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Pumpkin Portraits

Many moons ago, I saw a fancy carved pumpkin in Martha Stewart's magazine. I thought to myself "that could be fun" — That Halloween, I aimed high and weird, trying to carve Henry Kissinger for some reason long forgotten. What I ended up with was something a bit more like Syndey Bristow's father on the TV show Alias. It was strange and dumb failure. Halloween allows for a limited season for practice — but I won't let a gourd defeat me! So, here we are, a decade later, and I'm about to share with you how I spend every Halloween night. Enjoy, and BOO!

File under: Hobbies, Fun

Sinead O'Connor, 2023

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Jalen Hurts, 2023

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Jason Kelse, 2023

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Bryce Harper, 2022

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John Fetterman, 2022

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The Taskmaster (Greg Davies), 2022

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Omar from The Wire. 2021

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John Lewis for 2020

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg for 2020

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Greta Thurnberg for 2019

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Chuck Berry for 2017

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Me and the 2008 Candidates. Photographed for the Inquirer. lol.

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John Oliver

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Tom Petty

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Prince

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Some random orange monster

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"Imma let you finish" - Kanye & Taylor

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Ye

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(a young) Taylor Swift

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Michael Stipe of REM

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Michael Jackson

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Amy Winehouse. I like how the top of the pumpkin is reused for the extra-tall hair.

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Tobias Fünke

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Posing next to TomKat

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Scariest Couple in Hollywood (at the time): TomKat... Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes

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Stephen Colbert. This was featured on the Colbert Report, it sat proudly on top of The Rhodes piano during Wilco's halloween performance.

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(a young) Justin Bieber

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Pitching Legend, Roy Halladay

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My Hero, Pee Wee Herman

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Andy Warhol & Lou Reed

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Lou Reed

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(former) Philadelphia Mayor, Michael Nutter

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My first Edgar Allen Poe

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My second Edgar Allen Poe

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My second Edgar Allen Poe (detail)

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Rob Pattinson & Krysten Steewart

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Pumpkin Portraits

Thanks for digging this deep, but most of the good stuff is up there ^ :)