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November 17, 2008



Gobble Gobble! The Turkey Song!

For me, Thanksgiving is an awesome and fun time of the year.

For our friends overseas not familiar with Thanksgiving, here's the brief background.

Thanksgiving is the day that Americans celebrate the first pilgrim settlers who made it through a whole year (and a harsh winter) in the "new world" of America.

The story goes that at the end of the harvest, the native Americans and the white settlers (those who had survived) from Europe all got together, sang happy songs, and sat down at a table and broke bread together.

Chances are good that the actual story is much more complex. (But we'll leave that commentary for another time.)

Thanksgiving in the modern sense has become a time to get together with family (and often friends), frequently eating far too much food, watching football (and taking a nap, or a walk, depending on your family), and expressing gratitude for all the wonderful things you have in life.

The traditional Thanksgiving food is turkey with bread stuffing.

All sorts of variations of this food happen of course, but that's what the majority of people expect to be eating on Thanksgiving.

Enter The 2008 Thanksgiving Song!

I've had this song sort of rummaging around in my brain for the past couple of years, so I decided this year, with the help of Carrie (offering encouragement and alternative lyrics), Deanna (offering encouragement and additional lyrics), and my Mom (offering encouragement and creating the accompaniment on the piano), that I would share this fun little song with you!

(Thanks to Adam as well for help with suggestions on the video.)

Happy Thanksgiving (a little early)!

(If you'd like to download it, it will be available shortly... just post a comment below for now and I'll email it to you.)

Hope you enjoy the song (forward it to a friend if you like it), and thank-you for being a wonderful part of our lives.

Lyrics below:

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November 10, 2008



Baby Giraffe Born On Video

Ever since seeing giraffes in the wild in Africa, Carrie and I have been rather averse to giraffes (or any animal really) in the zoo.

While zoos are great for being exposed to lots of different kinds of animals, there are lots of things about keeping animals in captivity which just don't allow people to see the animals for how and what they really are.

One good thing about the zoo though is that because the animals are watched regularly, some pretty amazing moments can be caught on video.

Kevin Fanter showed this video to Carrie and me of a baby giraffe being born in a zoo. We really enjoyed it, and wanted to share it with you.


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