Looking at my Jeff Gordon calendar tells me that today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. They don't celebrate the Pilgrim thing. They give thanks to God for a plentiful harvest. I give thanks on this day that I'm not Canadian. Especially now that the NHL is having a stupid lockout. Without hockey, Canada is only good for Canadian bacon, which I can get here at Albertson's.

The Jeff Gordon calendar also shows today is Columbus Day. Not that it matters, since I won't have the day off.

The very informational calendar also tells me that Tuesday in Mexico is Dia de la Raza, or the Day of the Race. Being a NASCAR calendar, I thought it might be a day to celebrate auto racing or a marathon, but I discovered it is just their version of Columbus Day. I guess old Christopher must have stopped his ships in America to fill up before heading down to Mexico the next day. I won't be getting this holiday off either.