A Few Random and Pointless Thanksgiving Thoughts

Nobody says "gobble gobble," on Thanksgiving anymore, except ironically.

I always stay away from the cranberry sauce, but I don't believe I've ever actually tasted it.

I don't know what stuffing is exactly, but I can never get enough of it, and every family gathering runs out of it far too quickly.

Pilgrim dress is coming back, and it's coming hard. Pilgrim is the new...whatever was in style last year. So help me God, if this post gets over 500 hits, I promise to dress as a pilgrim next year and post a picture to prove it.



I'm 50/50 on hitting Black Friday for the second time ever this year with my brother. Mainly I thought it would be funny to observe people and gobble glob about it. Does it start earlier now? If I hit the stores at 4 A.M. will everything already be picked through from Thanksgiving night shoppers?

Fon Do Scenes: Episode 4 - Lost in Translation

Bill Murray can say more with the barest innuendo of the slightest movement of an eyebrow than most actors can say in a 5-minute POTUS speech.

Confusion, frustration, humor, despair, exhaustion, jet lag, Murray runs the gamut of emotions. All of them... with [brilliantly understated] intensity.

I'm not saying that this happened. But it's possible that one evening in my 25th year, alone with a bottle of Bordeaux, I spent over an hour filming myself in a recreation of the Suntory commercial. There were many takes involved. The director was insane and incomprehensible. Ultimately, it was rejected by StoryCorps.

P.S. If it won't spoil the relaxing time, you can read the lost translation of what the director is really saying. There's a lot of ecstatic emotion and tenderness involved. I'll be honest, that's basically impossible...except for Bill Murray. Bill Murray can do anything.

Fon Do Scenes: Episode 3- Lost Highway

A couple of comments:

Robert Blake is wonderfully sinister here. I never saw Baretta, so this movie is my only experience with Robert Blake. Because of that, I was not the least bit surprised that he was accused of murder.

That cell phone must weigh at least 60 pounds. I'll bet it has some sweet apps.

I'd recommend Lost Highway if you've enjoyed any other David Lynch movies, if you like being creeped out, or if smooth-flowing plots aren't your cup of tea.