Before 7:30 AM one of the neighbors called about a computer problem. I went over to the neighbors a little later and diagnosed the problem to be a browser hijack. My speculation it that problem was caused from accessing porn sights. I knew how to fix the problem but the computer would not let me log on to the network so I could prevent it from happening again so he will have to move up the chain of computer nerds. This is the same neighbor and computer I fixed less than two months ago. Some people will never listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as left the neighbors and walked in my house my phone rang, it was my brother's ex wife. We discussed her daughter's up coming wedding. Later in the day I went to the Marble Falls automobile show in downtown Marble Falls Tx. On my drive to the show I came up behind several of the cars heading west on Hwy 71 for the show in Marble Falls Tx.

I left for Burnet County early this morning. Hwy contractors were laying hot mix in my neighborhood but I was not delayed and made it to Granite Shoals Tx for their Veterans parade. I thought it a little unusual for the parade to be several days before Veterans Day but it will give me a chance to make a second Veterans Day parade in downtown Austin on Wednesday.

Usually Fridays afternoons are free time for me but today I had some extra work that took up most of the afternoon so I canceled my plans to go into downtown Austin. I stayed in Lakeway and took in one of the Art in Public Places exhibits. the exhibit was a collection of Tins.

I had the luck I was hoping for and completed the scheduled maintenance on my auto by 8:15 AM in Bee Caves. With the extra time I was able to visit Zilker Park where I watched City of Austin Crews string Christmas Lights on the community tree. Took in an AA meeting mid morning then once again took a short walk on the hike and bike trail on the eastern part of Lady Bird Lake. I had parked at the Mexican American Cultural Center for my walk so before leaving the Center I attended two of their Art exhibits. It was such a nice day I decided to walk into downtown for the noon concert at Central Presbyterian Church. On my way to the church I noticed lots of downtown streets blocked off. Even more unusual, all the bicycle lanes were closed. About the time I was trying to figure out what was going on I noticed motorcycle police leading a single car down the middle of the street. It was a movie crew! They were filming a scene with a taxi mounted on a trailer. The camera crew was all over the trailer and taxi as they pulled the trailer all through downtown. Having to wait for the movie crew to finish almost made late for the piano concert. After the concert, I got held up once again by the filming as I walked back to my auto. I had a couple of hours of work in southwest Austin in the afternoon then home to Spicewood.

I sure had an interesting lunch hour. I spent the hour at Book People where I listened to ABC reporter John Quinones. He talked for an hour and a half about his life and heroes he has encountered in the world. He was very nice and spoke with me several minutes before he started his presentation. Butler Park and the Hike and Bike trail is just down the street from Book People so I spent time at both of those places after leaving Book People. Before leaving Austin I attended an art exhibit at the Butridge Gallery then stopped in Bee Caves for ice cream on the way home to Spicewood. Amy's Ice Cream was celebrating 25 years of being in business and if you know Austin well you know Amy's is the place to be if you want ice cream. Today all Amy's location gave away free ice cream to celebrate their 25 anniversary.

Last night was BBQ night in the neighborhood. Fourteen people attended the cookout, ten of which did not live in the neighborhood. The new people made for a nice event, always glad to have some new prospective and topics of conversation. During the lunch hour I visited one of Lakeway's Art in Public Places exhibits. The entire exhibit consisted of one subject, Fruit.

It's going to be a fast paced day! I have already stopped in South Austin to look at a giant pumpkin and I do mean giant. If you guess the correct weight of the gigantic gourd you win a $300 shopping spree at the store where the giant pumpkin is on display. Now that I have concluded my only Halloween event of the 31st I am setting in the third floor gallery of the Texas House of Representatives at the Texas State Capital waiting for the Texas Book Fair to begin. Today I will listen to three authors discuss their book, a cooking demonstration, a honey making demonstration, a play about Edgar Allen Poe and a music concert by Austin's Eastside Kings. All these activities take place at the Texas Book Fair in and around the Capital so I'll be on the move all day.

I had planned to stay home today but today was such a beautiful day I went to an Austin park I've never been to before. Mayfield Park just happened to have a Texas Persimmon tree that won Austin's 2009 small tree of the year award. After walking all over the park I finally located the tree. A couple of miles from the park was an exhibit of glass art so before leaving the area I took in the glass exhibit. Later in the afternoon I went to the Texas Capital and joined the Rest In Peace tour that I tried to join last week. Learned a lot about people who met their untimely deaths at the Capital, the tour was very interesting. While at the Capital I went down to the basement for my second art exhibit of the day. As I was walking back across UT to my auto I ran into the Texas football team as they were walking to practice, hope they win on Saturday. My last stop of the day was at the AA club, attending the last half of the afternoon meeting.

