Happy Thanksgiving (or Turkey Day, if you prefer)

Here in the United States, we are about to have our national day of giving thanks. Regardless of your religious beliefs, it's a day to take stock of what is best about your life and our world.

Personally, I have a lot for which to be thankful. Here are just a few:

• For friends and family, who brighten my life every day.
• For surviving yet-another-move to a place where I never expected to live. And, in so doing, to have re-met old friends, made new friends, and learned new things. Having to move every few years teaches you an appreciation for where you are. There is always something good that you can find.
• For Sun Microsystems, not just a "job," but a philosophy. I've been at Sun for over 12 years, and every year I get new opportunties to learn and grow. Sun's appreciation for innovation and drive to live on the "bleeding edge" makes every day an adventure.

Okay, enough of the serious stuff, now for a little fun.

Q. What exactly are the origins of Thanksgiving? A. Thanksgiving is, of course, a holiday invented by grocers and farmers to allow them to sell huge quantities of disgusting "traditional" foods that no one in his right mind would eat otherwise, such as squash.

The average squash is a triumph of minimalism wherein Nature manages to convert mud into a plant without bothering to change its taste and texture. Attempts to improve the mud-like flavor of squash by the addition of delicate seasonings and spices have produced dishes that taste, at best, like delicately seasoned and spiced mud. A master chef, faced with the necessity of making a palatable squash dish, would throw in his funny hat and become a short-order cook at Denny's.

Q. That's quite a conspiracy theory. Where do the Black Helicopters fit in?

A. They transport the squash.

Posted at 12:33PM Nov 21, 2007 by jcinfoblog in General  |  Comments[0]