This is the time of year when people find reasons to list what they are thankful for.

I've never been much for doing what everyone does. And I'm not real big on lists either. The creative types and Perez Hiltons of the world are apt to take the opportunity to list what they aren't thankful for. Some of them don't seem to be thankful for much of anything.

In further evolution of the species, a lot of people seem to be thankful for is the ability to miss the annual family show down. The option is to stand in line at Wal-mart all day Thursday for the Black Friday deals.

I've got something left over in my brain from Mad Magazine or something like that wherein I often think of things as Hot and Not . You know, kind of an ongoing brew of what's really happening and what is to dislike.

Here it is in list form, because this blog wont Vulcan Mind Meld as of yet:

Hot:

• Apple Products. You can't deny the innovation
• Foster The People. Great band, great guys, including my friend Sean CI'mino on guitar.
• Mini Cooper. If theres ever a car for the future, the Mini has made a statement.        
• Phosphites. Nothing has made more of a difference in more spray programs.     
• Organic Fertilizers. Never a better tI'me for choices and cost-effectiveness.
  

Not So Hot:

• Professional Sports. Yes, you all don't make enough moneyso stop playing and go work in the chosen profession of your college major.    
• The Irrigation Industry. Control Systems=FAIL. (see #1 above for an option). Cost=FAIL (if we are ever gonna build golf again it has to be different).          
• Hybrid Cars. Sorry Prius and Voltheads, but #3 above and the TDI and small turbo engines from VW, BMW and Ford are winners without 900 pounds of battery cells to worry about.      
• General Managers. That's right, ask for your Super to save the club another hundred grand.          
• Trade Shows. Ive never really understood them, but even the big ones are on life suppport. Ever meet a vendor that likes a good trade show?
  

I'm pretty sure that neither one of those lists covers it. But it is a fun exercise to put your mind around. For most people the cold list is much easier than the hot list.

Personally, I have a lot to be thankful for and a lot that needs to change. Isnt that always the case? Most of all, I'm thankful for the friends and clients that I'm close with. Those people who have embraced Turfheadism, not as a disease to be hidden from our non Green friends and unturfheadlike families are unique and wonderful. Who couldnt be thankful for them and those like them (us)?