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by frank / Nov 3 2009 / 2 posts

Michelle is ultimately much more creative about pumpkin-carving than I am. Take a guess at which were hers and which are mine.

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Marko / Nov 4 2009

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Insightful, well researched, poignant. GREAT POST!
frank / Nov 4 2009

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@Marko
Yup. I get an “A” for effort on this one!

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