Thanksgiving
So today is Thanksgiving. I have to give thanks to those pilgrims and Indians (American ones) who apparently, back in 1621, sat down and ate some (quite a lot of by all accounts) turkey, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, cranberry sauce and all the trimmings, no doubt all purchased from the Food Emporium. We’re breaking from tradition (on our first Thanksgiving – start as you mean to go on) by having lamb that I’ve just started marinading in garlic, tabasco, olive oil and S&P. The above article suggests that venison and wild fowl were on the menu 383 years ago, so I think we’ll be just as close as those sitting down for their turkey.
Not sure what Martha will be doing this time around, but she’s certainly adorning our TVs on this morning dedicated to food. I was chatting to the barista (are the men called baristos) in Starbucks this morning, who indicated that the Americans starve themselves all year in preparation for the big eat this afternoon. Based on the evidence I’ve gathered thus far, I beg to differ, unless the word starve is used as a relative term. Given the size of the standard meal here, the quantity of food eaten today is truly unimaginable.
It’s been raining for the last couple of days, so instead of bracing it this morning, I decided to pop along to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade preparations last night on the way home from work on 77th and 81st streets, either side of the museum of Natural History. It was kinda cool, with huge effigies of Sponge-Bob (along with his pants that are square), Pikachu, Garfield etc. being blown up. I’m pretty sure that Thanksgiving is more of a big deal over here than is Christmas: I get two days’ holiday (for which I give thanks) now as opposed to only one at Christmas. The client we’re working with only takes a floating holiday at Christmas this year due to it falling on a weekend – as such, many people will be in on the Friday and the following Monday.
I’ve finally managed to sort out the google ads. I say I in the loosest sense, as Rob actually did it for me (thank you). You will see them across to the right, beautifully blended with the surrounding look and feel. They’re contextual, so at the moment there are a lot of ads for both traffic lights and Black Eyed Peas-related stuff. So far, I have earned $0.03 due to a test-click by Rob. I’d like to figure out a couple of things to evolve this offering: (a) how to make the fonts scale and (b) how to make them launch in a new window. I’m intrigued to see how the ads will change as my content evolves.
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We have some lights for sale (albeit no traffic lights), but if anyone is interested in British light fittings, you could switch them on and off and put green, amber and red bulbs into the fitments! £100 per set of 5 stems x 2 sets. Anyone out there interested??
Mum
Have a great thanksgiving!
Ly, hy sy, Mum xx
Surely that’s a like a self fulfilling prophecy?
I mean, to talk about the Black Eyed Peas and traffic lights just because there are Google ads for such will just get you more of the same ads!