Worth getting up for in November: the World’s Largest Operational Frying Pan; the new Gaslight Anthem record; 5:30 meeting; the new Mickey Haller / Harry Bosch novel (Michael Connolly’s Resurrection Walk); Ashley Winstead’s Midnight Is The Darkest Hour; Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake; Alix E. Harrow’s Starling House; federal holidays; Atlas Obscura; women’s college basketball; the Carolina women’s basketball team in specific; Armando Bacot; the Sickos Committee podcast; Pod Meets World; fall in North Carolina; Cliffs of the Neuse State Park; Occoneechee State Natural Area; Smitten Kitchen’s Cranberry Pecan Bread; chocolate chip cookies; weighted blankets; apple spice tea.