Thanks, god(!)

On Thanksgiving, I always think of an Albanian woman I used to work with at the salon who would editorialize her own stories by pausing in the middle to give big ups to the man upstairs, pointing and lamenting, "Thanks, God!" after which she would gesture a very quick, almost impossible to see, sign of the cross.  The phrase would be dripping with self-pity and fear, sometimes I thought I sensed sarcasm, even.  I've seen very few people be able to work that much information into two syllables, it was pretty incredible.  

Anywho, in addition to the above, thanks, god(!) for the following:

1.  KGRS, or, as they'd have you believe, the soundtrack to my life - without which R squared could have never memorized "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" that time that it was broken and on repeat for well over an hour in 1997.  Also without which B-Town would only have country music.

2.  An open Bennigan's twenty minutes away and Turkey O'Tooles in my future!

3.  Fun City, whose patrons continue to remind us to keep it classy - as per the below.  It's hard to tell from my fancy photog work, but in parentheses it reads "now go make me some breakfast please."  The future is ours, America.

4.  Today Show recipes.  While the rest of you were picking at your meals today, wondering what Lester Holt was eating, I was livin' it.