John Chappell at PJM, reporting from Spain on a Springeresque program having a Jenny Jones moment:  Ricardo Navarro called up the producers because he wanted to surprise his ex-girlfriend, a 30-year-old Russian woman named Svetlana. He told them he wanted to ask her to come back to him, and that he would propose marriage to her on the air. Naturally, the program jumped at it; they contacted Svetlana and informed her

The adoptees in our midst might be interested in this piece by Scott Glover in the LA Times, depicting his encounter with his birth parents, one of them departed. Excellent piece.

That guy that Liz Stephans vlogs with has a new cast up, including Liz checking in from her super-secret tropical location. Just another thing for which to be grateful. From serr8d:

If your Thanksgiving isn’t complete without a few tears, you may wish to read his post about Christiana. Mary and I are going to NYC to check out his band on New Year’s Eve. Hope to see you there.

Feel free to send yours, and I’ll post them ;-P Damn Yankee Infidel has Lincoln’s original Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1863.

h/t Glenn Reynolds “One year the turkey took a long time to cook and I went to carve it after about 13 beers,” said Maurice Landry, who lives near Lake Charles, La. “The way I remember it, I bore down to take off the leg and the whole thing went shooting off the platter and knocked over the centerpiece.” All of these are good reasons to adopt the high-yield, low-profile

Among the many things that I’m thankful for, and pretty close to the top of the list, when I really think about it, is not being abducted by Satanists, as was this poor man. Knock on wood. Also, that my daughter’s not making me take her to see the Salzberg Marionettes perform The Sound of Music. It was a wonderful life. Rings. If I were headed home, I might be

Just when things seem to be going great………. No Chemo for Matthew for Thanksgiving. – Matthew’s blood is not co-operating. Its almost like it knows that it is time for more chemo, so it shuts down. His platelets are too low for chemo. His ANC count is great (white bloods cells/immunity). The chemo seems to attack the platelets most. – Matthew got blood drawn on Monday, on Tuesday I called

Those who know Latasha Norman describe her as a serious, smart student who was seen around Jackson State University with pad and pencil, covering stories for the campus newspaper. They say it’s out of her character to disappear without a word to her family and friends. She was last seen at the end of an afternoon class Nov. 13. Campus and city police have fielded dozens of calls, to no