My thanksgiving
[21:00] It’s two hours later! And I have eaten quite a lot of food – even by my standards.
So keeping my clothes on again for the second time tonight (to maintain control from the first time), you may now watch the video for the post-dinner weigh in so how much weight I gained at thanksgiving!
[20:00] Am eating … Two lots of dinner and one desert.
[19:00] So tracking my weight is something of an obsession for me on my blog, so how about this .. a video ‘before’ and ‘after’ diary of when I have my thanksgiving dinner.
How much weight can I put on in the course of one evening? Click on the ‘video’ image to find out how much I weighed BEFORE I starting eating…
[17:00] I’m recording some bits for the latest blogcast. I’m interrogating interviewing Leigh on the reasons behind the traditions of Thanksgiving. But I saw her reading the wikipedia page for it earlier which is cheating and means she knows everything that I asked her, dammit …
[16:00] Ok, we still haven’t eaten yet, but that’s because we’re taking round our food to some friends this evening to contribute what they’ve cooked – and then we feast! They’re cooking:
[15:00] Ok, the food is ON! (Pictorial evidence below) We are making:
Leigh is a vegetarian. There is no Turkey in our house.
[13:00] We’re in the kitchen – cooking. Leigh sends me round the local Food Lion before it shuts at 2pm to get some sugar as we’ve run out (the sugar is to go with the cranberries we’re doing). As I walk back (British – remember, I have two legs and don’t feel the need to drive there) some shady dude loitering outside who I think is begging says “Happy Thanksgiving man”. Likewise, shady dude.
[11:00] We’re down the beach, taking the dogs for a walk. There are lots of other families about, but no one’s saying “Happy Thanksgiving” like people might say “Happy Christmas”. On the drive there, all the shops are closed though, the roads are dead quiet, and it feels more like a Sunday that it does a Thursday. Weird.
[09:00] Awake now. Leigh brings me tea in bed. Excellent! No sign of any turkey yet though.
[07:00] I’m still in bed. Asleep. Sssh.
After living in London for the first 33 years of my life and working for the 
So for ten weeks in June, July and August 2009, I drove 20,000 miles around the the lower 48 contiguous states of the USA visiting towns and places that shared the same name as places on The London
Zucchini bread? I’ll pass on that, thanks.
And Spurs win 1-0! What could be better?
Oh! UEFA cup! shit. I totally forget. (Not used to qualifying for european tournaments y’see…)
Thanksgiving sounds a bit dull.
but that black friday thing, now that sounds like a lot of fun. Crazy mob shopping, bring it on!
You forgot!!?? Through to the knockout stages as well my lad!!
Happy thanksgiving mate. Looking forward to the interview! lol
happy Thanksgiving, Geoff!
we had fried turkey – if i’d known there was a chance you guys were to be without meat, i’d have invited you.
i can claim a personal connection to the holiday, you know, as i’m descended from Peregrine White…
happy thanksgiving-
as you can imagine, stuffed to the gills and dread the upcoming days of …turkey salad, turkey gumbo, turkey sandwiches , turkey stew, turkey dumplings, etc.. good thing I have 5 chihuahuas to eat it….
A thanksgiving without turkey!? Isn’t there a law against that? Happy Thanksgiving Geoff
Is it me, or is time going backwards?
You might also hotlink to Wikipedia on “Collard Greens” – not something I’m familiar with as an Englishman. Basically cabbage?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collard
no, collards (while related to cabbage) taste closer to spinach or turnip greens, only more bitter.
Why two dinners Geoff,were you just being greedy? Anyway congratulations on the weight-gain. Just had a thought, if you didn’t bath, you could hang on to some of your weight (i.e. dirt)
because i’m trying to get fat! did y’all play the video? i added them later after everything else.
i really should work out how to configure wordpress to put the comments at the top for reverse-time posts like this.
Yes, watched video, of course! Brilliant. Most of the western world is trying to lose weight, and you are the opposite.
Apart from the double helpings of food, did you actually enjoy Thanksgiving? Did you meet up with friends or anything?