Happy Halloween!

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More Jack o’lanterns. #Halloween

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The ear that has the earache on the sleeping boy who has the cold, and the cat who knows to cozy up and give snuggles when the boy’s sick.

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A brief moment of wondering if it would fit in our hatchback.

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It’s a Halloween jack o’lantern piñata. Last year’s was so plain in comparison, and I still thought it was the second coming.

This year, the awesome includes ears, pointy nose, a jutting chin, and a wart on said chin. Plus hair.

We love it. Can’t wait to stuff it with goodies (half candy, half pumpkin-shaped erasers, etc).

Nestle-Free Zone Week: October 26-November 1

Baby Milk Action, a UK-based organization that has consistently kept up the pressure for Nestle to practice ethical marketing of its products–most notably infant formula–is promoting a Nestle-Free Zone October 26-November 1, 2009.

If you aren’t aware of the reasons why the boycott of Nestle’s marketing of powdered infant formula has been going on for more than 30 years, with a slight gap in between of a few years before resuming again, go here or here.

(The company’s chocolate-making division, as well as its bottled-water division, have come in for great scrutiny of unethical, and in some cases outright abusive or morally repulsive, practices.)

Pork belly and shrimp balls, as cooked by my mom-in-law.

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My mom-in-law made an 8 course feast in honor of her cousin.

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