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Hoping everyone had a good holiday with family and friends.  

History books have given us a pretty story of the origin of this holiday.  But as time has passed and the stories of the victors have been c...

From Popcorn ! illustrated by Brian Lies Popcorn! by Elaine Landau and illustrated by Brien Lies, has a section called "Popco...

Turkey made by one of the younger generation in my family The pilgrims (as they were to be called much later) were among a persecute...

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists...

'Real'* political correctness is when the government punishes people who do not follow the prescribed way of behaving or who critici...

Tofurkey, vegeburgers,  vegan bacon ,  meatless meatballs, and other non-meat versions of meat dishes can all taste ok, even good.  But the ...

[Every post is a draft, but this one feels more drafty than others.  Go back to cooking.] It's hard to fault the idea of a day for gi...

This is a map of planes in real time over the United States at 6:30pm Wednesday night Alaska time.  You can check this site yourself at ...

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.  Is there anyone in your life who made a difference when you needed it?  This is a good day to call her up an...

It's not neckrophilia because there's no sexual arousal involved at all.  So maybe I have some recessive vampire genes that make dev...

Discovery News tells us about the findings of a study published in February 2010: Native Americans had already domesticated turkeys twice:...

I've just pulled the giblets from the turkey.  Well, there's a neck, liver, heart, and what I've always understood to be the giz...

 I've been ambivalent about Thanksgiving for a long time.  Thanksgiving - in my experience - is a time when family and friends come toge...