Listening to: Kat and the Kings- cast Recording
Reading: Ransom Julie Garwood
Weather: 58, rainy
Trivia: TALK ABOUT TURKEY! BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW.....
The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
On average Americans eat 18.5 pounds of turkey each year. Six hundred seventy-five million pounds of turkey are eaten each Thanksgiving in the United States.
The ballroom dance the "turkey trot" was named for the short, jerky steps that turkeys take.
Turkey breeding has caused turkey breasts to grow so large that the turkeys fall over.
June is National Turkey Lover's Month.
The National Turkey Federation presents a turkey to the President each year. The President does not eat the turkey. He "pardons" it and allows it to live out its days on a
historical farm.
Eating turkey does not cause you to feel sleepy after your Thanksgiving dinner. Carbohydrates in your Thanksgiving dinner are the likely cause of your sleepiness. Turkey is low in fat and high in protein.
For their first meal on the moon, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ate roast turkey in foil packets.
The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, stew or soup, salad, casserole and stir-fry.
Cool word: tautochrone [n. TOT-uh-krone]
A tautochrone is a curve, shaped so that an object falling along it under the influence of gravity will reach the bottom after the same amount of time, no matter where it starts from. It's a U-shaped curve, with the ends higher than the center. An inverted tautochrone is a cycloid, which is the curve traced by a point on the outside of a wheel as it rolls along the ground. The word comes from Greek tauto- (the same) and chronos (time).
Here are more "sameness" words from tauto-:
tautology [n. tot-AW-luh-gee]: redundant explanation; meaningless proof that is true whether or not its component statements are true
tautegorical [adj. tot-uh-GOR-ih-kul]: saying the same thing with different words (opposite of allegorical)
tautoousious [adj. tot-oh-OW-see-us]: absolutely identical
November 25
I’m pooped. I did a ton of work at my mother’s to help get Thanksgiving dinner. And in the clean up. Although my brothers got stuck washing the pots and pans.
My mother had a lot done before I got there, but there were still things like potatoes to be peeled and eggs to be deviled. Nothing that’s a killer job, just a bunch of stuff to deal with that take time.
The meal was great – I could have turkey year round- and I ate much too much. There were all those side dishes that I love but can never see the point in making just for myself. Things like yams, mashed potatoes, and boiled onions in cream. I overindulged to an extreme.
It was great!
After dinner I played "Go Fish" with Matilda (she skunked me) then she dragged me upstairs to watch "The Lion King – Simba’s Pride". In theory this would seem to be pleasantly relaxing. The problem is that Matilda never stops talking. I don’t think I saw more than five minutes of the movie, I was busy answering her questions. I have no idea what any of the questions were, but they were nonstop.
I had hoped to sneak in a nap during the movie. Hah! Not with hurricane Matilda in the room!
She really is a lot of fun, but she requires so much energy!
My neck is still in total spasm. I’ve continued to take Ibuprofen, and have iced it at different points during the day, but I’m still in a lot of pain. My mother gave me some stuff called "Icy Hot" to try before I go to bed tonight.
Last night I tried Ben Gay. Nearly asphyxiated myself. I knew it was bad when the cat refused to sleep with me.
I’m not sure what the Icy Hot smells like.
I really don’t like the weather we’ve been having. It was near seventy yesterday. I want fall weather for Thanksgiving. I want crisp air, and cool breezes. I want to wear a nice blazer and a pair of jeans and feel comfortable. It’s so warm that I can’t find anything to wear that’s at all seasonable.
I live in New England. The northeast, cool fall air is required! I do not live in Florida because I hate this kind of weather. I don’t want snow, but I do want some sort of SEASONS!!
I have to meet Cathy tomorrow for lunch. I have no desire to do so. I don’t even want to go out at all tomorrow. But I started seeing her the day after Thanksgiving a few years ago, when she and George first split, so I seem to have started a tradition. I feel bad for her, as she is really alone and these holidays are so difficult for her. I know she thinks about what might have been had her son mot been killed by a drunk driver. Even though it’s been nine years I don’t think it’s at all easier for her. So I’ll meet her, and enjoy her company. I just hate going anywhere the day after Thanksgiving.
It is great knowing I have so many days off still to enjoy. The one thing I want to do is try to get the reports written that I brought home with me. I’d like to get them done tomorrow so I don’t have them hanging over my head.
Then I’d like to find the time to stamp.
Star Wars is on television right now. I love this movie. Great way to spend the evening!
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