Just heard about an attempt to revive a local Linux Users Group that’s supposed to be meeting tomorrow at the main branch of the library. A chance for local Linux geeks to get together and meet. Might try to see if I can make it to that and see what kind of people are about.
Turkey’s roasting away in the oven, cranberry sauce is done and we’re working on the mac and cheese. In a few hours, the house will be stuffed with people and about an hour after that, stuffed people.
Tis the season for travel, family gatherings and tryptophan-induced comas. Later on this afternoon we’ll be bundling up the dogs and our kitchen, packing up the car and heading off to the in-laws for our usual Thanksgiving catering gig. The wife’s parent’s really don’t do whole lot of cooking and don’t have the best equipped kitchen (by our standards anyway, although it is nice and big) so we usually end up packing along a good chunk of our kitchen for these things.
Not sure how many people to expect this year, but I don’t think it will be too many. We only ordered a 20 pound turkey this time. Maybe this year I’ll remember to photo-document the turkey cooking process. This year we’re working on our gravy making technique.
Mike, Heather and Jared already blogged about the blognic, and it seemed like everyone had a good time hanging out. I even got interviewed by Lucia from the Post & Courier. Even Nala had a good time and got lots of attention and compliments on how well behaved she was.
It took a little bit for people to figure out where to meet, but once people started spotting each other, it didn’t take long for us to find a couple of picnic tables and start setting things up.
Unpacking the eatsSetting up the picnic
Mike had a tasty little spread going. The chicken was tasty.
Mike setting out his picnic food
There was a little bit of geekspeek going on.
Dan, Jared and Mike
Mostly just hanging out and talking about various things
I find Vera’s ability to knit and talk at the same time amazing. I think I’d probably end up stabbing myself if I tried to do that.
Vera working on a shawl
Nala loved all the attention, but I think she loved going after the bits of cake and cookies the kids would drop even more.
