After two days of entertaining, I'm enjoying a little quiet in front of the computer. If I get motivated, I might quickly run out to buy a new pair of running shoes, but shopping on Black Friday is for rookies. There will be much better sales in a couple of weeks.

Some links to warm up:

David Brooks writes about Springsteen. I blog about him over the summer. And Ray Davies is on tour again (via CT.) It's geezers on parade!

I understand that The Road is amazing, but I don't think I have the stomach for it.

I made this pumpkin pie yesterday, and it was a big hit. Now I'm surfing around for the best program for organizing all my recipes. Half of the recipes are in a binder in the kitchen, and half are saved on Zotero on my computer. I want the whole mess scanned in. I want some way of tagging the entries. I need a way to add notes, because I like to tinker with recipes.