... a very jazzy musical accompaniment. And happy Thanksgiving -- hope you've got lots of fun, too. -- CarolynKellogg File photo of Jack Kerouac, right, with friend Neal Cassady.
... writer's heirs really entitled to strip-mine his papers for every conceivable nugget of value?" -- CarolynKellogg Photo: Michael Crichton on the set of the 1978 film "Coma." Credit: MGM
... story of the city that didn't happen in California City? There may be more left to tell. -- CarolynKellogg Photo: Satellite image of California City via Google Maps
... Thanksgiving poem of choice: after the wine has been served yet before the food coma kicks in. -- CarolynKellogg Image: "The First Thanksgiving," by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
... a few real charmers. One winner -- for "ABC3D," a design favorite of 2008 -- is after the jump. -- CarolynKellogg Photo: Wally Hunt in 1986. Photo credit: Associated Press