Thanksgiving -- Do Your Own Sports Extravaganza

Good holiday morning to you all! On this fine November morning when we Americans persevere through high gas prices and this aburpt turn back to normal November temperatures, many are settling in a Grandma and Grandpa's house (or some other fine refuge of family and food) for a day of turkey, pinochle, and football. The sports-industrial complex offers us not two but three dollops of NFL mayhem today: Packers vs Lions for lunch, Jets vs Cowboys for afternoon tea, and Colts vs. Falcons after supper (as if anyone with be able to stay awake for the end of the third game -- but mythbuster of the day: it's all the carbs, not the turkey's tryptophan!).

Now hey, it's chilly out, we've all been working hard; there's nothing wrong with just taking it easy on the couch and relaxing today. But remember, fun as it is to watch millionaires knock the snot out of each other (I'm referring to NFL football, though I suppose the same is true of the presidential debates), it's even more fun to get in the game yourself. The Madville Times thus humbly encourages you all, gentle readers, to take a little time, in the midst of basting, burping, and bracing for tomorrow's shopping, to put on your cap and mittens, go outside, and do some sports yourselves. Go play some ball with the cousins and the neighbors. Get a gang together and take the bicycles for one more ride around the neighborhood. Go for a run before the turkey hits the table (the Madville Times put in four miles this morning, redeemable for at least a couple extra dollops of mashed potatoes!). After turkey, bundle up and take the family for a walk in the park... and maybe a swing on the monkey bars.

Sports, like most everything else, is more fun when you do it yourself. Work up a sweat, make room for that extra drumstick, and enjoy the games... your own games, with your own healthy arms and legs, and with the people you love.