What if you held a meme and nobody showed?

Well, my first attempt at a meme went bust. As you may recall, I asked readers to post (or submit) Halloween photos on their blogs back from when they were kids. It was going to be HUGE! It was the Best Idea I Ever Had! I was anticipating a flood of people posting their pics.

Well, I got exactly two participants. I got a few others from people saying either a) they didn’t dress up, b) they don’t have pics from them or c) they were never children.

Perhaps, I should’ve waited until I had more than two regular readers (thanks, my wife and my mom – two separate people, despite what that jerk Tony said in middle school). Or maybe I should have pimped the meme a bit more on my site to constantly remind people.

At any rate, thanks to those who did play along.

First up is Ron from Clark Kent’s Lunchbox who posted this photo, along with several other ones on his blog earlier this month.

Next up is Sean from Writer Dad who didn’t post anything on his site, but did send me these photos. The first one is pretty creepy. I forget which one he said he was in the bottom photo. Maybe the blond girl in the center front row? (I KiiiiiiD!)

As for Dave Fowler and Tara Cain, these two Brit bloggers claim they didn’t celebrate Halloween when they were younger. Well, maybe not, but that won’t stop me from finding pics and attributing them to the duo.

Up first, Tara. Since she had a bad day earlier this week, she gets off easy with this cute Supergirl pic found on Flickr. Being a fellow geek, she should not be upset.

And lastly, my pal, Dave Fowler. As much as he snipes at Tara and myself for our geeky pursuits, I can only assume that he is a closet nerd. Flickr turned up this photo of him cooking for his family. Case closed.

And while I hoped my mom would find a cute pic from when I was a kid, she only turned up some pics from when I was a teenager. There was one of me dressed as a girl, which is blackmail-worthy embarrassing. However, since only a few people played along, nobody gets to see it. Maybe next year if we can get some more participants. Here is one from God knows when. I think I was going for a zombie look, a zombie with bad fashion sense who wears acid washed jeans. And oh yeah, the hair is all mine, at the start of my metal phase. Bon Jovi had nothing on me. Well, except he scored with many more teenage girls than I did in high school. As for my hair, it got much, much longer. One day I decided to cut it all off. It was easily two feet long (the chicks LOVED it, so shut up Dave, I can already hear you sharpening the knives). I kept it for a few years as a reminder of the one time in my life I was cool looking. I was tempted to sell it to a wig shop, but eventually, I donated it to Locks of Love. I believe there was enough hair there to make 2,000 wigs. I wish I had kept a chunk of it, though. Just to remember… Maybe I’ll grow it long again?

And since it is Friday, why not close with a Halloween-themed comic?

Happy Halloween, everyone. Have fun tonight. And if you need Fowler’s address to egg his house, just shoot me an e-mail. We’ll get him into the Halloween spirit one way or another! For those who dress up this year or dress their kids up this year, if you post the pictures on your blog, feel free to come back here and add it in the comments for readers to check out.

See you all on Monday when I post something which may cause half of you to drop me from your RSS subscriptions.

as always, thanks for reading.

In the spirit of Halloween, and yesterday’s discussion on costumes, I’m putting out a call to all readers to show us your childhood Halloween pictures.

Yes, it’s a meme. But it’s a FUN meme (despite what kitty says)!

So dust off your old photo albums or call your parents and ask them to find the cutest or most embarrassing childhood photo of you in a Halloween costume. Once you find it, post it on your blog anytime this month. Once posted, swing by this post add a link to YOUR post in my comments section. On the week of Halloween I’ll post my own pic and a link to all participants’ blog posts. I’ll also post some of the best pics (with your permission of course).

If you don’t have a blog, feel free to contact me and let me know you’re interested and I’ll send you my email address so you can send me your photo(s).

If you don’t have pics of yourself, feel free to post pics of your children or even your pets (particularly cute cats or guinea pigs). The idea is to spread some good Halloweeny fun across the blogosphere.

as always, thanks for reading,

Blogger Dad

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