That Time of Year

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I've noticed a lot of people list Thanksgiving as their favorite holiday.  Maybe it's because a) I'm not a turkey and 2) I've never had to cook one, but I totally agree!  It's nice, quiet, low pressure, and delicious. And, for the first time in a long time, I will have the day off work afterward without having to take a vacation day.   That is something for which I am truly thankful.

Anyhow - I am on board with having Thanksgiving as a favorite holiday.  I am thankful for you, dear blog readers, amongst many other things.  Have a great Thanksgiving, all!

Snoopy Thanksgiving!!

Friends Inconsistencies....

Ok, so I was recently re-watching all the Friends Thanksgiving episodes.

On the fourth season of Friends, Phoebe mentions she needs to call her mom to ask her a left-handed cooking question.  Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Phoebe's mom is dead and has been the entire series.

I tried to google this issue.  No one seemed to fully address this issue.  There are some blogs out there that seem to have a problem with the inconsistency about whether or not the tv remains on consistently throughout the scene, but no one seems to address the bigger issue.  Does Phoebe mean her step-mom?  Does she have a step-mom that's still around?  Why doesn't she say 'step-mom' then?

Has ANYONE else ever caught this?  Does anyone else have a problem with this?

Let's Take it One Holiday at a Time....

On this upcoming Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things - my family, my friends, my health, everyone's health, my job, my education, my lovely underpriced apartment, my dogs, and, of course, the fact that there are people out there willing to read my completely random opinions on a regular basis.

Please don't, at this moment, second-guess that decision.

Random...

Loving it, Google!

Bizarro Work Perks, Part Deux

How could I forget this?!?!

So, earlier I mentioned that a good friend of mine works at a company where she and other employees received large turkeys as a 'bonus'.   Well, a mere two years ago, 'said' friend and I worked together at, ahem, another company.  (I have mentioned 'said' company briefly in one post before, other than that I do not speak of it.  Please understand we all have our skeletons.)

Anyhow, at this company, around Thanksgiving, we were rewarded with 'paper' turkeys.  When someone caught someone doing a 'good job', he or she was to color in a blank paper turkey and give it to this person.  This was supposed to make one feel good and rewarded, received a colored-in piece of paper (from ANOTHER ADULT).

Paper turkeys.  Real turkeys.  Some of us move up in the world.  

Say What You Will

Over the next couple days, I am making a point of watching the entire Friends Thanksgiving episode library.  I am not sure which episode is my favorite, although I think there's a frontrunner....

"I love Jacques Cousteau!"

Bizarro Work Perks

So a good friend of mine who shall remain nameless received a 20 lb turkey (!?!?!)  from her company as a Thanksgiving bonus.   Although this is great if one is hosting a Thanksgiving party, I imagine it to be a bit awkward if one already is going by someone else for Thanksgiving - there's suddenly an odd obligation to cook this large bird....  Also, what about vegetarians?

However, I know this is not uncommon.  I get an unlimited supply of free/$1 brand new hardcover books (which I find to be the BEST PERK IN THE WORLD).   That, and I get to sometimes ride the elevator with Richard Roeper.  Oh, not to mention the Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie meet and greet - that was, as Mastercard would say, priceless.  

Anyone else have any interesting/bizarre work perks?