Ah, Thanksgiving break, the time for turkey, family, pie, and untimely assigned papers. Surprisingly, Bwog has a family too, so posts may be a bit sparse for the next few days. But before we binge on pecan pie, in the vein of traditions, Bwog gives credit where it’s due. Through a very long e-mail thread, Bwog has gathered a list of what our staffers are thankful for. It’s a little long, at times convoluted, but it comes with all the best intentions.

My tuition
The extermination of the bedbugs on Schapiro 12

Claremont security guards

Barnard shuttle

Simon, the swipe desk guard in McBain


Edibles and drinkables

Vegan cupcakes

Pinkberry

Bars with free pizza

CrackDel

Spicy special

M2M cheeseburger combo

$2 cans of Red Bull from the 116th St. kiosk

Sip’s half off Mondays

Westside market

Free cheese samples at Westside

Free coffee and cookies in Dodge and Lewisohn

Tea and cookies in the Philosophy lounge

Meredith’s Bread (from the farmer’s market)

99 cent cans of Arizona iced tea

Pumpkin beer/soup/bread

Trader Joe’s Beer

Robert’s American Gourmet Potato Flyers with Balsamic Vinegar and Sea Salt

Soy bacon

Haagen Dazs’ cake hotline

3.3 lb tubs of cookie dough from West Side for $7


Academia

Peter Bearman

David Yerkes

Richard Bulliet

Eric Foner

Everything about Nicholas Dames

Jstor

Deadline extensions

Bruce Robbins

Bruce Robbins’ academic scarves

p/d/f

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Contemporary Civilization

Beau, my hip-hop T.A.

Ian, my 20th century comp lit T.A.


The smaller things

Almost being 21

Old high school friendships

Roommates who let you slip a pair of pants into their load of laundry

The little boy i saw last week on 114th who was holding his sister on a leash

Swingsets

Getting to see your pets during break

Cowboy boots finally being over

6 year olds breakdancing

Dollar stores

No subway fare increases

Parental largesse

Bicycles

My rice cooker




Technology

g-chat emoticons

Credit card machines in taxis

Google Maps/Reader/Alerts

Mac geniuses

Skype

Non-controversial stem cell research

oink (r.i.p)

Super Mario Galaxy on wii

Mac sticky notes

Battery life

Sirius satellite radio on the internet

Clocks that automatically change themselves for daylight savings time

Scrabulous

Tab browsing


The world beyond the gates

The Manhattan Greenway

BAM

McCarren Park Pool

The Williamsburg bridge

Amtrak

The D train

Campus activists who go abroad in spring

Vamoose bus

Zipcar

 


Culture

Morton Feldman

The Approval Matrix

The Coen brothers

In Rainbows

Weeds

Heroes

Frank O’Hara poems

Free concert tickets of various sorts

People who understand Flight of the Conchords references

Marcel Duchamp

Miranda July

Balkan folk music (and the boyish, floppy-haired hipstaaas who now make it)

A Prairie Home Companion

This American Life

Slate

Wendell Berry

My Bloody Valentine reuniting

Jakob and Julia

Mary Oliver

Ryan Adams/DJ Reggie

McSweeney’s lists

Malcolm Gladwell resumes blogging

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Bwog!