... to an afternoon with close friends for our annual get-together this day to give thanks with grateful and humble hearts for what we are blessed with, stuff ourselves on another smoked turkey that my friend Jim has spent a day-and-a-half preparing, all the over-the-top dishes our wives prepare, maybe some elk meat sausage and other wild game goodies to snack on, and then fall into a round of involuntary naps induced by all that tryptophan-laced white meat and gravy, I want to say thanks to this board and the banter between us that holds the football discussions together.

Between the lines I read bits and pieces of who you are - I feel that I'm among friends here. I've learned from you and hope I've at least contributed my share.

God bless all of you and yours, wherever you happen to be, from my home here in Montana.