Sounds good to me. I was messing around with Christmas lights and DSL wiring.

– Badtux the Vacationed-out Penguin

Good pumpkin pie is the only reason to put up with turkey, or family for that matter. 😉

most people eat white meat because they’ve been led to believe that’s the virtuous choice. i cooked up some turkey legs for me and the cats and the fluffy black dog to have here, and then later i went off to have ham and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie with friends and family.

Legs and thighs have more flavor, and are moister than white meat, although they don’t bother to pull the tendons, so the legs are a problem. They are also cheaper, because most people like white meat.

meanwhile, happy [non?]turkey day to you and all the cats.

Bryan and Anya, I suppose if Stella and I can celebrate Thanksgiving at a Mediterranean restaurant, we can celebrate Pagan holidays instead of “Christmas,” as neither of us is anything hardcore when it comes to religion. We usually do gifts, but with limits… to immediate family and to about $10. Works for us!

As for the CPI, it can’t include the value of our home, because we don’t own it; we rent. Oh well…

I donate money to specific charities as Christmas gifts for everyone except my grandniece and grandnephews.

Have a nice Solstice, Аня, but avoid the Baltic traditions as they are a bit gory.

Of course, having an empty bank account in the latter half of every month because someone at the SSI decided that the cost of living hasn’t gone up for two years running certainly provides a disincentive to waste time and energy battling the mall crowds. 🙁

At least we would test ‘survival of the fittest’ when it came to getting the ‘most popular toy ever’ for a four-year-old.

When you look at the number of people who have been seriously injured or died as a result of ‘Black Friday’, there is certainly more justification for a police response, than for Occupy Wall Street.

I avoid all stores until the Monday after Thanksgiving if possible.

Happy Thanksgiving, Ellroon.