I do my fair share of pissing and moaning about life, but, truthfully, I have a pretty good thing going here, and have plenty to be grateful for – today, and every day of the year. This year, I’m particularly happy that I have my doggy home, safe and sound. Wouldn’t have been the same without him this year. I’m happy I have a job (even though I don’t especially like it), unlike far too many people who are facing the holiday season wondering where they’re going to get the money to pay the rent and put food on the table – never mind being able to scrounge up enough to buy a present or two for their kids. I’m thankful for my wife, who inexplicably puts up with me, pain in the ass that I am (I think it has something to do with keeping the Internet going). And I’m really grateful that I live in a day and age when I can sit in bed surfing the Internet on a computer that’s something like 1,000 times faster (and 15 times lighter) than what they used to get to the moon and back, and be connected to people and places all over the world, whom I’d never have “met” otherwise – like you guys.

So, here’s wishing all my virtual friends (and your non-virtual families) a very Happy Thanksgiving (even if it does fall on the 44th anniversary of the JFK assassination) .