Thanksgiving Summary

Thanksgiving is over and I am back home. Notable:
1. I ate lots of good stuff. Highlights include sweet potato pie, beef wellington, and this astounding buffalo wing dip. It's really hard to describe that dip, except to say that I'd be completely in favor of a Martian invasion if they promised to dispense the buffalo wing dip from my kitchen faucet. Holy macaroni.

2. I saw my family, most of my friends, and numerous strangers.

3. I played some Blueball. I don't think I really need to share the results, as Team Awesome never loses. That is, we never lose the game itself; everyone loses big time when it comes to physical well-being. I'm pretty sure my shoulder got torn out and replaced with a hunk of imitation crab meat.

4. I got loads of time with the Nintendo Wii. There's something special about a gaming console that inspires the whole family to talk trash for days with its built-in bowling game.

5. I also learned that I'm not the type of guy who'll just roll over and let a 9 year-old girl win at a video game. I'm pretty sure that's the opposite of what society wants, but it just feels right.

6. When I was driving back to Austin yesterday, I was at a standstill on I-35 for about an hour. The whole time I was stopped, I thought to myself, "If this is going to happen, I demand to see something cool." When I finally got to the source of the traffic woes, I found that cool something: a Tropicana semi had jack-knifed on the road, spewing jugs of orange juice all over both sides of the road. Well done, reality!

Posted by Cody at November 27, 2006 6:55 PM