Well by the time most of you read this today is Thanksgiving day.  It's the day where we eat, watch football and celebrate the pilgrims who had been on the Mayflower having what would become the first Thanksgiving dinner with the indians.  So I was thinking about tod what am I thankful for this year.  I will admit to everybody right now this has been the quickest year I have ever lived through.  Yeah it's a bit weird to read something like that but for me it's the truth.  And we have only a month left before not only a new year but also a new decade.  So with that said let me get right down to what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Work.  Earlier in the year work had gotten hard with me even thinking about quitting and finding another job.  But with the support of the staff and the kids they got me back on my feet and the Mr. Bill that everybody has come to know and love for six years now is still there.  While there might be a new principal and assistant principal I have actually been able to go with the flow in these first four months of the school year and with the winter months coming up it'll be interesting how we go from here.  But the one thing I am thankful for is that the school hasn't changed as far as the people who are there, the attitude we have in the school and the dedication that we have towards the children.  I'll say this, you sometimes get a real wake-up call to the real world when you work with kids at times and it hits you at the heart but damn it I wouldn't have it any other way.

Family.  As a lot of you know I love my family a lot.  And this year began a little rough with the lose of our aunt Katy but the year got a whole lot better, we finally got the house that we were not allowed to go into for some dumbass reason and folks it looks just as great as it used to when I was a kid going up there each and every summer.  Then there is this baby.  My nephew, who has made me become a better man.  He makes me calm everytime I hold him, makes me forget about what's going on around in the room and the world.  Whenever I see his big blue eyes open up I see a little reflection of me in him.  He's kissed me in his own way, he's put his fingers in my nose, he's even punched me lol.  I have the best nephew in the world and I love him to death.  Everytime I get to see him it makes me happy, everytime I get to hold him it makes me happy, everytime he falls asleep on my arms it makes me relaxed as this innocent human being is being held and protected by somebody who loves him.

Wrestling.  Yes I'm sure a lot of you are saying "who didn't see this one coming" but you've got to stay with me on this.  I have had a hell of a year with wrestling as far as covering it for my show and watching it.  While we lost a lot of very good people this year and some too young it still keeps me on my feet each and every week.  No matter what and where it is I try to keep up to date with it.  And also after two and a half years of doing my show I was given an opportunity to express my opinions to other fans via the Sunset Flip Wrestling Show Youtube page.  If it wasn't for Jim Boy Star seeing my video and seeing the potential that I have who knows what I would be doing right now.  Hopefully new viewers will come of it and bigger and better things are on the way.

Friends.  I haven't said this a lot here but I have the absolute best friends in the world.  I mean so many different people, different cultures, different lifestyles it doesn't matter there is something about them that makes them my friends.  This year I actually had to go back to when I was younger and reconnect with friends I hadn't talked too in a very long time.  Whenever I've been down there has always been somebody there to cheer me up.  And at times I've been there for different people no matter who they are.  While I might not be able to see everybody I want you to know how much you all mean to me and that I love you all.  If it wasn't for you guys I wouldn't be the person that I am today.  From the bottom of my heart thank you for everything you have all done and just being yourselves and being my friends.

Well that is basically what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving.  I'm looking forward to 2010 and what the new decade brings to us.  But we've got one more month to finish up before we get to 2010 so let's finish this year and this decade up!!!

I wouldn't believe that in the month of October I have so much stuff on my mind, especially this particular week.

