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I’ll let them say it:

Is it just me, or has our state’s senior Senator been going to a tanning bed? On my computer it looks like he’s got a goggles tan.

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Here’s a round-up of meals across town for those less inclined to DIY — details, including prices and specific menu items, over on Omnivore.

• Atkins Park Tavern Virginia-Highland: traditional family-style Thanksgiving dinner

• Chima: traditional Thanksgiving dinner, plus a selection of meats and fish

• Food 101 in Morningside and Sandy Springs: Southern-inspired three-course Thanksgiving dinner

• Grand Ballroom at Atlanta Grill: Thanksgiving brunch

• Imperial Fez: Moroccan turkey and full menu

• Legal Sea Foods: Full menu and traditional holiday favorites

• Lobby at Twelve: Thanksgiving buffet

• Melting Pot: four-course Thanksgiving dinner

• Park 75: Thanksgiving brunch

• Room at Twelve: Thanksgiving buffet

• Spice Market-Atlanta: prix fixe holiday menu

• Ted’s Montana Grill: traditional Thanksgiving dinner

• Villa Christina’s: Thanksgiving brunch

If your belly isn’t full enough to prevent you from donning your dancing shoes, Lenny’s is hosting its Whoa Dance Party, the Star Bar has a Turkey Day Massacre, the Earl has Turkey Day Rock Night, and Macy’s will hold the annual Lighting of the Great Tree at Lenox Square.

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Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is known for his street-smart tactics and now, his sense of humor. He’s also missing a part of the most expressive finger on his right hand thanks to an on-the-job incident at  Arby’s. (Seriously.)

Earlier today, someone posted this image on the Tumblr social network, adding that it was sent by a friend who works on The Hill in D.C.

Emanuel’s offices were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday so we couldn’t confirm if this was his handiwork. If it’s a prank, well played, my Beltway friend!

(Screenshot from Tumblr)

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— The day before the best meal of the year, the feast that kicks off the season that inspires millions of diets each January. It feels strange to still be in the midst of an election cycle, but it’s heating up in Georgia. Or is it? Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight lends his expertise to the Georgia Senate race, and says Jim Martin is stuck in neutral. He started the run-off three points down, and he remains three points down. In order to take down the Big Sax Machine, Silver concludes, Martin needs at least one of three things to happen.

— Who to vote for? Jen B. at Blog For Democracy has already decided, as have most of us. But her reasoning includes the outrageous, an L.A. Times report on the treatment of U.S. soldiers who were injured in Iraq.

— Travis Fain brings that story a little closer to home at Lucid Idiocy. Meet Thomas Roach, 80, who is having to leave the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville because the state has decided to shut it down. That’s scandalous. Thankfully, we still have Sonny Boy’s “Go Fish” project to give us hours of fishing pleasure catching bass and brim soaked in our chemical-filled rivers and lakes.

— In the spirit of thanks, Reporter-Cub offers a compelling list of the things he’s thankful for, not the least of which are gasoline prices way under $5 a gallon and that Caribou Barbie is back in Alaska where she belongs.

— Doug at Live Apartment Fire gives thanks to television’s November sweeps, where local news directors go a little crazy with the gimmicks to get us to watch the six o’clock news. He has a YouTube gallery of some of the more insane reports, from here and beyond, that have polluted our airwaves.

— And, finally, the lovely Sara at Going Through The Motions is over her flu, although she’s still apparently suffering from delusional hallucinations. For example, she thinks the greatest 4th quarter comeback ever involved FSU and Florida. Of course, everyone knows it’s really the “Run, Lindsay, run” game when Georgia stomped Florida’s hearts in Jacksonville in 1980. But she’s a FSU alum and she saw the game when she was a sophomore, so we’ll have to excuse her on this one. Have a great Thanksgiving all you bloggerheads!

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Bestselling author and National Public Radio commentator Bailey White speaks in a throaty but quavering drawl that’s so distinctive, you can imagine her spinning leisurely yarns for hours on a front porch in her hometown of Thomasville, Ga. Her voice can be a little misleading, however. White sounds so grandmotherly that a listener may underestimate her as merely quaint, when her writing can reveal unexpected precision and perceptiveness. (more…)

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MARTA is changing bus and train schedules during Thanksgiving weekend. It’s a lengthy list but worth a read if you rely on the city’s transit agency — or have plans to check out the Atlanta Marathon or Macy’s Christmas Tree Lighting.

The changes are listed after the jump.

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THANKSGIVING RUSH AT HARTSFIELD-JACKSON: Delta’s new 8-foot-by-6-foot carry-on luggage allowance was a hit with passengers.

(photo by Joeff Davis)

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and frustrating for others.

How was yours?

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Marisa: At the Highlander. They do a really good Thanksgiving dinner, then you can get drunk and not have to worry about the shame of doing it in front of your folks. That’s the spirit of Thanksgiving! And instead of hearing early Christmas carols or crappy family music, you get heavy metal. Sweet. I’d be more thankful if my fiance was down here. He’s in Canada. Canadians have their Thanksgiving in October. But it’s not a real Thanksgiving, much like their money and their army.

Frank: Make your own dinner. It doesn’t have to be turkey. If your favorite dish is lasagna, cook lasagna. Bring your music, spoil yourself. Take that long shower or bath. A holiday is a day off. The pressure people put on themselves to make the turkey is almost like a wedding. It’s just a freakin’ Thursday. Relax. With turkeys being so big, you can roast a chicken with the stuffing and turkey gravy. It will be just like Thanksgiving, and you will still have leftovers.

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Shenise: Thanksgiving is a really wonderful movie day. There are no Emory students in there. They’re out of town, so you get to enjoy your movie and hang out with cool people who actually want to see the movie. Have you ever been stuck behind an Emory student at a movie? You know they’re Emory students by how many times they say “like” in a sentence. They sit in front of me with their really big heads and ruin my Wes Anderson movie.

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