Hi Ya Kids,

We’ve decided to spend Thanksgiving in Florida with Pam’s mom and dad. This seems like a simple enough plan, but it’s not. Here’s why: Pam’s parents spend the winter down there in this giant RV, which has everything possible in it except a conventional oven. And you cannot microwave one of these:

This is a “fake” turkey. Pam does 98% of the cooking at our house, but once I year spend most of my day lovingly preparing and roasting one of these bad boys. But since there’s no oven in Florida, I gotta make it here the day before and wrap it up and put it in my carry-on. The big question is: Will this thing make it through security? I have serious doubts. It looks like something that could explode if you touch it, doesn’t it? I really don’t wanna spend the day before Thanksgiving in the holding tank of a Lindberg Field TSA office, stripped to my socks and underwear, while a robot from the FBI bomb squad manhandles my Tofurkey. And before you ask – Ft. Myers Beach Florida is not the vegetarian nirvana you might think. Down there, beef gravy is served in a glass with a straw. Maybe we’ll just eat smashed taters and celery. You can buy those at the grocery store there.

Going back to my last blog – most smart folks told me I was right about water re-cycling back into the world’s environment. The problem though, was well stated by a guy named Rob who emailed me: “Hello Jer, here are my thoughts on the water conundrum. I look at it as a refillable bucket. This refill process is a cycle that takes x amount of time to refill(water return) naturally. For years this cycle has worked. Then along comes man, who starts to use this bucket. Well as population increases and more and more people use this bucket the refill process can not keep up. While water goes back to the ocean and evaporates into clouds and returns as rain, we are using it at a faster rate than this process takes. Add in climate change and shifts and some areas are impacted more.”

Just for fun, a recommendation you’ll thank me for later: If you haven’t been watching Mad Men, you need to! The season finale was last Sunday. It’s one of the best things I’ve even seen on television. Gotten hundreds of Emmys. Go to Netflix or wherever you rent movies and start with season 1. This is truly a brilliant show. Maybe after the holidays when you want to get lost in something excellent.

A follow-up to our discussion of Proposition 2 last time. Forgot to tell you some stunningly good news: The state of Michigan was about to put a Proposition 2 on their ballot – just like we did. But before that happened, big “Agribusiness” went to the Humane Society of the U.S. and offered to provide farm animals with Prop 2 “comforts” on their own without a vote. This is HUGE! See what we started here in California?

Next Garage Show is next week. I guess I might wanna clean it up a little.

Love,
Jerry