Got this email just now from my mom. Some of you may remember me talking about my grandpa during the Cubs playoff run in 2003 (that is, I talked about him them…he wasn’t alive at the time).

_Dear Matt, Becky, Debbie, David, Daniel, Anya and Chaya,

Today would have been your grandfather’s 84th …

Debbie
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Went to my mom’s house last night for a pre-birthday thingerdoodle (my birthday isn’t for another week and a half). Went shopping with my sister and mom (she got me a new coffee maker) and then had a nice Chinese dinner.

This is a picture of my …

So I decided to (literally) stay home for Thanksgiving this weekend.

My folks and sisters are going to a family friend for the holiday tomorrow, and I didn’t feel like hauling my happy ass out to the burbs for that (instead, I’m just going to the folks’ on Saturday for dinner and such). I figured it …