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Anyway here’s the 2025 specifics. American Thanksgiving is 11/27 this year, so fairly late in the month. If your household is looking to cook turkey this year:

10-15 pounds: Start thawing at least 3-4 days before, on Sunday, November 23rd.

16-20 pounds: Start thawing at least 4-5 days before, on Saturday, November 22nd.

20-24 pounds: Start thawing at least 5-6 days before, on Friday, November 21st.

And don’t forget: The economy is shit this year, lots of people are being laid off, and grocery prices are skyrocketing. There has never been a better time to donate to food pantries, and/or to reach out to your neighbors and see how they’re doing.

Loisy, Paris

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Absolutely! 

What comes to mind first is something I did as a part of a ‘how to improve’ tutorial. 

Post it notes are usually found around the office, so this is a great way to use company money to further yourself. I recommend trying to do this quickly, as well. The idea is to un-train your brain from throwing down incorrect details. 

The steps are:

Think of one (1) thing you wanna learn to draw.

Draw that thing from memory on a post it.

Look for a picture of that thing on Google, or in a book. Think about what you got wrong in your first drawing. 

Take another post-it and draw that thing again. (Without reference.)

Look at a reference again. Check for mistakes again.

Rinse and repeat.

This exercise was inspired by the How to Draw Anything tutorial by Xuu on DeviantArt. I recommend everyone give this a read. It’s an excellent approach to drawing as muscle memory instead of some unobtainable ‘talent’ that you have to magically happen upon.