I stopped, as usual, at the Starbucks in Almaden Plaza on my way into work yesterday and noticed two signs of the impending season:

• Circuit City has installed their neon rooftop display (though I don’t think they’ve started using it yet)
• Starbucks has Christmas Blend coffee and other winter goodies in stock again

I haven’t heard any holiday ads or music yet, but it can only be a matter of days.

Tonight was almost certainly the last time Jeff will go trick-or-treating in this neighborhood for a long time (but eventually, he may be like the kid who used to live across the street, who was out with his children tonight!). He decided to go as an IRS agent and tell people that they owed the government $20,000 when they answered the door.

I don’t think he got any money, but he did fill a briefcase with candy.