Tomorrow is Thanksgiving so I thought it only appropriate to give thanks where it's deserved.
1. I want to thank the Army for being so incredibly incompetent that I was sent to Ethiopia instead of Vietnam. Not because it was an easier life but because I met my incredibly beautiful wife of 40 years there.
2. I want to thank my wife for tolerating me for 40 years. I was, and probably still am somewhat off the rails. She raised 3 wonderful daughters while I was off around the planet making life miserable for others.
3. I want to than the Russians, Irani, certain criminals and a handful of others for giving me a job. Without you I would probably have ended up in prison.
4. I thank my friends, although they were as nuts as me. There aren't many people that would wander around Istanbul in the middle of the night looking for IEDs, or give me immediate support when a bunch of Arabs attacked my car in Frankfurt.
5. I thank my daughters (the only people who'll read this) for giving purpose to my life. Without them and my wife every thing would have been pointless.
Tomorrow is a day set aside to remember all this and the rest that goes with it. Thank you all.
