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Hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day. I guess this means the 2016 holiday season is officially “on”. Given everything that has happened this year with the passing of my Mom and such I’m not really in much of a mood for the holidays. The twins are into it, however, so me sis-in-law Tam will be putting up the tree nevertheless, and knowing her, probably today. In my own way I guess I’ll just plod on through with my eye towards January 2nd and the start of a new year. No matter what happens in 2017 I doubt it can be a whole lot worse than this one has been. But then again…

That being said, here are a few links to have with your Thanksgiving leftovers:

I read a story like this and it just makes me sad. I mean, allowing politics – politics – to determine who’s part of your Thanksgiving family gathering? Look, I don’t care if it’s Trump supporters or Hillary supporters, these people seriously need to reexamine their lives. You only have your family around for a relatively short time, and life is too short to let something as stupid as politics get in the way of family is something they will regret – perhaps not now but when it’s most important.

…of course, it goes without saying that any family that would act this way to one of its own is probably not much of a family to begin with.

Leave it to Democrats to feel the need to put a political spin on Thanksgiving family gatherings. Honest to God, whomever came up with this idea and worked to put it out must be among the most joyless, sad, get-a-lifers that God ever created. I mean, can’t folks have one, just one day where folks can simply give thanks for family and friends without bringing politics into it?

…But what can you expect from folks who freak out over the music being played overhead at the supermarket? Or folks who also come up with an idea like this.

I’m not much of a Jimmy Kimmel fan, but this was kind of cute