Yes children, it’s Halloween time! If you discount the devil-worshipping/pagan overtones, it’s as wholesome a holiday as you can find.

I impulsively bought a dozen-count packet of those little plastic-bag hanging ghosts. They’re not as fancy as home-made cloth versions, but with their newspaper-stuffed heads and twisty-tie necks, they have a certain chintzy charm that I cannot resist.

Problem: The white plastic bags that make up their bodies are square-shaped. So the tops of their heads have a pointy right-angle to them. Which gives them a vaguely Ku Klux Klan look. To me, anyway; no one else has mentioned it. I guess the season conveys the assumption that they’re supposed to be spooky spirits, instead of strung-up Klansmen (which actually might be a positive statement, perhaps).

Anyway, I like them. I’m sorry I’ll have to take them down in a few days.

Dairy Queen won’t approve, but this baby tee is the perfect gift for that drama queen in your life. Provided she can take a joke, of course — probably a rare find.

This type of brand subversion is not new. I first came across this altered logo t-shirt at least 10 years ago, sported by a woman named Lexi, who was, allegedly, an alternate on “American Gladiators”. That, and the way she filled out the shirt, were what made the encounter so memorable.