I just got back from visiting my mom's for Thanksgiving. I live 1500 miles away from her and the one guaranteed time that my family gets together is Turkey day. My mom loves it... -L-O-V-E-S- it; she loves cooking for everyone, she loves having all of her grand kids in her home, she loves all of the parties and fun, she loves shopping at WalMart at 5am on "Black Friday" (the day after Thanksgiving) and she loves putting up her Christmas tree on that same day and having the grand kids help hang decorations.
One of her favorite parts of the celebration is watching that damned parade. It represents a link for her since she has been watching it since it started being a televised parade. I agree that it's gotten over-commercialized (I even noticed that they played commercials for the floats and balloons that were just passing the review stand). As for the music of the parade, sure it's canned - the performers as well as the parade organizers want the public both at home and on the street to be entertained - which may or may not happen well on a cold Thursday morning in New York's usually chilly November. On one hand I say it's canned but then I remember hearing some wonderful sounding tunes from the marching bands. They're who I listen to... I just kinda watch the other stuff. Now I'm home and ready to get on with the rest of the year; my new job teaching full time at ITT starts on Monday and I must say it's going to be an interesting quarter. That's going to keep me on my toes for some time. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184142 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
