Post Thanksgiving notes

What a great Thanksgiving. Beth and I started the extended weekend at her parents' house enjoying some great family time, a few movies, dinners (too much food) and fun. My dad and brother participated in a 5k Turkey Trot and my buddy Andrew Nesbitt ran an 8k as well. So I thought I would host my own "turkey trot" in the Sapona Country Club neighborhood and hoofed it 5.3 miles before stuffing myself with a turkey lunch at the Ketchie's house and a turkey dinner at my parents' house. Needless to say, all the running was counter-balanced by two very large meals.

But the highlight of the weekend was our family dinner at Fleming's in Greensboro celebrating my youngest brother's 25th birthday and my sister's 27th. All nine family members attended and their respective boyfriends and girlfriends. Here's a picture from the evening (taken by a shakey-handed waiter):


Nothing like six bottles of Silver Oak/Groth and a 20 oz bone-in ribeye two nights after Thanksgiving. The holiday shopping season is starting, and according to NPR, Cyber Monday is upon us. (As opposed to Black Friday, Cyber Monday is an internet-based shopping phenomenon that generated about $600M in revenue last year) And while I think of the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas as prime time to do business, apparently, a larger percentage of people find the Monday following Thanksgiving a better time to start their online shopping. Hopefully they are multi-tasking and making a few business decisions as well.

Bringing it all together ...

I recently read that Technorati tracks over 105.4 million blogs daily ... (stat courtesy of Oneupweb, and Internet World Stats). Then I realized that not a single one of those blogs being tracked was mine! I'm not new to the world of blogging. In fact, several hundreds of thousands of people enjoy (or tolerate) my posts on several websites:

Franchise Business Review
StartupNation

And I'm a regular visitor (and less frequent contributor) to my uncle's IdeaBlog. I guess I have a little "blog envy" and decided to take control. From here, you'll have the pleasure of reading about my recent travels, life experiences, marketing tips and anything else that seems noteworthy. Please comment at any time.

Here's to our blogging success.

Jack