Greetings on the best holiday of the year (in my not-so-humble opinion). Some people send Christmas cards, some people send Valentines, and it seems so appropriate for me to send a trick-or-treat-o-gram 
Here is some important news, which I hope you will use:
On the Psychology Today blog, Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. lists five reasons candy is good for you:
1. People who regularly eat candy live longer than those who don’t.
2. A shot of sugar can restore your willpower/help you focus.
3. Chewing gum can improve your mood, reduce stress, increase your mental focus, and block pain.
4. Chocolate may decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease.
5. Cotton candy can help you grow new blood vessels.Read more: http://jezebel.com/5673712/halloween-candy-is-good-for-you-its-science#ixzz13WZEPY5j
2.) Candy is a legitimate topic for scholarly studies.
FOR Samira Kawash, a writer who lives in Brooklyn, the Jelly Bean Incident provided the spark.Five years ago, her daughter, then 3, was invited to play at the home of a new friend. At snack time, having noted the presence of sugar (in the form of juice boxes and cookies) in the kitchen, Dr. Kawash, then a Rutgers professor, brought out a few jelly beans.
The mother froze. Her child had never tasted candy, she explained, but perhaps it would be all right just this once. Then the father weighed in from the other room, shouting that that they might as well give the child crack cocaine.
“It was clear to me that there was an irrational equation of candy and danger in that house,” Dr. Kawash said in a recent interview. “And that was irresistible to me.”
From that train of thought, the Candy Professor blog was born. In her writing there, Dr. Kawash dives deep into the American relationship with candy, finding irrational and interesting ideas everywhere. [more]
3.) Real, successful companies hold pumpkin decorating contests, and replace normal logos with a more festive ones! The company is Duarte, a company that helps people give exceptional presentations, and here are all the submissions. I like these:
All images from Duarte.
When we were little, my brother would always claim his pumpkins were had more style and more personality than mine, but I can surely say that Duarte’s pumpkins totally dominate ours!
4.) Because I am silly and ridiculous, let me share a photo from last Halloween. I went as a bloodsucking bat.
Hope this Halloween greeting finds you in a homemade costume holding a plastic pumpkin full of candy, or in a similarly contented state.
I'm Leslie and I connect entrepreneurs in Chile, China, California, and beyond — especially through translation, training, and trade. More about me.
