Happy Thanksgiving!

I am very thankful that my dad was able to come to Virginia for the holiday (Rusty's pretty excited about it too).

Now I just need to convince him that he wants to go to the White House of the Confederacy while he's here-I've been meaning to go for a while and it's always more fun with someone else!

Little Red Riding Hood lives on...

I've been thinking about have a chapter in my dissertation about wolves- as you probably already figured out if you have been reading my blog and all the recent entries involving Little Red Riding Hood. But I have to admit I am surprised that there is a Red Riding Hood movie coming out- this story apparently never dies. How fascinating.



Oh- and thank you Laura, for mentioning this preview!

Vote!

And as Katie noted on her blog- "Virginians, remember that a vote for Krystal Ball is a vote against slut-shaming."

Happy Halloween!

It's probably not fair that I dress Rusty up for Halloween, especially considering that I don't dress up myself- but thems the breaks...



In case you can't tell- he is a fish, though it kind of looks like he is being eaten by a fish.



And here he is curling up for a nap on his costume- so it serves two purposes- how handy!

Grover

(BTW- I changed the design of my blog so I could widen the posts and you would be able to see entire clips instead of having the sides cut off- what do you think of the new design??)

A friend posted this on Facebook- I love it and had to share. Hopefully Robin will see this as Grover was always her favorite!



The inspiration for Sesame Street's clip...

Kill Devil Hills

My sister has been in town and I decided to drag her to North Carolina while she was here (she went willingly). I have been meaning to explore more of the East Coast since I moved here and have failed miserably- I really need to get out more. And recently a friend mentioned the Outer Banks and there was a lot of news coverage of it during Hurricane Earl- so that's where I decided to go. It wasn't really the best time to go to the beach as there was a fairly massive rainstorm yesterday and today but it was still beautiful. Here are some pictures....

Stop It!

My sister, who recently received an APC- which stands for Associate Professional Counselor, recommended this video- apparently this clip was shown in several of her classes. And, since I love Bob Newhart, I decided to share it and encourage you to take his advice.