Todays auto show at the Galleria in Bee Caves was a benefit for the Bee Caves Library. It looked like the library raised lots of money because at least 150 cars entered the contest. I got about two thirds through the line of cars when the battery in my camera went dead. When I replaced it with a back up battery it did not work either. After shooting almost 200 pictures on Saturday I forgot to recharge the battery when I got home last night. With a dead camera I spent then remainder of the auto show at the Galleria's amphitheater listening to one of the bands.

The day was filled with disappointments, surprises and better events than I expected. Neighbor Moon came by at 7:30 AM to visit and that had me change my plans from an 8:30 AM AA meeting to a 10:30 AM AA meeting. I left one AA meeting and went to another AA club to celebrate the clubs 33rd anniversary. I expected to eat a BBQ dinner at the anniversary celebration but they were not going to eat for a couple of hours so I did not hang around. I headed for downtown Austin where I would spend the rest of the day. My first stop was several blocks east of downtown at a pumpkin carving contest at the Carver Museum. Next, three events all in very close proximity so I parked in southeast Austin and took in all three pretty quick. The Lance Armstrong Livestrong event was a lot more than I expected but the Gem and Mineral show at the same location was a bust for me, didn't care for it at all. An art exhibit at the Mexican American Culture Center was also a bust because the gallery that was suppose to be open was closed so I could not get in to see the art exhibit. After getting locked out of the art gallery I went to UT for a walking tour of the campus Landmark sculptures but no one showed up. I was beginning to think art was going to be a disaster for me today but I found some unexpected music in the Bates Recital Hall which help me get my mind of the disappointments. I walked over to DKR Memorial stadium and checked out the set up for the Texas football game that was going to be shown inside the stadium and while there watched the last half of the Oklahoma football game. I saved the best event for last. I walked form 24th street to 4th street and attended Dia De Los Muertos at the Mexic-Arte Museum. The Day of the Dead celebration was the highlight of my day and I stayed at the Mexic-Arte Museum a long time. As I walked back and fourth across Austin I ran in to two protest marches and a sweet sixteen celebration at the Capital. Today was sure a full day for me!

Today is one of those unusual days starting with the four inches of rain that flooded my yard. Today was really all about talk! I made a talk at the AA club this morning speaking about maintaining sobriety. After my talk it was time to listen to someone else talk. At the Blanton Museum of Art, the noon lecture was about the Petrobelli Alterpiece. Jeffery Smith, who holds the chair in European Art at UT spoke about Paolo Veronese's painting Petrobelli Alterpiece. After the lecture at the Blanton I scurried off to the UT Student building. I got to UT's Longhorn Ballroom one hour before the start of today's lecture and there were already over one hundred standing in line for a chance for a seat to hear Dan Rather. I was able to get a seat to hear Mr Rather and for an added treat I got to listen to Pulitzer Prize winner Ben Sargent speak. I am finally caught up for today and have a little break before attending a Doctoral piano recital at Bates Recital Hall. Tonight's recital will be a solo performance by Remigyus Subaliaus.

I was at the Texas Capital today for an art exhibit and if it does not rain too much tomorrow I'll be back at the Capital for an afternoon ghost tour. The Capital has tours every day but this tour is something different and only available during the weeks leading up to Halloween. This afternoon I attended a benefit at the Bullock Museum for Breast Cancer. The color pink was everywhere at the benefit. While walking back to my auto I stopped at the LBJ Library to see a new exhibit about former president during their high school years. The exhibit was real good and I stayed longer than I had anticipated. It's break time for me at the present time. I've found a cosy spot in one of UT's music buildings where I can do a little computer work. Later this evening I'll walk up to the Erwin Center and attend the San Antonio Spurs basketball game. It has been more than 25 years since I have been to an NBA game, I am really looking forward to this game.

I am in Bee Caves TX waiting for a musical performance to start at the Galleria Amphitheater. Tonight's band is Vallejo. I'll catch the first thirty minutes of music then head for Lakeway and spend the rest of the evening at the Lakeway City Park. Lakeway's annual Goblin Glow celebration is tonight. There will be at least a dozen hot air balloons at Goblin Glow. They will all illuminate their balloons after dark, it will be a fantastic sight. Hundreds of kids will go from balloon to balloon to trick or treat while a live band plays. Before the night at the park ends, the 1954 movie The Creature from the Black Lagoon will be shown on a large out door screen. I am looking forward to the movie. Tonight's moon will be a full waxing moon making the outdoor event extra special.

On Wednesday I went to visit my dad in Cameron TX. He needed to be at a Waco TX hospital at 5:30 am on Thursday so I spent Wednesday night at his house and accompanied him to Waco. The hospital stay was done by noon and we were back in Cameron a little before 1:30 PM. Other that the auto wrecks on Austin's freeway going to and returning from Cameron, everything went smooth. Those two wrecks caused me over an hour of extra drive time. I should be thankful it was not me involved in the wrecks.