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Random pre-Thanksgiving thoughts

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It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’m unusually tired. So I’ll make this short:

1) So, you know how they have vegetarian food shaped like meat, or flavored like meat? Like tofurkey or those fake hot dog things? Well, we had this conversation the other day (totally not my idea, I think it was Mrs. Monteiro’s idea) that we should have meat shaped like vegetables. Like, chicken shaped into celery. Or meatloaf shaped into carrot sticks. It would be totally weird and gross. And awesome.

2) Facebook’s latest Beacon advertising deal has a ridiculous opt-in by default scheme that isn’t only “invasion of privacy” it’s just plain dumb. I would totally quit Facebook at the drop of the hat (I mean, it really hasn’t done a lot for me), but so many of my friends are organizing events through Facebook now that I have to stick with it. Luckily, Nate Weiner from the Idea Shower has come up with a handy way for Firefox users to block the nasty little Facebook Beacon things.

3) Please listen to the 9th episode of Dialed In. Just because.

4) Oh, for Christmas this year? I would appreciate a three-pack of Bacon Salt. Kthx.

5) Also, I’m seriously scratching my head at the moment as to how I’m supposed to get gifts for people without spending money. Which probably isn’t possible. I wonder if I can get away with just sending hand-written letters to everyone. Hey, that’s an idea…

It’ll be tough to blog here tomorrow, but I’ll try. Happy Turkey day, in the meantime!

This Thanksgiving

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Give thanks for the life you have, but don’t stop reaching for the life you want.
Give thanks for the food you are about to receive, but don’t forget to resume a healthy diet after that.
Give thanks for friends and family, but remember it’s okay not to get along with them every once in awhile.
Give thanks for your health and wellbeing, but remember not to slack off too much.
Give thanks for the holidays, but remember you have to get back to work soon enough.

I’m kind of a realist. Sorry.

Happy

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I find it harder and harder everyday to do this Nablopomo thing and actually post something of substance. But hey, it’s about quantity not quality right? Right.

Anyway, right now I’m buzzed off three beers and a sip of some horrible cough syrup flavored drink. So I’ll keep it short.

Happy anniversary Laughing Squid, and congratulations to Andy Baio for leaving Yahoo and working on Waxy.org full time. Yay to everyone!

Party hardy

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One of many reasons I’m not going to SXSW next year is exemplified by this weekend. There were not one, but two tech-related parties tonight. Tomorrow, there’ll be another two parties (which aren’t terribly tech-related actually, but you get my point). These sort of things happen all the time in the Bay Area. The only difference in Austin is that they are bigger, with more people.

Okay, so I’ll miss some of my non-SF friends, no doubt. But would I really have the chance to talk to them anyway? I don’t know. It just gets so busy and crowded sometimes.

Anyway, I’m glad I’m getting out of the house this week, even if there are multiple freaking parties going on at the same time.

Party on people. Party on.

Final episode of Next Iron Chef: A liveblog

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Next Iron ChefSo the final episode of the Next Iron Chef will be fought out Iron Chef style in Kitchen Stadium between John Besh and Michael Symon. I am definitely a Symon fan, just because he wears a black shirt instead of the traditional white uniform. Plus he has that devilish laugh. So awesome. That said, Besh might win just because his food tends to be more refined. The liveblog is after the jump (Don’t look if you don’t want to be spoiled!)
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