As I compiled these I watched the movie The Christmas Chronicles 2 starring real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn as Mr. and Mrs. Claus. It was a nice movie, and the portrayal of Boston’s Logan Airport was spot on. Though a million elves was a bit much.

Take Me Out to the Thanksgiving Dinner – We tried something a little different this year and had our Thanksgiving dinner catered by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. For those unfamiliar, they are the Single-A Minor League affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers... who just happens to have a banquet facility and catering business at the ballpark. We picked it up at the stadium the night before and heated and served the next day a delicious meal, with a lot less fuss.

A Faster Thanksgiving? – Had we not hit a home run with the T-Rats for our Turkey Day meal, we could have gone to the drive-thru of several fast food joints and used these recipes from Riot Fest of all people. It’s a good thing we didn’t need this Plan B.

Plan C could have been for Churkey – I was intrigued by this promotion by Popeyes chicken for a Churkey – a plastic container shaped like a turkey and filled with a fried chicken meal. After further review, Popeyes wasn’t actually going to offer this to the public and it was only a media event, especially as most of their restaurants were closed on Thanksgiving. In my mind this was a huge opportunity lost for them in the fast food “chicken wars.”

Fool Me Once – In a recent email from my kiddos school system they eluded to the possibility of holding in-classroom classes starting in January, after being fully virtual all school season long. It was déjà vu all over again for many people as we heard similar messages through last summer about in-classroom learning before not going back at all. I’ll believe it when I see the kids walking into the school building.

Slanted Arrival – This week the book I pre-ordered in April finally arrived, Slanted, by Sharyl Attkisson (yes, it’s an affiliate link). It is a chronicle from one of the most straightforward journalist I follow, discussing the state of journalism and its political coverage over the last 4 years. As of the writing of this I am half-way through the book, as it’s a page-turner. Now to start thinking about who I will be passing along this book to when I finish it. In the meantime, you can get taste of what’s in the book from Attkisson’s latest podcast, on how a fair news media would have covered the 2020 election.

Scrum Decor – Following the release of the latest Scrum Guide last week, there has been a plethora of webinars, documents and even posters released to support the enhancements. You can order or download posters from Incrementor and The Liberators.

Not Sur – This week I got prompted to install the latest version of MacOS called Big Sur. After looking into it, the design of Big Sur is more iOS like, drops all Flash support (yea, it’s still out there) and has been known to have upgrade issues. So for now I will wait.

Bubbly Promotions – Soda Sense, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based provider of cannister refills for home soda machines, released a new commercial this week but I am partial to one of their older ones.

Cyber Monday Comedy – But the best video I have seen has come from domain name registrar and Internet services provider Name.com and the comedic genius of Jared Ewy. If the video inspires you to register domain names, use my affiliate link and earn $5 credit. Ok, I earn $5 too.

Making Verification Great Again? – Twitter is apparently rethinking its verification program, known as the blue checkmark you can see on verified accounts according to reporting by Gavin Heaton. To me, what difference at this point does it make? I am barely on the platform anymore that I once couldn’t promote enough. But with divisiveness at an all-time high there, it’s nothing like it used to be, and a blue checkmark on a few people’s profiles isn’t going to change anything for the better.

A Sign of Hope – This week a sign with large letter spelling HOPE was installed at Houdini Plaza here in Appleton, Wisconsin. And not soon enough.

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This is from The Hot Iron, a journal on business and technology by Mike Maddaloni.

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