even if you don’t normally click on links, watch this.

i guarantee you will love it or your money back.

also, happy thanksgiving. i am thankful for random visits from ryan, homeless people that play amazing grace on the recorder in the subway every morning, and my wii. i am not thankful for whoever came up with that name.

when everyone goes around the table tomorrow regurgitating some lame cliche in answer to what they are thankful for, what quirky, random, awesome and true event (can’t lie at thanksgiving, you know) will you share with the crowd? that’s not a rhetorical question, i really am curious. while you’re sharing that with the world, i’m also curious about the worst thanksgiving dish you’ve ever personally had the chance to eat. my grandma used to make turnips every year, with no flavor enhancement or anything. just squashed turnips. i still have tastebuds that remember those dark days.

in conclusion, turkey is tasty.

well, yesterday was a big day. so big that i have no energy to actually write about it, so i’m going to commit the sixth of the seven deadly blogger sins: the bulleted list entry.

• britney divorces k-fed via text message. you can see the exact moment his heart breaks at the 1:34 mark. here’s a ridiculous performance by her ex.. such a bad rapper.
• political stuff that you are probably already aware of: democrats somehow won a majority, cheney has stepped down.
• excellent lost episode last night, which is going to make waiting until february even harder.
• guitar hero 2 rocks hardcore. seriously hardcore.
• another delightful discovery is that my local fox affiliate is doing free streaming of fox shows. this is a pretty cool trend that seems to be popping up lately and hopefully will continue to get more popular.
• i also just found out about the yahoo time capsule project last night. it’s pretty surreal to think that we’ll be reading things that people submitted in 20 years. it’s even more surreal to read what people have submitted now. most people will freely submit to a time capsule what they wouldn’t normally post on a public website.

and finally, an appropriate summary of last night’s election from U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK):

“This election does not show that voters have abandoned their belief in limited government; it shows that the Republican Party has abandoned them. In fact, these results represent the total failure of big government Republicanism.”

very insightful article and very cool to hear a republican saying that.

we’ve all seen office space. if you haven’t, don’t worry, since it has no relation to this entry besides the title. i came across this article written by a journalist living in iran. at least that’s what she claims. it’s an interesting perspective on cultural dynamics in the middle east and gives a good peek into the dominant attitudes towards authority and freedom.

A friend of the author was quoted as saying:

We may be forfeiting our freedoms, as you say, but when the price of avoiding the authorities is so affordable, why would we risk everything to take on the regime?

the sentiment in that statement is already echoed by most americans towards our current administration and elected officials, and to hear those exact words coming from an american’s mouth in a few years is not such a farfetched thought. i had meant to include that article in my last post, but as a professionally irresponsible blogger, i neglected to include it. i’m good at what i don’t do. i also promise that this is the last political rambling i’ll be posting for a while.

it’s amazing the kinds of topics a road trip stirs up. on our way back from new hampshire last weekend, the five of us in the car ran the gamut of topics least likely to be discussed at a dinner party. after we had discussed the perils of entering canada and the best way to determine a hamster’s sexual orientation (we concluded that there is no way to tell), we moved onto the more serious and overplayed topic of the state of ameica’s political scene. one of my fellow roadtrippers remixed the topic with the comment that america was “due for a revolution”. Continue Reading »