First off, an apology for not getting this up until 11 AM, and for being a relative ghost around the blog this weekend.  You'd think I'd get to relax on vacation.  Not the case.

In addition to it being Civil War SuperWeek, it's Thanksgiving Week!  Is there a more American holiday than Thanksgiving?  I know 4th of July has that whole America thing, but let's take a second here:

Our founding fathers came to this country from England, befriended bloodthirsty savages, and got a free meal out of it.  At least I'm pretty sure that's how it went down.  Today, we celebrate their struggle and hardship by sitting on the couch and watching football, roasting meat, eating nineteen plates of food, and falling asleep.  If that isn't America, then screw you!  You communist...

Top 10 Drinking Holidays

1. St. Patrick's Day - Nothing says "passing out in the back of a taxi" like green beer, Guiness, shots of irish whiskey, and putting it all together for Irish Car Bombs. 

2. Christmas - Drinking, or awkwardly conversing with relatives?  Hmmm...

3. Thanksgiving - Nothing goes better with gluttonous amounts of food than gluttonous amounts of booze.  Try this one at your table this year:
The Thankstini
2 oz. potato vodka
3 oz. cranberry juice
1 turkey bouillon cube
With this drink, you don't even need dinner!

4. Independence Day - USA! USA! USA! is much easier to chant after plenty of American beer and BBQ.  You got a PROBLEM WITH THAT!?!?!

5. New Year's - Kind of a lame holiday really, but an excuse to drink and try and kiss girls at midnight. 

6. Labor Day - You can't drink at work.  So, celebrate not working by not not drinking!

7. Presidents' Day - Our founding fathers drank like sailors.  They were probably drunk when they wrote the Declaration of Independence.  The whole Revolutionary War thing just sounds like a bar argument that got blown way out of proportion. 

8. Father's Day - Chances are you're spending Father's Day out with the old man at a ballgame or on the golf course, which are great places to drink when it's not a special occasion.

9. Arbor Day - Everytime you plant a tree, you shotgun a beer.  It's the circle of life, or something.

10. Halloween - I almost left it off the list, but Martin Luther King Day didn't sound appropriate.  Girls are going to dress like hoochies whether you're drunk or sober, you might as well remember it better.

Keg Stickers!

• trumpetduck, because the Packers won.  Blah blah blah Aaron Rodgers yeah I don't care.  At least we're better than the Raiders.
• benzduck, for his awesome Ducks-in-the-crapper retrospectives.
• Jeff Maehl, for his performance against Arizona
• Katelynn Johnson.  All of us at AtQ wish you a speedy recovery.  If you need anything, trumpetduck's been in love with you for three years now, you can shoot him a line.

I Need a Beer...

• The men's basketball team needs a case of beer after dropping two straight.  Here's to the boys bouncing back, because my Fire Ernie Kent trigger finger is getting itchy.
• CaDuck needs a root beer for getting shut out of the Jersey Contest last week.  His sacrifice of his own personal Juju to the Oregon cause should be commended.  This round's on me when you're old enough to drink.

You Don't Have to Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here

• Dom still hasn't apologized for ruining my day with that Dixon Media Wednesday two weeks ago, so he's still blacklisted until he apologizes.
• The Arizona fans, for their bad behavior.  Sleep it off guys, then go beat USC.