thank you

11 THINGS: THANK YOU

Thursday, November 23, 2006


1. Games: I'm thankful for the ability to defeat you in Scrabble, and for glorious, glorious seven-letter words and triple word scores. And for modesty.

2. Food: And for mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and whipped cream because -- OMG! -- it all tastes so goooooood. And satisfying.

3. Drinks: And for the wine that washes it all down and makes us feel good for no particular reason at all. Until later.

4. Drugs: And for the tryptophan in the turkey that zonks me out and allows me to sleep long enough to wake up feeling thin again. Almost.

5. Animals: And for my roommate's cat not throwing up a hair ball this past week. Unlike the week before.

6. Music: And for sites like www.live365.com for helping me get through the workday unscathed -- and for decent headphones. And for volume 10.

7. Transportation: And for living in a city where I don't need a car, and for the buses and taxis that sometimes show up, and for the seats that are sometimes clean. Sort of.

8. People: And for friends and family, but they knew that already and it's kind of boring so I'm not going to say it. Hey, wait a second.

9. Computers: And for ctrl + shift + down arrow, which allows me to delete vast amounts of e-mail all at once. Excluding yours, of course.

10. Baseball: And for the Red Sox pursuing Daisuke Matsuzaka -- and preventing the Yankees from doing the same. And for 2004.

11. Newspapers: And for having a column to let people know that I'm thankful for having a column to let people know that I'm thankful. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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