What happened to “Black Friday?”
Black Friday is known for being the biggest shopping day of the year. Tons of department stores and shops all over the world advertise “door-buster” deals alluring shoppers to get to their stores early...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2011 Update
Back on November 1st, I began my quest to “win” National Novel Writing Month 2011. The goal is to write a novel (or at least the minimum 50,000 words that constitute a novel). It was my first time...
View ArticleA very “veggie” Thanksgiving
Americans LOVE their food; we have a holiday dedicated to it and spend days preparing to eat like kings. Okay, yes, I know the real meaning is to celebrate the combining of cultures, the welcoming of...
View ArticlePie, not politics
It’s Sunday night. That is, unless you’ve purchased a neutrino-powered vessel and have sailed your way into the future, at which point you’re looking back at this blog post before it’s been posted....
View ArticlePinteresting Tuesdays: Gobble gobble
Happy early Thanksgiving everybody! Lately, Pinterest has been over flowing with all things Turkey Day! Today, my friend Danielle Durrant decided to get into the holiday spirit and made our whole lunch...
View ArticlePie takes the cake
Is it just me, or does pie seem to be the dessert of choice for any holiday, special occasion, or minor get-together? This delicious dessert can be made out of practically anything. Whether it’s...
View ArticleShopped till I dropped
Black Friday, the day that everyone decides to pull all-nighters or go out shopping before the sun comes up. It is great for Christmas presents and the economy, but boy am I tired after getting home at...
View ArticleJingle Bells plays ominously in the distance.
Well readers, I most certainly hope the harvest season has been kind to you. Also, if you’re reading this, it means that you are still alive after that one night where the wall between Earth and the...
View ArticleMan on the street video: Shopping on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving used to be a sacred holiday where families would sit around a well-stocked table of homemade food and stuff their faces with no stress. Then, eager shoppers would fight the tryptophan and...
View ArticleCapital Region students give thanks this holiday season
Each year it feels as though the meaning of Thanksgiving is getting less important. Christmas begins to take over before Halloween even happens so it is easy to forget what it is we’re thankful for....
View ArticleImagine a Thanksgiving without turkeys
If you couldn’t have turkey on Thanksgiving, what would be your food of choice? I ask because, according to The Dodo, there was almost a time where wild turkeys were extinct. What would we have done...
View ArticleThanksgiving not so much about being thankful anymore
Thanksgiving used to be about being grateful for what you have. Your family, your friends, your life. Now it seems everyone would rather cut the traditional family dinner short to go Black Friday...
View Article2015 Troy Turkey Trot
As families watched the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and cooks put their turkeys in the oven, I was standing out in the cold getting ready to jog 3.2 miles. For the past couple of years, my...
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