This is a song about Alice....

I am currently engaging in the annual Thanksgiving tradition at my parents' house--listening to all twenty-two minutes of "Alice's Restaurant" and singing along. This is one of the few things my father and I can do together that doesn't end with him shouting for twenty minutes and me bursting into tears, so it's a relatively joyful thing for me. We both know every single word, and enjoy the hell of it.

So here are some things I'm thankful for. ( I'm not proud... or tired.... )

Here is the single greatest blog post ever made about this song.

Other things I'm thankful for:

• My friends
  
• Technology (especially the kind that brings me a few new friends every year)
  
• Modern medicine
  
• Steampunk (honest to Flying Spaghetti Monter--if Steampunk had existed when I was in high school, I would have been all over it, and I would still be all over it today)
  
• Nerdfighters (HOO-AH!)
  
• The Occupy movement, which gives me the first glimmer of hope I've had in a very long time that this country is not well and truly finished.

Lastly: My Family's Annual Thanksgiving Dinner That Can't Be Beat. There are twenty-two people this year (we usually have more). Great-uncle Eddie is a gourmet chef; second-cousin Patricia is a pastry chef at one of the high-end restaurants in D.C. (the name of which I can never remember); my father is a meat purveyor for a large number of the top restaurants in Manhattan.

( this year's menu. Warning: may cause food envy. )

I hope that everyone who celebrates has a lovely Turkey day, and that all of you who don't, worldwide, have a great day however you choose to spend it.