Even though Thanksgiving is long past, I'd like to express my gratitude to several people and things that have made a difference in my life lately. (And don't judge the objects of my affection because I've already given thanks for health and friends and family and all that good crap.)

Thank you to the brilliant scheduling folks over at VH1, for running every single episode of America's Next Top Model back-to-back for an entire week. No matter what time I turned on the TV, I could always count on seeing a group of girls, strangely passed over by Mensa, ready to fight to the death over the most inane reasons. Not to mention getting to relive the evolution of Tyra, from seemingly-innocuous model to self-obsessed fame whore. Let's hope Project Runway doesn't do the same thing to Heidi.

Thank you to Liquid-Plumr for demolishing the clog in my bathtub, thereby saving me a call to maintenance and risking eviction for having two illegal, if not adorable, kittens.

Thank you to Bob Barker for retiring and thus giving Emma and me the kick in the pants needed to finally get out to LA to visit Josie. Insert bowed-head moment of silence for Bob here.