Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bad Lip Reading: the NFL.
Hilarious take down of mis-information about flying.
Legal attempts to try and control pregnant women.
The era of stupid.
Just HOW many pipeline spills have there in been in Alberta in the last FOUR months?
Update, via Bryan, As God as my witness,I thought turkeys fly.
Hilarious take down of mis-information about flying.
Legal attempts to try and control pregnant women.
The era of stupid.
Just HOW many pipeline spills have there in been in Alberta in the last FOUR months?
Update, via Bryan, As God as my witness,I thought turkeys fly.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving Day
May you have much to be thankful for.... May you have much for which to be thankful... Dammit, just have a good day, be grateful for all the shit you have, you've done and want to do. Amen.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Dish Washing Day!
After the pies and the turkey and the stuffing and the whipped cream and the peas, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes and yams..... The grand ritualistic tradition of dipping each plate in soap and water!
Actually I am thankful my family and I have enough to eat. We have a house. We are safe. As Americans, we can gather in groups without fearing that suicide bombers are in our midst. We do not have a war going on outside our walls. We know we do not have depleted uranium and unexploded bombs lurking. We can sleep safely in our neighborhoods, trust our water system, electricity, sewer, food supply, trash pick up will continue to deliver the services we expect. We have so much that we can waste it without troubling our minds, we can just buy a new whatever it was whenever we want it. How much of the world cannot?
I am grateful I have had a comfortable life. I do not mind being slightly less comfortable to let others gain a bit more comfort themselves...
This year for Christmas, we agreed we'd only give gifts to the kids. No adults. We don't need that much, and what we do want, we get for ourselves throughout the year. We do not have to keep thoughtlessly buying and consuming, being told we need the latest and the greatest now now now.
Less is better.
Actually I am thankful my family and I have enough to eat. We have a house. We are safe. As Americans, we can gather in groups without fearing that suicide bombers are in our midst. We do not have a war going on outside our walls. We know we do not have depleted uranium and unexploded bombs lurking. We can sleep safely in our neighborhoods, trust our water system, electricity, sewer, food supply, trash pick up will continue to deliver the services we expect. We have so much that we can waste it without troubling our minds, we can just buy a new whatever it was whenever we want it. How much of the world cannot?
I am grateful I have had a comfortable life. I do not mind being slightly less comfortable to let others gain a bit more comfort themselves...
This year for Christmas, we agreed we'd only give gifts to the kids. No adults. We don't need that much, and what we do want, we get for ourselves throughout the year. We do not have to keep thoughtlessly buying and consuming, being told we need the latest and the greatest now now now.
Less is better.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
The furry terrorists hate us for our freedoms to eat copious amounts at one sitting
That or they're getting ready for a major assault while we are all doped up from tryptophan:
Brian Elwood, a spokesman for Xcel Energy, said a squirrel came in contact with an overhead transformer and knocked out service to 177 customers Monday. Power was fully restored in just under an hour, and repair crews found the remains of the "unfortunate squirrel," he said.
By coincidence, another squirrel got into a substation 40 miles away in Ironwood, Mich., Monday morning and caused a temporary outage that affected about 1,400 customers in Ironwood and two nearby communities, Elwood said.
The utility takes many preventive steps to keep the curious animals away from lines, he said, but they are one of the leading causes of outages, trailing only severe weather.
"We kind of liken it to anyone who's had a bird feeder and tried to keep the squirrels out," he said. "They find a way."
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Why is it when you have a whole lot to do
Everything else explodes? Spent the day I should have been making stuffing and pies searching for a damned piece of paper buried somewhere in the strata of drifts of letters and clippings about the house. Found it after geologically figuring out which box to search. The guy to fix the dryer was coming so I had to make a pathway through the garage, and then lost some time watching him fix a two cent plastic toggle which had snapped off conveniently. Talk about planned obsolescence. Cost me $100. Then of course the car's new battery strangely died, requiring the AAA guys to come.
Still, it's now past 11, and I've finished four pies and the stuffing. The turkey lurks in the fridge, and the mashed potatoes are out of a box. As much as Thanksgiving is slinging the hash for me, I am thankful.
I have enough to eat. I have a house I share with my family in a safe place. My family is healthy. We are able to afford what we need. So much of the world does not have these simple things. I am very thankful for what I have.
So, on that note, I've dragged up from last year: Mr. Bean and his turkey.
Update: Think Progress has an excellent list of things to be thankful for.
Still, it's now past 11, and I've finished four pies and the stuffing. The turkey lurks in the fridge, and the mashed potatoes are out of a box. As much as Thanksgiving is slinging the hash for me, I am thankful.
I have enough to eat. I have a house I share with my family in a safe place. My family is healthy. We are able to afford what we need. So much of the world does not have these simple things. I am very thankful for what I have.
So, on that note, I've dragged up from last year: Mr. Bean and his turkey.
Update: Think Progress has an excellent list of things to be thankful for.
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