I had a great Thanksgiving, eating too much like everyone else. But I did run the 8 miles Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, officially clocked in at 1:32:50.35. That's a full 10 minutes improvement from the Saturday before, when I did 8 miles on the treadmill for 1 hour and 42 minutes. I used to be able to run 8 minute mile but haven't run for a while, at least a year, and had only three weeks to prepare to it. My goal is 64 minutes next year.

Vivian told us about Operation Care Dallas, and I signed up for it. It will be Saturday, December 15th from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Dallas Convention Center. We went to the orientation meeting for volunteers at First Baptist Dallas on Sunday and stayed for the 6:00 pm service. My first time seeing Dr. Robert Jeffress preaching in person.

Got off work today, went to our Dallas County Young Republicans happy hour at Champps in Las Colinas tonight. Had a chance to talk to a bunch of Ron Paul supporters. We engaged in great conversation. It's glad to see young people like me who are knowledgeable and are willing to engage and make a difference.

Got home, ate dinner while listened to Rudy Giuliani speaking at the New England Council Politics and Eggs forum, shown tonight on C-SPAN. He listened well to the questions. He was asked about his dealings with illegal immigrants in New York City while he was mayor. I thought he handled that very well. He presented the circumstance to the questioner and asked if she would not have done what he did. I am going to be more willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.