Thanksgiving count

Family ??
Friends???
Today even okgoogle did not answer!

book shelving

I am arranging a small room to be my office. But there cannot be an office without a nice bookshelf. So, two days ago, I started to look online.  Big mistake. Since then, whenever I touch the internet, I get an ad for a bookshelf. But the interesting part is that  you cannot see any book on display in the ads. There are flowers, mirrors, photos, statuettes, trophies....

Alter or alternate

A friend just died. Not a real friend, a friend of a friend. A Facebook friend.. I don't know how to feel? We shared the same rare last name, We had almost the same age (me, older by one year) and were from the same city. We never met or even messaged on Facebook, but from time to time I was confused with him or asked if we were brothers.