This will most likely be my last blog before we get a brief reprieve from work for the Thanksgiving holiday. I hope all of you get a little break as well.

When I return, I hope the mess that is my desk magically is cleaned. Now there's something I would be thankful for.

I'd also be thankful if Michael Turner would score four touchdowns every game, but I realize that's selfish, if not a little greedy.

I'd be thankful if the card hobby would get past the refractors, 1-of-1s and hair cut cards and get back to appreciating the basic card for what it is - a link to the players that entertain us each day.

I'd be thankful if I never saw Pacman Jones or Michael Vick on the football field again (alas, they'll be there soon).

I'd be thankful if the economy would turn around (while keeping gas prices low) so the hobby would be humming again and I don't have to hear, read or report on more companies going out of business.

I'd be thankful if Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Sandy Koufax would do a public signing - together. Imagine the crowds for that (unless it would be $500 per signature, which is probably even less than it would take).

I'd be thankful if I had the opportunity to see a game at Fenway Park. (I have toured it, but alas have never smelled the hot dogs during a game.)

I'd be thankful to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame not on induction weekend, but at a time when I can take it all in at a snail's pace without elbowing other patrons to see all of the exhibits.

Ah heck, really I'll be thankful to live a long healthy life, enjoy my work, see the world become a little better place and enjoy a Brewers World Series Championship. Some of that might be a dream, but dreaming is something we always have.