Thanksgiving 2016

Well, that's over. A few basic takeaways from the biggest holiday of the year in Easton:

1. Easton beat Phillipsburg 24-14. Well Phillipsburg, you had a shot. It was 14-3 early in the 2nd quarter of Thursday's game, but you need more than 4 yards passing in a football game to win, usually. The Phillipsburg QB, I think his name was Fisher, played like a warrior, hats off to him for going both ways and leading his team in rushing. Easton just wore them out.
2. I don't love turkey as much as I thought. Ok, this one might start some fights, but I didn't pig out like I used to. In fact, I might have ate more turkey cold yesterday than I did on Thursday, hot. I can't stand stuffing at all. I ate a lot of green beans though, I go to town on them.
3. Captain Morgan is bad for me and should be avoided at all costs, because I drink it with Coke. So, I hate drinking water. I drink a lot more than I used to, which is why I got my weight down to a much nicer number. I still don't drink enough of it though. On Wednesday, I drank none of it, and really didn't eat a ton either. I should have definitely skipped that Captain and Coke on Wednesday night, all however many of them I made. Fortunately I was at a private house party and most of the people in that place have been my friends for 25 years or more, but being drunk and dehydrated gets me acting a fool. I'll stick to beer in the future.
4. Facebook is awful on Thanksgiving. If you're in the wing of humanity who has put off domestic life (mostly because it's unappealing), stay off of Facebook around Thanksgiving, unless you want to see pictures of children and couples in every other post. Look, I love my friends, I love their kids, but I could do without. Seriously. I know it's your Facebook, but we kinda want to see you.
5.  Where were the Easton students? Real life question here- they didn't sell out the student section? Why? I'd sell to the junior high kids before i'd let that happen. I realize two sections at Lafayette is a lot more than any other game of the year, but that's still not the point.
6. I did well at avoiding political conversations. I really don't want to hear everyone's opinion on the election, particularly when almost the entire room agrees with me, or stayed home. I'd probably rather discuss HGTV than the election on a holiday. I found my room and hid in it, and it worked.
7. Nothing beats College Hill on Thanksgiving. No, really. Thousands of people tailgating before a local high school football game is actually awesome. College Hill Tavern is awesome. Fisher Field is awesome. Everything about it is awesome.