Halloween Story

by Mike Hultquist My wife and I are both in love with Halloween. It is by far our favorite holiday. We spend more on Halloween decor than most people spend on Christmas. We have a huge bar in our basement and usually by mid September it is loaded with pumpkins, full sized zombies and other assorted nastiness. No cute Halloween decor allowed down there! Our favorite decorations, though, are the enormous pumpkins we purchase each year. We look for the largest pumpkins we can move into our pumpkin-colored Xterra (Yes, it's true, our only vehicle is the wonderful color of…