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Front Porch Thoughts: A Thankful Day, A Thankful Year, A Thankful Life

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Here are a few big … and a few small … things for which I’m thankful.

  • For the good food and cheer I’ll share this Thanksgiving with my next-door neighbors and the many new friends I’ve made from Victor, Montana.
  • For being born in the United States, where despite the current challenges, is still the best country on Earth. I define best as the place with abundant individual freedom and great personal opportunity to live the life you choose to live.

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Front Porch Thoughts ? Happy Thanksgiving!

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  • Happy Thanksgiving 2011 to all! I hope you have a fantastic day spent with family, friends, and good food.
  • I’m especially grateful this Thanksgiving. More then in years past, this year the Holidays seem to arrive at the perfect time.
  • Maybe in past years I was so busy running I didn’t want to slow down for the holidays. Or maybe I just took the holidays for granted … and all of the good things that were coming my way. Not very grateful
  • This year I see more clearly that the goodness and abundance coming my way are things for which I’m truly appreciative. Thank God!

On the lighter side …

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Cyber Monday ? Genuine & Authentic or Contrived?

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Today is Cyber Monday.

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How do you feel about it? Are you going to surf the web and check out all of today?s on-line sales? Are you buying the idea that the traditional shopping day of Black Friday now extends to the online world?s Cyber Monday?

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Typically I?m a late adaptor and not one to jump on the latest trends. Of course in the hyper evolving world of technology, not keeping up can be a dangerous practice. Technology changes right in front of our eyes (or flat screen monitors) and being a late adaptor could leave you with a Radio Shack Tandy 1000?? my first computer.

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But something about Cyber Monday strikes me as overly contrived ? not genuine, not authentic.

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Cyber Monday was first invented by Shop.org during the 2005 holiday season. comScore has reported increasing online sales every year since then ? but by decreasing percentages. So it apparently has been a retail marketing success, although CNN throws some cold water on the day by calling it mostly myth.

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Are you going to shop on-line today? Or are you exhausted by all the Cyber Monday sales that are clogging your email in-box today?

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Happy Thanksgiving 2010 !

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.? ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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