If he looks this alarming by day, he’s sure to look at least a bit frightening when illuminated tonight for the first time. There are more where he and his siblings came from and will be right up until 8 pm tomorrow evening, Halloween night itself. This year, the tools of choice are a serrated blade for carving and one of those blue-enameled metal kitchen spoons from Mexico for scraping. I think that a serrated blade (like the one used for scraping scales from a fish) does work better than the plain thin and sharp blade used last year.