Of course as most of you know my sister Mandy and her husband are about to have there first kid together.  I will admit this to everybody, ever since she told me she was going to have the baby I have gone through the quickest nine months of my life.  I guess it's gone quick for the fact that number one not a lot of family members have died, well really only one died but it's better then say three.  But it's just the fact that I've seen my sisters and my mom go shopping a lot of times going to find clothes for the baby, or as we call it Critter.  Yes the baby will be stuck with that nickname until at least 18 years old lol.  But anyway, when I was told a couple of months ago of the due date I didn't think it would be here and it is almost here.  And there were a couple of times last week when Mandy was telling me that the baby was kicking a lot that I thought to myself "it's coming today it's coming today."  I've had the EXACT SAME THOUGHT SINCE WEDNESDAY LOL.  I mean you can't truly predict when a baby will be born it comes when it's ready.  I get a lot of people asking me at work about Mandy and how the baby is coming and I tell them what I usually tell everyone that she's doing real good and now within the last week saying anyday now.  Now I know that when I see Critter for the first time whenever that day comes, I'll have a lot of thoughts and a lot of emotions going through me.  Happiness, some sadness after everything that happened with my brother and his wife and perhaps a little bit of that little child that I once was coming back out.  Now am I looking forward to changing the Critter's diaper when I have to take care of it?  HELLLLLLLLL NO lol.  But at the same time I'll be able to see the baby every day starting in January because it'll come to my house and my mom will take care of it during the work week so being able to see Critter will bring a smile to my face.  One thing I do know is that no matter if it's a boy or if it's a girl, I will give all my love to Critter and will love him or her til the day I die.

Another thing I've been thinking about as of late has been my friends.  Sometimes I get these thoughts in my mind of can I trust this person, is this person really my friend.  There are people who I can tell you right now are my friends, are people I can trust they have my back and I have there's.  Now the list would probably be too long to list so I won't go into that.  But it's just some people I wonder do they like me, or do they think that I am just an annoying guy?  Sometimes I just wish that these people would say to me that I'm there friend and I can have there trust.  But I guess I have to figure it out the easy way and the hard way.  I've been "stabbed" in the back so many times that sometimes when I meet new people I'm a little bit hesitant and wonder will this person like me.  I do the best I can as a friend, I try to be as nice of a person as I can and I try to help as many people as I can but maybe I try too much.  But that's just me being me.  That's just me being the person that I am and being the person that everybody here has come to know and like about me.  I will always be me, I will not change for nobody I am who I am it's that simple.  Are there things about my friends that I don't like?  Yeah but I don't let that bother me unless it's something really serious.  But my friends mean as much to me as my family and I'd do just about anything for them.

One last thought before I get ready to go to bed for work tomorrow.  You know 2009 I haven't really been in the dating kind of mood, go on dates with women and stuff and being one of the single guys.  Well I'm ready to get back in the game.  I'm ready to go and meet women and date them or even date some of my friends who knows.  But I will say this I will treat the women I date with respect and class, I will not treat them like crap.  I will not treat them like they are below me.  So dating world and to all the single ladies, get ready because Bill Yankowy is back on the dating scene!!!

Alright, we are a little bit over a month and a half away from Halloween, one of the few times the entire year where us adults get to act like little kids.  The other time being Christmas/Hannukah and maybe New Years.  Now, probably every other week between now and Halloween I will be dropping a clue as to who I am going as for Halloween.  If you have any guesses by all means please leave a comment or send me a message.  The game ends when either somebody figures out all the clues or we get to Halloween and I post the pictures up.  It's that simple and you get as many chances as you like.  So with that in mind, here is today's first clue as to who I will be going as for Halloween.

The person I am going as this Halloween was famous during the 1970's.

You have your clue now go and figure it out!!!!

I know that some of us don't have money but a couple of days ago a wrestler, Damian Steele passed away.  Today the news came out of why he died.

– Former WWE Developmental wrestler Damien Steele (aka Damien Dothard) had suffered a brain aneurysm according to author Ivan Muchnick, who had spoken to Steele’s girlfriend. He died at his home at the age of 34. His funeral is scheduled for 2pm EST on Wednesday at the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Roopville, GA.

The family is asking that donations be sent in lieu of flowers to help support his two young children. For additional information call 770-854-8662.

So if you can, please helpd his family out through this difficult time.  Thank you.