Leaf storm forming backyard blanket. Last gasp of foliage. Bon weekend. 
mAd Dad Trek
Fun Columbus Day Weekend SideTrek photo competition. mAdBen vs. Dr.Dad. 
Meandering along the backroads of Western Massachusetts through Whately, Conway, Shelburne. Stopping when a vision struck either photographer. We all won. More on TravelTreks. 
Folie – Age
Government still shut down. Reason Cruzified. Sebelius should be. Whatta mess.
Nevermind. Dad mAd family photo contest fun. Results to come. Muted rusted tones this year. Lots of leaves on the ground. Nuts have been banned in Amherst. Gonna be an empty town. Sightings… GemQueen at The Mark with Bruce Willis and young honey, not Barbara Walters… Brasserie Ruhlmann Hoda Kotb…A-Man with Janis Joplin on his bday…PithyV stalking gourds at Fairway Market in Stamford…Joey3 wearing Hernandez jersey in Foxboro. Uh oh. Quelle folie.
Loonacy
Legislative lunacy lingers on. Obama admin opened the door to the asylum by not having a clue what to say or do about its wacky healthcare law. Fund-raising websites working flawlessly, as exchange sites crash and burn. Nutty.
Good looney. Colby J. Herchel, UConn undergrad has written and staged an original musical to be performed there on October 19. Claire de Loon’s chaotic relationships are set in the tranquil backdrop of the Adirondacks. It’s a modern take on Chekhov’s The Seagull. SisterCindy inspired her nephew by hosting him over the years at Little Moose Lake.
Gen Next
Matt&Sarah lovingly tied the knot at StoneMill in New York’s Botanical Gardens. Mazel much. Lavish affair with delectable fare on a balmy October evening overlooking the creek. Sweet. 88ish GrandmaB was seen dancing to Twist and Shout as four generations joined the fun. Made it back to Hotel Giraffe in time to catch some of Miley’s SNL debut. Twerking aside, she’s good. After Flatiron brunch, AuntieN took GenY to Book of Mormon. Rave reviews from all.
Meanwhile 81-year old GrandmaC was giving a speech at the Rock&Roll Club. Rocking chairs and rolling devices. Shake it up Grannies! Kids take note.
mAd Times
Congrats to mAdStars! Team mAdBen and OgilvyOne New York. Big get for Aetna’s Consumer Brand biz. Check it out. MediaBistro. AdAge.
Move over Roger. MadMen’s last season will stretch over two years, 7 episodes each. Boo. We need an interim fix. Robin Williams in Crazy Ones is the facsimile of a Chicago advertising mogul. He’s no Don Draper. More like manic Mork.
As the madness manifesto careens out of control in the Capitol.
Midnight Oasis
As we bid so long to summer this week, the harvest moon rose over the high desert’s kingdom of Nye in the great American southwest. After a long drought, Art Bell’s voice has softened with age as he broadcasts from his lone trailer. Sirius XM. Soothing to know he’s there in the dark once again. Send your camels to bed.
Another mass shooting’s sad perpetual ritual of teddy bears, balloons and flowers at tragic site, empty symbols of lawmakers’ inaction. The focus instead is on Benghazi, defunding Obamacare. Washington a vast wasteland. It’s scary when Assad sounds like the most rational guy on the planet. Guess cuz he was sitting across from crazy Kucinich. No wonder escaping into space is so appealing.
Why GenY Yuppies Are Unhappy
This analysis of baby boomers and the next generation is brilliantly accurate. And funnny!!! In our local newspaper parents of a recent graduate posted in the bragging section that their child had received an award from her college for the “most improved” in chemistry. After that, no surprise, real life will suck.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Party Joe
Lobster, steamers, little necks, oysters, shrimp, salmon, corn-on-the-cob. All in one glorious day. Yay. Celebrating Joey3Sticks’ big 50 out in his new MadPad backyard for a traditional ClamBake. Happy Birthday, BroJoe! You can’t see the seafood, because we ate it all including the shells. Yum! Fun! Thanks Alicat.
Zipped from Westchester into the City for a visit to BetseyL to bring her a Chrome, which she’s already mastered. Drive-by rendez-vous with GemQueen, then home for the 3rdQ of the brothers’ bowl. Eli lost. Ugly football all weekend, at least JoeyPa(n)t’s Pats pulled out a messy win. Sorry 9ers fans.
Dalliances
Absurd alliances. Global shift. Ted Cruz and Katrina vanden Heuvel agree on what U.S. should do about Syria. Really. Rand Paul, too. Has the world gone completely mad? Charles Blow thinks so. Putin writes a column in the NYTimes, encouraging appeasement. It’s better than bombast and bombs. Vatican leads a peace march. Pope Francis puts Goodness over Godliness. Going mad in the right way, I say. It does give me pause when Armed Services Committee and Generals don’t know the difference between a weapons cache and caché.
Naomi Watts looks more like Tina Brown than Princess Di. Performance panned. Probably why. End of the line for Burn Notice and Breaking Bad. Tiger playing at BMW. Hope Lindsey’s dalliances won’t make him sad. Cool weekend!
Side Trek . NYC 