Thanksgiving Toast

Tomorrow is the big day! I hope it is a good feast for all of you. This wish has been going around the Internet and I want to share it with you.

Another Black Friday Ad Site

On November 14th, I posted a link to a site that revealed many of the sales planned for the Friday after Thanksgiving. Here's another site with upcoming ads. I got a chuckle from their messages. Some companies like Disney love the publicity from this site and others like Sears and Office Depot are hopping mad.

I was in Wal-Mart today and the cashier who was checking me out said that she will be coming into work at 4 a.m. on Black Friday. While I like being out in the early crowds (for some reason I love a friendly crowd), so far, I don't see anything that I want.

I remember waiting in line at a Micro Center - outside in the dark before dawn even began. They served us hot drinks and donuts - just to keep us happy while standing in line. It worked. We chatted with each other and enjoyed the refreshments. I remember getting a good router and network card that day. (It was a Belkin Router and has been very, very good. We like it better than our Netgear and Linksys.)

Making Christmas Animation

Last night, I tried making a little Christmas animation. Here's my first Christmas-specific one. I like doing words because I love fonts so much and have collected many through the years.

Auburn 28 - Alabama 18

This wouldn't really be a Bama Blog if I didn't report the score of the big rivalry football game here yesterday.

It was funny going around town seeing cars decorated for either Alabama or Auburn. People wore their shirts for one or the other team, too. My daughter and her husband threw a football party. (Their wedding day reflected this rivalry. She was Alabama and he was Auburn. Friends decorated their car with an Alabama side and an Auburn side.)

This game is bigger than the Superbowl around here. As I've said before, football is a religion in Alabama.

Harry Potter's New Movie

I saw it!  I loved it! The Goblet of Fire is probably the best of all the movies due to the excitement of the Tri-Wizard's Tournament. Rich with visual effects and amazing magic (including fabulous dragons), this movie kept me spellbound from start to finish.

The PG-13 rating is well-deserved. A higher level of violence and scary stuff was in it including chopping off arms, death and gory slimey things. Harry is bloodied up in some scenes. If you've read the books, you know there are no happy endings from here on out, alas.

Tsunami Animal Survivors

With all of the tragedy concerning human life, we don't hear much about the loss and survival of animal life during the tsunami. Thanks to my cousin Maud H. for this link to a beautiful story of an orphaned baby hippo during the Tsunami. He was so lonely for a parent that he adopted a large tortoise as a mother. They are now bosom buddies.

Click on the slideshow from the link above to see all of the beautiful photos. This is a story that really warms the heart.

Keep Watching the Frog

This is a cute "what-you-see-at-first-glance" picture that changes the longer you look at it -- all about perspective.

What Kind of Food are You?

This came from my Italian friend, Momiji, who actually ended up being Italian food - which we all thought was amusing. I took the test and it rated me as something else ---