tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post113283627615143918..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: GratitudeDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132933434937381882005-11-25T07:43:00.000-08:002005-11-25T07:43:00.000-08:00Thanks, Doug! Good to be here!Thanks, Doug! Good to be here!The Reverent Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383074685849021001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132927460760024152005-11-25T06:04:00.000-08:002005-11-25T06:04:00.000-08:00CA, and measured in small increments.Lula, even to...CA, and measured in small increments.<BR/><BR/>Lula, even to me that falls into the "ew" category. Well done.<BR/><BR/>Manchego, what a treat. You're being here, not tofurkey. Welcome. Any friend of Aral's is a friend of mine.<BR/><BR/>Indie, I think you put way too much effort into your gratitude. Sincerity's just the thickener.<BR/><BR/>Ah, Marwa, another lost soul, courtesy of Waking Ambrose.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132919634474486992005-11-25T03:53:00.000-08:002005-11-25T03:53:00.000-08:00Yeah, I guess being here after a while starts to s...Yeah, I guess being here after a while starts to show on one :D~Daydreamer~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02383598687865644717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132908361030465842005-11-25T00:46:00.000-08:002005-11-25T00:46:00.000-08:00Gratitude: a conglomerate of "grit & attitude", me...Gratitude: a conglomerate of "grit & attitude", meaning the ability to state bold, obvious and even ridiculous lies in such a way as to make it seem like one actually believes them.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132893507576916472005-11-24T20:38:00.000-08:002005-11-24T20:38:00.000-08:00Gratitude: Simply thanksHappy TofuTurkey Day!Gratitude: Simply thanks<BR/>Happy TofuTurkey Day!The Reverent Eaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383074685849021001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132887997763230372005-11-24T19:06:00.000-08:002005-11-24T19:06:00.000-08:00A confection whose taste is scaled by its sincerit...A confection whose taste is scaled by its sincerity.Comfort Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748708787226855876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132883207775700622005-11-24T17:46:00.000-08:002005-11-24T17:46:00.000-08:00Jamie Dawn, don't be stingy with it.Pia, you're to...Jamie Dawn, don't be stingy with it.<BR/><BR/>Pia, you're too generous but thank you.<BR/><BR/>Mama, thank you for the whole birth thing. <BR/><BR/>Alice, you too, sugar.<BR/><BR/>Mireille, she's only two hours south of you and could probably use some pointers on perfume. Zockso!<BR/><BR/>Marwa, I knew if you hung around here long enough we'd find the sarcasm in you! Thanks for being a friend and writing so well.<BR/><BR/>Masil, I pity any virus that needs to get at me through the stomach. Thank you and I hope there's enough kimchi and fried turkey to go around.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Asiansmiles. And to you. You landed in the right part of the States for it.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132875463299284742005-11-24T15:37:00.000-08:002005-11-24T15:37:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving Day Doug! enjoy the weekend!!! ...Happy Thanksgiving Day Doug! enjoy the weekend!!! (and the T-dinner)<BR/><BR/>:)AsianSmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574684366358480498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132869714439853412005-11-24T14:01:00.000-08:002005-11-24T14:01:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving Doug. Don't eat too much bird ...Happy Thanksgiving Doug. Don't eat too much bird flu. :)LeMas.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15069218070988779302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132867308049700052005-11-24T13:21:00.000-08:002005-11-24T13:21:00.000-08:00Gratitude: Two found.1. What I feel towards Doug f...Gratitude: Two found.<BR/><BR/>1. What I feel towards Doug for such a mentally stimulating blog and also for being a great friend :)<BR/><BR/>2. What the Iraqi people feel towards President Bush.<BR/><BR/>P.S. The second phrase is the sarcastic version of gratitude by the way ;) See rage.~Daydreamer~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02383598687865644717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132864985979938882005-11-24T12:43:00.000-08:002005-11-24T12:43:00.000-08:00I like your Mama. She sounds like my Mama. And I...I like your Mama. She sounds like my Mama. And I'm grateful for the way you raise the literacy level of our blogoneighborhood, D. xoxo *mwah!*mireillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012296353550408831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132863480523756932005-11-24T12:18:00.000-08:002005-11-24T12:18:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving Doug.Gratitude: yup;)Happy Thanksgiving Doug.