11/26/25 - Thanksgiving Stuff(ing), Books, and Dogs

Wednesday 11/26/25

Celebrate:

Blackout Wednesday (big bar night)

Good Grief Day - Charles Schulz's B-Day

National Cake Day

National Family Caregivers Day

National Jukebox Day

Tie One On Day (an apron)

What Do You Love About America Day

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From People Magazine

Serena the rescue turkey is a serious Swiftie, and she has a "Wi$h LiSt" of her own.

The bird, who resides at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY, stands out among the rescue's residents for her deep devotion to Taylor Swift. The bird relaxes when she listens to the iconic singer/songwriter's music.

To prove Serena's fandom, Farm Sanctuary, a nonprofit haven for farm animals, shared a video of the bird listening to Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl. In the clip, Serena gently bobs to the song "WiSh Li$t".

According to the video, Serena's holiday wish list includes "sanctuary for all," no turkeys turned Thanksgiving dinner, love and kindness, and adopters for her and her Farm Sanctuary friends.

Since 1986, Farm Sanctuary has offered animal lovers the opportunity to symbolically adopt one of its rescued turkeys through its Adopt a Turkey Project. Adopters sponsor the turkey of their choice, donating funds that support the care and protection of rescue farm animals. The program is also an opportunity for Farm Sanctuary to raise awareness about meat-free holiday meals and animal rescue.

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That classic green bean casserole, topped with fried onions, was not a traditional Pilgrim dish. It was invented in 1955 by a cook named Dorcas Reilly working for the Campbell Soup Company. Her goal was simply to create a recipe that used two ingredients already popular in every American household: condensed cream of mushroom soup and green beans.

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While your Turkey is in the oven getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner, you can sit and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It's the 99th!

Wicked: For Good star Cynthia Erivo will open the parade with a "show-stopping" performance

New balloons include Buzz Lightyear, Mario and Derpy Tiger from KPop Demon Hunters

The three-and-a-half-hour event will air on NBC and Peacock from 8:30 a.m. to noon. (encore at 2pm) hosted by Today show's Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker, who will be joined by former co-anchor Hoda Kotb.

NBC has the Night game for the NFL with The Bengals and the Ravens.

The National Dog Show is Noon-2p.

By the way, the latest ranking of the most popular dog breeds in the US by the American Kennel Club are.

10. German Shorthaired Pointer

9. Rottweiler

8. Beagle

7. Bulldog

6. Dachshund

5. Poodle

4. German Shepherd

3. Golden Retriever

2. Labrador Retriever

1. French Bulldog - For the third year in a row

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A Redditor took 10 years of rankings from 4Chan and has made the “Ultimate 4chan greatest books of all time” list.

1. Moby-Dick - Herman Melville  

2. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky  

3. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov  

4. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky  

5. Ulysses - James Joyce  

6. Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace  

7. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes  

8. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy  

9. Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon  

10. Holy Bible - Various Authors  

11. Stoner - John Williams  

12. The Stranger - Albert Camus  

13. The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri  

14. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy  

15. The Iliad - Homer  

16. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy  

17. The Odyssey - Homer  

18. The Trial - Franz Kafka  

19. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust  

20. Hamlet - William Shakespeare  

Not bad...I've read....One.

This might be a list of "books to have on the shelf to look smart, but I've never read them."

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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - While European settlers in North America had long observed days of thanks, prayer, and reflection, the “first Thanksgiving” most often refers to a 1621 meal between the Pilgrims and the native Wampanoag people.

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving Day on the final Thursday of November to be celebrated each year. A large meal shared with loved ones is the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving celebrations, where the average gathering size is seven and most people consume 3,150-4,500 calories.

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