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If someone offers to pick up my check, I immediately reach for my wallet. Because inside is a note that says, "Say thanks."

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It's T-Day, and as cliche as such a thing has become, it's still important to remember that there are things in life to be thankful for. Here's my list. I'd love to hear about yours.

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First to be thankful not to have to invite HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED to my turkey dinner out of politeness to he and the Rosie Reds who still find him “deliciously sparky”!

by PeteyHendrix on Nov 27, 2008 1:24 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

who?

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Nov 28, 2008 6:30 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm thankful for:

1. The 1963 Chevy Impala<img src=“http://rds.yahoo.com/ylt=A0WTefgGfy5JITIBDFaJzbkF;ylu=X3oDMTBrcDgzM24zBHBvcwMxMDMEc2VjA3NyBHZ0aWQD/SIG=1lbfc7t1p/EXP=1227870342/**http3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view3Fback=http253A252F252Fimages.search.yahoo.com252Fsearch252Fimages253F_adv_prop253Dimage2526ni253D202526va253D1963252Bimpala2526fr253Dyfp-t-3132526xargs253D02526pstart253D12526b253D10126w=40026h=18426imgurl=www.musclecarclub.com252Fmusclecars252Fchevrolet-impala252Fimages252Fchevrolet-impala-1963d.jpg26rurl=http253A252F%252F”http://www.musclecarclub.com" target="_blank">www.musclecarclub.com252Fmusclecars252Fchevrolet-impala252Fchevrolet-impala-pictures.shtml26size=16.9kB26name=chevrolet-impala-1963d.jpg26p=19632Bimpala26type=JPG26oid=dbeb66fe9399bef826no=10326tt=9,72326sigr=12o567ves26sigi=12j2p9qg726sigb=13laoq1dg"/>
2. George Foster <img src=“http://rds.yahoo.com/ylt=A0WTefjvfy5JRGABuTuJzbkF;ylu=X3oDMTBpZm5udGl1BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNzcgR2dGlkAw—/SIG=1ilakrjv8/EXP=1227870575/**http3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view3Fback=http253A252F252Fimages.search.yahoo.com252Fsearch252Fimages253F_adv_prop253Dimage2526fr253Dyfp-t-3132526va253Dgeorge252Bfoster2526sz253Dall26w=22226h=31026imgurl=www.baseball-almanac.com252Fplayers252Fpics252Fgeorge_foster_autograph.jpg26rurl=http253A252F252F”http://www.baseball-almanac.com" target="_blank">www.baseball-almanac.com252Fplayers252Fplayer.php253Fp253Dfostege0126size=11.5kB26name=george_foster_autograph.jpg26p=george2Bfoster26type=JPG26oid=29389c675268ff9a26no=526tt=10,67826sigr=11u2q4uln26sigi=121r5131j26sigb=131mahfju"/>
3. Harry
4. boobs
5. boobs
6. Aretha
7. Alan src=“http://assets.sbnation.com/profile_images/29025/dump_11_may_096_small.JPG”/>
8. Women’s soccer 3A//images.search.yahoo.com/images/view3Fback=http253A252F252Fimages.search.yahoo.com252Fsearch252Fimages253F_adv_prop253Dimage2526va253Dheather252Bmitts2526fr253Dyfp-t-3132526xargs253D02526pstart253D12526b253D212526ni253D2026w=18026h=25026imgurl=espn.go.com252Fi252Fpage2252Fphotos252F040212heather1.jpg26rurl=http253A252F252Fsports.espn.go.com252Fespn252Fpage2252Fstory253Fpage253Dhottest252Ffemale252Ffinals200426size=36.5kB26name=040212heather1.jpg26p=heather2Bmitts26type=JPG26oid=303405bec8990a2c26no=4026tt=30126sigr=129cl6nd226sigi=11dh0sgq226sigb=13mkbmu75"/>
9. RR
10 Family, Friends, life, love and Music

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 27, 2008 6:44 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well the links didn't link - dang

so i’ll just go with women’s soccer

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 27, 2008 6:46 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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

by BubbaFan on Nov 27, 2008 7:25 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll never catch up to technological speed up...damn Marshall McLuhan !

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 27, 2008 9:12 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You'll shoot your eye out!

I’m thankful for:

● One last spring in Sarasota.

● Reds blogs that put up with the occasional errant Yankees fan

Change you can believe in

● White House Chrismukkah cards

● Strangers on the Internet who e-mail you high school yearbook photos of your favorite baseball player.

● The fact that I’ve never done anything noteworthy enough that anyone would want to to post my high school yearbook photos on the Internet.

● Family, food, friends, and football! (Not necessarily in that order. ;-)



Go Cowboys!

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

by BubbaFan on Nov 27, 2008 7:18 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just watched a few episodes of Arrested Development season 3 last night

Damn that show was good.

Why have I been blogging for so long? It's certainly not because of the paycheck. Because I could be making a lot more money as a doctor or a professional athlete.

by Slyde on Nov 27, 2008 8:21 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

particularly season 3

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Nov 27, 2008 10:20 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm thankful for Turgooduccochiqua

Taking birds-in-birds to the next level.

