May you sup upon the succulent bird of the pilgrims and injest copious amounts of ale and wine.
May the day of turkey decimation find you with bulging stomachs and of good cheer.
May "Black Friday" find you sparring with fellow shoppers in pursuit of the most excellent of consumer deals.
Whatever your plans, do enjoy the days spread out before you, and may you arrive rested and refreshed next Monday.
When historians look back at the first decade of this new Millennium, I predict at least one chapter of every history book will be dedicated to the phenomenon of unhinged Internet commenters. I'm all for free speech and all that, but there are a lot of completely obsessive nutjobs out there who can't resist hitting the "Comment" link on blogs and other Web sites and blatherating their unique form of insanity. It warrants its own psychological classification.
There's an amusing Google ad appearing on my ThunderJournal as of today. It instructs you to "Shoot the bad guy!" Don't get me wrong, I'm all for shooting the bad guy. Bad guys, after all, should be shot once properly identified.
However, the ad just says "Shoot the bad guy!" and then an animated guy wearing a snow mask and carrying a gun creeps by, and you're just left to assume he's the bad guy. Only, there's no real reason to suspect him as a bad guy, unless you automatically assume someone wearing a snow mask is a bad guy and you open fire first and unmask later.
I mean, isn't it possible the creeping guy is a GOOD GUY who is going after the bad guy? For that matter, maybe you're the bad guy, aiming after the good guy who is going after you and doesn't see you lurking off to his right, about to take a shot, thinking he's the bad guy.
Think about it.
