Our boss at the Golden Goose suddenly gave us tomorrow off because we have to come in on Saturday. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so the boss thought it'd be a good idea, morale-wise, to give us some temporary liberty. My coworker is, unbelievably, even more reclusive than I am, so I doubt he's going to do much with his day off except play the recently released Fallout 4 (watch Conan O'Brien try his hand at the game here, as part of his "Clueless Gamer" review series) and/or read. He (the coworker) is also prepping to move back to the States in early December, so his Thanksgiving might involve the preliminaries of packing. I, meanwhile, will be making a cottage pie, the beefy answer to lamb-y shepherd's pie. If I have any leftovers after dinner, I might share them with my boss and coworker on Friday.
So what are your Thanksgiving plans?
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No plans for Turkey Day here, unless reading student theses for committees next week counts.
ReplyDelete(Inspired by a recent tweet: After rooting about a bit, I discovered that the English "dwarf" comes from the Old English "dweorg." The parallel Old English word "beorg" developed into the Modern English "barrow"; "dwarf" was an irregular development. But it does shed light on why Tolkien rendered Khazad-dum as "Dwarrowdelf" in the Common Speech. That was something I always wondered about. I figured there had to be a good reason.)
Going to Ocean City to celebrate with family. Also, Thanksgiving coincides (this year) with my father-in-law's birthday. Leaving in few hours. Not looking forward to drive...
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ReplyDeleteFascinating as always.
Mike,
I've invited Ligament over, so it'll be dinner for two. She's buying drinks. I'm doing the main meal, salad, dessert, and maybe a hummus/naan appetizer.
Enjoy your day, my friend! xoxox
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Ruth!
ReplyDeleteLigament?
ReplyDeleteAnd Charles, that is interesting!
My father-in-law's friend met Tolkien, and had a tour of his garden.
3 degrees.
That you, Rory? Welcome back to the blog, if so.
ReplyDeleteThe moniker "Ligament" began when I wanted to refer to my lady friend as "A Certain Lady." That got abbreviated to "ACL," at which point I noticed that "ACL" also happened to stand for "anterior cruciate ligament," which I injured during my 600-mile walk in 2008. From there, it was a short step to referring to A Certain Lady simply as "Ligament."
Hey, Kevin, yes, it's me. Lovely. Your blog has its own lexical etymology. :)
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