Things to be Thankful For

This is where I take time to mention how thankful I am for my family, friends and loved ones. Don't get me wrong I am lucky to have a beautiful wife whom I seem to have snowed into thinking I am the love of her life, two amazing kids that bring pleasure to me in new and amazing ways on a daily basis and a list of friends and family that have enriched my life for almost four decades.

But that's not what I am thankful for today. Nope, today I am thankful for the following.

My IPhone. This allows me to look busy when I am bored with a conversation while I look up the latest news about my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Pittsburgh Steelers. How lucky am I to have grown up a Steelers fan? Since I first hopped on the bandwagon, in 1976, the Black and Gold have won more Super Bowls than any other team and have been in the AFC Championship Game every third year. And if you happen to share my love for the Steelers fear not, for the Rocket Rashard and Big Ben will lead them back to the playoffs and they will once again vie for a berth into the Super Bowl.

I'm thankful for GPS. This probably saves me 1000 miles a year. My hands free phone in the car and voice recognition software in my Ford Edge.

Oh this is tedious. Here's the list:

Blu-Ray, Hi-Def, Sirius Satelitte Radio, DVR, IMAX, IPods, Xbox, DirectTV, NFL Network, ESPN Radio, Howard Stern, The Wrap Up Show, You Tube, Wikipedia, The Afternoon Blitz or whatever Tim Ryan And Pat Kirwan call their radio show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Castle, Rescue Me, Iconoclasts, 30 for 30 except the USFL one, College Gameday, Jim Wexell's Thoughts from a Notebook, College Football, Bill Hillgrove, Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley calling Steelers games, PTI, MLB Playoffs, the Sunday NY Times Crossword, Games Magazine, 500 Days of Summer, Star Trek, The Hangover, the montage from UP, Inglorious Basterds, Phinneus and Ferb, Paul Newman movies, The Beatles, the Sports Reporters except for Lupica, Lost, Mad Men, Battlestar Gallactica, Disney World, Laserquest, Canada, lakes you can drink straight from, wooden canoes, axes, chopping wood, real wood burning fires, Carhart anything, locally made icecream, Kombucha especially grape, cheeseburgers, Pontillos Pizza, bacon, stuffing, chili, Honeycrisp Apples, quiche, Henrietta's meatpies, cold beer, good scotch, Champagne, made up Snow Days, dogs in general, and anything having to do with Santa Claus.

I can do without everything else.

Happy Thanksgiving!