1. that my grampa made it thru his recent stay in the hospital, and will be home for thanksgiving and hopefully thru the remainder of the holidays.

2. my GF who day by day erases the idea that i am gonna be single for the rest of my life.

3. obner, for keeping me from jummping out my 11th floor window at work each day.

4. the abundance of music that crosses my path each day, new and old. even though, i only wind up liking less then 10% of it, it keeps my blood flowing.

I am thankful for my folks. My sister. My nephew because he is unbelievably awesome. Obner at times--Timis for passing on the music and for Dalen because the dude always hooks me up with some nice post-rock/shoegaze/electronic stuff that I find myself enjoying more and more.

I am thankful for Tania for being the Obner matriarch. I am thankful for Mr. Billy G for always knowing exactly what to say to me. And, I am thankful for Stacey for letting me be unbelievably chauvenistic and realizing that I am just fooling around.

I am thankful for my friends and life and the ability to use all of my limbs large and slightly less large.

I am thankful for the winter time and the nice break from crappy steamy hot weather.

I am thankful for my AHL hockey season tickets. NORFOLK ADMIRALS #1 baby!

I guess that's it.

My god e-stone and charli, those are some mighty stunning babies. So beautiful. congratulations.

Okay... my contribution to the mush-fesh:

I'm thankful for:

- my sweet family, especially my Mom who is always there for me with patience and wisdom.

- my sweet bf, who rocks my world.

- my job, which is good and allows me enough free time to work on music, as well as a couple of extra bucks to buy music gear with.

- being able to take my trip to Europe for the first time and travel with my honey.

- landing on my feet after my band broke up and being able to write new songs on my own.

- good, supportive friends

- having a nice, safe, peaceful home

- that things are going well for my brother.

took you long enough.

2 healthy kids, my wife, a good dog, friends and family, and youse guys



Patton
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Lenox
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off to Gainesville for the weekend...

Jesus, you guys make great lookin' kids.

Sea, that photo of Patton is priceless!

first two months of this year were really good

the rest has sucked

I'm thankful for January and February

- My parents, for their insight and contact as they each begin/nourish new relationships of their own
- My dad, for moving close to extended family, Wench's sister, and ayah/SPoet
- My mom, who cruised Wisconsin with me and bought into the whole Christmas-in-Prague idea
- My siblings, especially my sister who visited me this year
- My extended family, many of whom I saw this year for the first time in ages
- Wench, for everything that she is (and that's a lot)
- Other girls I've dated this year, without whom I wouldn't have as much clarity about what does (not) work for me
- My job (and boss), for paying me well and never making me work late
- My new house, for being the investment opportunity and life-lesson teacher that it is
- My mate Gav, who allowing me to create a life-changing experience for him
- All my friends back in the US, for keeping me in their lives even though I'm across the ocean and don't see them for years at a time
- My actor buddies, for allowing me the honor of supporting them on their way to stardom
- My karaokeheads, some of whom I've disappointed this year, for their forgiveness and thoughtfulness
- My workmates (former and current), for allowing me to bring Thanksgiving across the ocean
- Tool and Mastodon, for making two of my favorite records of the year and playing together next week
- My two favorite artists (Beth Orton and DJ Shadow) for trying something different
- tentoze, for the Willie Nile rec
- Phil and Deena, for their all-too-generous hospitality in April
- Chris, Kerry, and Shawn; for their all-too-generous hospitality in August
- All the Obners I saw face-to-face this year, for some good times had
- The rest of yaz, for being cool, funny, smart, and thought-provoking

Appreesh.

The best sex partner in the world...

Wife.
Kids.
Friends.
Life.
Everything.

If I ever have a kid, I hope he's cool like Patton. Kid's like a mini Eddie Van Halen.

Today I'm thankful for the new coworker who baked me a loaf of pumpkin bread last night. She rocks.

I'm also thankful for my girl Whit who drags me out when I feel like being depressed and mopey and shows me a good time.

And I'm thankful that I'm out of here at noon today.

- my good health and the good health of those around me in my life
- my amazing support network of friends
- my renewed interest in getting and staying in shape
- the lovely download emails timis sends me
- all youse guys, and your eclectic personalities and marvelous banter (espesh you chat folks)

p.s. you guys have some adorable looking kids.

Aww Joe. You're sweet. Here's a flower. And happy Thanksgiving.

I'd like to add that I'm thankful to realize today that the bag of crappy quality coffee I bought two years ago in case of an "emergency" (read: incase I ran out of money to buy any more) has not, and probably will not need to be used. Ditto for those emergency cans of tuna.

You need to get him an Ike Reilly Assassination knit cap.

Me, I'm thankful it wasn't a moose.

Man, where to start? It's been an exciting year!

I have a lot to be thankful for . . .
Phil, thanks for your constant support, love and understanding--even when I'm crabby and working 70 hour weeks. You always make me laugh at life (and myself) and look forward to whatever tomorrow brings. xoxo

To Billy, Puma and Tania for all your help, hospitality and friendship on our west coast adventure.

Colin for all your help and advice getting settled here and making me laugh everyday, getting EVERYTHING on the grocery list (even if I didn't mean for you to actually buy THAT) and putting up with my anal retentive/obsessive compulsive cleaning.

I'm thankful for all the new friends I met this year and giving me the chance to up my couch karma. You're welcome to crash in Austin too!

All the terrific friends and family I have and that they understand when my correspondence lapses. I really intend to call more often

My dog for letting me be goofy everyday and being the best puppy even if she's scared of everything.

Having a job I love where I get to have fun everyday and make someone's day everyday.

All of you for the daily dose of laughter and great music. Thanks!

shit, you just reminded me its time to save for my employee bonuses,

they (would) thank you

I thank this year for the survival of my marriage ( only on this board would I say this ) after some wierd stuff

I thank this year for
friends..including some of you lot

I thank this year for success in business
it has allowed me to do some cool stuff

like:
the thanks i give for being able to surprise my dad on his Bday.
and some stuff that's
well
private

I am pissed at this year for crashing my new harddrive and wiping away over 5000 songs

but I forgive

thanks 2006 and Obner!

I'm thankful that i have work, health, love, friends, and food.

I'm thankful that I got to spend another Thanksgiving with my mom. My family and I live with the fear that she may pass away at any time so it's nice to spend whatever holidays we have left together.

I'm thankful for all my friends and family who love me and are there for me whenever I need them.

I'm thankful for you guys. It's weird, but in a strange way, you've become a part of my life. Not a day goes by without me thinking of you.

And of course, I'm thankful for Craigslist.

I'm thankful that my grandma's giving me a sweetass double bed and other bedroom furniture for FREE. I'm also thankful that her turkey and stuffing RAWKED again this year, she made mincemeat pies just for me, and that Thanksgiving was a good time this year. I got a little holiday depression on Wednesday, but managed to shake it by yesterday afternoon. Word.