This Examiner article hits it on the nose -- with such a large population of people who escaped moved here from elsewhere, a lot of us spend Thanksgiving without the traditional family, stuffing, and football. Assuming that we aren't besiged by the Chumash, those of us who are far from our roots have a lot of options on how to spend the holiday.

Long time the favorite holiday past-time of athletes and psycho jackasses, volunteering is a great way to make your colleagues feel like crap when they ask you how your holiday was. Spending your Thanksgiving visiting with the elderly isn't just the right thing to do, it also makes everyone around you feel like dirt for spending their holiday queing up to get a $3.44 copy of .

Entrapment