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Is Thanksgiving worth it?

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Is Thanksgiving worth it to you?It’s not a good week to be a turkey in the United States of America. In just a few days, countless tables will be blessed with turkey, potato, pumpkin pie, and who knows how many other kinds of food. And people will — in theory — take a pause from their busy lives to think of their many blessings.

But at too many tables, one chair will be empty. It may belong to a son or daughter or mom or dad, who cannot be there because he or she is serving in a country far away. Or it may be a family member who is a nurse or doctor or store clerk or other person required to work while everyone else is gathered at home. Or maybe a student off to college, unable to get home in time for Thanksgiving.

Sadly though, in too many families, it will be someone who could be there, but chooses not to be. [Read more...]

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Starting a blog. Finishing dinner.

November 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
Will work for food. Don't we all?

Will work for food. Don't we all?

Hmmm, the first real post for my new blog. Should it be deep and inspiring?

Nah.

I just finished a meal of curry chicken. It was good; I liked it. I’m beginning to realize that I like everything. Was a picky eater as a kid, but I don’t think I’ve found anything in the past 20 years that I didn’t like. And I’m not even sure what changed. I guess, despite my best intentions, I matured. I tried a few new things and discovered most of them didn’t kill me. So I kept on trying them, and usually kept on living.

Over the past few years I traveled quite a bit, hitting most of the major cities across North America and always looking for new foods to sample. That’s not to say I’m a food snob; I can get as much joy out of a good hot dog or Big Mac as most aficionados get out of Peking Duck. There’s very little about me that’s refined, but I’m content with that; it usually means I end up being fairly happy pretty much anywhere I go.

Hmmm, I need to pause for a minute. Are you supposed to just talk about yourself when writing your own blog? [Read more...]

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