“What are you doing for Thanksgiving?” It’s a question I dread and a question that comes fast, furious and often this time of year. As everyone is gearing up for their own festivities, they inevitably want to know what I will be doing this coming Thursday. And my answer ... ...

It is quite possible that as I type this I am the only American who is not watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Oh, how I loathe that stupid parade. I can still remember being a kid and sitting there in front of the television just wishing it ... ...