thank you rain, thank you.

Thank you rain, for forcing the cancellation of tonight's summer league basketball game.

I love it when pockets of time just open up and say "look at me! I'm FREEE!"

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Thank you Janssen, for an interesting new recipe.

I was actually disappointed when I saw that there was chicken in the recipe, but I got over that when I tasted how fabulous it was.  (I skipped the feta altogether, used slivered almonds in place of the cashews and honey mustard in place of the dijon)  The family was scared, but they lived AND they gave favorable reviews.

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Thank you America, for the opportunity to vote

(in a special senatorial election held yesterday).

I often feel like everyone I vote for LOSES, but I'm grateful for the right to express my opinion at the polls.

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 Thank you **** ****** Farm, for giving my two teenagers summer jobs.  When I stopped by to check-up spy on them yesterday, they looked like migrant farm workers, bent over in the 97 F heat, but they both came home with smiles on their faces telling me how much more they appreciate what farmers do to help us put food on our tables.