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10/4 - More Pix! Andrew McDermott has uploaded some additional pictures to his website. Check it out: Click Here!

9/22 - Pick up your stuff. We have bowls, trays, utensils, a few jackets, and even a table here. We have no idea who all this stuff belongs to, so drop by if you think you left something here.

9/22 - PICTURES! Sorry for the delay everyone. I finally have the pictures online. Click here for the full album. You can even order prints right from the website (yes, I know, I have too much time on my hands.)

9/20 - What did you think?? Anyone have comments? Suggestions? Want to do it again? Have any better ideas? Please post in our forum by clicking here.

9/20 - Updates (and Pix) Coming Soon! I promise to get pictures up soon. I just need to get some work done first ;-). Thank you everyone for coming and making the event a success!

3:23 - Pig Progressing Nicely!

10:03 - Flippin' Pig! Time for the first flip (not really, but we came to the conclusion that we put it on upside down, so we flipped it.) Initial results are promising! Skeptic crowd admits that this fiasco might just work after all.

8:21 - Almost up in Smoke! Turns out the rain was quite useful. It took 40 gallons of water to keep the roaster from incinerating once we stoked it!

8:11 - Cutting the Pig. The thing didn't want to cooperate. Nothing that a recipricating saw won't take care of.

9/18 - Game on everyone! Despite the forecast, we're going to have this thing today. Meteorologist mom says we should be okay. (And if you know my mom, there is simply no point in consulting the Weather Channel once mother makes her ruling.) In the event it rains, we'll simply move the festivities inside #135 Duddington. If you show up and there is no one in the alley, we're inside. The doors are open: just come on in. For anyone wanting to come by during the day to check on the pig (dead pigs are great for the kids to poke because they don't bite!), our alley door will be open. We're cooking it on the back portch. Just wander over.

9/18 - Pig Roaster Complete! For all those who doubted that one can make a pig roast from scrap wood and duct work, I bite my thumb at you! My masterpiece is complete and ready to roast the hog. Appologies are being accepted. (Injury count: 13)

9/18 - And the winner is... Christoph Grahams, from Berlin, Germany! Christoph is our 100th person to RSVP and is the new proud owner of a pig head. Congratulations Christoph! (Good luck getting that one back through customs! ;-) Total head count: 105.

9/17 - PIG! The pig just arrived. He's come to us all the way from Chicago. He looks pretty. He'll taste yummy. Mmmm... Pig!

9/17 - Head count: 99. The 100th person to RSVP gets to take home the pig head as a prize!

9/17 - Bobbing for Apples. We need an apple to stuff the pig's mouth. Anyone have an apple? If so, please email your apple to IWANTPIG@duddingtonplace.com, or if your magical transporter is broken, drop it by 135.

9/16 - Pig Sushi. Brent loses charcoal money in poker game and tries to figure out how to fit a hundred pound pig into a microwave!

9/16 - Ye of Little Faith. Neighbors look at pig roaster and laugh. Chagrined, but not defeated, Brent admits that neighbors might want to bring their fire extinguishers to the event!

9/15 - Weather Forecast. Well, does anyone know some sort of African rain dance? Or is that anti-rain dance? Anyway, the forecast isn't cooperating, but we're still hopeful. As it calls for rain both Saturday and Sunday, we may simply have this thing indoors if mother nature won't cut us a break. Stay tuned for details. Meanwhile, you can track the weather below:

9/15 - Alley Clean Up Reminder. A lot of you still have trash behind your house in the alley. As no one particularly wants to eat amongst your refuge, we'd appreciate it if you'd take care of it by Saturday morning. Thanks!

9/15 - Head count: 86. Again, despite the fact that the RSVP deadline has passed, you're still encouraged to RSVP if you'll be joining us. We ordered extra pig and if we think food will be an issue, we can scroung up some more, so the invite is still very much open!

9/15 - Defending his Dog...In response to the comment about Bryan's dog, he says: "I'll have you know he is slimming down.plus, if you basted him he would just start eating himself. there wouldn't be anything left!"

9/15 - Pig Cooker Underway. The Panama Canal. Landing on the Moon. Fat free potato chips. All great feats of man, accomplished despite the ney-sayers and against the odds. Well once again, man triumphs: the pig cooker construction has begun in defiance of all those who said I was (am) crazy! (Injury count: 6)

9/14 - Mistaken Identity! Bryan Hurley's dog was so fat, that it was mistaken for a pig and almost butchered for the big event!

9/14 - The North and the South. Southern Duddington residents plot a large scale brick heist from the project behind Northern Duddington in protest that their alley doesn't get a facelift too!

9/14 - Head count: 80 and counting! Pigs everywhere run and hide!

9/13 - Even if you don't RSVP... Just to be clear, if you don't RSVP, you are still certainly more than welcome to join us. We understand that there are people who won't know until the last minute, and some people may have unexpected guests that they want to bring, etc. Please do not feel that because you didn't get your RSVP in by the deadline that you have to sit it home and smell the BBQ through the windows! By all means, come out and join us. The intent of the RSVP was simply to get a good idea of how big of a pig we need, but it's not as if it is an exact science. There will be plenty of leftovers, so all are welcome!

9/13 - Blonde German girl can't count! Nicola makes 80 copies to distribute to well over 100 houses. Angry residents who didn't get an update flyer sound off. Transatlantic relations suffer.

9/13 - Head Count: 69. As of today, there are 69 confirmed people coming (with many more "oh yeah, I'll be there. I keep forgetting to send in my RSVP!")

9/12 - HURRY UP and RSVP already! We need a head count so we can order the pig. Please RSVP by noon on Tuesday, September 14th.

9/11 - Non Partison Pig Pickin! Democratic nominee John Kerry was quoted saying, "If you look at my record, you'll see I have always voted for pig roasts." Bush agrees: "Yes, the Senator from Masachusettes didn't flip flop on this one for a change!" However, SwiftVets point out that once Kerry ate some pig, then spit it back out in protest.

9/10 - Invite Others! We've made it easy so you don't have to do any work to pass along the invite. Simply click here and let the magic of the internet do the rest.