Yeah, this one's gonna be a little shorter because I'm home now. And late too. Man, I guess my productivity drops off quite a bit when I'm home. So it looks like that homework that I got due the day I get back is going to suffer too. But that aside, I'd just like to let everyone know how great it is to be home.

So as you may have heard (from the last paragraph), I'm home for Thanksgiving. I am sitting in my living room with my feet propped up eating a black and white cookie from my hometown bakery. Be jealous. But all kidding aside, I should use this opportunity to reflect on the importance of going home every once in a while. Home is where you can go to decompress. It's away from all of the craziness of college-empty of bumbling drunk people and full of loving family. I don't think that there has been any better time in my life than the time spent here in the house that I've lived my entire life (no disrespect to any of you who I've had sicknasty times with at the 'Cuse).

I realize now that it's been a long time since I've made a list, so here's a list of things at home that maintain a bit of an edge over college.

• THE FOOD
• THE SHOWERS
• Let's face it: chores > essays
• THE FOOD...yeah it deserves two mentions, maybe two or three more at least
• Being able to drive places
• Frisbee games
• And...parents...because let's face it, we all need to get taken care of sometimes

So I'm going to spend every second that I'm here wisely. Only thing is, that also means maybe not catching up on sleep...but that's what Thanksgiving Day is for! Eat, sleep, watch football, repeat. Is there any better day?

From my actual home to my home away from home. Syracuse athletics! Probably the best weekend they've had since a guy named Ernie was playing football for us. First, basketball. We absolutely trash Cal and NC, ranked in the top 12 in the nation. I mean, it looked like 'Cuse wasn't even trying too hard, they just make winning look effortless. I cannot say enough about our team this year. We lost our three big personalities and turned into a team where on any given night one of five people can lead in scoring. Nothing against the guys that left, but it's like our team has turned from this into this. (Note that this section concerns the movie Space Jam. If you haven't seen it, stop reading immediately. And watch Space Jam.)

Don't get me wrong, the Monstars had great individual talent and were an offensive juggernaut. They had the physical gifts to be great. But, they were turnstiles on defense. They had absolutely no aggression when it came to defending the hoop. Additionally, they only practiced one time and that was for about 10 seconds. Seriously, they didn't even use a real ball. They used Michael Jordan. The Toon Squad, on the other hand, had fundamentals. They had a team dynamic unlike any other, with a large number of players contributing to the team's success. It didn't matter if they were knocking out the opposition by smelling bad or driving around the court on a moped distributing assists. They practiced together and ended up winning the game. By the way, the Monstars are 2007-08 Syracuse and the Toon Squad is this year's team. Just in case you hadn't realized.

Syracuse football has been wrecking chumps too. And by chumps I mean Rutgers. We got 9 sacks, and that's not counting the time that Doug Hogue tackled the quarterback before Rutgers even knew the ball had been snapped. Our defense dominated, our offense did enough to win, and our special teams...well, let's just say that only two of their kicks got blocked. Oh, and did I mention that we did all of this without:

• Mike Williams (quit): top 10 wide receiver in the country
• Arthur Jones (knee): top 15 pick in next year's NFL draft
• Derrell Smith (knee): potential All-Big East middle linebacker
• Pretty much our entire starting offensive line

And did I mention that in addition to not having all of those guys, we still have a healthy Greg "Two for Flinching" Paulus, which is an even greater detriment to the team. But we won 31-13 in which was the most fun Syracuse game I have ever attended.

And we won't mention the soulcrushing defeat (the fourth in a row) for my Broncos. But things are looking up! I've heard that if they lose on Thanksgiving, coach isn't going to let them eat any turkey or fixins. If I were in their shoes, I would crawl over broken glass in a pool of acid with electrodes attached to my head that would shock me everytime I talked about sports in order to win the game. That is what Thanksgiving dinner means to me. What does it mean to you, Denver? That's all for now, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!