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Blogging Thanksgiving 2007
Here are some highlights from Thanksgiving 2007.
The Census Bureau is always providing bloggable facts. In a release they say, "In the fall of 1621, the religious separatist Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. It eventually became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday."
The Census Bureau release also provides other facts about how many turkeys will be raised this year and about the 2007 U.S. production levels of Thanksgiving menu items like cranberries and sweet potatoes. At the end of the release you learn about how many towns in the U.S. are named Turkey (3) and how many places are named Plymouth (28).
Holidays are for making new logos - roundups of some of the Thanksgiving logos here,
here and here.
Neil Kramer started an annual tradition three years ago called Thank Your First Blog Commenter Day where he thanks his very first blog commenter. This year he is up to thanking his third blog commenter. If you want to thank your first commenter it isn't difficult. Neil says, "Just go all the way back into your archives and there he or she is — waiting for you!"
Some people were up very early to catch those Black Friday deals. Some pictures of what that looked like can be
found here. Now the deals move online for Cyber Monday.
Consumerist was bummed out by the lack of Black Friday violence early on.
The Education Wonk: "We've a lot to be thankful for. Every day above ground is good. Sure beats the alternative. We hope that you and yours are well this Thanksgiving Day."
The Onion has a video about all the time people send in the airports on Thanksgiving. The Cranky Flier has also blogged about this video.
Some disturbing Thanksgiving diet tips.
Over 19,000 videos turn up on YouTube with a "Thanksgiving" seaerch including Thanksgiving Dinner: Will it Blend and Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs.
Michelle Malkin doesn't want to hear any griping this Thanksgiving holiday.
That said there sure is plenty to grip about this Thanksgiving holiday - like oil spiking to $100 and
gas prices soaring out of control.
The Friendly Atheist has a thread about what are atheists thankful for - and who do they thank?
Gizmodo is thankful for many internal links back to themselves.
Snarke: "I am thankful for a family who gets along. Yeah, we’re a bunch of weirdos, but we are a bunch of weirdos who get each other and enjoy each other's company."
Jeff Pulver really enjoyed his social media Thanksgiving. There were many Thanksgiving tweets on Twitter.
Twitter users were feeling the effects of tryptophan - an amino acid found in turkey.
Scientists claim that you would have to eat many turkeys before you consumed enough tryptophan to induce sleepiness but many Twitterers were blaming tryptophan anyway.
Another video: How to draw a Turkey.
More than 130,000 Americans sent text messages of gratitude to U.S. Troops.
Britney Spears was spotted
on Thanksgiving. She actually looks happy and was wearing clothes. We can all be thankful for that.
Some turkeys visited a New York town for Thanksgiving: "The turkeys showed up Thursday morning, drawing crowds of spectators, but left _ marching in single file _ at about 1 p.m."
It's All For the Best: "Raise your hand if you feel like one of the Macy's parade balloons!"
Leftovers! Craftzine points to a couple websites with advice for dealing with leftovers: LeftOverChef and WiseBread's turkey leftover ideas. There are a few more leftover ideas here on Bay Area Bites. If none of these ideas work for you there's always pizza.
PopSugar has an overly sweet post about Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher and Olive's first Thanksgiving.
President Bush phoned some U.S. troops. President Bush also pardoned May, the Thanksgiving turkey.
Turkey inflation: The price of a Turkey dinner soared 11% over last year's prices. That's probably not a surprise to many consumers who have been facing sticker shock at the grocery store. There may be more shock on the way as higher gas prices starting increasing the prices of food and merchandise.
Is eating turkeys for Thanksgiving sustainable?.
NewTeeVee has some video picks for Turkey Day.
Actors Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart and Nia Long were some of the celebrities serving food at the Los Angeles Mission.
jkOnTheRun has posted a list of mobile technology items that he would be very thankful to see.
Some people put giant inflatable turkeys in their yards as this blogger reports. It probably looked like one of these.
Somewhat Frank has posted a roundup of Thanksgiving resources.
The Bleacher Report has handed out some sports-related turkey awards. Michael Vick was one of the turkeys. Incidentally, Michael Vick ate turkey for dinner on Thanksgiving.
Macy's Parade: Ashley Tisdale, Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, Review, Float pictures
From the MSM - Man Bakes Enormous Turkey. UPI reports that a man had "a longstanding big-turkey-cooking rivalry with his sister" so he baked an enormous 72-pound turkey. The turkey was so big it took fifteen hours to cook and it fed 28 people. Someone also put the story here on Truemors.
Some posts by bloggers where they posted lists of what they are thankful for: White Trash Mom, Stray Thoughts, Lazy Man and Money, Tan Tan Noodles, Ladies Logic, Projecting A, Chris Pirillo, Goddess of Sewing, Codex Markianus, Dimmi, Two Writing Teachers, The Amazing Adventures of the Kelly-Green Rogue, weaklingrecords, Josh Via, ArmchairGM, Pandanista, Welcome to Illyria, Eternal Echoes, This is Going to be Big and Mommy Bytes.
