This is what happens if you camp outside a Best Buy store for a week in hopes of obtaining the 55″ TV of your dreams:

This is what happens if you camp outside on the quad of your public university in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement:

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Yes, it’s true: I brought a kid in a Vikings hoodie to the (literal) capital of Packers country.  Happily, Madison’s Occupiers were a peaceful bunch.

Miriam’s flowered hoodie was a bit out of place, too. We also forgot to pack our clown noses.

I had to photograph my proudly public-schooled daughter with my favorite sign. To my readers who are teachers: THANK YOU.

Speaking on the day we visited was Dr. John Carlos, the 1968 Olympic bronze medalist whose raised fist on the awards podium remains one of the most iconic images of the American civil rights movement.  He expressed support for and solidarity with the nationwide movement–beautifully, I might add.

Miriam had no idea who John Carlos was, but she knew that her mom was freaking out that he just shook her hand and complimented her on being an Occupier at such a young age. That kind of excitement is always contagious!

“We live to make history. Much love, Dr. John Carlos 68 & 2011″

Activism doesn’t get any better than that.