Ironbowl week, IM hoping you all are doing well

Does your lure business have a Christmas bump or does it sort of follow a different pattern?

Do you still guide? I assume that is seasonal.

Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope we win against Alabama.

Sipping a vodka in Japan with my son right now. Plan to fry a turkey out back tomorrow and share a meal with a few families here in the base housing.

Going to attempt to watch most of the IB before our flight back to toyko on Sunday. Should be able to catch 3 quarters before heading to the airport. Probably add a VPN on my phone so I can stream the 4th qtr on my phone if the game is close.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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Thinking about heading out on the boat fishing in the morning till 2pm or so. Sounds like a great way to spend the day with my boy while the wife sleeps. Try to catch a few snook and reds. I have been working pretty hard lately for a old man. Need a break.

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Hope you have a great time out there. We have been moving my MIL into assisted living & trying to prep her house to get ready to sale. Busy time.

Plan on watching the game & we will see...hopefully a good win this weekend..

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The Japanese culture fits ny personality.

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I enjoyed it. My youngest son went over there for a few weeks and like it as well. I like the cleanliness, interesting items for sale in the malls & fruit (how expensive some great looking berries can be for a perfect one) weird but kind of cool

Went up to Hacksaw Ridge this morning. Very moving and could feel the history. On a lighter note. I love sushi and beer for breakfast. Had the best sushi EVER at the tuna auction in Tokyo. I trade commodities for a living. The trading of tuna was beyond interesting.

Going to load up Friday and head to Auburn. Got my 2 oldest coming back to AU for the IB and a bunch of friends. We'll have 16 total, only one bama fan.

My youngest got accepted to AU and to uga, he's getting the hard sell by his siblings to complete the 4th gen AU alum set and go to AU. He's playing his cards close and hasn't leaned one way or the other. I'm trying not to pressure him into AU, let him find his own path, but I HATE uga with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. That will be a tough 4 years for me.

working half a day today, Thanksgiving prep for the rest

sis and her kids + plus my niece and her family (whom i dearly love) coming over tomorrow, also invited a married couple we’ve known for decades (she’s an excellent cook and hostess, which are areas in which my bride is admittedly deficient)

our kids are both out of town with their SO’s which sucks but is understandable

Black Friday gig at a local Biergarten, which will be interesting because its outside and promises to be on the chilly side - but they have a top notch bar in addition to their excellent brews so the flow of libations will keep us warm

kind of a bittersweet time for the band, as our guitarist and founder announced back in August that he was leaving us at year’s end - gonna miss his manic energy

already rehearsing with his replacement, a lesbian keyboard player who seems like a blast to be around - great sense of humor to go along with her musical skills - gonna have to change almost all of our arrangements and probably drop a few songs but we’re all excited about taking things in a new direction

Saturday is all CFB, hoping for (but not expecting) positive results in the big 3 rivalries (IB, EB and GOFH)

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Sometimes the change can be good. Freshens and livens things up.

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yeah, we’ve chosen to see it that way

our biggest problem was the way he let us know - via group text the morning after a productive rehearsal - was a complete surprise and totally unprofessional, which he readily admitted afterwards

fortunately we were able to get over that after he apologized (and we had a couple of awkward gigs) - last few times out have been as much fun as ever, and we have a “orderly transfer of power” show planned in early January where he’ll join us one last time for the first set, and we’ll officially welcome our new member in the second set

I’m excited about the IB but expectations are not high. We are going to a local watering hole here in Auburn early then us and several friends are headed back to our house for the game. Sunday is my 65th birthday so my wife is trying to make the gathering Saturday night a dual purpose game/birthday party.

My wife (pics on Onlyfans) has a pecan pie and a chocolate pie cooling now.

Always help clean up the pan the chocolate was made in.