Past Turkey roundups from 2005 and 2006 can be found here.
Have a happy Thanksgiving holiday and thank you for reading BloggersBlog.com.
Posted on November 24, 2007
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Blogging Thanksgiving 2006
Don't let the Thanksgiving Holiday news cycle and PR pitches drive you crazy. Jeff Jarvis writes, "They are telling us absolutely nothing we don’t already know. This is journalism? And then comes Friday, when they will give us the big news: Stores will be crowded." And after the holiday season is over they will talk about how people have gained a few pounds and are planning New Year's resolutions to lose them.
Find out what part of Thanksgiving you are. It's one of those ridiculous quizzes.
You may need to rush out to the mall sooner than you thought to catch the Black Friday deals. Yes, some malls are actually opening tonight at midnight.
Techory has found a unique and slightly disturbing Turkey Day Gadget called Season Shot. "It's called Season Shot, and it's basically shotgun shot made out of spices, so you don’t have to remove the shot from your turkey. You just cook it with the shot in it to add flavor."
Macy's Day Parade without Kermit and Charlie. The balloons are also flying lower because it is a windy day. ShopFloor.org posts about how the parade balloons are made.
DIY Thanksgiving at Make Magazine. (via Scoble)
That's quite a menu White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford has prepared for the President in Camp David.
Thanks for being a web worker.
The Barefoot Kitchen Witch writes about stuffing the turkey and making squash pie.
The Ethicurean explains how Thanksgiving is becoming more appealing now that meat is back on the diet. "Once I started to eat meat again, and to see cooking as something to enjoy rather than endure, Thanksgiving began to look a little more appealing."
Egotastic is thankful for Salma Hayek.
Residual Forces says thank goodness for gluttony: "It is time for gluttony. Turkey, gravy, mashed taters, corn, broccoli, beer. Nap."
Slashfood has lots of Thanksgiving-related posts. Here's a roundup of Slashfood's Thanksgiving posts.
Money Smart Life explains how you can learn things about money from a Thanksgiving dinner.
Britannica is not a blog but they do have an informative entry about Thanksgiving Day.
Search Engine Thanksgiving Logos: The turkey Google uses hasn't changed
much over the years -- if at all. Search Engine Roundtable has posted the Thanksgiving Day logos from several search engines.
TreeHugger 100-Mile Thanksgiving Challenge: "Here's the deal: we want you to create a grand feast using all ingredients found within 100 miles of your home."
Simply Recipes has a very nice round-up of recipes.
Don't ignore your cat this Thanksgiving.
Tech savvy young adults will be providing tech support at home for their parents this Thanksgiving. This is a Boing Boing post from 2004 but we bet it still happens today. Lifehacker thinks so too.
Fun Thanksgiving Day facts from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Houstonist: "It’s the inevitable curse of the holidays. You will gain weight. You will more than likely eat your weight in turkey and yams, and it will land squarely on your thighs (or hips, or stomach). If you’re like us, you’ll just look at your mom’s apple pie and your pants will get tight."
A bunch of smart turkeys tried to make a run for it. Freedom!
Defamer recalls Eva Longoria's special Thanksgiving wish from 2005.
Chaotic Utopia on the science of gravy.
Bob Lewis at InfoWorld writes about why we should be thankful.
President Bush pardons two turkeys named Flyer and Fryer. The turkeys now get to spend the rest of their lives at the Disneyland Resort.
Yahoo Buzz blogs about some of Thanksgiving searches on Yahoo. They are also talking about some turkey videos people have made.
Talking Points Memo blogs that there are 99,000 families spending Thanksgiving in FEMA trailers post-Katrina.
James Wolcott: "Take pity this Thanksgiving morn on those poor castmembers of Broadway musicals forced to lipsync and dance in the cold pelting rain as part of the Macy's Parade festivities. The castmembers of A Chorus Line, their leotards offering scant protection the elements, going through the motions to canned music to an audience more intent on waving at the camera--this is the down side of show business no one ever talks about."
Andrew Sullivan posts a Walt Whitman poem.
It's Thanksgiving and David Blaine just can't avoid another crazy stunt -- at least this one is for charity.
The Law Librarian Blog has compiled a list of some Thanksgiving Proclamations.
Unusual Thanksgiving dish: toad-like squab.
Deep fat turkey fryers can be very dangerous.
Accidental Hedonist provides
some Thanksgiving haikus.
GetSheila and Simply Dumb are posting a sunbathing turkey.
TreeHugger is thankful for Al Gore, Loomstate, Tesla Motors and wave power.
If you desire still more turkey goodness you can read our Thanksgiving roundups from last year
here and here.
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for reading BloggersBlog.com.
Posted on November 23, 2006
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Blogging Thanksgiving
Browsing the Technorati tag for
Thanksgiving shows a lot of bloggers giving thanks. Over 900 posts have been tagged for Thanksgiving.
