- Well, besides a fried turkey, I mean? Seriously, if you've never had one of these, give it a try. Unless you live north of the Mason-Dixon. I don't know if yankees can fry a turkey. I asked my in-laws (with whom where spending Thangsgiving) if they were going to fry one this year (because I always do when we have Thanksgiving at my house or at my parents' house). My mother-in-law's eyes dropped, she sighed and said "No, where just going to bake one this year..." I pouted long enough that they offered to buy the oil and get out their fryer if I promised to do the labor.

- Does anyone still participate in the mass hysteria shopping binge on Friday after Thanksgiving? I went one time when I first got married. I don't even leave the house on Friday after Thanksgiving anymore.

- One of my best memories of Thanksgiving is waking up that morning before the sun came up to go squirrel hunting with my Grandaddy. We'd plan it so that we'd be in the woods right as the sun started to break through the forest canopy and Rocky and all his little buddies were rummaging around for acorns (unaware that the God of Death was about to place his icy hand on their shoulder...mwah hah hah haaaah!)

- Do squirrels even have shoulders? I miss going hunting with my Grandaddy. I'll have to remember to call him.

- I also miss the annual football game my brother and I played in our backyard after Thanksgiving dinner. I don't remember all the rules for 1-man football, but our yard was about 10 yards wide so it made for some pretty high scoring affairs.

- Go Lions!

- Go whoever's playing the Cowboys!

- I always try to limit my intake at the Thanksgiving meal to two plates worth of food, but it doesn't count if I take it off my wife's or my kids' plate.

- Okay, the ABSOLUTE best thing about Thanksgiving...better than fried turkey...better than sweet potatoes...better than the best dressing you ever had...is the Thanksgiving sandwich. Once the kids are in bed, once all the beer has been consumed, once all the food has been packed away in the fridge, once the football games are over, I sit down and fix a late night snack. I take two slices of bread and toast them. I pop a spoonful of sweet potatoes, a spoonful of dressing, and a couple slices of turkey in the microwave until they're nice and hot. Spread the dressing on one slice of bread, the sweet potatoes on the other slice, put the turkey in the middle with a few dollops of cranberry sauce (the real thing, not that canned purple jello crap) and enjoy!

- Happy Thanksgiving!