Hey, Miss Paula

So the funniest, most compelling, most frightening thing I've seen on tv in the last few days is Paula Deen's Thanksgiving special, summarized here (thanks, dcfoodblog!).

For breakfast today: leftover stuffing fried rice. It was good!

Here in Seattle the rain is falling lightly on the skylight; the gas fireplace is going, and the Macy's parade just finished up. You know, I used to be involved in high school marching band as an instructor. One day I was struck by the absurdity of the activity--obviously, I was making enough money elswhere to afford to be existential about my part time job. Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that there is absolutely no joy in marching band.

Today supposedly I put up the christmas tree. sigh.