Happy Thanksgiving!!

In honor of this most gobblicious day of the year, I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving!  What better way to celebrate than by showing you a picture of the biggest turkey I’ve ever seen:

Gobble Gobble!

I know I feel safer.

Fuchsia Saturday

It's like Black Friday only earlier.  That's what I'm calling yesterday because of our insane ability to both spend an entire day shopping without rest and to spend $500 on just the kids.

I was so spent (literally and figuratively) after yesterday's excursion that it took me this long to recover.  The sad thing is, I'm not really done yet.

I'm justifying Christmas excess this year by claiming it's my way of supporting the economy without the need for excessive and shady government bailouts.  You know, pure capitalism at work.  Hey, it sounds good to me.

On a side note, I think my son will, after December 25th, own more Star Wars merchandise than George Lucas.

Your Thought For The Day Part 97

Midnight Madness

Last night as we were lying in bed talking idly before sleep, I was explaining some mundane fact to Kelly. I gave my thirty second speech and got no response. I asked her if she'd heard me and she replied groggily, "Mmmhmm."

I doubted it, so I said, "Ok, what did I just say?"

The answer, "Giraffe."

Me: "What?" *followed by a fit of laughter*

Her: "I said that because I was thinking about a Giraffe."

This, I now realize, is a prime example of why discussions should be had with the lights on.

Just in time for Halloween

Not long ago, during one of my marathon random browsing sessions, I stumbled across a website talking about "Instrumental Transcommunication" which is basically using a machine to communicate with the dead. Following some links around the web I then landed on a page where people had posted images of what they claim were spirits that they were able to capture through some odd photographic techniques. One of these techniques involved shooting video of a rippling pan of water, then going through the frames one by one to see if any spirits had used the interplay of light and shadow to manifest their images.

I'm aware that the brain is hardwired to perceive patterns where there may not be any, but all the same, it's an interesting idea and sounded like something fun to try. Needless to say I then went out to the kitchen, filled a pot with water, agitated it to get some movement and then filmed away. Did I capture anything?

Thoughts for a Sunday Morning

Some people went to church; I played Guitar Hero. Thou mayest sucketh it.