I had the most vivid, oddly real dream Saturday night.

In it newest version of the IT clown sits next to me at a weird dimly lit dinner event. I turn to him and said, “Look, buddy, if you're trying to scare me, you just can't. This past year’s already done that. Go jump in a lake.”

He somehow cries and I wake, oddly refreshed and empowered, yet also sadly realizing it's probably the best dream I've had in ages.