Happy Thanksgiving!

by JD Arney on Nov 22, 2007 7:17 PM EST in News Comment 38 comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I hope everyone has had a great day with good food and family.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We had roast turkey with clam stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn pudding, stuffed mushrooms, rice, fresh cranberry sauce, roasted brussel sprouts, broccoli with water chestnuts, and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.

And it all tastes better when Cowboys win. ;-)

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by BubbaFan on Nov 22, 2007 8:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wait

You are a Yankees and Cowboys fan?

So are you a Lakers, Red Wings, Tiger Woods and Jeff Gordon fan as well?

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Nov 25, 2007 4:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You...

...are apparently a MountainMan fan, since you stole that line from him. :-P

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by BubbaFan on Nov 25, 2007 4:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it's pretty close

http://www.redreporter.com/comments/2007/9/30/111754/870/140#140

Cowboys, Yankees,

Red Wings, Jeff Gordon, Manchester United, Tiger Woods, Southern Cal, Lakers (west), Bulls (east), Michael Phelps, and Spielberg for Best Director.

Am I right?

by Man Mountain on Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 03:33:36 PM EDT

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Nov 25, 2007 5:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Happy Thanksgiving from Capital City.

It's all pretty good here.

Lots of good food (although I must confess that we outsourced the ham and turkey to City Barbecue and The Honeybaked Ham Company), family came and visited and didn't stay too long, everybody is happy and healthy, my wife is pregnant (the newest little pair of Redlegs is due right about the time Dusty's crew rolls into the Bronx) and now that he kids are in bed, I'm going out to give thanks for the Coen brothers.

"The taco has to be redeemed on Oct. 30 or Nov. 6 - that's a Tuesday."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Nov 22, 2007 9:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

two more????

wow. congrats friend, but mostly good luck. but youve already got yerself a big ole family. that's pretty great.

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Nov 22, 2007 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

One. Just one.

(At least that's all that doc has told us thus far.)

By "pair of Redlegs" I meant that I was assuming that we'd have a healthy relatively normal bi-pedal little rugrat.

(No word on the whole "boy or girl" thing yet.)

Anyway, we'll have three under the age of four so things'll be nutty like a PayDay for a few years around here. (And I was doing some math-from-the-future and I realized that all three will be in college simultaneously so there goes my faint aspirations of a partial season ticket package at GAB anytime prior to 2031.)

"The taco has to be redeemed on Oct. 30 or Nov. 6 - that's a Tuesday."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Nov 22, 2007 9:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ohhhhhhhhhh

i get it. as for paying for college, teach your kids four letters: PSAT.

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Nov 22, 2007 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, if they need a tutor

In ten years, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to drop whatever I'm doing and lend a hand.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Nov 24, 2007 1:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ten years?! By then it'll be too late!

Look, just last night the older boy and I were perusing the Milne classic Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees. I stopped him from turning the page just after out protagonist had shown up at Christopher Robin's place asking for a balloon. I said, "Now we know that Pooh wants the honey in the beehive at the top of the tree and we know that he has already broken branches and fallen from the tree because he was to heavy to be supported by the smaller limbs in the top of the tree.. So what do you think Pooh wants to do with that balloon?.."

[Long pause as a two-year old thiiiiiiinks.....]

"He wants to get the honey!"

Yeah. Right. He wants to get the honey. What about the balloon, Preston?! WHAT ABOUT THE BALLOON?!

My son-- master of the obvious.

Tell me, Andromache.. Do you think Cornell is going to accept that kind of horseshit on their entrance exams? Do you think that this is the kind of incomplete and negligable processing that will ever lead to an understanding of subtext? Will this kid ever have a chance to chuckle at a baseball blogger's MORP jokes?

It's all slipping from my grasp.

"The taco has to be redeemed on Oct. 30 or Nov. 6 - that's a Tuesday."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Nov 24, 2007 4:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

the entire episode

is a reimagining of WWI artillery observation and anxieties over aerial bombardment.

by Man Mountain on Nov 24, 2007 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Al

As North Carolinians are fond of saying, best of luck switching from a man-to-man to a zone defense.

by Man Mountain on Nov 22, 2007 10:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations Alan!

I'm thankful to be back in Reds country for Thanksgiving, and also thankful that the City Barbeque in Centerville has been rebuilt after it burned down. Tomorrow's meals will be there and Skyline. I daresay it might be better than Thanksgiving dinner.

by Brendanukkah on Nov 22, 2007 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I should have read this thread sooner

Congrats FVA! I have no advice for you except to pick your favorite now and play him/her off the others. That way you won't have to worry about all of them wanting to stay with you after they graduate. Also, two of them will hate you so much that you'll probably only have to pay for college for one kid. That's like free money.

By the way, none of this advice is reliable. My wife and I haven't even gone on man-to-man defense. We're still double-teaming and while I haven't checked the score lately, I think we're still losing.

I'm not superstitious...but I am a little stitious.

by Slyde on Nov 25, 2007 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

double-teaming, slydes wife...

i know theres a joke in there somewhere, but im too horny to figure it out.

