Today is Thanksgiving. Y'all are probably about to get on the road to go to Grandma's house or drinking a cup of coffee in a leasurely manner or maybe even still sleeping as I write this. Today has been a pretty chill day for us so far. Woke up late and tossed the bird into the oven. Had some coffee with a bit of Baileys in it this morning which is my own little holiday tradition. Been sitting around watching TV and fiddling on the net while Wifey bastes the bird every half hour.
I have spent some time today thinking about what I am thankful for. I am thankful that I was born to a good (amusingly crazy and a bit drunk) family in the greatest country in the world. My life would be a lot different if I was born in socialist statist Europe, the backwards Islamic fundamentalist oven that is the middle east or the dangerous, AIDS ridden, starving, nepotistic dump that is Africa. I am thankful to have an amazing wife. This year in particular I am thankful to have a good stable job which supports us. I am also thankful that instead of being in some sandy dangerous hell hole I'm sitting in my Man Chair drinking a beer. Lots of folks in my line of work aren't so lucky these days.
Thanksgiving is a pretty awesome day. Giant drumsticks, stuffing and pie are darn hard to beat.
There is however one thing about it that has always bothered me, that awkward hungry time between breakfast and turkey time. You never really want to eat lunch because there is going to be a huge meal but it is always too late to comfortably wait. Most folks do some sort of orderves but they usually come out like a half hour before dinner time. It is just sort of an awkward anticipatory period that I am not a fan of.
AXN is having a bad American 80's TV show marathon today it seems. First it was Knight Rider and then Miami Vice. Maybe it is their normal schedule I duno because I don't generally watch TV all afternoon during the week.
Anyway I don't really have anything productive to say today. Oh yeah on the bright side apparently MIL got us a navigation system for Christmas. It sort of got spoiled because we were going to buy one today and she had been hinting at it then Wifey sort of asked so we didn't duplicate efforts. In any case we are going to eat pretty soon so I am going to wrap this up.
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when you put it that way, we sure have lots to be thankful for.
Best Wishes to you and yours.
Irishdutchuncle, We really do. When times are rough like they are now it is important to look at the big picture.
Best wishes to you too.
I'm glad you are having a relaxing and pleasant holiday. Thanksgiving is a nice day for that kind of relaxation. And a Miami Vice marathon to boot? You are truly blessed!
"My life would be a lot different if I was born in socialist statist Europe"
goodness, the US has it strengths, but not being a 'socialist statist' slum isn't one of them.
" the backwards Islamic fundamentalist oven that is the middle east"
know your "enemy", remember vietnam ? they're hardly backwards, if you knew any history, you might know that the only western knowledge that came thru the dark ages was from arab translations.
you might think of them as an older, more continuous and conservative society where beer is frowned on (or at least public drunkeness-)
"or the dangerous, AIDS ridden, starving, nepotistic dump that is Africa."
oh, yes, the brits and the yanks have done such a bang up job with their colonial efforts. how much does the us, the un, and bill gates claim them dump every year into that hell hole ?
be thankful your not the victim this month.... oh did you get your flu shot yet?
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Miami Vice? well maybe. Night Rider too funny. That show sucked when it was new.
Hermit, Thanks and I hope yours was good also. I enjoyed the Miami Vice if in a tongue and cheek sort of way.
Buck Sexton, Happy Thanksgiving. Knight Rider is completely hilarious. Also we don't get much on TV.
Fat Old White Guy, I suppose it is all relative. Our countries current flirtations with socialism don't come close to how it is over here.
As for the Middle East you are right they were not backwards in the Middle Ages. Matter of fact they have progressed little to none since then. If you pull out one electricity cord, 2 generators, a few TV's and Radios and an AK or so per household the average rural village in Iraq probably looks identical to the way they did during the Middle Ages.
We could certainly debate why Africa sucks (with plenty of blame for everyone to get some) but that it does isn't up for debate.
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