Thanksgiving

Americans are prone to bitching about trivialities (nothing on TV, traffic, being overweight while stuffing their faces with another helping of pumpkin pie) when there are almost 3 billion people - that's a three with nine zeros behind it - living on less than a dollar a day. So without getting sappy, I wanted to jot down a few things I'm thankful for. In no particular order:

• at almost 40 I can still eat a whole box of cookies in one sitting and not gain a pound;
• at almost 40 eating a whole box of cookies in one sitting gives me a stomach ache because I really shouldn't do that;
• I still have some hair left;
• I have a good job;
• I've not gotten myself fired - yet;
• my dogs and cats (even though they chase women away);
• my dogs and cats (because they chase women away);
• this really amazing technology that didn't exist when I was a kid;
• the roof over my head and the land under my feet;
• the wisdom of our Founding Fathers;
• I was born in America;
• I'm free;
• I'm not hungry;
• I'm healthy;
• my daughter;
• mom and dad;
• my brothers and new sister-in-law (good job John);
• the rest of my crazy but entertaining family;
• friends who find my personality defects to be assets instead of liabilities (most of the time anyway).

That's not all I'm thankful for, but that's all I'm saying. Time to go eat some Tofurkey.