One of the things that no one tells you is that carving pumpkins is really freaking hard. Tonight my friend Kathy stopped by to say hi — after two margaritas — and pretty darn perfectly carved Barack Obama’s profile in a pumpkin. Damn her. My stars were almost impossible, and Sophie’s pumpkin is a mess. […]

I actually think I wrote that very sentiment two years ago, so I’m clearly not original in my thinking, even amongst my own thoughts! But don’tcha think it’s true? A few weeks ago, NPR predicted record Halloween retail sales, even in the face of an economy so scary it makes the big kids’ haunted house […]