Well guys the holidays are upon us and I am officially on my way to spend them with my in-laws. I’ll be in your great state of Tennessee for the next few days. I’ll be in Rhea County (the gays in Rhea stay mainly out of the way, remember?). Spring City to be exact. It is only 180 miles from my driveway to theirs but it is always a miserable trip. There is just no good way to get to East Tennessee from Northeast Georgia. I know because I have tried them all.

My wife has spent the entire day dressing the house up in its annual Christmas attire. Having spent Thanksgiving and Christmas together for the past 23 years we have managed to accumulate more holiday widgets and doo-dads than we have storage for. Once we get them all pulled out of storage and placed in all of the rooms in the house it is a site to see. Our kitchen, living room and bedrooms all look like the gift section in a Cracker Barrel restaurant. While I am thankful for all that I have I wonder sometimes if it is appropriate to revel in what clearly has been my own debauchery.

I’ll check back with you guys when I return. For the next few days I will not have any access whatsoever to the Internet and in a way I am glad. It will be fun to have a change in scenery and in situation.

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you all have plenty to eat and many to love. I hope all of your football teams win (unless they are playing mine) and most of all I hope that we are one day closer to learning how to resolve disputes without having to kill each other.

We can and someday we will.