Who Wants Seconds?

When we last saw Stephen, he was packing his suitcase. He's had it up to here. He's leaving the country and moving back to South Carolina. (Is that a commentary on South Carolina, or just a slip of the tongue?) No matter. What does matter is that it's the filibusters, or lack of filibusters, that drove Stephen to this desperate course of action. If the Senate doesn't have filibuster after filibuster, or just a hint of filibuster, well then, something might get accomplished and where would that leave us?

Stephen highlighted all the wonderful things about Oklahoma. For one thing, there was that musical, Oklahoma! But there's also the other side of Oklahoma, the one where spouses of National Guard members who are homosexual are being denied benefits. Since that might be discriminatory towards them, now it just makes sense to deny benefits to any spouse of a National Guard member. I hope that makes sense to you. It sounds a bit senseless to me.

It's Thanksgiving and so Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. In case your holiday dinner looks like it will be boring, you can get a real treat from Stephen. It's the "Stephen Colbert's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? It's me, Stephen Colbert" DVD. We got a free sample of what to expect. Stephen treated  himself to a nice glass of Rosemount Shiraz, partook of a delicious turkey feast and shared such tidbits as, "I'm fat," and "Here's a bird I cooked for you," and "Who wants seconds?" I'm thinking he should not have had quite so much wine as he did.

Stephen's guest last Thursday was J.J. Abrams, author of "S." Finally. A book with a short title. This is a treat of a book as you can see if you follow that link to see a picture of the book and all that comes with it. And no, that's not a used copy of the book, that's what the book looks like once you dig into it! Cool. Go buy it.

Just two things I wondered about the show. What's with the squirrel? What's with the basket? Were they just meant to distract J.J. Abrams or do they have some mystical meaning?

Also, if you are really bored, you can go over to Google to see this year's Thanksgiving animated short.