With this story, I plead guilty to breaking the most basic, key rule of blogging: keep it short. I beg your indulgence, and hope you enjoy it anyway.
To all of you who celebrate it, happy Thanksgiving. To those of you who don't, take heart, the weekend is just around the corner. Onto the story...
Ever since I was a small boy, I have been bombarded by this refrain from my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors and random visitors to my home: If you don’t watch it, you will end up like your Great-Uncle Chaami.