Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’

Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.

Forget all your politics for a while.
Let the color schemes arrive.
I knew it would happen eventually. The American Left and the American Right have moved so far apart that they’ve backed into one another. I heard both MSNBC ranter Keith Olbermann and talk radio screecher Mark Levin shouting about new safety regulations at American airports. [...]

 
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Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the one holiday that is about gratitude, the one holiday that hasn’t been contaminated with rampant consumerism (although I imagine turkey farmers do pretty well this time of year). It’s all about friends and family and cooking up an indulgent dinner in the gloomy tail of autumn. For the [...]

 
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Being There

“had a dad big and strong turned around found my daddy gone he was the one made me what I am today its up to me now my daddy has gone away…” -Jane’s Addiction – “Had A Dad” It has been a rough week around the ranch this week. I realized that my Thanksgiving turkey [...]

 
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Game Day: My Old School(s)

“It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary wont do…”
What a year in college football! Both of my alma maters (or is it almas mater) are in the [...]

The Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacreed Movement

After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he was going to put us in the cell. Said, “Kid, I’m going to put you in the cell, I want your wallet and your belt.” And I said, “Obie, I can understand you wanting my wallet so I don’t have any money to [...]

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