Things for which I am thankful

In an effort to ensure that I have something to say when the inevitable question makes it way around the dinner table today,I'm going to list some of the things for which I feel grateful this year (in no particular order, other than the first one):

• My friends and family
• Books
  
• Koko the Gorilla
• NPR
• The San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park
• My job going well
  
• The Uncommonly Dense Discussion Thread
• Cheap and convenient internet access
• Tool
• My Public Library
• A Republican-minority Congress (although I reserve the right to complain about the Democrats should they prove to deserve it)
  
• More books
• High-quality microbrews
• Having enough money to pay for rent
• South Park
• Biology
• YouTube
• The Pacific Ocean
• The fact that, despite our intellectual and ethical black hole of a President, the USA is a pretty damn good place to be
  
• The National Center for Science Education
• Science Blogs (even though they've been spending way too much time on metaphysical questions and not enough on science lately)
• Having a car
• Books again (hint, hint)
• Awe and wonder at the universe

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!