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Nov 25, 2007 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Boobs, you're being coy.

Don't act like you didn't see "man-to-man."

"The taco has to be redeemed on Oct. 30 or Nov. 6 - that's a Tuesday."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Nov 25, 2007 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

bad food, no family

typical thanksgiving for me. :(

I love the Reds no matter what!

by Daedalus on Nov 23, 2007 2:57 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

hey RR is family!

but you are right Alan does cook up something nasty

by jacob brumfield on Nov 23, 2007 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Back from visisting my soon to be 97

year old Mom who had a fall and cracked her pelvis - a hairline crack but still painful.Old Red's fan are tough! Mrs. Madville and I enjoyed a simple but rewarding luncheon with Mom and listened to her remembrances of things past...especially interesting to hear her talk about when Nuxhall was a player and how my Dad thought Joe was a 'damn hothead'. Then off to Columbus (home of the Buckeyes)to my wife's family where 2 of our kids joined us there while the other other 2 went off to their spouses' families for fun, food and football. My oldest daughter is pregnant w/#2- so life goes on and on.
We will have a Madville family get together on Sunday..then off to the lanes for our annual bowling tournament.

Congrats to Alan and Mrs. Vegas on their upcoming little RR addition.

BTW Daedalus there's always room at the Madville residence for one more, if you don't mind visiting the ghetto.

"You don't invent winning" Sparky Anderson

by Madville on Nov 23, 2007 2:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

thanks

but it's a little far for me to travel, given the ocean and all. my mother told me she'd cook a turkey for me when i get home at the end of next month, so there's that.

2008 NL Central Champs!

by Daedalus on Nov 24, 2007 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So...

...you'll be back home for Christmas?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 24, 2007 6:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Bring a #3 starter home with you

That's all I want for Christmas.

by Brendanukkah on Nov 25, 2007 12:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yes - dec 20

then i might move to cincinnati for the baseball season and come back here next fall. or not. who knows? i certainly don't.

2008 NL Central Champs!

by Daedalus on Nov 25, 2007 5:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

So sosister D., Where are you now ?

"It's not savvy. But it's not Mike Stanton." andromache

by Madville on Nov 25, 2007 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And where's that muscley-armed paperboy

eh, Madville?

by Man Mountain on Nov 25, 2007 7:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wishin' you'd come by,

bring me some good news

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Nov 25, 2007 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Once again Man Mountain rivals

the effusive and hilarious FVA. No, today MM rules.

"It's not savvy. But it's not Mike Stanton." andromache

by Madville on Nov 26, 2007 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

still in bulgaria

2008 NL Central Champs!

by Daedalus on Nov 27, 2007 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I know how you feel D

last year my new wife and I had thanksgiving in England, which they call "Thursday". her family came over to visit, but i ruined the turkey and she ruined the stuffing. it made this year that much more special though. God bless America.

at least this isnt pittsburgh

by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 26, 2007 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sad time for some...

...apparently Joe Kennedy died friday.

by jacob brumfield on Nov 23, 2007 2:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

link

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3124303

by jacob brumfield on Nov 23, 2007 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yikes

He was only 28.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 23, 2007 5:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My Thanksgiving was too good!

I'm back up to 180 again!!1

btw I called Arkansas over LSU, I have to bring this up cause it is one of the 3 predictions out of 5000 I've got right this year! Sorry MM, I as an SEC fan am disapointed that the best football conference right now will not have a rep for the title but atleast LSU didn't go UK the past month!

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Nov 24, 2007 12:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

But they did to lose to UK

who tanked...so, nothing great about that.

FWIW, I'm not that upset about the loss. Well, it upset me at the time, but I was expecting it this week or next.

This year's LSU team looked significantly worse than last year's; they just had Auburn and Florida at home. This was LSU's best shot at another NCAA title, however--senior-heavy, down years at Auburn/Alabama/Tenn, big football powers dropping unexpected games, getting insane lucky on 4th downs.

That ship won't come around again any time soon.

by Man Mountain on Nov 24, 2007 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be here all week

I hear Michigan is looking for a new Carr with Les Miles.

Wow, what a terrific audience.

Add getting a shot at love with Tila Tequila to the list of things at which I would be horrible.

by Red Menace on Nov 24, 2007 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I've got a better one

You can't spell Les Miles without 2 Ls!

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Nov 24, 2007 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I've got a better one!

SweaterVest is a cheater!

Put in a quarter...Turn out the lights...Magic Fingers makes ya feel alright!

by chandrathan on Nov 25, 2007 9:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My thanksgiving dinner was

sweet and sour pork, and cashew chicken, and it was delicious. Much better then my thanksgiving dinner 2 years ago, which was beef on a Lufthansa flight coming home from Italy. But nothing beats my thanksgiving dinner last year, which was shortly after i left cuba.

The Dusty path to the World Series!

by justin0070000 on Nov 26, 2007 4:06 AM EST reply actions 0 recs