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It's almost Thanksgiving here in America; a time for family, booze, and gluttony.

The first Thanksgiving was way back in the 1600s when the Pilgrims got busy with some Indians and decided to sit down for a meal. Apparently, this was before the white man's "land pillaging" phase.

The food at the first Thanksgiving included duck, cabbage, corn, and seafood.  But, like most holidays, we Americans have distorted the original events to fit our current needs. Today, a traditional Thanksgiving meal means turkey, cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes. I guess we had to find some use for turkeys.

Now, I'd like to tell you that Thanksgiving dinner at the DataPig household will consist of the Bacon Explosion for the main course. Unfortunately, Mrs. Pig is a traditionalist. This year's meal will consist of: salad, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, grilled new potatoes, spinach casserole, rolls, pumpkin pie, and apple pie.

We typically have tons of food at Thanksgiving.   So much so that I've dubbed Thanksgiving, "Mock the Third World Day".

This year, we have invited Mrs. Pig's sister, her husband, and her four children. Between their four children and our four children, we're practically a charter school. Fortunately, there will be lots of booze - or as the kids like to call it, "Sleepy Juice". A few drops of vodka in their sippy cups should keep the noise down.

I've got lots of great stuff planned for your blog-reading pleasure next week. Along with some patentable tips and tricks, Ross Mclean from Methods In Excel has interviewed me for his podcast series. It's not only an interesting conversation, but you get to hear my whiskey and sex-ladened voice.  Until then, be sure to catch his interview with Simon Murphy of Smurf on Spreadsheets.

Happy Thanksgiving nerds. See you next week.

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