Folk Queue

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving*

Franco Morone: Turkey in the Straw


In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer


whiskey before breakfast



I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.
--Jon Stewart


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* Here in Britain, of course, it's Thank Fuck We Got Those Weird Jesus Bastards On The Boat Day
--Warren Ellis

** one for Coach