I wrote a Thanksgiving memory piece Monday I haven\u2019t had time to finish. That\u2019s my task for the afternoon. But here\u2019s something to tide you over.
\nMy wife.
\nOur health and happiness.
\nMy new brothers and sisters and parents.
\nOur friends and family who helped make this the most amazing year of our lives.
\nThe good fortune to live in a great house.
\nA job that\u2019s maddening some days, but gives me a good income and the freedom to travel, visit friends, and pursue my writing.
\nESPN Full Court.
\nWayne Simien, Keith Langford, and Aaron Miles.
\nBill Self.
\nMark Mangino and Bill Whittemore.
\nEd.
\nScrubs.
\nThe Fab Five.
\nSeinfeld reruns.
\nWill Ferrell.
\nOne more album from Joe Strummer.
\nWilco, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead.
\nBooks.
\nMy MP3 player.
\nGoogle.
\nBubb Rubb and Lil\u2019 Sis.
\nCaffeine.
\nNewcastle Brown Ale.
\nAny Glen, just as long as it\u2019s not a blend.
\nReally good Mexican food.
\nDaylong e-mail discussions with some of you (you know who you are).
\nEpic eating binges when I return to my hometown.
\nFriends who make me want to return to my hometown more often than I can.
\nThe freedom to write whatever I want on my own website.
\nEnough friends who read my thoughts to make the effort worthwhile.
\nHosting our first Thanksgiving tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I wrote a Thanksgiving memory piece Monday I haven\u2019t had time to finish. That\u2019s my task for the afternoon. But here\u2019s something to tide you over. My wife. Our health and happiness. My new brothers and sisters and parents. Our friends and family who helped make this the most amazing year of our lives. The good fortune to live in a great house. A job that\u2019s maddening some days, but gives me a good income and the freedom to travel, visit friends, and pursue my writing. ESPN Full Court. Wayne Simien, Keith Langford, and Aaron Miles. Bill Self. Mark Mangino and Bill Whittemore. Ed. Scrubs. The Fab Five. Seinfeld reruns. Will Ferrell. One more album from Joe Strummer. Wilco, Pearl Jam, and Radiohead. Books. My MP3 player. Google. Bubb Rubb and Lil\u2019 Sis. Caffeine. Newcastle Brown Ale. Any Glen, just as long as it\u2019s not a blend. Really good Mexican food. Daylong e-mail discussions with some of you (you know who you are). Epic eating binges when I return to my hometown. Friends who make me want to return to my hometown more often than I can. The freedom to write whatever I want on my own website. Enough friends who read my thoughts to make the effort worthwhile. Hosting our first Thanksgiving tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-holidays"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15721,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/15721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dsnotebook.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}