- So, my involvement with the Occupy Boston crowd last Saturday caused some drama on the Cast Iron Cooking group. After I posted a message describing what I did that evening, three people on the group announced "I'm done with this group" and said goodbye. They didn't say what had ticked them off – was it my hanging out with Anonymous? I did say that I have no intention of turning the Facebook group into a political group, and that's entirely true. The Facebook group is there for people who cook in cast iron, that's all.
- But my involvement with Occupy Boston isn't over yet. After last Saturday, I got to wondering what I could do for these folks on Thanksgiving day. I still don't agree with their methods, as I (still) feel that 1960s-style protests are hopeless in the 21st century. However, the basic fact is that these are folks who feel so passionate about their cause, they're willing to camp in the streets of Boston through the coming cold weather. I want to help get these people a good hot meal on Thanksgiving day. It's as simple as that. So, I started my own event on the Occupy Boston wiki: Occupy Thanksgiving. I'm putting together the beginnings of a gathering for people to spend a couple of hours on the morning of Thursday, November 24, 2011 cooking food and bringing it to the Occupy Boston tent city.