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ScarletKnight41 Nov 23 2005 03:38 PM

[url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/13242322.htm]Dave Barry's Thoughts About The Holiday[/url]

cooby Nov 23 2005 03:40 PM

Roff! Meow!

Elster88 Nov 23 2005 03:58 PM

I like Dave.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 23 2005 03:59 PM

Dave's great. Even during his haitus, [url=http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/]his blog[/url] is hysterical.

martin Nov 23 2005 10:49 PM

i was cautiously optimisitic that i would enjoy that dave barry column when i clicked on it. and i was pleasantly suprised to find that he used the word "stanky" , which i really like. that was more than enough to justify the time i invested in reading.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 23 2005 11:03 PM

LOL - I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Nymr83 Nov 23 2005 11:28 PM

Yancy Street Gang Nov 24 2005 07:32 AM

Reminds me of something I used to wonder as a kid: Why would anybody stick their head in gravy, wash it off with bubble gum, of all things, and send it to the Navy? What does the Navy do with all those severed bubble-gum-coated heads? On that note, Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Of all the holidays, there's none I like more than this one.

KC Nov 24 2005 10:07 AM

Happy Thanksgiving! What's everyone having for dinner today?

Edgy DC Nov 24 2005 10:38 AM

Lasagna.

seawolf17 Nov 24 2005 10:41 AM

I'm heading to Edgy's place!

ScarletKnight41 Nov 24 2005 10:46 AM

We're having turkey at my parents' place. We're bringing a pumpkin cheesecake for dessert.

KC Nov 24 2005 11:17 AM

KB made a pumpkin pie, I'm making shrimp appetizer for 14. Three dipping sauces, mild, medium, and chipotle mama!

Johnny Dickshot Nov 24 2005 11:18 AM

We started apple-smoking a turkey out back this morning at around 8. But with the cold weather it's hard to keep the damn smoker warm. Will fire up the Chinese Box for quickly cooked toms shortly.

Edgy DC Nov 24 2005 11:31 AM

Thanksgiving column that cold-cocks you with Met content at the end. Military Engagement: I'm grateful for the time to get to know Luke's family By THERESA STAHL tmstahl@naplesnews.com November 24, 2005 Naples (FL) Daily News This continuing series follows the lives of Luke Anderson, 25, and Daily News reporter Theresa Stahl, 28. The couple was engaged in May and are planning an April wedding — after Luke returns from Iraq. * * * As hard as it is to be away from my fianc้, there are many things in my life for which I am thankful. One of them is being near Luke's parents, to relate our experiences of going through the deployment and to have the opportunity to get to know them before Luke and I get married. Luke's dad, John Anderson, who is pastor of Bay Presbyterian Church in Bonita Springs, will tell you he's a sensitive guy. It's one of the qualities that makes him a great pastor. So when his only son left for his first tour in Iraq in April 2004, he was a basket case. He would nap in Luke's bed because that's where he felt closest to him. He would wake up in the middle of the night to search the news for information that told him where Luke might be located or what he might be doing. John says that dropping off his son at the Naval Academy was just as traumatic. The school is very regimented, a place with little freedom. They have rules that require first- and second-year students have to wear their uniforms all the time — whether they're on or off campus — and prohibit them from sitting down in public or lying down during normal waking hours. Luke once told me he doesn't remember a time when he had fun in the first two years. He was miserable, and, like any parent, that made John miserable. Since John couldn't move to Annapolis, where the school is located, he drove up as many weekends as he could during Luke's first couple years. He endured the 17-hour drive 10 times, once taking along Luke's best friend from high school, to give his son a chance to get off campus and relax a little bit, to bring to him a little piece of home. He says that first year prepared him for when Luke initially left for Iraq, although he and Carey, Luke's mom, joke that they sometimes live in denial and pretend their son is at his base in California. On Sunday night the three of us had dinner together and talked about some of these things. It's always good to see them, especially when we haven't heard much from Luke. We went two weeks without hearing anything, and then last Friday I received a short e-mail. He said he was safe and doing well, and that I had guessed correctly about the operation he was involved with, that he had been near the Syrian border. He said he would call as soon as he could, but that was the last communication I received. That night at dinner it felt like Luke was almost there as we were talking about him, and part of me didn't want to leave. I'm blessed to have a good relationship with my future in-laws and I'm grateful they've given me a family when I'm apart from mine. John and Carey are exceptional people, and, strangely, they are pretty much the spitting image of my parents. Luke's dad and mine both are very sociable and soft-hearted, and our mothers both are reserved while thoughtful and selfless. John met my parents this summer when he flew to Minneapolis, where I'm from, to go on a fishing trip. I gave all of them advance notice of the similarities. They met at a restaurant, and I got a call that night a little earlier than expected. "We're not through with dinner yet," said my mother over the bustling restaurant noise, "but I had to tell you that you're right — your father and John are exactly the same." Our dads — mine from Connecticut and Luke's from New Jersey — both took the train to Mets games when they were young. There was a theme song played before each game, which they both remembered. So they sang it. At the dinner table. Kinda glad I wasn't there. They also both used to play a baseball-strategy board game called Strat-O-Matic, of which my dad still has an old copy. He's bringing it to Naples when he and the rest of my family visit for Christmas and they're going to play it. They're very excited about this. And I am too. It will be the beginning of a tradition with my new, extended family. * * * Military Engagement appears in Neapolitan on alternate Thursdays, through the couple's wedding date on April 29. The next column will appear on Dec. 8. To read previous columns, go to web.naplesnews.com/special/militaryengagement/. Theresa Stahl can be contacted at tmstahl@naplesnews.com.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 24 2005 11:40 AM

When did the parade coverage stop being about the floats and balloons and marching bands and become all about staged musical numbers? I miss living on the West Side. We'd go to Central Park West to see the parade zoom by, then head back to the apartment to shower and change for dinner while the parade was still on tv. Good times.

seawolf17 Nov 24 2005 12:02 PM

Nice article. The "theme song," of course, was "Chocolate Strawberry."

ScarletKnight41 Nov 24 2005 12:33 PM

Yancy Street Gang Nov 24 2005 01:14 PM

That was me as a kid, except that instead of keeping my eye on a football game, I was trying to catch as much of King Kong as I could. Now, thanks to the miracle of VCR's and DVR's, I can watch in the morning, long before the turkey is served. I've already completed my King Konging for the day, and I'm not filled with Thanksgiving spirit.

Valadius Nov 24 2005 01:37 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Valadius Nov 24 2005 01:41 PM

Happy 7000th post, Yancy.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 24 2005 06:09 PM

[url=http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/11/24/1420396.html]Thanksgiving Thoughts From Jace[/url]

Yancy Street Gang Nov 24 2005 07:49 PM

Valadius wrote: Happy 7000th post, Yancy. Huh! Wow, I hadn't noticed. Thanks!

Edgy DC Nov 24 2005 09:58 PM

Even better that you're posting as King Kong about King Kong.