Groonkly Bits

RT @TechCrunch Thanksgiving: a displaced Brit writes… http://bit.ly/5Jo4YY by @paulcarr 20:19:06
riding out the food coma, finally watched "Epitaph One." Joss Whedon! Why didn't 2nd season Dollhouse begin where that ended?! #fb 20:14:43
Dear AT&T, Verizon was not lying about your pathetic 3G coverage. Stop suing them and fix the damn problem. 19:30:57
has eaten turkey, dressing, salad, [...]

RT @huntsvillelife: Former owner of Soul Burger dishes up Thanksgiving meals… http://bit.ly/5HifJt 15:15:31
RT @ten_bandits: God, poor bastard! RT @BenMcCool: 'Coma' man conscious for 23 years: http://tinyurl.com/ycjnnsz 15:01:14
RT @thinkgeek: Happy TARDIS Day! Since the first Dr. Who ep: 46 linear years, 57 companions, & 10 doctors (in video): http://j.mp/5HR9ux 14:54:16
RT @joshhechinger In a similar vein (not [...]

As I gather my things for the yearly exodus to the family homestead, I pause and realize: I’ve not been a very good sharer on this side of GDN. Never fear. The weeks of word avoidance will come to an end as they usually do.
In the meantime, Let Chef Kirk Leins encourage you to cook [...]

Oh I had so many plans and permutations for a Thanksgiving brand. Every one of them met with resistance by my own ignorance. Do you know how it feels to not be smart enough to complete the tasks you set for yourself?
It’s extremely disheartening.
I’m sort of happy with the Turkey Dinner brand. [...]

I’m going to the parents for the annual ritual sacrifice celebration and, gods be with me, pie and turkey dressing. My mom makes a turkey dressing that you would kill your mom to eat. Once you mix that with her tender cooked bird, potato salad, and buttered rolls, you have yourself heaven [...]

I’m not exactly overflowing with Thanksgiving quotes. This will have to stand for all the petty bickering that may of may not occur around your table this weekend.
Oliver Stone: didn’t you
ever want to make a Film?Quentin Tarantino: didn’t
you ever want to make a MOVIE?–via Bad Signal

This image has been known to suddenly transform people to vegetarianism.

ANYA
I love a ritual sacrifice.
BUFFY
Not really a one of those.
ANYA
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It’s a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
–Buffy “Pangs”

Happy Thanksgiving!
Don’t make any bears.

I usually drop quotes under this title but today I?m going a different direction. Mostly cause Christmas came early for this kid:

7d stood in line roughly 10 hrs in some part of L.A. to get that sucker signed for me. Though he was getting his own copies too so it wasn?t totally altruistic, [...]

I went for a walk this morning… hours before the fire. I brought my digital camera with me. Here are some of the things I saw:
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A tree at the corner of my apartment complex’s entrance.

First pink light in the mini-park next door.

This is Londo. He’s 6 months old. We met in the [...]

The view from Groonk’s window.

The arrow points to the apartment building that was engulfed in flames around 7:30 AM CDT. The fire was the result of some fucktard not knowing how to handle candles in the home. The fire left 8 families homeless this Thanksgiving.
Update from my local news station:
Red Cross is assisting [...]