Thanksgiving Meme

Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States, a day marked not only with lots of good food and hopefully good football, but also spending time with good friends and family (sometimes they’re even the same  people!) celebrating the good things in your life.

In celebration of this holiday I’m going to start a meme in hopes that it will be carried over to some of the other planets across the blogosphere.

– INSTRUCTIONS –

1. Make a list of five things you’re thankful for (stating your reasons is optional).
2. If you’re thankful for a project or organization with a website please include a link so we can possibly discover new things.
3. Post your list and these instructions on your blog for your reader’s enjoyment.

–MY LIST–

1. The open source community, because I’ve been able to give, as well as receive, so much help
2. The Mac4Lin Project, which has given me some nice digital eye candy and has let me develop new skills at a doc writer and as a (assistant) themer
3. Good real life friends who give me a place to stay even with my disability
4. Free and Open Source Software, for not only freeing me from the hassles and legal restrictions of proprietary (not to mention dammed expensive) software but for showing me that it’s ok to want to do things on my computer in ways contrary to how the devs choose
5. The Obama revolution, for finally giving me a candidate to get excited about rather than the lesser of who cares or setting the bar low that it pisses me off