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As you read this, Thanksgiving is six days away. Maybe you are

I received some nice comments regarding my column last week, the

The one day in years that my husband doesn’t have to work on the day of the holiday parade, the one day that it isn’t rainy or freezing cold, the one day I actually have my act together enough to bring hot cocoa and sandwiches for the long haul: that’s the day the parade lasts 10 minutes?

In his recent speech to Congress, President Obama could have

It’s almost too easy to drive a car these days. Everybody used to have to drive a manual transmission, coordinating the clutch, gas, and brake pedals in addition to the gear shift: you had to pay attention. And before power steering became a standard feature, drivers were forced to keep their hands at “10” and “2” because you had to actually steer the car and hold on with an iron grip or the lousy shocks and bumpy roads would tear the steering wheel out of your hand. But today, it’s child’s play to handle thousands of pounds of steel and horsepower with a single hand—even no hands at all if you prop your elbows just right so that your fingers can manipulate the keyboard on your cell phone. Once you get it down, driving a car is super easy; the hardest thing these days is learning how far you need to reach to hit the cup holder without looking. These days there aren’t enough distractions involved with driving the car; therefore, many people occupy their free time at the wheel by manipulating their own distractions.