ME: Hey, Happy Rocktober.

NOT ME: It is Rocktober, huh. The Today Show was talking about it.

ME: The Today Show? Oh great.

NOT ME: It was in conjunction with Barry Manilow and Bette Midler being on the show.

ME: Whoa.* That’s not the kind of Rocktober I’m talking about.

NOT ME: They—

ME: The Today Show and I are at odds on this issue.

NOT ME: I kind of like Barry Manilow.

ME: OK but I think we can all agree that Barry Manilow does not particularly rock.

NOT ME: He claims he can rock.

ME: Really?

NOT ME: That’s what he says.

ME: So far this is the worst Rocktober ever.

*Not “wo.” Not “woah.”