Hey, remember how well that Noid balloon went over?

Also, in the Childhood Officially Over Department:

This year, Macy's is replacing the Charlie Brown and Kermit the Frog balloons with, wait for it...Pikachu and the Energizer Bunny. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

I'm writing this from the LimoLiner bus on the way to Boston. It was delayed enough that I had time for two 8 dollar Coronas in the Hilton bar...connection is slow. Ok, getting off.