Heading Into New York City

Shane and I are driving to NYC for the weekend!

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Annie Lennox

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #267

I will be requiring a Braille menu.  Didn't you notice my seeing-eye bees?

This is my submission for the the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #267.  Let me know if you come up with a caption too! 

Maude Is Not Always Ladylike

There's Still My Joy by the Indigo Girls

Celebrity Siting: Mary Poppins?

At the Magic Kingdom

Surprisingly, Disney World is quite crowded the day after Thanksgiving.

Three Generations at Thanksgiving

Shane's grandmother, his mom and him get ready for their Thanksgiving
feast. The glass door behind Shane and his mom reflects the view.

Thanksgiving in Florida

I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner and i'm thankful that it turned
our pretty good. The turkey was moist and tender--the best I ever had
actually... if I do say so myself. We started with Butternut Squash
and Apple Soup. The second course was an Apple Salad with craisins,
blue cheese crumbles, toasted pecans in a spring mix of greens with
either blue cheese or pomegranate vinaigrette dressing. The main
course was a buffet of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, glazed
carrots, cheesy corn medley and biscuts. Shane's mom made a delicious
apple pie for dessert. She also did the hors d'oeuvres, including her
yummy deviled eggs. The photo is, from left to right, Shane's
stepdad, Jerry; Shane's grandmother, Jesse (Nana); Shane's mom,
Sharon; and Shane. We ate out on our Lanai. Hope everyone's day was
as nice! Happy Thanksgiving!

Beach Sunset

Have I mentioned I'm at the beach lately?

Beach Read: Here We Go Again by Betty White

I am reading this on my Kindle at the beach. I just started it today,
but I love me some Betty. It is basically a re-issue of a book she
wrote in the 90s about her early career in TV.

My Monday Afternoon View

The water, the sand, the gulls, and some fat guy looking for shells--
almost paradise... Almost.

Blogging from the Sky

The WiFi is rather slow on my AirTran flight, but it is free (for a
limited time), so I can't complain. Plus, they gave me a whole can of
soda! Flying to Florida for Thanksgiving vacation! So why do I look
so grumpy?

Running the Cranberry Crawl 5K in DC

This is actually a re-enactment of me approaching the finish line.

My co-workers, Sara and Karlye re-enact their finish.

This was the most unorganized race I've ever run. It was at Haines Point in SW DC, so it was a pretty run along the water, but there wasn't any bagels at the end. There wasn't even a clock to indicate your time. That's what you get when you pay $6 for a race--next to nothing. Live and learn. It was my co-worker Karlye's first race, so several people from the office came out to support her. She did great, and I am sure she will always remember her first race as being very ghetto. Way to go Karlye! I hope your next race is a bit more classy.

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #264

How can you have lost the key? 

This is my submission for the the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #264.  Let me know if you come up with a caption too! 

Top 10 Favorite Tweeters

This is a list of my top 10 favorite famous Tweeters that I follow on the Tweeter Machine.  I didn't include actual friends and family I follow.

10.  @SteveHayesTOQ  Each week actor (Trick) and old movie lover STEVE HAYES comments on and dishes the classic movies he loves. You can also see his Tired Old Queen at the Movies segments on Joe. My. God. each week.

9.  @instant_netflix  Breaking news on what's just been released to Netflix's Watch Instantly library.

8.  @RIPLEYTHEBAND  Broadway star (Next to Normal) Alice Ripley Tweets in ALL CAPS!

7.  @paulapoundstone  I think NPR comedian Paula Poundstone and her many many cats are a hoot.

6.  @TKTS TKTS Discount Booths offer tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays at up to 50% off.  These Tweets help me pretend I live in NYC!

5.  @QRANK This trivia game gives a daily hint to help me rack up a high score.  

4.  @SarahKSilverman  She makes me laugh hard (or at least as hard as I would laugh if I were a laugher).

3.  @BroadwayGirlNYC She has all the dirt about the great white way (man, that sounded racist).  I want to move to NYC and be her best friend.

2.  @arjunbasu He posts Twisters, 140-character short stories.  Always interesting.

and my #1 Favorotie Tweeter is. . . @BreakingNews The latest breaking news alerts around the world.  

Dinner Party Aftermath

We had our friends, Honey and the Boyfriend, over for a practice Thanksgiving dinner. I am cooking dinner on actual Thanksgiving for Shane's family in Florida, and I wanted to do a dry run. This is the result. Our DC kitchen is tiny, but we got her done! I learned the hardest thing about this is coordinating it so everything is ready at the same time. How do you do it?

Honey took this shot of Shane and I at Practice Thanksgiving.

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #263

Are you sure you're straight?  It's just a vagina. 

This is my submission for the the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #263.  Let me know if you come up with a caption too! 

Top of the World by Patty Griffin

Just because I love this song. So it may play a bit out of synch. So what, who cares?

Goodbye Jill Clayburgh

This is from Running with Scissors and features Jill Clayburgh as Agnes, the semi-sane wife of Brian Cox, who plays the shrink. Jill just died yesterday of leukemia at age 66. She was battling the disease for 21 years.