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Thanksgiving Plans<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years ago<\/a>, I was writing about many things Detroit. Thanksgiving football is the Detroit Lions. Period. End of Story. The Cowboys were Johnny-Com-Latelys, but I do remember viewing more than a few Dallas games. Leon Lett blowing the game. I remember a Cowboys game with Ryan Leaf starting as they searched a decent quarterback in the wake of Aikman. I think I actually caught most of that game driving to Charleston, SC to have dinner at my uncle’s house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Thanksgiving football is a Lions thing<\/span><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stumbled across a question in one of my Substack groups (Probably The Fifth Column) that was a guy from New Zealand who connected with a woman in Hawaii. I think they’re engaged. But he was looking for information about what to expect on his first trip to Michigan to meet her family for a real American Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIONS FOOTBALL.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think staying awake to watch the late Cowboys game when I was growing up in Europe was hit-or-miss. The Lions game would kick off just about when the tryptophan was really kicking in, and Dallas would have been something like 1am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They added a third game probably about fifteen years ago. Probably in an effort to increase viewership on the Sinister Coast. But, for several years there, they were loading it up with all-NFC games. Yeah, I appreciate Lions-Packers. Or Dallas-Redskins Football Team<\/s> Commanders, but both of those games make me a little less appetized to see Cardinals-Seahawks at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year they paid a bit better attention, and had some AFC teams playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, it’s a division game in the NFC North, a cross-conference game with the Cowboys, and an AFC-only game for the night contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am more than okay with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So. What else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News last night and this morning was making a lot over OrangeManBad’s turkey pardons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something something remarkable lack of class something something what you get with a Jets’ Fan slumlord from Queens something something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m happy that I don’t have to deal with family who think I voted for him because I didn’t vote for Officer Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out Thanksgiving is going to be pretty simple. Just me, my wife, and the sickeningly-sweet tiny dog. We’re not going anywhere, and don’t have any guests coming. Money constraints make things a little less-celebratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When do I write tomorrow? What do I write about? My prefab prompts seem to be disappearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shall see. But winding towards the stop of this streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m also trying hard, again, to miss having to work on Thanksgiving. That was kind of an expected thing when I was in radio, and working deep IT support. When was the last time I was in this situation, really?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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