Alice's Restaurant Revisted

Blame Dawn in Maine for this video- we were just talking about Arlo a few minutes ago on the phone and I mentioned that the first time I ever heard "Alice's Restaurant" was on Thanksgiving Day 1987, as I was driving back from my relative's in Amherst MA to my apartment outside Boston.

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S.F. Chronicle: "Pass the stuffing and spare the air"

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Air quality officials have called a Spare the Air alert for Thanksgiving, meaning the burning of wood and manufactured fire logs is banned both indoors and outdoors from midnight tonight until midnight Thursday.

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Thanksgiving Day This & That: Open Thread

It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread...

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Marriage equality - is it time to give up the referenda fight?

In the wake of the tragedy of marriage equality being rolled back in Maine by mob rule, I know a lot of people I've talked to in recent days have questioned the wisdom of pouring money into ballot initiatives.

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Thanksgiving - what's on the menu - and giving thanks

My too-thin avatar (left; Yahoo's Plus Size avatars are average sized) and a turkey on that platter, I am actually planning to cook a leg of lamb.

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Thanksgiving Email From President Obama

Got this this afternoon:

Louise-

Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.

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The Peter crows about Liberty Counsel's FCC indecency complaint over Lambert performance

Ah, here we go -- as expected, some fundie was going to try for some PR by filing a complaint to the FCC over Adam Lambert's "shocking" ABC-promoted performance on the American Music Awards last week.

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Time For Some Turkey Posts!

Starting with dim bulb Dana Perino telling Sean Hannity that "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term"- and of course, Sean Hannity failed to point out who was president on September 11, 2001.

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Who does Mr. E look more like?

Shameless second family post. Feel free to skip over...

When a new one arrives, everyone wants to see who the young one looks more like, the mom or dad, or sometimes the baby ends up looking more like a sibling or more distant relative.

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Rev. Irene Monroe: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving

As I prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, I am reminded of the autumnal harvest time's spiritual significance.

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