Family. Food. Football.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. How was your holiday? Did you succeed in putting politics aside, and steering the conversation in a more sane direction? Did you eschew the traditional menu and opt for a vegan meal? Go out to eat this year? Spend too much? Overcook the turkey?
I have guests over for dinner tonight starting at five so I won’t be around to mind the post this evening. But I thought I’d put out a spread of holiday related content for those who stop by.
Gratitude
What are you grateful for this year? Here in the SF Bay Area, everyone is grateful for the clean air thanks to the rain which finally extinguished the remnants of the Camp Fire. Still, for those who lost loved ones or lost their homes … www.cbsnews.com/...
... many studies over the past decade have found that people who consciously count their blessings tend to be happier and less depressed.
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when people felt more grateful, their brain activity was distinct from brain activity related to guilt and the desire to help a cause. More specifically, we found that when people who are generally more grateful gave more money to a cause, they showed greater neural sensitivity in the medial prefrontal cortex, a brain area associated with learning and decision making. This suggests that people who are more grateful are also more attentive to how they express gratitude.
Now That’s A President
Thanksgiving One Liners
What kind of music did the Pilgrims like? Plymouth Rock
Why can't you take a turkey to church? They use FOWL language.
Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive? It had 24 carrots.
What happened when the turkey got into a fight? He got the stuffing knocked out of him!
What do you get when you cross a turkey with a banjo? A turkey that can pluck itself!
Who doesn't eat on Thanksgiving? A turkey because it is always stuffed.
15 greatest Thanksgiving TV episodes ever, ranked best to worst, include ‘Bob Newhart Show,’ ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ ‘Cheers’
Drain The Swamp
Turn your Thanksgiving favorites into a fun family activity and a drink. Simply combine stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce and whatever else you want in a cup and serve with a straw. Whoever drains the swamp fastest wins a second helping. www.nytimes.com/...
The Worst Thanksgiving Ever
There was an ambulance in the driveway.
They’d heard noises downstairs, which isn’t unusual early in the morning when there are a bunch of kids in a house, but these were adult voices, urgent, hushed and serious.
Through the bedroom window they saw the front door opening and her father being wheeled out on a gurney. The ambulance attendants quickly loaded him into the vehicle and sped away – lights but no siren.
It was Thanksgiving Day. (continue reading The Worst and Best Thanksgiving Ever
CALIFORNIA FIRE RELIEF: A Work in Progress 🔥
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THIS COMMENT by moondanc provides an enormous amount of information and advice for people affected by the Camp Fire. Please keep in mind that it’s as of its posting date, 11/17, and since it’s a comment, cannot be updated. Anything time-sensitive may have changed.