<BR/><BR/>Gratitude: yup<BR/><BR/>;)Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465484210397122019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132858200693882052005-11-24T10:50:00.000-08:002005-11-24T10:50:00.000-08:00Gratitude...kids, the husband, kid's kids, the ki...Gratitude...kids, the husband, kid's kids, the kid's dogs (that one is for you, son), TV blasting in some too-close-by-room where the menfolk are sleeping to the roar of the the feetsball crowds, savory smells, late arrivals, early arrivals, seconds and thirds, broken diet promises, small talk, occasional big talk, looking at the faces of my family and extended family, imagining the faces of family and extended family not with me, strangers invited for one meal a year ('cause that's what Thanksgiving is all about and, of course, never invited again), The 59% of the American public who have given President Chaney a vote of no confidence (sort of) and to all of the wonderful, exceptional friends of this blog, Happy Turkey Day and thanks for continuing to encourage my most incorrigable son!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132857976330448982005-11-24T10:46:00.000-08:002005-11-24T10:46:00.000-08:00I would like to express my gratitude to Doug for i...I would like to express my gratitude to Doug for insisting that I mentored him, when in reality it was the other wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132857167964669072005-11-24T10:32:00.001-08:002005-11-24T10:32:00.001-08:00Thank you. We appreciate your blog. Have a nice da...Thank you. We appreciate your blog. Have a nice day.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132857151204690652005-11-24T10:32:00.000-08:002005-11-24T10:32:00.000-08:00I had to pop in. We travelled all day yesterday t...I had to pop in. We travelled all day yesterday to spend Thanksgiving with my hubby's family. We will be gorging in about two hours from now. I can hardly wait!<BR/>Happy Thanksgiving!!<BR/>I am grateful for gravy!Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132857009259406262005-11-24T10:30:00.000-08:002005-11-24T10:30:00.000-08:00Poobah, from my curmudgeonly heart to yours, Happy...Poobah, from my curmudgeonly heart to yours, Happy Thanksgiving. And thanks for being part of the family.<BR/><BR/>Aw, thanks, Ariella. Happy Thanksgiving.<BR/><BR/>Princess, and mine that you did. Have a great one.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132856231414431602005-11-24T10:17:00.000-08:002005-11-24T10:17:00.000-08:00Happy Thanksgiving...Gratitude abounds for having ...Happy Thanksgiving...Gratitude abounds for having discovered you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132853931213208892005-11-24T09:38:00.000-08:002005-11-24T09:38:00.000-08:00gratitude, the warm sense of well being engendered...gratitude, the warm sense of well being engendered by being surrounded by those who have prepared vast quantities of food.<BR/><BR/>Also found by locating like minds, thanks everyone, you brighten my cyber days!<BR/><BR/>Special gratitude to Doug, what a great idea this was, and executed beautifully.Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132853712433570022005-11-24T09:35:00.000-08:002005-11-24T09:35:00.000-08:00Usually my definition of gratitude is the feeling ...Usually my definition of gratitude is the feeling I get when Thanksgiving Day is over. But you've so touched my curmudgeonly heart that I'm now grateful for all of you.<BR/><BR/>I give humble thanks for one and all.Omnipotent Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902313824358840026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132852000651465232005-11-24T09:06:00.000-08:002005-11-24T09:06:00.000-08:00Too funny, Aral. One that point, why does no-one ...Too funny, Aral. One that point, why does no-one name their daughter "Snippy?"<BR/><BR/>I miss snow, TLP, and likewise. Today I'll lift the gravy boat to the Pezes and their matriarch.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132845806054609422005-11-24T07:23:00.000-08:002005-11-24T07:23:00.000-08:00I have gratitude for the warm chair I'm sitting in...I have gratitude for the warm chair I'm sitting in with AP3's lap top where it should be, on my lap. She has made a fire in the fireplace, just put on a Johnny Mathis Christmas CD, and her spouse is busy in the kitchen cooking the feast. Ah, gratitude!<BR/><BR/>We even have snow, which I love. I brought my boots with me, 'cause I'm no dummy. Mostly I have gratitude for my family, and that all are well and well fed.<BR/><BR/>I have gratitude also for you, Doug, and for those to whom you have introduced me. <BR/><BR/>May you have the very best of Thanksgivings!TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132842687850263792005-11-24T06:31:00.000-08:002005-11-24T06:31:00.000-08:00How come people name their daughters "Grace", "Fai...How come people name their daughters "Grace", "Faith", "Hope", etc. and "Gertrude", but never "Gratitude"?<BR/><BR/>Great definition, Doug. Happy Thanksgiving to you!Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068609044580667767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132842313136342272005-11-24T06:25:00.000-08:002005-11-24T06:25:00.000-08:00Oh, and Karma, thanks and thanks for a year of lau...Oh, and Karma, thanks and thanks for a year of laughing and learning.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1132842208937001762005-11-24T06:23:00.000-08:002005-11-24T06:23:00.000-08:00Dddragon, Sar, Monika and Fred: a wonderful day, f...Dddragon, Sar, Monika and Fred: a wonderful day, full bellies and no more than 45 seconds of quiet reflection. And thanks.<BR/><BR/>Monika, Raspberry pie counts as a cranberry sauce substitute not pumpkin pie. I'll email you a slice later. You'll see.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com