Wednesday, November 25: Tune It Or Die!
PRE-TURKEY SPECIAL
by Rob Lopresti
I’m thankful that some editors like my stuff.
I’m thankful for word processing software that means I don’t have to rewrite a page by hand every time I find a typo.
I’m thankful for the First Amendment.
I’m thankful that Edgar Allen Poe didn’t drink or drug himself to death before inventing our field.
I’m thankful I don’t write for a living.
I’m thankful for red herrings, dying messages, twist endings, dogs in the night, McGuffins, poisons that leave no trace, and the footprints of a gigantic hount.
I’m thankful that no law requires me to watch football, listen to classical music, or dance.
I’m thankful for my family and friends.
I’m thankful that I don’t like mushrooms, because if I did I’d eat them, and I hate mushrooms.
I’m thankful that. the Internet hasn’t become so complete, reliable and easy to use that librarians are being fired.
I’m thankful for flatfeet, gumshoes, talented amateurs, women in jeopardy, Watsons, eccentric geniuses, and sociopathic sidekicks.
I’m thankful for independent bookstores, and people who shop there.
I’m thankful for Donald, John M., Stuart, and Dick; absent friends.
I’m thankful that James came up with the idea of this blog, that my brother and sister bloggers continue to make it work, and that you readers make it all worthwhile.
What’s on your list?
There is a lot to be thankful for, and Rob, you certainly hit on some very important ones. I might add thanks for the clarity of mind (most of the time) to thrive in this world, and the breadth of imagination to enjoy it (not everyone is so lucky as we, you know). To share the company of good people is no small thing either–present company definitely NOT excepted. Thanks for inviting me on board.
I’m thankful, among many other things, for my baby brother. 🙂
I’m thankful that I realise that I have so much to be thankful for that I don’t know where to begin the list! And I’m awfully thankful for all the good reading here!
I’m thankful for almost everything Rob’s thankful for. But I’ll eat your mushrooms. Thanks to all you folks at Criminal Brief.
I’m also thankful that James keeps digging up these great illustrations. Pilgrims doing the charleston!
As one who believes you can never have too many mushrooms or enough classical music and who also watches football with a fervor bordering on religious fanaticism, I am delighted that you admire the illustration, Rob, which as you say I found. I couldn’t resist it, but the real praise should go to the witty artist, who, alas!, was uncredited.
The website I found it on is a blog for Yale alumni.