It is said we make our own luck... My suggestion is ....
WALK to the nearest soup kitchen in your city and VOLUNTEER to help
out on Thanksgiving day...then DO IT.. Give your old dog to a
neighbor.. she will likely be grateful...





On 13 Nov 2003 00:18:55 -0500, (Mark Shaw) wrote:

I have had an extremely ****ed-up year, and have very little to
be thankful for. I'm certainly not going to invite anyone over
and put out a Thanksgiving spread, but I don't really want to go
out anywhere, either -- any suggestions?

I'm serious. This is the first holiday season of my life that
I'd be happiest just skipping. Going into a coma until New Year's
Day would be ideal, but I don't know how to arrange that.

I thought of something along the lines of running off to Vegas, but
I have an elderly dog at home and no sitter for her, so I have to
stay in the Dallas area.

I don't want any sympathy, either. I'm not looking for anyone to
blow any sunshine up my dress; everybody has good times and bad
times during their lives. This is just one of those bad times for
me and I'm wondering if anyone has any appropriate suggestions for
the holidays, food-and-celebration-wise.

Thanks.

Note: this was crossposted to dfw.eats, alt.food.barbecue, and
rec.food.cooking. I've set followups to rec.food.cooking, because
it's the most general of the three -- and I suspect others out
there may also benefit from the responses.