Yesterday, we performed a time-honoured tradition in our household. We carved a jack-o-lantern... or to be more precise, we carved a Barack O'Lantern.
If you'd also like to carve your own Barack O'Lantern, you can go to YesWeCarve.org, and download a stencil, and join the ranks of the other ORANGE STATES. And then they invite you to upload a photograph of your Barack O'Lantern, to share with the world. You can join the orange revolution!
On Halloween eve, we'll be displaying a Pumpkin for Change... (let's HOPE we don't get splattered on the asphalt).

They even have some suggestions for "titles"... The Squashacity of Hope, Globama, Grab Change by the Stem, Every pumpkin counts, Carve Change-Glow Hope,
Now... just to be even-handed... for those who'd like to "squash McCain"...
ALAN MAY, Realtor®
Specializing in Evanston Real Estate and North Shore Real Estate
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, 2929 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
847.425.3779 Cell: 847.924.3313 Email: Almay@aol.com
Evanston Real Estate & North Shore Real Estate • Licensed in Illinois
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Beautiful! I'm really getting in the spirit now! ~ Melissa "The Mortgage Maven" Breeland
I can see that, Melissa... nice hat!