Favorite Thanksgiving Movies

Love holiday themed movies. Some of these are centered on Thanksgiving, others aren't quite as focused on the holiday but it's a clear part of the story.

My top 5:

1. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
2. Home for the Holidays
3. Hannah and Her Sisters
4. The Ice Storm
5. Rocky

I personally think they should play Planes, Trains, and Automobiles on a loop for 24 hours on Thanksgiving the way they do with A Christmas Story at Christmas.

On That Note: Cuts Like a Knife

In connection with Thanksgiving week, we focus on the “carving/slicing” aspect of the traditional holiday meal. Songs with titles/lyrics (and perhaps themes) involving knife, cut, slice, blade, sharp and dull.

Also accepted: References to turkey.

“On That Note” is presented each week at CycloneFanatic by @MeanDean, @CycloneRulzzz and cyclones500.

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday week … but first, let’s cut to the chase, and feast on a little music!

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“With a knife to open up the sky’s veins.”

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  • Poll Poll
Best Thanksgiving Dessert

Best dessert

  • Pumpkin pie

    Votes: 54 31.6%
  • Pecan pie

    Votes: 42 24.6%
  • Apple pie

    Votes: 21 12.3%
  • Banana cream pie

    Votes: 6 3.5%
  • Apple crisp

    Votes: 15 8.8%
  • Cheesecake

    Votes: 9 5.3%
  • Cherry pie

    Votes: 5 2.9%
  • Chocolate pie

    Votes: 11 6.4%
  • Old fashioned Frank Reynolds creampie

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Other

    Votes: 6 3.5%

I cant wait to stuff myself on Thursday and destroy my toilet Friday morning

  • Poll Poll
60th Anniversary of JFK Assassination. POLL:

Who was responsible for death of JFK on 11/22/63?

  • 'Lone nut' Lee Harvey Oswald

    Votes: 156 46.4%
  • US military industrial complex

    Votes: 16 4.8%
  • Cuban exiles

    Votes: 2 0.6%
  • Cuban mob

    Votes: 7 2.1%
  • US mob

    Votes: 37 11.0%
  • CIA or elements of CIA

    Votes: 113 33.6%
  • FBI

    Votes: 12 3.6%
  • LBJ

    Votes: 16 4.8%
  • Other

    Votes: 15 4.5%
  • Castro

    Votes: 1 0.3%

12:30pm tomorrow will mark 60 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, shocking the world. In the news today is actor Rob Reiner, announcing that he is rolling out a podcast on the assassination. He says he is 100% sure it was a conspiracy. What say you?

Jeremiah Cooper's return helps buoy Iowa State's hopes Saturday at No. 19 Kansas State

RECRUITING: 6-8 four-star A'mare Bynum talks Iowa State visit, may not be done growing yet

RECRUITING: Four-star prospect A'Mare Bynum (@amarebynumm) was at Hilton Coliseum Sunday to see Iowa State's 92-37 win over Grambling State.

The 6-foot-8 '25 recruit recaps his visit with @cfchangs9 and says he may not be done growing just yet.

NFL: *** 2023 NFL Survivor Game Week 12 ***

Below are the rules.

Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Don't pm me the pick, post on here you pick.
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
You have till the start of the last game of week 1 to enter.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch When making a switch please edit your original pick post. If you make a second post I will take that as your switching picks.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
If you have questions, pm me
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 of the thread will have players left and who they have picked.

Runners - Looking for quality men's Cyclone running apparel

I'm always struggling to give the family ideas for gifts and while out running I thought about maybe some good Cyclone branded running gear (cold weather tights / wicking shirts / shorts). However, in looking I'm not finding anything that is convincing me it's worth the cost as many of them seem to be more things like basketball shorts or jerseys or just lounging about apparel.

Anyone out there have experience or recommendations for gear I should look at? Brands/descriptions/where purchased would be nice, links even better. TIA.

ESPN Events Invitational - We Will Challenge

It is 12 days until the portal opens and we still have a ways to go to hit the $600,000 WeWill goal. With that said, I was thinking we could crowdsource our efforts over Thanksgiving weekend in a way that corresponds with the basketball team's success in Orlando.

The Challenge: For each basketball game, simply match each level below

A. Win = $10 for every win at the tournament
AND
B. Point total of Cyclone's leading scorer each game = $__

For example, if the Cyclones win on Thursday and Milan leads us with 17 points that's $10 + $17 = $27

You can fulfill this donation by Venmo @wewillclub OR directly online https://www.wewillcollective.com/

A reminder that all donations through the end of the year are doubled dollar for dollar up to $300k!

We can bring many of our most impactful players back next season just like Will McDonald and TJ Tampa in previous years. However, we NEED to be proactive these next two weeks and get ahead of this. You can make a difference in our future. Go Cyclones!

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Michael J Fox Foundation - Donation Matching Drive

This strikes home having recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of Parkinson's.

I know there are a lot of very worthwhile charities and needs for donations, especially this time of year. This is one of those to consider if you have the means. There is a short-window where the next $4 million in donations before November 28th will be matched.

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This Giving Tuesday, your gift will be matched!

We’re closer than ever to the answers that patients and families with Parkinson’s urgently need, and we can’t slow down now.
Join us early for Giving Tuesday, a day of global generosity on November 28. Thanks to a group of generous families, all donations on Giving Tuesday will be matched up to $4 million.

Donate early today!

*** 2023-2024 College Football Survivor Week 13 / 14 ***

In the list of players picks there is a # / # First is teams left to pick Second is tiebreaker points



Tiebreaker points return this year. A reminder regarding tiebreaker points: If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.


I will be using ESPN's Lines. Line will be the line at kickoff for tiebreaker points




Rules/How to Play if you are new:

You can only pick teams that are undefeated (they will be bolded).

  1. Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
  2. Don't pm me the pick, post on here your pick.
  3. You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
  4. The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
  5. Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
  6. You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch.
  7. If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
  8. If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
  9. You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
  10. If you have questions, pm me
  11. Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
  12. Post 3 will have each player and their previous week's picks.
  13. You can't join in during the middle of the season.
    Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.

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