In the U.S., today is Thanksgiving, a holiday in which we traditionally^* give thanks^** for the blessings we have received during the previous year.

It is fitting, therefore, to pause to give thanks for the blessings that the Perl community has bestowed upon us, or that we've bestowed on one another during the previous year.

While you ponder your list, here's mine:

• vroom and pmdev, for keeping the Monastery running (and the editors for keeping the streets swept).
• pudge, for use.perl.org.
• Jarkko, for search.cpan.org.
• Various anonymous people at ActiveState, for making Perl available to those condemned to live in Win32-land.
• merlyn, for keeping a large archive of columns on-line. Many of them are even useful. {grin}
• blakem, for stepping up to revive the Silicon Valley Perl Mongers.
• live.com, for providing the wireless at my favorite coffee shop.
• All of the people who chip in to make XML more usable.
• My wife, for enduring my late night hack fests.
• My last three jobs, for giving me motivation to take several months off to relax and recover.

What are you thankful for?

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^*Except that the day has been moved several times.
^**And eat a lot of turkey and pumpkin pie, and watch (American) football.

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