Oh, and for the good will of man and all that shit. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 27, 2008 10:54 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

im thankful

for my friends who are having their wedding on Thanksgiving. i never want to be with my family at times like this anyway.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Nov 27, 2008 11:03 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

News from Shelbyville

Edna Parker dies at the age of 115. This Thanksgiving is a sad one in my wife’s home town.

Why have I been blogging for so long? It's certainly not because of the paycheck. Because I could be making a lot more money as a doctor or a professional athlete.

by Slyde on Nov 27, 2008 12:48 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lotsa things...

To be serious for once…

- Bugs
- My dogs
- My friends
- My family… every once in a great while…
- Music to fit my every mood.
- Choir and Band and the families that come with them
- A future that’s starting to look bright
- That I didn’t get caught when I smuggled Vinnie from my dad’s house in Texas.
- RR and the great people I’ve “met” on it.

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Nov 27, 2008 3:03 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't forget Mizzou and the Entomolgy interns Dr. Crolfer

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 27, 2008 9:09 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

only some of them...

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Nov 30, 2008 3:37 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wow

The Pittsburgh Pirates are signing football players:

PITTSBURGH PIRATES_Re-signed RB Najeh Davenport. Released CB Roy Lewis.

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

by BubbaFan on Nov 27, 2008 3:41 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Dunn

Top free-agent slugger may come cheap

Things have appeared oddly quiet for the biggest slugger on the free-agent market. That would be Adam Dunn, who may find his value isn’t quite what he had hoped (though we have to believe he doesn’t actually expect the $100 million that ex-Reds teammate Bronson Arroyo says he’s expecting).

I wonder if there’s any chance he’ll come back to Cincinnati? Maybe if they trade Arroyo…

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

by BubbaFan on Nov 27, 2008 6:15 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My real thanks

Given a couple of hours before it’s too late.

- My kids – without them I’d be even more of a degenerate than I already am. They keep me grounded and sane, and are perpetual “perspective readjustment devices”.

- My girlfriend – Incredibly supportive of me even when she shouldn’t be, she has reaffirmed my basic trust in human beings.

- You guys – I love all of you on some level. The beauty of RR is that even though we may disagree, we generally do it in a mature manner. We also have fun, even when it’s good-natured tackiness/racism/mysoginy (if that’s possible?)

Bottom line: if we’re able to be on this site bitching about such inconsequential things as Reds baseball, we’re better off than 99% of everyone else on the planet. I’m incredibly thankful to be where I am in the world and to have the opportunities I do.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 27, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply reply actions actions   1 recs

"good natured mysoginy"

I’m thankful for that, as is my damn hooker mother.

But seriously, I’m thankful for family and friends of course. I’m thankful for you all making being a fan of a team, even a team like the Reds, fun. And I’m thankful that all of us realize that sports are about fun and community, not about ripping off each others’ testicles or other such parts.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Nov 28, 2008 9:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rec'd for your bottom line

You speak the truth my friend.

I’m thankful for a whole buncha random crap, some important some not so much.

The inconsequential: Young guys talented enough to make me blindly hope for ‘09, Slyde and Rick for keeping up my favorite cyber home during the offseason, that whole 6 months I just got done with in Deliverance country (I feel all growed up), Stephen Curry’s jumpshot, and of course, Beanie Wells.

The consequential: Friends and family. Period. I’m lucky to have both being supportive and sources of counsel after all the stupid and ill-conceived decisions I’ve made over the past 12 months.

by chesirecat on Nov 30, 2008 1:00 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Im thankful for, my family..

Cause every thanksgiving we get high as hell together and laugh. Apparently if Spiderman was actually anatomically spider like, his webs would shoot out of his boobs.

Are there any more dinner rolls? -President Ted Kennedy

by The Crushinator on Nov 27, 2008 11:21 PM EST reply reply actions actions   1 recs

recd

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Nov 27, 2008 11:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1. My six week-old daughter
2. My wife, for letting me pick Larkin as the middle name

by ken on Nov 28, 2008 9:46 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

thankful the last eight years are finally coming to an end

the grownups are back in charge of running the world

jay bruce, joey votto, edinson volquez, johnny cueto, too

by Daedalus on Nov 28, 2008 4:22 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Are you including Hilary as a 'grown up' ?

Remember when Bill was Prez – there was a whole wing of the White House called ’Hillary Land ’.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 28, 2008 10:15 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thankful

that we at least got several years of Mitch Hedberg’s brilliance.

by ctnyc on Nov 29, 2008 6:09 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My Hedberg experience

As payment for services rendered to someone on their home computer I received two tickets to the Funny Bone at the Levee. We showed up, went through a fight to get in after we weren’t on the list, and sat down. It was Mitch Hedberg that night and I was in love immediately. It’s funny how some of the best burn out so quickly.

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 29, 2008 7:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'll miss Mitch always.

I was fortunate enough to work with Mitch on his first comedy special back in the mid-90’s. He had trouble looking up from the floor, and the crowd took a while to warm up to the unknown. The joke that finally won them over: “Man, I can’t wait to get off this stage, cause there’s a roll of lifesavers in my pocket, and pineapple is next.”

by PeteyHendrix on Nov 29, 2008 9:07 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

more on Adam Dunn

Rosenthal thinks Dunn might not even be offered arbitration. Because of the economic crisis.

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

by BubbaFan on Nov 30, 2008 11:18 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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