It's 0951 EST and we have not posted this yet?!?!?!?
Somebody get me a CR!!!!!
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Here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave (LOTF) the special few at NW.com have been delinquent in posting our greetings and below expectations in our gratitude.
Things are slow here in the LOTF, yet they are still good,...
Things could be better, yet they are still better than 90% of all humanity which has ever drawn breath has ever known,...
So, be of good cheer and be thankful,...
Thankful to those who work the shifts to make the power possible to cook, be warm, watch football, and stay up to the wee hours trading stories, debates and laughs with family seen all too rarely,...
Thankful to those who build the roads, man the toll booths, partrol the streets, fly the aircraft, operate the airports, and crew the trains, boats and ferries which bring us home,...
Thankful to our grandparents and parents, and on reflection, to any good parent we have been privileged to know who showed us the way to be a good parent in our own turn,...
Thankful to the suits who sit in governance, who for all their ineptness and in spite of all we know they could be doing better have somehow managed not to sink the ship of the USS LOTF regardless of the barnacles, leaks, and rusty rivets they seem unable to correct,...
Thankful to the football players, who although handsomely rewarded, are still showing up and playing the game for our entertainment, many of whom probably desire to not have to play today and could spend the full day at home with their families, who wish they played for the Buccaneers today, but to play is their job, and so they will play and play well, thanks guys, and everybody who has to be there with you to bring these hallmarks of entertainment into our living rooms,...
Thankful to the honoured empty chair(s) at the dinner table, our most humble thanks to the one(s) who cannot be there or will never be there again, who stand the post and man the watch, my words begin to fail me when I dwell here too long,...
And, in my home, thanks to my Creator, for placing my vapor of an existence here in this place and in this time and amongst this company of men, women and children, for blessing me and mine with far more than we have ever deserved only because we draw breath, I am and will forever be, grateful for the United States of America and grateful to have been her citizen,....
CR closed,....
