Harrowing Halloweenish October Death Toll...

Any excuse is a good excuse
no matter how morbid it may be
to listen to this unappreciated
GENESIS song:
CONGO.


Truly, this song's lyrics fit the occasion...

The An-26 cargo plane that crashed there,
on October 4th, killed over two dozen people.
My condolences to the victims' families.

In other demises, this month:



The first Republican woman
to be elected in the state of Virginia
-Jo Ann Davis-
also a mother, wife, grandmother,
lost her fight to cancer
but likely won her election into Heaven
I'll bet that she'll like it there
much more than she liked Capitol Hill...

Horsephotos.com

John Henry, a two-time Horse of the Year,
won 39 of 83 races and $6,591,860.

He was euthanized at the venerable age of 32...







Bob Denard is no more -
well, he is not staging coups anymore,
that is for sure.

Bob wasn't even a genuine Bob;
he was a genuine Gilbert...

Read his complete sordid story
in the comments section
(around "comment" # 32...)
(ironically...)