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5:55 PM — Brendan is choking down the last of his plate. Employee One is recumbent in bed (non-responsive; potentially dead). David has accidentally spackled a floorcrack with a wayward blob of stuffing. Employee Too is delirious with food (or potentially, just himself - who can tell?). The Visa Halftime show ™ features Carrie Underwood. The dark side of Thanksgiving has reared its ugly, indigestive head.

Thank god pie goes in a separate stomach.

5:20 PM — fox football celebrates the holiday with a robot turkey that dances about the scoreboard before commercial breaks. some may think it’s to make turkey tough like football. but i think it a look into the future, when we all become robots and eat robot turkeys that robocook themselves. for now, while i am still bionic free, real turkey tastes real good.

4:58 PM — As our future immunologist, Charlie is worried about the potential for E coli infection. Something about undercooked breasts and whatnot. As a psuedo-vegetarian, Employee One is unconcerned. We’ll see how smug he looks when he realizes how delicious the gravy is.

4:51 PM — It’s a Thanksgiving miracle! We are putting on the finishing touches. The turkey is not dry (thanks mom!), the stuffing is delicious, Employee One’s chickenless pot pie is bubbling over, the salad is dressed, the wine is open, the pies are en route from Jersey, the gnocchi is simmering and the Dallas game is on the slingbox. I am proud about what this says about our professionalism.

4:03 PM — Is it too early for wine?

First, that looks like my hand, but it’s actually Employee One’s. Don’t ask.

Second, it’s definitely not too early for wine. Let’s hope it’s not too late.

3:35 PM — I’m surprised this hasn’t been mentioned. But there are rorcharch “boob” drawings painted on the loft’s steamed window pains. Steamed from the heat of fresh baked T-day turkey.

That was almost a haiku.

3:11 PM — We heard that the turkey is supposed to be at 160º throughout before it is edible. We don’t have a thermometer, so we are going to eyeball it. I’d say we’re at about 130º.

2:17 PM — So young. So professional.

2:11 PM — An unexpected guest arrives at the apartment . . . it appears to be the first female guest of Thanksgiving, here to steal our pie crusts. Ryan holds down the domesticity while the rest of us pretend to watch the football game on the wall. How did it get on the wall? It was epic - more that tale in time. Stay tuned . . .

1:58 PM — An added benefit of working in a restaurant that Employee Too didn’t mention was getting awesome recipe advice from the chef. Our stuffing is delicious.

1:54 PM — The turkey went in about two hours ago. Employee Too just made the call to put foil on the bird, so as to prevent burning. So far so good.

1:50 PM — We have just decided we are going to live-blog Thanksgiving. Nice.

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