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Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. Turkey and all the trimmings, a fire in my parents fireplace and football on TV is makes for America’s greatest holiday. We rule.
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Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” is one of my Thanksgiving traditions, [...]

A Happy Thanksgiving to you wherever you may be. I’m at work and then headed over to my folks house where I will build a fire, have some Turkey before my turkey, greet my wife and son upon their arrival, watch some football, have a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat and then go home.
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YouTube won’t let me embed this 2005 performance of Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving classic “Alice’s Restaurant.”
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Butcher’s Method Takes Carving Off the Table – The TimesA good article, with an even better video, on the most effective way to carve a turkey. I have been cutting the breast right off the bone and carving it separately for several years now. These instructions will make carving even easier.
Of course, this is all [...]

Yesterday, the unseasonable temperatures allowed me to take a bike ride up to Rock Creek Park. This was the second best activity I have ever done on the day after Thanksgiving. The first was going in the Atlantic Ocean with my brother Christopher and cousin Frank somewhere in Palm Beach County, Fla. in 1994 (I [...]

Company was over, so I had to wear pants this year. Grrrr!Happy Black Friday! Or Buy Nothing Day if that’s your thing. How was Thanksgiving for you? For me, it was great, I indulged in all the usual traditions; listening to Alice’s Restaurant Massacree*, making extra $ at work, building a fire at my parents [...]

One of my favorite holidays is finally here! I love Thanksgiving because what could be better than eating lots of good food and watching football in front of a roaring fire? Not much.
Per tradition, I will be at work today (Time and a half + the holiday!) and then head over to my folks [...]

Two years ago the Dallas Morning News did a special feature on the immortal Clint Longley. Sadly, there is no YouTube or Google video of his heroics on Thanksgiving Day 1974 against the Redskins.