Halloween

We modelled our pumpkin after Kira Salak's scary Papua New Guinean warrior. Our mighty warrior was so scary, there wasn't a single kid (or parent) in Ithaca brave enough to approach our door. Good thing too. All we had to give the trick-or-treaters were Turkish peppers, the Danish candies that taste of strong licorice and salt. Among our friends, the hard little lozenges typically elicit a violent gag reflex followed by a sprint to the bathroom. A rarer but quicker reaction is to simply spit the candy out onto the floor. Our glowing warrior saved halloweeners from embarassing themselves. Sadly, though, he was no match for the local squirrels who wasted no time eating out one of his eyes. We ended that indignity by smashing him into 5 pieces behind the barn/garage. He now rests among all the other fallen warriors of halloween.