Thanksgiving is cancelled, were having hotdogs*  When Cara was
pregnant somebody said “having a baby will make you think about
your parents”. I dont recall who that was, but it was so spot on
and surprising to me (since Im a know it all I cant allow anyone
to think that they could tell me something I dont already know),
but I didnt know that. I know it now and Ill be sure to tell
someone else as if I made it up myself at some point. Cara being
pregnant did make me think a lot about my parents.  When you are
preparing to raise another human being, your thoughts naturally
go to that place where you have the list. I dont know if you
have the list, but I and every person i have ever mentioned it
to does, and it is a catalog of your upbringing, a collection of
good and bad things you believe your parents did in raising you.
Let me start right off by saying that the list is mostly
bullshit, I mean if your dad hit you with a tire iron or your
mom gave you away to a psycho psychologist to raise then you
probably have