Happy Thanksgiving!

The Pilgrims (including my I-don't-know-how-many-greats grandfather Digory Priest), who made an arduous journey across the Atlantic, mostly died in the cold and snow, and probably did not celebrate what we would call Thanksgiving Dinner with their neighbors, did so in order that they might create a society according to their own designs and, as a result, quite accidentally took the first steps toward the diversity and freedom we enjoy today. 

They probably were't thinking that their sacrifices would bring us flash advertising.  And the Wampanoag weren't realizing that they were on the verge of replacement by corporate America.  But. . . just for today, just because we have made for a ourselves a day to pause and think of what we are grateful for instead of what we aren't:

I want to wish everyone -- including Joe, John, and my new colleagues at AOL Corporate, Bank of America, NASCAR, lovematch, and that pharmaceutical company that has showed up -- a lovely holiday ~ hope your drives and airport waits are not too long, your loved ones show up, your mashed potatoes are perfect, and you enjoy a long walk in the woods!

           HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!