Holy cow, it’s Thanksgiving in the US. I forgot until a friend e-mailed me a happy thanksgiving message this morning.

Today at the gym, MJ was noting that there are no food-based holidays in Japan. Some of the holidays have special foods, but there are no gorge-yourself family banquets. Even the most elaborate holiday food in Japan—New Year’s osechi—is pretty minimal and even healthy!

Tonight we’re having take-away bento for dinner. Tod’s on a deadline and I’m not inclined to cook.