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Falling like

It's Saturday, so you have plenty of time to learn to play Drawminos. Drag and drop dominos and balls where you want them to create displays of technical merit, without having to sweep up all the dominos when you're done. Gotta love the internet.

How's your weekend going? We bought a Christmas tree yesterday, which is the earliest we've ever done so. We also began putting up our outside lights, working until it was too dark to see. Bunny and I used to have a routine where I would climb the ladder, and she would hold strings of lights. Now she's over five foot tall and is sure-footed. She has taken over ladder duty. The work goes quickly.

Friday dog-blogging: lost weekend

Shh-h-h. It's a 3-day weekend. Let's all gather 'round the roaring computer and bask in the glow of togetherness.

Required viewing: Star Wars vs. Star Trek. As if there could be any doubt of the outcome. (via Pops)

Another cool video: Haunted Mansion Counterstrike. I'm giving you the BoingBoing link for the background info. Whatever the reason for creating the video, all I care is, Haunted Mansion is my second home, and this video makes me nostalgic.

The Rockefeller Center Turkey

Two white guys break it down with a Black Friday rap. They even mention a turducken!

Thanks for the laughs

(No chickens, ducks, pigs, goats, stoats or geese were harmed in the making of this main dish.)

Check in here for a list of dirty things you can say in front of your grandma on Thanksgiving.

More contributions from Twitter:

@santaispissed The elves are stuffing the turkey and singing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt." I am cleaning the guns.

@thelordyourgod THOU MAYST THINK THE TRYPTOPHAN-SLEEP THING IS A MYTH, BUT THE LORD YOUR GOD THINKS NOT. AND REALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT HE THINKS ANYWAY

And in case you missed it, the whole country got rick rolled at the Macy's Day Parade. The internet is over.

Happy Thanksgiving, blog folk!

Seven-in-one: more turkey-related madness

Three birds in one, shrouded in pork products, is no longer the baddest kid on the playground. Ready for this? Behold the turgooducochiqua. [h/t: e]

From smallest to largest:

quail -> cornish hen -> duck -> chicken -> turkey -> goose, with bacon between the layers.

My Brit friend Daisy remarked that she doesn't understand what the fuss is about. She says she has always layered bacon strips on top of her turkey, to add flavor and to keep the bird moist when cooking. But Daisy - three seven animals in one dish? I don't think she gets the uniquely American impulse to take an innocuous Thanksgiving tradition and ramp up the crazy.

Thanksgiving Quiz

Thanksgiving Quiz (5 pts.)

Read the following and answer the question below.

Just in time for the winter season comes a recipe that is sure to bring bacon lovers some warm holiday cheer. Turbaconducken. That’s right — a chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in a turkey, all wrapped in bacon. Otherwise known as a bacon-wrapped turducken. Just how did we create this meaty madness? It all started with a dream…and a whole bunch of bacon.

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When I consider a meat dish that consists of a chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in turkey and then wrapped in bacon, my first thought is:

a) Don't look! It's a conspiracy by the vegans, man. The entire blogging community is sure to spontaneously turn vegetarian after seeing this.

b) They baked it? In the oven? What a bunch of wimps. What this sucker needed was to be deep-fried.

c) There's nothing new about the turbaconducken. There is evidence that the Roanoke Colony in Virginia produced this dish for one of their first meals in 1586. Of course, the colony mysteriously disappeared later without a trace. But not every historian attributes this to a colony-wide combination attack of indigestion and trichinellosis.

d) Hmm, I wonder if I can talk my sister Pam into making that when we go up to visit her next Saturday.

Chiller killer thriller turkey shoot

It's close to midnight. Something evil's lurking in the dark.

 

Walking through a snowy village somewhere in the UK, you feel pleasantly squiffed from all the sherry you've consumed this evening. All is quiet, except for the inexplicable sound of banjo music. You shift the rifle in your arms. Suddenly, you hear a strange sound. You turn, blinking, and you see before you a chilling sight. Can it be ...? It's turkeys - strange, UK-type turkeys, banshee turkeys capable of bounding from over the horizon, coming right at you. You try to bring your rifle to bear, feeling alone as never before, knowing that no one can save you. The only thing standing between you and certain death is your own aim. You fire, and fire again, the peace of the village is rent asunder, and still they come, until you are overwhelmed. It is then that you resolve to take on the turkeys again, but this time, you swear you will not drink so much sherry.

Friday dog-blogging: stay in the lines

Grace says if we buy it for her, she will be our slave for life. We say, a centaur teddy bear is just all kinds of wrong. (Luckily, the site is in Japaneseish and we can't find the Shopping Cart icon. Er - I mean, sorry, Grace.)

Learn three techniques to wrap extension cords and garden hoses. And here's the video. Simple, yet breeeliant! [via]

It's not too early to make a chewing gum advent calendar. CUUTE

God prefers atheists [comic]

And for my daughter: color in wallpaper. I used to get those color in posters for Christmas, and they seemed to take months to finish. Imagine putting this on your walls and having a whole room to do. Yikes!

Consequences of Gay Marriage?

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Con

If the economy tanks, here's my backup plan: con artist. (Unless I really do hone my skills as a pet psychic as previously discussed.) How to run a con is an interesting article on the psychology of accepting one's role in a scam. Then in the video, Michael Shermer teaches the art of the pigeon drop con. ::taking notes::

Loops of Zen

It's Saturday, and you're stressed already. I can tell. So take a moment and relax with Loops of Zen. All you do is click the pieces until they form closed shapes. The music is transporting. Soon, you will fall into a deep .... restful ..... sleeeeep ..... and when you awaken, you will find you just submitted all your savings to the Kongregate game site through PayPal. And you will quack like a duck. Heh.