The Surreal Life

[skidoo]

I saw a wild turkey this morning. In my neighborhood. Walking down the sidewalk.

At first I thought it must be someone's peacock. Yes, some people around here keep peacocks. True, most of those people are farmers. Who live out in the country. Not in neighborhoods. And when I drove up close to it, I saw that it was in fact a turkey.

Now, nevermind the fact that turkeys are notoriously shy and notoriously sneaky. Nevermind that I've hunted them plenty of times, and I know first-hand their stealth capabilities; they can sit stock-still in a tree for an hour or longer. Nevermind that the odds of seeing a turkey in a suburban neighborhood are virtually zero.

Forget all that, and just ponder this: Today we're exactly one week away from Thanksgiving. That's like some Matrix shit or something.