only to find himself next to a cross Jack had also picked up in the village. Jack had closed the wallet tight, and the cross stripped the Devil of his powers; and so he was trapped.
Jack only lets the Devil go when he agrees never to take his soul. After a while the thief died, as all living things do. Of course, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, the Devil had promised not to take his soul, and so he was barred from hell as well. Jack now had nowhere to go. He asked how he would see where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember that would never burn out from the flames of hell. Jack carved out one of his turnips (which was his favourite food), put the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the Earth for a resting place. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern.
Now You and I can honestly say that "We know Jack!"
The girls and I had a pumpkin carving party last Thursday. Fun of course was the number one agenda and we successfully accomplished it. The albino looking pumpkin that I bought from Trader Joe's was a challenge to carve. It was thicker than the regular pumpkins so it took twice as long just to get the top removed. I couldn't finish in time before I had to meet with a hottie for a night cap. So my half carved pumpkin is currently sitting in my refrigerator waiting for me to finish.
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Friday night, the gang went to a Halloween House Party. It's been a really looooong time since I've been to a house party that felt more like a Frat party. Good Gawd, bring on the college kids! It was fun for about 15mins and then the novelty quickly wore off and it plateaued from there.
Larry was dressed as a Flying Monkey, Zairina was a lingerie model and I was Hippie-McHipster.
The most fun I had was when I discovered the word magnets on the kitchen refrigerator
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Make it a Great Week Bloggies!
Yours always,
Jakey
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