As I write this it’s about quarter to six Nashville time, and save for myself and our fearless leader Mr. Tom Neff the DOC Offices are deserted. Everyone having headed home, presumable to prepare their bodies and spirits for the insane amount of consumption that tomorrow will surely bring. And maybe it’s giddiness I feel due to all the carbohydrates in my near future but I have to say i’m feeling pretty thankful right now and I just thought I would take the opportunity to share some of the more recent additions to my list of thanks. Spirit of the season and what not. So here are a few in no particular order.

1. Thanks to Jeff Feuerzeig for the cool “Devil and Daniel Johnston” poster which currently resides on the wall of my office providing a conversation piece and a great deal of inspiration to all who gaze upon it.

2. Thanks to Christa Fuller for making me aware of Falkenau: Vision of The Impossible a brilliant film that i’m sure to spill a fair amount of ink on in the very near future.

3. Thanks to everyone Myspace and otherwise who took the time to send me a rememberance of the Late Great Robert Altman. And while i’m at it thanks to Mr. Altman for “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” a film that has in some way defined me as a person.

4. Thanks to our Media Manager Matthew Watson’s gal Kimberly who prepared each and every member of the DOC SQUAD a Thanksgiving caramel apple so drenched in goodness that it demands to be consumed with a fork.

5. Thanks to my pal Drew for the bootleg of “Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster” (the Discotheque scenes are a particular highlight)

6. Thanks to each and every viewer that’s taken time to write us. The other day I even got a Myspace comment from a fella that wanted to know what I thought of the films I caught at Horrorfest (it means a lot to me that some of you guys actually care about my viewing habits)

7. Thanks to the folks at Subversive Cinema for FINALLY putting out Richard Stanley’s cut of the highly underrated Aussie horor film “Dust Devil” and thanks also for all the great documentaries they included you’ll be hearing more about Stanley’s great docs in my From The Vault column before you know it.

And as that takes us to lucky number seven I think now that I too shall take my leave of the DOC offices and head off into the night. I believe that I speak for all of us here at The Doc Channel when I say that we sincerely hope that where ever you may be that you and yours have as safe and as happy a Thanksgiving as is altogether permitted by law (laws may vary, of course, from state to state). And in the name of all that is holy if you are one of those brave souls attempting to deep fry their own turkey and a blaze should occur remember that you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re never too old to stop, drop and roll.

We love you guys.