
Microsoft rides to the rescue with a series of special, free programs to download from http://www.microsoft.com/athome/entertai/onlmeal/onlmeal.htm. They fit into Excel for Windows 95, a good spreadsheet program that Microsoft would like to sell you.
Once installed, a step-by-step holiday planner guides you though the festivities. Sort of a holiday season for nerds.
There are recipes for turkey, gravy, squash, cranberries, garlic mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Sorry, no Thanksgiving namasu or adobo; this is a mainland program.
You do get a day-by-day planner and an hour-by-hour Thanksgiving Day schedule and a special spreadsheet to calculate how much the meal will cost per guest, so if Uncle Charlie insists on singing, you can send him a bill.
On another note, if you get on the Internet through Pacific Information eXchange Network http://www.pixi.com, you missed the online edition of the Star-Bulletin for several days. Company officials have managed to restore service.