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I'm siting here watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade because I The Holidays turn me into a great big 8 year old. I was watching some national marching band and admiring their precision moves. I realized that whomever does the choreography for them (and the cheerleaders and The Rockettes, etc) need to design a routine that looks good from street level as well as when photographed from above.

That's kind of impressive.

Do you see this? This is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:



Despite the amount of moaning and bitching I do here, I need to always be mindful that out of the 6 or 6.5 billion people in this world, a lot of them are struggling at the bottom of this hierarchy with little hope of getting much farther than they are.

Hope, Opportunity, Fellowship. I am thankful from my crown to my soles.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

To my friends who celebrate it: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

To my friends who do not: HAPPY REGULAR THURSDAY!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Things I am grateful for:

- Scooter
- Friends
- Tea
- David Tennant
- Comfy beds
- Macaroni and Cheese

I could go on. And on and on and on. There's really a vast plethora of things, isn't there? YAY.

SYFY is running a James Bond marathon today.

Currently, Dr. No is on.

Life is good. :-)

(Remember: There's still a one-month Prime trial available for free shipping, as well as previous deals here, here, and here.)

Amazon's Deal of the Day is the complete Stargate: Atlantis for $88.99 (66% off).

The Black Friday sales continue today. Current lightning deals include Dragon Age: Origins for 42% off, Underworld for $2, Paul Blart for $5, and more. Upcoming deals include Left 4 Dead 2, TomTom GPS systems, laptops, 24, a Macbook Pro, Brutal Legend, Coraline, a stand mixer, an iMac, Mary Poppins, and more! It's worth checking out all day (when you're not gorging yourself).

Other great deals include Star Trek for $9, The Proposal for $8.99, Season 1 of Fringe for $18.99, Soul Calbur 4 for $9.98, Namco Museum DS for $9.98, and a Flip Ultra Camcorder for $89 (40% off).

There's also a $5 Magazine sale, with offers on Real Simple, Food and Wine, Popular Living, and more.

Happy Thanksgiving, all! I'll be in the kitchen most of the day, so not online much, but here's hoping everyone has a great holiday!

A pair of wannabe-reality-TV -stars snuck onto the White House grounds and crashed a White House state dinner.



What really caught my eye was this:

President Barack Obama was never in any danger because the Salahis went through the same security screening for weapons as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, [Secret Service spokesman] Donovan said.

Um... the President was never in danger? OK, fine... they had no weapons. It was a dinner... they couldn't grab a knife off of a table? Break a glass? Hell... they could have just jabbed a freakin' PEN into the President's neck! Of COURSE the President was in danger! There are HUNDREDS of ways to kill someone with everyday objects! Apparently, Secret Service agents have never seen an action movie or horror film, where that sort of thing happens all the time.

Considering the number of people who are still angry that we've elected an African American President, and consider him a "socialist" and think he's destroying America, I'd really like the security around him to be just a LEEEEEEETLE more secure, OK?

Posted: Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Source: http://twitter.com/theaarondouglas/status/6061932819


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The link in Aaron's tweet went to his entry posted here.
http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/204534.html
If you wish to comment on that, please do so in that thread started by Aaron.

In this thread I wanted to ask if there was anyone in Canada that can go to a post office and find out for certain about SSAE (Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope) because I'm receiving a lot of emails asking me about it.

There seems to be some confusion on whether fans outside of Canada can use IRC (International Reply Coupons) or whether they can put enough (of their own countries) stamps on the SSAE to cover the shipping from Canada to their country. Will the Canadian post office post out a letter with stamps from another country on it?

• 00:12 WAAAAAAH I DUN WANNA BE OLLLLLLLLD D: #
• 10:43 Watching MSNBC report on holiday travel. It's happening now, but is it still news if it happens EVERY YEAR? #
• 12:33 Off to FRG meeting. #
• 13:27 @sideofzen I'd appreciate an invite. :) #
• 13:38 @strawberrysgirl Semi-awesome. A better shop would be truly awesome. #
• 13:44 @therealBuzz Happy Thanksgiving. :) #

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To quoth Debra Morgan from Dexter: HAPPY THANKSGIVING, TURKEYS!

...or as I like to say, Happy Fangs-Gibbon. Don't ask me why.

The edited tale of President Bartlet and the Butterball hotline:



Oh, show. I know, I know, I bitch and whine about Sorkin's rumored pundit show and how I want to finish my Sorkin pundits first, but then I watch this, and all I can think is that my TV needs more Sorkin immediately. I just hope Keith shoved Rachel at Aaron and said, "Here is your new character," because I'm going to be sad if there is no lesbian in this series. I'm just saying, if you're going to be transparent, go all the way.

Speaking of brilliantly written things, I continue to adore Dead Like Me. Watching George and Rube is like watching the 80s AU. Even if it weren't, they are just delightful. And now, since I finished my day's NaNoing hours ago, I am going to go watch a third episode.

ETA: This is the part where I brag just a little and say I felt like doing some aimless writing and ended up finishing another 1,667 words for NaNo, so I'm kind of pleased with myself right now.

Hi everyone! Something to be thankful for, just in time for Thanksgiving. There's a 3-page article/interview with Alec Baldwin in the December issue of Elle Magazine (the one with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover).

Scans ( under the cut )

Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving!

OMG

WORDS FAIL

Title: Of Course
Author: michellek
Challenge: drabble123
Fandom: 30 Rock
Pairing: Jack/Liz
Table: Random Two
Prompt: #1. Fade
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Summary: At first, he believes he's misheard her. (Part of the 'Not Moving On' series.)

Disclaimer: Not mine. Don't sue.

Link.