{"id":14498,"date":"2024-11-30T11:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/?p=14498"},"modified":"2024-11-30T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T17:36:27","slug":"fire-ant-flickers-6-the-post-thanksgiving-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2024\/11\/30\/fire-ant-flickers-6-the-post-thanksgiving-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Ant Flickers (#6): The Post Thanksgiving Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Howdy, buckaroos! I trust that your Thanksgiving was food-filled and drama-free, and perhaps you experienced a supernatural miracle such as the Dallas Cowboys winning a home game. Sure, it was against the NY Giants — and apologies to any actual giants out there — but this win puts the ‘Boys well within a possible non-losing season, and — to quote Malcolm Reynolds<\/a> — that’s not nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Before we go any further, please direct your attention to Casa Fire Ant’s own version of the Thanksgiving Day parade (yes, Macy’s…I’m quite aware that your cease-and-desist order is still in effect<\/em>), courtesy of the local wildlife. And unlike that other, less-entertaining parade, this one won’t take up your whole morning (or afternoon, if you sat through the rerun), but you have to watch fast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Happened One Night — The Sequel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Major kudoes to those who can identify the four species of mammals that traveled down the critter highway behind our back fence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say, now that we’re officially in the Christmas season — unless you’re on HST (Hallmark Standard Time) in which case we’re a month or five into the season — it’s time to renew the annual debate that’s on everyone’s mind: is Die Hard<\/em> a Christmas movie or is it not? [The Gazette’s editorial staff is split on the issue.] But for those who vote nay, please explain this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is the timing simplly coincidental? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is an actual Thing<\/a>, although even after visiting the website, I’m still somewhat unsure about what it really is. I suppose I could spend $28 for a ticket and drive to San Antonio to find out; the availability for tickets to all three performances at the Tobin Center is inexplicably shown as excellent<\/em>. I hope at least one of you falls for<\/s> takes advantage of this opportunity and sends me a report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of controversies, the overriding subject* at our Thanksgiving table was the new logo for Jaguar (proper British-ish pronounciation: jag-YOU-whar<\/em>); it’s caused quite a stir. I’m sure you have a strong opinion, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The actual details of the makeover, which we all await with bated breath, will occur on Monday, 12\/2, but the Gazette has obtained a sneak peek, available to only a select few (hundred thousand readers of Car and Driver Magazine<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upper AND lower case letters in a single logotype?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jaguar is calling this a “strikethrough.” Coming soon to a heater vent near you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Logo designers should feel free to avert their eyes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jaguar’s new slogan, according to its website, is “Copy Nothing,” which is a pretty good strategy for avoiding IP lawsuits and accusations of plagiarism on graduate dissertations, but perhaps not so much when the new ground you’re breaking is bleak and arid. If rumors (or rumours) are to be believed, this marks a shift by the company to manufacturing and attempting to sell nothing but EVs. Let’s circle round in a couple of years and see how that strategy is aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of things that seem, well, superfluous…here’s a Christmas gift hint for that craps shooter in your life (we all have one, don’t we?):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is an excellent stocking stuffer, assuming your giftee hasn’t already lost his\/her socks in a back-alley game: a set of Gucci dice<\/a>. Price: $430. Value: um… Look on your spouse’s face when he\/she sees the credit card statement: priceless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of Christmas gifts, why not send your favorite fill in the blank<\/em> a dictionary so they’ll know how to properly use words like imbricated<\/a><\/em>, which those of us who already have dictionaries know means, among other things, rough or unsmooth<\/em>, such as any given article on the Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to wrap this up. I hear smoked turkey and dressing leftovers calling my name. But let me leave you with a wise observation and an legit piece of advice. Also, be sure to be nice to someone today. You never know…they might be Georgia Tech fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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They’re not *yawn<\/em>* wrong, you know.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This also applies to photos of your friend’s new girlfriend. Or so I’ve heard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

*Not really. We were more focused on Travis Kelce’s list of favorite Taylor Swift songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve heard that tryptophan hangovers are not really a thing, but I’m still claiming one as an excuse for this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[411,1],"tags":[455,453,454,275],"class_list":["post-14498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire-ant-flickers","category-uncategorized","tag-gucci","tag-jaguar","tag-logos","tag-memes","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/header_moonrise.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14498"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14522,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14498\/revisions\/14522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}