Do not under-estimate the restorative powers of giving out chocolate to small children for three hours. After a rather difficult month (and more), it was wonderful to be able to spend the evening acting silly, cackling like mad (I was a mad scientist, after all), and hearing loads of children whispering “this house is the best house - they have a lab and they’re giving out full-size candy bars!” as they wandered back to their parents.

Thanks to Tammy and Robert for inviting me down to celebrate Hallowe’en with them, and remember, kids: only experts should attempt to extract the brains of Jack O’Lanterns!

(all the work above was done by Tammy and Robert - Tammy especially spent months pulling all this together. All I had to do was stand, cackle, and give out sweets!)