I hope everyone had at least an acceptable Thanksgiving; or acceptable Thursday if you don't live in the states. We did ok. We couldn't find a small turkey so we had a chicken. We decided to go all crazy and get an organic chicken; it was fine but I'm not so sure it was $14 fine. We tried a recipe my wife found where you wrap brussels sprouts in bacon and paint them with maple syrup. We cooked it for less time than recommended but they were still burned to the point of tasting of nothing else. We may try it again at a lower temp and without the syrup but it was not a pleasant side. My wife did do a key lime pie which was excellent so that is the important memory. We aren't football fans or particular fans of the Macy's Parade so we watched a movie or two. Like I said, not a lot to report!
It has been cold lately, like 24F (4C) in the morning and 60F (15C) at mid-day. We desert dwellers find that kind of chilly so I did what all good Americans do: I ordered a warm shirt and another pair of jeans from Amazon! I'm not even complaining about wearing long pants.
My computer is doing weird things lately so it is probably headed for some time in the shop. My microphone doesn't work at all. My calculator app disappeared and every time I start the machine it give me a message about trying to download it then I get a message that the download failed. The same thing happens for a mahjong game that apparently came with the machine. It makes me feel REALLY OLD when I can't fix things like that; I mean I did earn my living programming computers but I guess that was quite a while ago.
It wasn't quite that long ago! The photo is supposed to be from 1956 but 20 years later the computers I was programming were about that size!
Our area was totally behind Mr. Trump so there are a lot of mad people around here. We've had people on the main corner in town with signs about Biden cheated and other pro-Trump banners. We can only hope that the sane Republicans manage to get that idiot to just leave the way he is supposed to do. Actually I'm currently a registered Republican; if you aren't you just don't have a vote in the preliminary elections around here. I heard an advertisement on our local radio station for One America News Network where you can hear all the important stuff from Mr. Rudy Giuliani and others of that sort. Jeez. Just what we need: billionaires telling people what they should be thinking.
I've talked about balloons flying around before and the other day one landed just across the street. That's our gate at the bottom of the photo.
The land where it landed is just empty; I think it is part of a 40 acre section that is open for retail development but it could be just residential lots. Anyway there is a rough road over there and the cars used to transport the balloon crew and their passengers can be seen waiting for the landing. Some people have been bothered by the balloons landing either on their land or very near by so the county is talking about a balloon ordinance. Personally I think the balloon people are idiots if they can't stay away from people's yards. I mean, another two minutes flight and you'll be far away from houses in our valley. And, of course, if it is an emergency no normal person is going to bitch about them landing anywhere. (Hmmm, there I go assuming we have normal people in town!)
So there is all the news from Nowhere, NV. Keep on washing those hands and wearing that mask. It might come in handy if you want to rob a bank. Good luck!
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