The Public Eye blog reports on Thanksgiving travel woes. More travel chaos news available here.
Our ShoppingBlog.com blog has a post about
about where to find those black friday deals.
The usually upbeat Blogging Baby offers six
reasons to hate Thanksgiving and another
post about stress from being around family members during the holiday.
SurfersSurf.com has provided Thanksgiving resource links including history, parades and recipes.
Krissy in Boston blogs about noodle kugel and provides a recipe.
Confessions of an Undercover Geek points to a Thanksgiving Day proclamation from President George W. Bush.
Drell's Descants has posted George Washington's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.
Prediction: In the future the holiday will be shortened to THNKSGV
Online Marketing Blog posts some search engine Thanksgiving logos.
Kalyn's Kitchen blogs about a Thanksgiving sing-along performed by a defiant turkey.
Tree Hugger found a Thanksgiving Coffee Company.
TechNudge blogs that the tryptophan in turkey causing sleepiness theory has been debunked in a Science Daily article.
Tryptophan won't stop this blogger from his ride. Twisting Asphalt describes a completely different Thanksgiving experience: "There's a magic in the Malibu Canyons. I swear it. You can’t touch it nor can you taste it, but you certainly can feel it.
Especially on a day like today when its just you and the road shaking hands through every corner. Maybe it's a Zen thing, but there’s something incredibly enchanting about riding roads that hug cliffs that look like they’ve fallen out of your imagination. Corner after corner it's simply hard to ignore how special this place can feel when you least expect it. Its a spiritual exercise for gearheads."
Nora Ephron has a Thanksgiving dinner theory: "I have a fairly serious theory
about Thanksgiving dinner, and it's this: don't mess with it. What most people make for Thanksgiving dinner is what their mothers made, and you stray from this at your peril."
Gawker is thankful for Anderson Cooper.
Did you know that the name of the National Thanksgiving Turkey here in the USA is Marshmallow?
If you still have a Thanksgiving Turkey dinner to make be sure to
follow these safety tips.
This is the second post in our Blogging the Holidays series.
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Blogging the Holidays 11-22-05
As we move into Winter holiday blog posts about Thanskgiving,
Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza are increasing. Here is the first
roundup we will have in our series about bloggers blogging about the holidays.
First Up: Thanksgiving
Butternutsquash searches soar as Thanksgiving approaches.
Thanksgiving poses problems for diet bloggers like
Simply Kimberly.
Faeriebell's Favorites
posts the Thanksgiving travel forecast: "Around 37 million
Americans will travel somewhere 50 miles or more from their home
this Thanksgiving. 83% will travel by car, 12% by plane, and
5% by bus."
New Yorkers don't want to spend Thanksgiving with Mayor Bloomberg. Jossip will so long as he does the dishes.
The Jewish Blogmeister has a post about whether
or not Jews should celebrate Thanksgiving.
The Subway Knitter is already giving thanks for the Softwist Cardigan. Creating it was a "hard-won knitting victory."
Blogebrity found some Flickrlicious turkey photos like this one.
Happy News writes
about a Thanksgiving tree.
Enflu makes Thanksgiving sound dangerous with some safety tips for
avoiding bird flu when preparing a Turkey dinner.
Slashfood found some games, like bobbing for apples and trolling for
pumpkins, that you can play after Thanksgiving dinner -- if you aren't asleep. Be sure to blog it if you do bob for apples or troll for pumpkins. That way we will know people actually do stuff like that.
Recipes in Abudance: Pumpkin Squares, Thanksgiving Cookies, Whole Fried Turkey, Party Potatoes, Turducken, Ultimate Thanksgiving Gravy, Turkey Cake, Pumpkin Soup, Cranberry Sauce, Another Cranberry Sauce, More Cranberry sauce, Cookies,
Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole, Squash Casserole and Stuffed Acorn Squash Supreme
More on recipes: LifeHacker found some vegan Thanksgiving recipes. And All Recipes says it has over 1,500 Thanksgiving recipes.
A Full Belly had this popular post
from last year.
Boni's world has a categorized collection of Thanksgiving resources.
Bloggers are already discussing Christmas, Hanukkah and Yule as well:
BlogPulse graphs the rise in Holiday discussions.
Our ShoppingBlog.com has a post about a replica of Charlie Brown's pathetic Christmas tree that is for sale at Urban Outfitters. This time of year there is also a slew of best toy lists. A few of them are discussed on ShoppingBlog.com here, here and here.
Micropersuasion.com found a Santa's Journal and Podcast.
The US Postal service has issued a Hanukkah draidel stamp.
The Wicca Pagan Blog
explains Yule: "Yule occurs on the Winter Solstice, tucked neatly between Hanukkah and Christmas."
If you want a holiday retail job starting looking now.
Christmas Lights: Boing Boing points to the Houseblinger.com website that provides photos of lit-up homes in England. Other bloggers have posted about Christmas lights here, here, here and here.
Flickr has many more here.
Filed in Blogging the Holidays.
Posted on November 22, 2005
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