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pumpkin seeds in the oven

happy face (with sad eyes) carved on the pumpkin

antoinette on board for pie-baking

colin and marcy on board for revelry

not so much for catan, such is life, one big disappointment

not hardly! this is a happy day, a happy happy day!

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dave brubeck quartet

featuring the awesome paul desmond

live at the blackhawk

scratching and popping on the turntable

god bless my dad

for teaching me the difference between paul's solid musicality

and that reed-flipper stan getz's introspection

and as that translucent red vinyl circumnavigates the turntable

i circumnavigate the kitchen

mixing bowls and pumpkin-slime galore, galore, galore!

~

stopping every twenty minutes to flip the record or change it

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oh happy day

i'm going home for thanksgiving, it's been decided, a done deal

barring the (dreaded) unforeseen

oh happy day

i'm dancing, i'm going home, i'm cooking

and i have a secret

and it makes me happy, very happy, very, very happy!

~

best uncork the wine

let it breathe

hmm, red or white

which goes best with pumpkin seeds

i don't know

i do know tanqueray goes best with paul desmond

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damn, no tonic

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wait, there it is

thanks paul for landing on the b