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'Dragzilla' and Other Artistic Curiosities

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Since pumpkin sculpting is seasonal, McMahon dabbles in watermelon. He's currently preparing a five-melon series next month depicting the life from cradle to grave of famed gourmet James Beard, in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

McMahon's work has been on display all over the world, even at New York's famed Whitney Museum — although in that case he provided the banquet centerpiece for the museum's 65th anniversary.

You've Got Junk Mail: After a decade of fighting with America Online over his bill, artist Tom Dukich of Spokane, Wash., exacted revenge — one free disk at a time.

AOL software disks are everywhere. They arrive in the mail. They're stuffed into magazines. Many people just throw them out. Dukich kept every single one. In 10 years, he had enough to fill a 30-gallon garbage can — representing every era of AOL, from version 3.0 to version 8.0.

At long last, in January, Dukich, now 56, finished his sculpture — a giant AOL CD with a mock label framed inside a garbage can lid with all the free CDs spilling out of the trash can.

"Version 7 says you get 1,025 hours for free if you use the time within 45 days of signing up," Dukich said, unveiling his work at Spokane's Huneke Gallery. "There are 1,080 hours in 45 days. So to make use of their offer, you'd have to be on the Internet around the clock for 43 days."

Buck Wolf is entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. The Wolf Files is published Tuesdays. If you want to receive weekly notice when a new column is published, join the e-mail list.

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