Sorry for the long period of inactivity. We’ve been rather busy lately with Thanksgiving, holiday preparations, and the like.

My parents and my brother visited us for Thanksgiving. Thanks to our executive chef (Malin), Thanksgiving dinner was very good and – as always – very filling. We had cornish hens instead of turkey this year: they’re easier to cook without getting dry.

The night before Thanksgiving my brother and I went out for a late dinner to meet some of his friends from school (he lives in Boston now, working at Harvard Medical, but he went to UGA for his undergrad). When we returned, we stayed up way too late, playing pool, having one or two many bottles o’ homebrew, catching up, and whatnot. I had to sleep in late on Thanksgiving day to recover.

The morning after, my father and I woke up early to go Black Friday shopping. We made it to the local Staples right when they opened (6am), and I managed to snag a 400gb hard drive for $60 – one of the few that were available. Around 7am, we arrived at the Toys’R’Us. This store was insane. The lines had to be at least an hour or two long. There were sleeping bags and fold-up tailgating chairs outside – the signs of crazy parents that were far more hardcore about getting their kids’ toys than I was. We did the only reasonable thing in the face of such a crowd: find what we were looking for and hide it so we could come back later to get it when the lines were shorter.

Later that day Malin, Will, and I returned to the Toys’R’Us. The store employees had found our hidden merchandise and returned it. Luckily, there were plenty left, and the lines had in fact shortened immensely.

In other news, the speedometer in my Camaro is finally fixed. I ended up buying another used Hypertech Power Programmer on eBay – this one worked. Now I just need to order new tires for it… I found a nice set, with new 18 inch wheels, on eBay that I am strongly considering.

We were originally planning on getting a tree this past Sunday, but we decided to go Christmas shopping instead – the weather was fantastic. So we’ll be heading out this upcoming weekend to cut down a fresh, green, Christmas tree.

That about covers what’s been happening here. Hopefully everyone out there had a pleasant Thanksgiving. I’ll try to post more frequently.