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Give Thanks 2024
It's Thanksgiving week in the US, and longtime readers know just how I feel about that: "Bah humbug." Same goes for Christmas and Easter and all the rest of it.
I amused myself Sunday going through the archives to see how my Thanksgiving week previews evolved since 2017. Long story short, they became more abrasive over time, culminating in last year's overtly caustic obloquy.
"It's a short trading week in the US, where Americans will gather with family members and plus-ones to eat themselves i
One could almost envision a modern day Planes, Trains, & Automobiles featuring an illegal immigrant in place of Del, but the original was perfect and no one can top prime John Candy. I’ll likely have to rent that movie this year even though I have the DVD (no DVD player to go with it).
I’m currently reading a book about the battle for the American West and have been struck by the parallels between the removal of American Indians and the Israel/Palestine conflict. Some things never change…
Oh, and a hearty bah humbug to you! I’m personally looking forward to the football, but the Black Friday battle royale is not what it used to be. TVs used to be the big prize, but now they’re all so cheap anyway that the thrill is gone. Maybe Trump can jack up the prices enough via tariffs that we can bring back the barbarism of Black Fridays past.
The Planes, Trains & Automobiles reference reminded me of a two-and-a-half-day trip from hell from New Orleans to Portland Oregon 25 years ago that included being befriended by a horse stall mat salesman from the initial flight that I just couldn’t seem to lose. Good times