Tag: holiday

Turn the lights down on 2010


The past few new years have been pretty low key for me at home, sound asleep by midnight. This year we plan on visiting a small gathering and house warming at a friend’s. As with every preceding year, this one has definitely felt the quickest. In a few years I’ll blink and a year will elapse.

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After Thanksgiving, Turkey’s a Four Letter Word


There was a bit of a mixup this holiday where both my pop, and my wife both purchased turkeys. The plan was for us to cook and transport the turkey to my folks place Thursday. Three days ago we found out about the dueling birds which left us distraught (not very) and torn over what the heck to do with the unfrozen behemoth in our fridge. Was our only recourse to fire the bird out of a giant slingshot in hopes of crushing pigs, effectively swapping turkey for bacon?

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