KPDX here in Portland has declared their next week's worth of programming to be worthy of the title "Shocktober." So what do you get if you tune into Shocktober, KPDX-style? Two episodes of The Simpsons annual "Treehouse of Horror" series and a nightly segment at a local haunted house attraction.

Sure, it isn't round-the-clock Halloweeen-themed programming but that ain't half bad. This time of year seems like it's missing something if I don't get to hear Groundskeeper Willy say, "my mule wouldn't walk in the mud so I had to shoot it seventeen times."

And that's about as random a Simpsons quote as you're liable to find on a Portland blog tonight.

They've been running the older episodes at 6:30 and the later ones at 7:30. I just watched that weird one where the dolphins take over Springfield. What was up with that, anyway?