Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

And I'm thankful for everyone who is still checking my blog despite my sporadic posting. Just can't get myself to travel-blog much. I'm also thankful for my wonderful wife and all my family and friends, who are nicer to me than I deserve.

Massive Thanksgiving Road Trip 2008 is a smashing success. Theo is making all kinds of new friends, traveling well, and we're having a great time. Of course there have been hiccups and stories of woe, but you won't read those stories here. :) Of course if you're following my Twitter feed you probably know this already.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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Passing this along from Tom:

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Goose Island Brewpub SAVED from closure

Hooray, weak real estate market!

Goose Island toasts 11th-hour deal to keep brew pub open

I KNEW it!

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For the record,

YouTube and They Might Be Giants are saving sanity around the Avelis house today.



TMBG are now making music for kids, but leaving out all the Suck you usually find in kids' music. As a parent, I appreciate that.

...and now, since Theo's Grandpa is probably shaking his head at the first video, here's some Bach.

A longer version of a tweet from earlier...

I don't know if I'll like the guy. I'm certain I don't agree with him on everything, or even a lot of things.

But...No one will ever be able to tell my son that a mixed race kid whose grandparents weren't born in the U.S. can't do anything he wants with his life.

Right now that makes me happy for my son in a way I can't express.

F*** it. Throw the ball downfield.

In honor of Sexy Rexy's return, his #1 fan...