Happy belated Thanksgiving :)
Nov. 24th, 2015 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyToday is the day we had our celebration. The day was beautiful, and in the low 60s (which, as it'd been in the low 50s and high 40s all last week, meant that just about every one of us felt comfortable and even warm with our coats off) so instead of trying to figure out how to seat 10 people around a kitchen table sized for 6, with nowhere near enough seats, we went to the park to eat! Picnic tables, and lots of space for the kids to run around, and it was glorious.
We had the customary too much food without it being TOO too much, and everybody was able to find some food that they wanted to eat, both with the meal and the dessert, and nobody fought, which is like some sort of holiday miracle. If the weather is this nice next year, we'll absolutely do it again. Global warming has to be good for something, after all.
Afterwards, we discussed world politics a little, and apparently Erdogan is not pronounced at all the way I'd assumed. Damn Turkish spelling conventions. Thank goodness Michele speaks the language.
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We had the customary too much food without it being TOO too much, and everybody was able to find some food that they wanted to eat, both with the meal and the dessert, and nobody fought, which is like some sort of holiday miracle. If the weather is this nice next year, we'll absolutely do it again. Global warming has to be good for something, after all.
Afterwards, we discussed world politics a little, and apparently Erdogan is not pronounced at all the way I'd assumed. Damn Turkish spelling conventions. Thank goodness Michele speaks the language.
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Gut microbes signal to the brain when they're full
Goat Becomes Pals With Tiger Who Was Supposed to Eat It
Discovered: A cluster of 60 proteins that help cells move and feel
In Brazil, Subway Reading Means a Ticket to Ride
Baby Tortoises Show Up In The Galapagos For The First Time In Over A Century
The Beloved Pioneer Bread that Smells Like Feet and Breaks Food Safety Rules. It has nothing to do with the bread made from a yeast infection.
Report: US abortions continue to decline, down 4 pct in 2012
Street art that appears when it rains
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New York in color, 1940s
China’s “sponge cities” use smart infrastructure to prevent massive water issues
New processing plant prepares traditional Alaska Native food
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Trump still insists thousands in Jersey City cheered the 9/11 attacks
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Date: 2015-11-29 03:20 am (UTC)Yeah I'll eat my words when it starts being 100 degrees every day in the summer. As it is we get probably a dozen days where it tops 100 every year, and they are miserable!