TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/11/26 – TWILIGHT ZONE DAY!
Consider, if you will, one severely traumatized WW2 combat veteran from the small northeastern city of Binghamton, NY, an actor and acclaimed writer of screenplays and TV scripts during the Golden Age of Television, somewhere on… NATIONAL TWILIGHT ZONE DAY! Rod Serling was The Twilight Zone, it’s creator, main writer, producer, narrator and muse. An intense, wiry
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/10/26 – TRAIN DAY!
It takes a lot to laugh, but it takes a train to cry, especially when you have those Disappearing Railroad Blues on NATIONAL TRAIN DAY! Other than subways and commuter lines, our mighty American railroads are mostly a thing of the past, victims of age, neglect, the automobile, airplanes, and a national attention span reduced
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/9/26 – TEAR THE TAGS OFF THE MATTRESS DAY!
“Do not remove under penalty of law.” How many times can a person read that tag on their own property before becoming enraged? Today is the day we say… Enough! NATIONAL TEAR THE TAGS OFF THE MATTRESS DAY! Domestic Disobedience is the order of the day. These are our homes and our possessions, dammit, bought with our own
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/8/26 – V.E. DAY!
e Eighty-one years ago today, on May 8, 1945, Germany’s Third Reich surrendered unconditionally. For Europe, the long nightmare of World War 2 was over. For America, it marked a job halfway done on NATIONAL V.E. DAY! Victory in Europe in World War 2 marked the beginning of the end of the bloodiest war in
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/7/26 – INTERNATIONAL TUBA DAY!
Their sound is as much felt as heard, the lowest notes on the musical scale pumped through 15 to 18 feet of heavy brass tubing, and we salute them on INTERNATIONAL TUBA DAY! From Classical to Jazz to Zydeco to the Oompah Music that is named after this instrument’s sound, the humble Tuba is the