What Caught My Eye Today - Thanksgiving Edition

In observance of Thanksgiving, my daily rants are being replaced by those things for which I am thankful...

I'm thankful for my dogs. I refer, of course to those cherubs that I shamelessly flaunt in the 'Meet The Kids' bin along side here.

I'm thankful for the missus. If you only knew what she put up with, not to mention the small fortune I've spent drugging her all these years.

I'm thankful that I'm not traveling this holiday...Dude, seriously between the airport delays and gas prices, who needs the aggravation. Speaking of which, rumor has it the weather is going to blow chow on Sunday. If you are traveling, good luck.

I'm thankful that I like where I live. Good thing, too. What with the dollar being at historic lows, I couldn't really afford to live anyplace else.

I'm thankful that I don't live in Detroit. I hear it's a rather dangerous place to live. (Sorry, guys. I let you off the hook the first time, but I couldn't restrain myself a second time.)

I'm thankful that I don't live in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Bangledesh, or Somalia, or Sudan, or...oh you get the idea.

I'm thankful that we only elect a President every four years. Though it seems to me that election season starts earlier and earlier every year.

I'm thankful that I have a low fixed rate mortgage for 2 and a half more years. Honestly, who wouldn't be?

I'm thankful that I don't make enough to have a stock portfolio. Otherwise this whole downturn in the stock market might really depress me.

I'm thankful for Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton without whom we wouldn't be able to say, 'things may be bad, but at least I'm not <insert celebrity idiot name here>."

I'm thankful that I'm not an English soccer fan. At least not this year. For the first time, in like forever, England has not qualified for the 2008 Euro Cup. To give you some perspective, that's like the U.S. National Basketball team not qualifying for the Olympics.

I'm thankful that I have have only a fleeting interest in the America's Cup yacht race. As of today, the next race has been postponed indefinitely.

I'm thankful that I like college football. Let's face it, if you don't, your television choices this weekend will be really limited.

I'm thankful for Amazon.com. This is not an endorsement, but rather an acknowledgment of gratitude to a company that will permit me to sleep in on Black Friday (otherwise known as the day after Thanksgiving) while the rest of the lunatic shopping public wakes up at 3:00 in the morning to get a $5 gift card for being one of the first 100 shoppers to walk through the door. You people have got to get yourselves lives.

I'm thankful for Google, for without which this blog would not be possible...unless of course I went out and found some out free blog web site--but that kind of ruins the sentiment, don't you think?

And finally, I'm thankful for the wonderful people that I am proud to call my family and friends. I'm truly blessed to have you in my life.