By Mark | November 27, 2019
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
Posted in Mark's Life | Also tagged Charles Maynard, Clementine, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, family history, friends, Kentucky, Linette Lao, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, Monticello, OCD, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, Tom DeLay, turkey-mosquito hybrid, Vietnam War, War on Thanksgiving, Ypsilanti |
By Mark | November 25, 2016
A few years ago, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written the year before. And, ever since then, I’ve been posting the same damn thing. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them […]
By Mark | November 22, 2012
Last November, I made the decision not to write anything new for Thanksgiving, but, instead, to recycle something that I’d written years ago. Well, here it is again. I was tempted to remove some of the old references, and replace them with new ones, but it occurred to me that altering this post, which is […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Yeti Load |
By Mark | November 24, 2011
I was going to write something new for Thanksgiving this year, but then it occurred to me that I could just reuse what I posted last year, and spend my morning cleaning the house and getting ready for the new baby that’s scheduled to join us any day now instead. (My hope is that, after […]
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By Mark | November 25, 2010
This Thanksgiving morning I’m tempted to get political and say that I’m thankful above all else for things like the fact that a majority of Americans still think of Sarah Palin as being unfit to serve as President, and that former U.S. House majority leader Tom DeLay was found guilty yesterday of money laundering. But, […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged Addams Family, AT&T, Charles Maynard, crooked politicians, Cross Street Station, Dan Richardson, holiday, human sacrifice, Infantazine, kids setting fire to stuff, Linette, Matt Krizowsky, money laundering, OCD, Pat Maynard, Prehensile Monkey-tailed Skink, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thanksgiving, things I'm thankful for, Tom DeLay, Yeti Load |