This week I am spending my Thanksgiving in Turlock, CA, home of dairy farms and the flies that accompany them. Of course, that’s not the real reason why I’m here. My brother and his family live out here where my sister-in-law teaches at CSU Stanislaus–of course, I think it should be referred to as Cal State Stan–and Jarrod finishes up his education in graphic design. Solly is doing well. He has grown a lot and maintains a natural mohawk.

A couple of interesting items I caught while watching KCRA news:

• The City of Turlock has decided to ban all those big box stores. After having checked out their downtown, it’s easy to see why. The downtown area is a worthy destination for dining, shopping and doing business. From what little I’ve seen of the area, it appears that now would be a good time to get a loft development in the area.
• The City of Stockton is encouraging its citizens to hand out cards to panhandlers. The cards read, “Sorry I don’t have any spare change,” and then detail out where homeless people can get food and shelter. It’s an interesting idea, though I’d hate to be the unfortunate soul who gets beaten up by some guy who takes offense over a card like that.

Anyway, that’s all for now. More to come later on, but if I don’t blog before Thanksgiving, y’all have a gob of a gobble gobble!