Your Thanksgiving Day Morning Sift

Good morning [just barely].

Hope you are enjoying your day, whatever you're doing. Here's your Thanksgiving Day morning Sift.

A- Thanksgiving Day thoughts and best wishes from:

- Coconut Grove Grapevine
- Phin Phanatic
- Southern District of Florida Blog
- South Florida Lawyers
- Nikon Miami
- Searching For Signs
- The Heat Lightning [the Most Intelligent Blog in Miami!]
- Sweet Home Hialeah
- South Florida Food and Wine
- Redland Rambles
- I Heart Miami
- The Burger Beast
- Bark Bark Woof Woof
- Discourse
- Eye on Miami
- The Reid Report
- The South Florida Watershed Journal

B- A Mom, a Blog and the Life In-Between has a problem with Thanksgiving.

It sounds like I dislike the holiday, but that's not the case. I'm just not impressed by it; I don't see the point to designating one day in the year to go into gratitude overdrive. It's a bit much to swallow all this when it feels like most people are putting on a show. And I see the other spin to this, that it's just a moment to express thankfulness for everyone and everything in our lives, to take a break from daily troubles and self-absorption, to - even if just for a day - not be neglectful of the things that matter most.

But it's that very notion that depresses me, that it takes a specially designated day for us to pause and reflect; pause and feel humble; pause and stand in astonishment that despite all our problems, we are loved and lucky in ways that so many lack. And for me, that just sucks.

C- A prominent Republican gets convicted of money laundering on Thanksgiving Eve...now THAT'S some sweet justice! The Reid Report and Bark Bark Woof Woof some commentary.

D- Beached Miami was at the '80's Prom Party at Vagabond last night and has the pictures to prove it.

E- Some Blogging Guy posts A Blogger's Thanksgiving List and mentions SFDB so...you know.

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