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Happy Thanksgiving

by John Cole|  November 23, 20061:05 pm| 17 Comments

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My agenda in a few words:

parade, dog show, football, turkey, coma.

Enjoy. I know I will.

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  1. 1.

    jcricket

    November 23, 2006 at 1:10 pm

    walk dog, football, snacks, turkey, walk dog, dessert, coma

  2. 2.

    mrmobi

    November 23, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    walk dog, feed dog, run 7 miles, breakfast, 2nd breakfast, nap, ham, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

  3. 3.

    Krista

    November 23, 2006 at 3:20 pm

    Dog show? Are your folks showing a dog, or are you trying to fool people into thinking Tunch is just a ridiculously laid-back Jack Russell terrier?

  4. 4.

    Ned R.

    November 23, 2006 at 4:57 pm

    Bake bread, Tower Records shopping (ridiculous deals, seriously), over to friend Stripey’s place, dinner. Roxor.

  5. 5.

    jake

    November 23, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    Cook, cook, cook, @#!#$ing cook, quarrel with relatives, eat, flee relatives, pass out on nearest horizontal surface.

  6. 6.

    demimondian

    November 23, 2006 at 5:43 pm

    Code, more code, start turkey, nap, take walk, dinner, sleep.

    More code.

  7. 7.

    whatsleft

    November 23, 2006 at 8:39 pm

    loll, read, cook, cook, cook, drink, cook, football, drink, eat, sleep, football, drink, sleep, repeat

  8. 8.

    Ripley

    November 23, 2006 at 9:41 pm

    Drink coffee, shower, drink beer, internets (what the hell, did everyone take the day off?), cook chili, drink beer, eat chili, make note to clean apt., drink beer, ponder what “cdoav amprt” on post-it means, glare at beer, forgive beer, drink beer.

    Happy holiday weekend, everyone!

  9. 9.

    Maddux Sports Blog

    November 23, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    Stay up all night with sick daughter, nap, eat leftover pizza, miss out on big family gathering.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

  10. 10.

    jcricket

    November 23, 2006 at 10:40 pm

    food coma good… 5 types of pie… managed to not embarrass wife by turning t-day dinner into balloon juice comment thread…. now back to TV

  11. 11.

    Wickedpinto

    November 24, 2006 at 3:13 am

    Not a comment about Thanksgiving, but. . . .

    Last year during the superbowl, I was flipping channels, and I found, without a doubt the most adorably adictive waste of time. Kinda like volunteering for a stage hypnotist.

    On Animal Planet, during the superbowl Animal Planet hosts “The Puppy Bowl” It’s a bunch of puppy’s playing with toys, and eachother during, Just too DAMN CUTE!!!

    Also, the half-time show?

    It’s the “kitten bowl half time show” a bunch of kittens playing on a football shaped area.

    I swear, I OD’d on cuteness.

  12. 12.

    Newport 9

    November 24, 2006 at 4:41 am

    rain, in-laws, food, dogs

  13. 13.

    RSA

    November 24, 2006 at 11:46 am

    We had a few people over, with a two-year-old to keep us from going into a coma after dinner, and we were reminiscing about all the people who’d complained to us in the past about Thanksgiving Day cooking being such a burden. I’m always surprised at how little effort (even if it’s over a long period of time) to put together a reasonable spread. Cleaning the house before the guests arrive—now that’s a burden :-).

  14. 14.

    demimondian

    November 24, 2006 at 3:50 pm

    We had three kids for Thanksgiving dinner. (Which is the same number of kids that we have for most dinners, since it was the same set of kids that we usually feed.) The middle one helped make the pies, since he’s now up to that part of the job. Dinner was two hours late, since FDDD and I weren’t willing to stress to get everything done in synchrony.

    It was wonderful. And the Chocolate Pie…heavenly.

  15. 15.

    jake

    November 25, 2006 at 8:59 am

    We had three kids for Thanksgiving dinner.

    Yum. Roasted? Broiled? Fried? Grilled? What do you do with the leftovers?

    …since it was the same set of kids that we usually feed.

    Oh. You ate with them.

    Look, forget I said anything.

  16. 16.

    Wickedpinto

    November 26, 2006 at 6:15 am

    I hate admitting this.

    But during the superbowl? Animal Planet airs “the puppy bowl” which I love, it’s just too damn cute.

    And the halftime show? is the “KITTEN bowl” a little more bland, but still too damn cute.

  17. 17.

    Bombadil

    November 27, 2006 at 10:11 am

    Took Tim’s advice and pretty much stayed off-line for the duration. Pretty much.

    It was nice to talk about pie and actually talk about real pie.

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