I went through a Burger King drive through. Can’t get my act in gear to get up early and make breakfast. I’m going to work on this.

The daylight is a rarity this time of year. Thanks to modern engineering we don’t have to live in darkness, but we can drive around in full-sized pickup trucks and use our bright lights all the time. Even at stoplights behind small hatchbacks. This expression attempts to capture the marvel of these phenomena.

I’ve never been a split pea person, but I found my tv could get public television stations and I caught this being made on America’s Test Kitchen. Suddenly it was a soup I needed to make. At the end of the day it turned out a little… mushy, and perhaps too ham flavored, but I’m a fan and would totally make it again.

• Split Pea and Ham Soup Recipe America’s Test Kitchen (registration required)
• Watch the cooking video (6 minutes)
• Text recipe (no registration)

I mentioned the CoSign project recently (probably more than once) and here’s the one I designed for Fabricate. All made up in three dimensions by the fine fellows at Such + Such. Super proud of this one, and the ten others that grace our neighborhood of Northside. A tip of the hat to everyone locally that made it happen, and an extra tip to the American Sign Museum for inspiring the creation of the program.

Photos of all the signs over on Visualingual and Bob Shchwartz’s blog.

Really glad to have caught Wreck-It Ralph in the theater with Tom and the kids, even at 10am.
It was a smorgasbord of stuff I like.

Oh and the child’s combo above is a perfect fix of popcorn and soda.
For the previews.

This shot was taken after everyone had eaten (and I had been back for seconds and thirds). A few things to note: a post Thanksgiving nap is about to happen with the young one there. The weather was SO BEAUTIFUL we ate outside at my aunt and uncle’s in Louisville. I mean seriously beautiful, 65° and sunny. And lastly? My camera is losing focus lately. I’ll look into that.

The meal, hit every note. Bonus? Corn pudding (or corn soufflé if you’d rather) and a buffet of desserts. I still have one remaining peanut butter buckeye my aunt sent home in a care package. I’m trying not to eat it this very second that I think of it. Though it would go well with this coffee…

So yes, it was an excellent holiday. Thankful would be an understatement.

Extra bonus? Seeing my cousin Adam for the first time in many years.

Half thought I would need to restrain mom from stealing my aunt’s heavenly bamboo out front.