Latest video from Andy Fraser - Take me home for Xmas sends a wake-up call to the U.S. to get in line with every other country in Nato except Turkey, and drop DADT policy. Politically pointed jab, which includes Bush footage White house DOES NOT want you to see!http://www.andyfraser.com/takemehome.html

Every year hundreds of thousands of people wind up in hospital emergency rooms as a result of kitchen accidents involving knives. Don’t become a statistic! The Times points out the wrong approach. {To be read aloud in a southern accent:} “One year the turkey took a long time to cook and I went to carve it after about 13 beers..."

But this is my question: What happens when Jack is sitting at your dinner table and your kid brother covertly takes out one of those laser pointer thingys and starts pointing it at the turkey, the mashed potatoes, the Christmas tree? Jack freakin’ wrecks your house, that’s what.

Wild turkeys, whiskered auklets, and whip-poor-wills: we look at the history and uncertain future of birds and birdwatching in America.

It's the inevitable post-Thanksgiving foodie conversation--What do I do with all this leftover turkey? Assuming you have leftover turkey, that is. And you probably do, since it seems to me that that's half the point of cooking turkey at Thanksgiving....

The Turkey Point Light is a historic lighthouse at the head of the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States. Though it appears a short tower, the 100 ft height of the bluffs on which it stands makes it the third highest light off the water in the bay. It is also known for the large number of women who served as lightkeeper: four of the ten known keepers, serving 89 of the 115 years the light was manned. HistoryCongress appropriated $5000 for this light in 1833, which was built by John Donahoo and completed in July 1833. He followed essentially the same plan as he had used for Concord Point Light. Acquisition of the land was delayed somewhat by a controversy over valuation.The light originally used eleven wicks and reflectors, but in 1855 a fourth order Fresnel lens with a single lamp was substituted, with the lantern upgraded in 1867 to fit the new lens better. The lighting arrangements were upgraded several times over the years, with electrification coming in 1942. Its automation in 1947 brought about the retirement of Fannie Salter, the last woman lighthouse keeper in the United States.Along with the tower, Donahoo built a keeper's house. Originally a single story, it was raised to two stories in 1889. The site also housed an unusual fog bell enclosure, built in 1888. Due to the height of the bluff, it was decided to put the bell as low to the ground as possible. To accommodate the weights for the ringing mechanism, a thirty foot well was dug and the enclosure placed over them. During World War II a watchtower was placed atop the bell enclosure.After automation, the tower's remote site made it a target for vandalism. An incident in which the tower was broken into and the lens stolen brought about the removal of a large section of the wooden spiral staircase and the sealing of the entry with a steel door. The keeper's house likewise decayed and was torn down in 1972.In 2000 the light was decommissioned and turned over to the Turkey Point Light Station (TPLS) Inc., a non-profit organization which has taken over maintenance of the structure; the light was reactivated in 2002.