Say neigh to the Horse, and take note of the Goat! 1.3 billion people can’t be wrong on INTERNATIONAL CHINESE NEW YEAR! Stop writing Year of The Horse on your checks today, it’s New Year’s Day 4713, The Year of The Goat. Horse years are supposed to be good luck, but that didn’t work out […]
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/19/15 – CHINESE NEW YEAR! Read More »
This doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it’s your cue to stock up on extra Peeps and chocolate on NATIONAL EASTER FUNDAY! That’s right, another Two’Fer holiday, when Easter Sunday and Pot Smoker’s Day collide. He is risen, all right, and she’s pretty high too, so don’t Bogart that chocolate bunny on 4/20.
TODAY’S ANNUAL DAY, 4/20/14 – EASTER FUNDAY! Read More »
So, you’re feeling like Romeo today? Call yourself Romeo Smith, or Lance Hardwick if you like, it’s okay. Seeking your inner songbird? Diva MacMelody is as good as any on NATIONAL NAME YOURSELF DAY! We’re not talking about using an alias and taking it on the lam, just asking why should showbiz types be the only
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 4/9/14 – NAME YOURSELF DAY! Read More »
Who knew? Rudolph Diesel (1858 – 1913), inventor of the Diesel engine, meant for it to run on vegetable oil, not the petroleum-derived diesel fuel used today, so we celebrate NATIONAL BIODIESEL DAY! Diesel noticed how steam engines waste 90% of their fuel, while internal combustion engines waste up to 75%, and designed his engine to
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/18/14 – BIODIESEL DAY! Read More »
March 14, 44 BCE was Julius Caesar’s second-worst day, but for his Co-Consul and best friend, it was one of his best days, making today INTERNATIONAL MARK ANTONY GETS LUCKY DAY! It was the day before the Ides of March, and Caesar’s assassins were holding their last meeting before making Julius Kabob of Caesar
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY,3/14/14 – INTERNATIONAL MARK ANTONY GETS LUCKY DAY! Read More »
I dig Dr. Seuss’ scene of Hatted Cats and Grinches Green of elephants named Horton too and fishes red and green and blue. Hellzyeah, it’s NATIONAL DOCTOR SEUSS DAY! Who didn’t grow up a huge fan of that PhD in English Literature, Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known to children everywhere as Dr. Seuss? Following his
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/2/14 – DR. SEUSS DAY! Read More »
It’s here, the day we’ve all been waiting for! It’s Superbowl XLVIII, and you know what that means. That’s right, boys and girls, it’s NATIONAL ROMAN NUMERAL DAY! While Roman numerals are only used these days for Superbowls, movie sequels and at the end of rich guys’ names, they were once the most widely used
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, II/II/MMXIV – ROMAN NUMERAL DAY! Read More »
What’s the best reason to vote? Because we can. It’s not a big national election today, and the fate of the nation doesn’t hinge on any one race, but add them all up and they sure do make a difference on ELECTION DAY! In recent years, Americans have been experimenting at the ballot box, getting
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY – ELECTION DAY! Read More »
Our first president was a hemp farmer, and 7 more farmers and a rancher also became American presidents, the most recent being Jimmy Carter. There’s something humble and hopeful about farmers, generally a good natured bunch. Even in today’s largely urban society, everyone celebrates NATIONAL FARMERS DAY! Well, we’d better celebrate, these are the
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/12/13 – NATIONAL FARMERS DAY! Read More »
On October 10th, 1938, the leaders of England and France gave Germany’s Adolph Hitler something that was not theirs to give, a piece of Czechoslovakia, the Sudetenland, then had the balls to tell the world they had achieved “Peace in our time,” making today INTERNATIONAL APPEASERS DAY! Neville Chamberlain and Édouard Daladier were their names,
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/10/14 – INTERNATIONAL APPEASERS DAY! Read More »
