Oliver Willis

6 Responses to “Thanksgiving Heretic”

1. 1 jerry
   Nov 20th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

   Oh no, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and candied yams are a gift from heaven.

   Ham? Well they didn’t call me up to the bimah at age 13 through magic, you know.

2. 2 jerry
   Nov 20th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

   Regardless of what you eat, Happy Thanksgiving!

3. 3 C.S.Strowbridge
   Nov 21st, 2007 at 4:36 am

   I’m on a diet, so candied yams are completely out. Then again Thanksgiving was a month ago in Canada, so that’s not an issue.

4. 4 Repack Rider
   Nov 21st, 2007 at 5:47 am

   On Thanksgiving Day in 1975 I went with a half-dozen friends on a tough mountain bike ride to work up an appetite. We had so much fun we decided to do it again the next year. And the next.

   Now in its fourth decade, the “Appetite Seminar” in Fairfax, California is the longest running annual mountain bike event in the world. At one time I promoted it and led the ride, but now it runs on its own with no leadership or organization necessary. Nearly a thousand riders show up to party for four or five hours on the traditional route over Pine Mountain, with 3400 feet of climbing and a lot of smoking…brakes.

   That’s where I’ll be, and every year (so far) I am grateful that I had at least one more of those rides left in me.

5. 5 Ian
   Nov 21st, 2007 at 4:30 pm

   Why am I not surprised the guy with the biggest mouth on this blog has no business in American politics.

6. 6 Quaker in a Basement
   Nov 21st, 2007 at 5:34 pm

   So true, Ian, yet it never deters you from bothering us anyway.

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