Posts Tagged ‘thanksgiving’
A simple test to determine if a food is objectively tasty
My friends, Kim and Andrew, were kind enough to include a dish of canned jellied cranberry sauce on their Thanksgiving table for me. I love canned jellied cranberry sauce. I also brought canned jellied cranberry sauce to my class’s annual Thanksgiving feast and was shocked to learn that 13 of the 18 students present had…
Read MoreToday I give thanks for something intangible and improbable and incredibly powerful
On this Thanksgiving, I am grateful for possibility. Perhaps I will always be a mid-list author who publishes a novel every year or two.A storyteller and speaker who takes the stage now and again to entertain audiences.A screenwriter and playwright who is never paid very much for his craft. A very small business owner. And if…
Read MoreCanned, jellied cranberry sauce will not go the way of the dodo (or the Twinkie) if I have anything to say about it.
For the lovers of canned, jellied cranberry sauce, here’s some terrifying news: It would appear that this Thanksgiving Day staple is on the decline. When I went to the grocery store yesterday to pick up several cans of the stuff, I found it relegated to a two foot section of bottom shelf space in the…
Read More18 reasons for me to be thankful on Thanksgiving 2014
1. My children, who are my greatest blessing in life. I find joy in everything that they do. Many people warned me about how difficult parenting would be. They were wrong. 2. My wife, the ideal mother, and the best wife. I married the pretty, smart girl, and I still can’t quite believe it. 3.…
Read MoreThe preferred Thanksgiving Day meal time
I enjoyed a lovely and perfect Thanksgiving yesterday. In the company of some of our best friends, we shared food, conversation, and football. We chatted about our work and our children. We laughed at stories told from a year gone by. There was great debate over whether or not I am a hipster (I’m not).…
Read MoreThis piece in Slate by Allison Benedikt is ridiculous link bait. It’s also offensive to my children.
I love Slate. I probably read Slate more than anything else on the Internet. But occasionally Slate publishes pieces that amount to nothing more than link bait, and Allison Benedikt’s piece entitled No Thanksgivukkah: The portmanteau holiday is bad for Jews and bad for America, is clearly one of them. Bad for America? The hyperbole…
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