Thanks for Thanksgiving It was a great long weekend for playing catch-up. On my days off, I wrote captions for the photos in my book, paid bills, responded to/deleted over 2,000 e-mails, exercised, and wrote several overdue thank-you notes. I also watched American Gangster (flawed, but very good) and The Mist (better than you think—and the darkest ending you'll see in an American movie for a long time).

I also Tivoed the Giants game, then learned that it had been a hideous defeat, and so deleted the recording. I love Tivo.

And I did not blog, as a little recharging of the batteries was necessary. But suitably rested, I'm back....for most of the week. I head to Mexico for a little underwater R & R on Thursday.....  ¶ 6:22 AM