Happy Thanksgiving

Why, yes, thatย is a classic pic from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade prominently featuring Bullwinkle.

He’s still one of my favorite balloons. As is Spider Man. (Really, I kind of dig them all for different reasons… and it’s always neat to see new ones come into rotation, and kind of sad to see old ones go.)

Today’s plan involves food with friends and far too much time getting there and back (very appreciative of the people driving those buses and trains today). Some minor side-dishes have been made (cranberry sauce and some pumpkin bread from a box… realized I’m a few ingredients short of a pie idea or two I had).

It’s going to be a small-ish gathering, which has been the case for a few years now. That usually works out pretty well.

Anyway, while I’m out stuffing my face (or traveling to or from there), check out some well-wishes in today’s vlog.

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Some stuff from the weekend and more

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I’m running exceptionally later than planned tonight.

In between doing stuff at work during the day and up until about ten minutes before I’m typing this, I’ve been involved, on and off, in two completely awesome discussions over in my FB stream. One’s been about faith, religion, and atheists, the other has been on people trapped in low-paying (minimum wage) fast-food jobs.

And I’ve also been working on getting some promo stuff lined up for this year’s Taste the World in Fenton Village event (which is happening on May 4).

Over the weekend, I spent a lot of time at the second annual Awesome Con. I didn’t take a lot of picture, but other people did… some of them are in the feed rundown below. Mostly, I just had a great time being surrounded by fantastically creative and energetic people who were deeply involved with things they absolutely love doing. It was a good and refreshing change from the daily grind.

But, now I’m way over due to go to sleep for the extra early meeting I have on Tuesday. Soooo… here, here’s a bunch of stuff to scroll through.

My niece likes the Monster High dolls

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I’m pretty okay with this (and I think I have friends who wear some of these outfits…) ๐Ÿ™‚

Ah, Christmas in the country…

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This is more or less the setup every year at my sister’s place… ๐Ÿ™‚