Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I won’t make fun of that.  We should always be thankful.

While it’s interesting to consider the origins and history of Thanksgiving, along with what some former presidents (particularly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln) said about giving thanks to God, I already wrote about that at my other blog.  You can check it out here.

Here at Buffet o’ Blog, we will take a lighter approach to things, as is our tradition, focusing on some of the other aspects of this holiday.

I’m thankful for turkey and dressing, for mashed taters (potatoes), macaroni & cheese, ham, dinner rolls, hashbrown casserole, sweet tea, pecan pie, chocolate chip cookies, etc.  There’s many good foods, too many to list here.

I’m glad that we get to enjoy eating.  What if eating was just something we had to do and it wasn’t pleasurable?  Eating a wide variety of food makes life more interesting.  What if you had to eat the equivalent of plain dog food every day?  That would get old really quick.  (So give your dog a bone or at least some doggie treats every once in a while…)

I’m thankful for the paid days off work!  It’s so nice to have a long weekend.  I still remember my first Thanksgiving after I graduated college and got a full-time job — I was visiting my family, eating all kinds of good food, sitting around the house, and thinking of how I was getting paid money for it.  That is awesome!

I’m thankful for the Internet.  It enables me to ramble on about newly-invented shampoos, bacon-and-cheese diets, helping people stop smoking, blowing up the moon, cartoons, etc., and for people all around the world to read it.  In fact, you’re one of those people right now!  (Doesn’t that make you feel special?)  With this blog, I have the opportunity of making people everywhere laugh.  (If only I could get the people around me to laugh with me… but at least they laugh at me.)  I enjoy publishing my randomness, and hopefully some of you out there enjoy it, too.  If you enjoy this blog, let me hear ya say, “HOLLA!”  [silence]  Okay, that didn’t go well.  I suspect some of you have your mouth full, or, um, food on your fingers, so you can’t respond right now.  I’ll wait…  [5 seconds pass]  Well, I’ll check the comments later.  I ain’t got all day…  I’ve got stuff to do…  🙂

In closing, here’s a Thanksgiving-related joke for you :

After Thanksgiving dinner, some guys go out in the yard and pass it.

The correct answer is football, although there might be more than one correct answer…  🙂

pea-flavored soda

Jones Soda Co. is at it again — now they’re offering green pea-flavored soda.  This is the same company that offers a “holiday pack” of bottled drinks like turkey & gravy, dinner roll, sweet potato, and antacid.  (Uhh, antacid flavor?!?  Why?!?)  And there’s fish taco and salmon flavors, too, as well as broccoli casserole, corn on the cob, and Brussel sprout.

What is highly ironic about this whole venture is that their chief executive says,

“Why people buy it is beyond me.  I can’t drink a bottle of this stuff.”

I don’t know why people buy it, either…  Yet it usually sells out.

Has anyone out there tried any of these drinks?  Are any of them good?

more viewer mail

It’s Friday, so let’s celebrate with another issue of viewer mail.  Same rules as last time — we will use actual search terms that people like you used to find this site, because we don’t yet have a place where you can e-mail us your questions directly.  (What is our webmaster up to?  If the Nintendo Wii, er, Revolution, was out, I could understand his lack of free time.  I’m gonna hafta go light a fire under his butt or somethin’ to get him fired up about working.)  Anyway, we’ll make do with what we have.  Y’know the saying : “If life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” I’ve also heard someone say, “If life hands you crap, make a crap sandwich.”  I don’t think that would be very good.  Perhaps we could make that jack o’lantern of flaming poop we talked about, even though it’s after Halloween.  Or we could just fling the poop at our enemies.  Oh, I know — just anonymously mail the crap to your enemy and let him figure out what to do with it.  🙂

Okay, now I’m rambling, while some people are patiently waiting for this week’s issue of viewer mail (which isn’t weekly, but should be).  Let us begin…

  • why throw your life away so recklessly — I suppose you are referencing the quote by Megatron from Transformers: The Movie — “Why throw away your life so recklessly?”  It’s a good movie.  I’m hoping the next one that’s due out 7.4.07 will be really good.  It has incredible amounts of potential.  It’s one of those movies that could be one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever, yet it could also be a huge flop because of all the hype and potential.  But I’ve heard there’s plans for at least 3 new Transformers movies, so apparently those involved think it will be a hit.  I have my fingers crossed.  (BTW, the quote is also a good question.  We shouldn’t waste our life.  If you want to read more about finding your purpose in life, I recommend my other blog : Thinking Outside the Box.)
  • are pork chops bad for you? — No, I don’t think so.  I had some last night, made with Shake’n Bake (and I helped!).  Also had macaroni & cheese.  Mmm…  Some nutritionists might say that pork chops aren’t the healthiest of meats, and they’re probably right, but you gotta enjoy life.  (The “Important Doctor” that visits here will probably think they’re healthy, because he invented some crazy bacon-and-cheese diet that sounds too-good-to-be-true.  He’s becoming known for his non-accredited theories.)
  • buffet bathroom explosion — Obviously somebody didn’t know when to quit eating!  I understand that you want to make the most of your trips to all-you-can-eat buffets.  (Trust me, I know in a big way.)  But eventually we all reach a point where your body says “no more!” and you have to respect that.  If you keep eating beyond that point, you pay the price…
  • blog nintendo wii ice cream truck — I’m not totally sure what you’re looking for, because I don’t know of any combination of those things in existence.  But they are all quite cool.  I’ll post this anyway, in case some of our readers have any ideas for that…
  • moon shining in daytime — I see that other people are noticing the problem, too!  Perhaps this is happening more than ever… (dun Dun DUN!)  I wrote on this recently : the moon is broken.  Feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section.
  • what those the moon look like in novembe — Ahh, another moon inquiry.  (As you probably noticed, the search terms get cut off at a certain length, but it’s obvious what he/she was asking.)  Well, this one is easy — it’s November now, so just look outside tonight.  Although, because the moon is broken, it might not even be shining tonight.  (Grrr!)  We need to get things moving on fixing the moon!  Write your state representatives and tell them the moon is broken and that they need to get off their butts and pass some legislation to fix the moon.
  • pickles + proof + evil — I’m glad the word is getting out and people are starting to learn that pickles are indeed evil.  We’ve had extensive dialogue on this topic, which you can find at this post : pickles are evil.  It’s been suggested that all pickles be destroyed as soon as possible.

This issue of viewer mail is now concluded.  Thank you, drive thru…

an unknown animal

In Johnson County in Arkansas, residents have spotted an unknown animal.  Some say it’s a cross between a wild dog and a coyote, while some suspect it’s a Chupacabra, from a Hispanic urban legend.  No one knows.  The weird part is that they’ve shot one, so they have it in custody, and the Game and Fish Commission say it’s a dog with a severe case of mange.  But it doesn’t look like a dog.  What do you think?  (There’s a picture at the link.)

If it’s an alien, I’m not scared…