Update: Well, I changed the title of this post because on my walk home tonight I discovered that this game little gourd has lost his battle to grow and has been removed. God speed little gourd! Oh, and I had the street wrong, it was on 11th, not 10th.
At least I think this is a pumpkin, growing out of a wall on E. 11th St between 3rd & 4th Avenues (near the awfulness of awfuls, Webster Hall, for those in the City).
I noticed it first while walking home from work one night last week, but I was too tired and cranky to stop and really look at it.
Look, there’s even a bud on it!
I promise I’ll keep an eye on it to see if it’s allowed to fruit. Anyone who knows more about squashes want to provide a positive identification?
And here’s a funny poem I found on a total tech geek site called The Secret Life Of Steve Jobs, Aged 51 1/2.
sometimes i feel like a great chef
sometimes i feel like a great chef
who has devoted his entire life
to monastic study of the art of cooking
& gathered the finest ingredients
& built the most advanced kitchen
& prepared the most exquisite meal
so perfect so delicious so extraordinary
more astounding than any meal ever created
in the history of the planet;
and each day i stand in my window
and watch ninety-seven percent of the world
walk past my restaurant
into the mcdonald’s
across the street.
The rest of this site is truly hilarious as well, but I guess only if you’re forced to follow seriously geeky tech news day in and day out (like I am from time to time).
I also really appreciate this writers’ characterization of Steve Ballmer as Uncle Fester. Good, clean, geektastic fun!
A Chicken In Every Granny Cart 
you are a bloody genius, aunty pam!!! :-p
what a shame it’s been removed, I was looking forward to hearing more about it!
I’m really sad about it too Keiko
I was really surprised that no one else seemed to care…
thanks much for stopping by!