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Mastodon Tip

I discovered something about the Advanced Web View this week. You can Pin a column! The AWV usually appears as three columns: Home, Notifications, and a third variable column. It can be the Getting Started tips and links, your Local Feed, or the Federated feed. But if you go to the slider in the top right corner of the column, you should see the option to Pin it. If you Pin your Local Timeline, for example, it stays up there. The arrows that appear let you shift the column from side to side. I’ve got four columns up right now, giving me something close to Tweetdeck, though the columns don’t resize. I don’t see a way to set up multiple displays either.

Stuffed

How was your Thanksgiving? We had most of the family here, except for Oldest Son who couldn’t make it down from Pennsylvania. We also had a family friend over. Everyone got in on the cooking. Oldest Daughter brought bacon and mozzarella bombs, ham, and thumbprint kiss cookies. Middle Daughter did a mac and cheese bake, and Youngest Daughter did a really good job on mashed potatoes from scratch. Family Friend brought a snickerdoodle cheesecake dessert that had everyone craving more. I did the turkey (with Dolly Parton’s Stampede Chicken Rub), stuffing, green beans, and three kinds of pie. The pumpkin pie was Marie Callender’s, and I made two chocolate crème pies and a Cherry Delight, a yummy treat Diana’s late stepfather introduced us to years ago. It’s stupid simple: a cup each of crème cheese, powdered sugar, and whipped topping all mixed together in a graham cracker pie crust. Let the pie set up overnight in the fridge, then pour cherry pie filling over top right before serving.

Diana tried something last year that went over well, so we did it again this year. She made cards with each person’s name on them, then passed them around the family. You wrote something you were thankful about for that person on the card until everyone’s card had something on it from everyone else. We used half sheets of card stock for each person so there’s plenty of room, but you can do it however you want.

The Game

I’m no sportswriter, so I can’t give you a bunch of analysis about how Michigan trounced Ohio State Saturday. All I can say is, it was a great game. I was nervous in the first half because it just didn’t seem like we were firing on all cylinders. JJ McCarthy’s incomplete pass late in the first half into double coverage about gave me a heart attack. I honestly worried that the wheels were coming off, that the team had let themselves get psyched out by being in the ‘Shoe.

Wow, what a second half.

I won’t try to add to the superlatives being heaped on the team right now. They simply played a superb second half. That pass from Kalel Mullings, a linebacker, was just a thing of beauty.

And again this year, I missed the final moments of The Game because I was headed to Nutcracker rehearsals. I left just after tO$U scored their last field goal, and by the time I checked ESPN again, Donovan Edwards had scored the first of his breakaway touchdowns.

tO$U fans are bitter the day after, already calling for Ryan Day’s firing, which I find kind of amusing. The man is 45-5 since taking the reins, and only 1-2 against Michigan. Give him a break.

Back-to-back wins feel pretty good though.

Writing

Storyworth sent me an email letting me know the year of prompts is almost over. I’m not even close to finishing up. I’ll have three months after the last prompt to get things done. I did manage to knock out a long piece about vacations this week, so there’s that.

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