What are you thankful for?

Chocolatl · 11-26-2008, 09:16 AM

Those of us in the US are celebrating Thanksgiving this week -- a time usually spent with friends, family, and lots of good food. At some point during the week, I try to make a list of everything I'm thankful for that year. In the past, my list has included people (my husband, my brother, Neil Gaiman, the Beatles), weather (summer rain, autumn breezes), foods (Rice Krispy Treats, apple pie a la mode), concepts (modern medicine, failed relationships, laughter), and always the basics -- good health, food on the table, clothes on my back and a roof over my head.

What are you thankful for this year?

Shawnee123 · 11-26-2008, 09:24 AM

My family (mom, dad, brothers, brothers' spouses, nieces and nephews.)

My new job.

The Cellar, and the folks I've met here.

Cicero · 11-26-2008, 10:33 AM

My bad doggy. No Osa! NOO!!

This Turkey as it is now, before I possibly ruin it.

My parents.

Now I have to say the cellar cuz Shawnee did.

Good friends.

Anyone that listens to my crap with any grace.

My job. (It isn't great but hey it gives me money and keeps me busy)

That about wraps it up....

Griff · 11-26-2008, 11:08 AM

Good Woman
Good Kids
Good Dog
Good Goats
Good Chickens
Good Home

smoothmoniker · 11-26-2008, 12:03 PM

I am thankful that I am healthy while my children are young.

The great joys of my life are lifting them up and throwing them in the air, wrestling around with them, going on walks with them, playing the in park.

classicman · 11-26-2008, 12:54 PM

Family, friends, health and wealth (not the monetary kind either)

glatt · 11-26-2008, 01:08 PM

Family, friends, health, comfort.

And I have a job. I'm not out there looking for employment in this market.

Aliantha · 11-26-2008, 02:18 PM

Can anyone post in this thread or is it Americo-centric? lol

Clodfobble · 11-26-2008, 02:20 PM

Yes, but you have to oppress and slaughter more of your natives first. And take back those reparations, and the parliament seats you gave them.

Aliantha · 11-26-2008, 02:22 PM

Well we wiped them out totally from one state. Surely that's pretty good stuff if you want dead natives (which of course I don't, but in the spirit of the comment...). We only have one federal member in parliament who is of aboriginal descent that I know of. That's not too many is it? What reparations? We gave them some land in the middle of nowhere and said sorry and some benefit from government payments.

Clodfobble · 11-26-2008, 02:24 PM

Okay, that's good enough I guess. You can be thankful for stuff now.

Aliantha · 11-26-2008, 02:29 PM

OK, well let me start off by saying that I'm thankful that my above statement while true in context, is only a small part of the picture, and that I am very hopeful for the future.

I'm also thankful for everything else in my life both good and bad. I can't imagine anything else I could possibly need. My life is grand.

Chocolatl · 11-26-2008, 03:08 PM

Ack! No, I didn't mean it to be American only. I was just trying to acknowledge that not everyone is celebrating at the time we are. Everyone is welcome to be thankful, here, regardless of how many natives you and/or your ancestors have killed, or where those natives were at the time.

Juniper · 11-26-2008, 03:13 PM

I am thankful for YOU.

And you.

And you, too.

OK?

All youse!

lookout123 · 11-26-2008, 03:46 PM

My wife and kids are healthy. I'm healthy enough to play with them and still have enough energy to waste on silly soccer games with my friends. Beyond that everything else is just fluff.

11-26-2008, 09:16 AM	#1
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	What are you thankful for? Those of us in the US are celebrating Thanksgiving this week -- a time usually spent with friends, family, and lots of good food. At some point during the week, I try to make a list of everything I'm thankful for that year. In the past, my list has included people (my husband, my brother, Neil Gaiman, the Beatles), weather (summer rain, autumn breezes), foods (Rice Krispy Treats, apple pie a la mode), concepts (modern medicine, failed relationships, laughter), and always the basics -- good health, food on the table, clothes on my back and a roof over my head. What are you thankful for this year?

11-26-2008, 09:24 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My family (mom, dad, brothers, brothers' spouses, nieces and nephews.) My new job. The Cellar, and the folks I've met here. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-26-2008, 10:33 AM	#3
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	My bad doggy. No Osa! NOO!! This Turkey as it is now, before I possibly ruin it. My parents. Now I have to say the cellar cuz Shawnee did. Good friends. Anyone that listens to my crap with any grace. My job. (It isn't great but hey it gives me money and keeps me busy) That about wraps it up.... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-26-2008, 11:08 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good Woman Good Kids Good Dog Good Goats Good Chickens Good Home __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-26-2008, 12:03 PM	#5
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I am thankful that I am healthy while my children are young. The great joys of my life are lifting them up and throwing them in the air, wrestling around with them, going on walks with them, playing the in park. __________________ to live and die in LA

11-26-2008, 12:54 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Family, friends, health and wealth (not the monetary kind either) __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-26-2008, 01:08 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Family, friends, health, comfort. And I have a job. I'm not out there looking for employment in this market.

11-26-2008, 02:18 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Can anyone post in this thread or is it Americo-centric? lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-26-2008, 02:20 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yes, but you have to oppress and slaughter more of your natives first. And take back those reparations, and the parliament seats you gave them. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-26-2008, 02:22 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well we wiped them out totally from one state. Surely that's pretty good stuff if you want dead natives (which of course I don't, but in the spirit of the comment...). We only have one federal member in parliament who is of aboriginal descent that I know of. That's not too many is it? What reparations? We gave them some land in the middle of nowhere and said sorry and some benefit from government payments. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-26-2008, 02:24 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Okay, that's good enough I guess. You can be thankful for stuff now. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-26-2008, 02:29 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	OK, well let me start off by saying that I'm thankful that my above statement while true in context, is only a small part of the picture, and that I am very hopeful for the future. I'm also thankful for everything else in my life both good and bad. I can't imagine anything else I could possibly need. My life is grand. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-26-2008, 03:08 PM	#13
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Ack! No, I didn't mean it to be American only. I was just trying to acknowledge that not everyone is celebrating at the time we are. Everyone is welcome to be thankful, here, regardless of how many natives you and/or your ancestors have killed, or where those natives were at the time.

11-26-2008, 03:13 PM	#14
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I am thankful for YOU. And you. And you, too. OK? All youse!

11-26-2008, 03:46 PM	#15
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	My wife and kids are healthy. I'm healthy enough to play with them and still have enough energy to waste on silly soccer games with my friends. Beyond that everything else is just fluff. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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