On September 16, 1620, a ship set sail from Plymouth, England. On board were 102 men, women and children, pilgrims to an unknown New World, mostly English Separatists and Puritans, which makes today NATIONAL MAYFLOWER DAY! We can thank the Mayflower for America’s Puritan streak, best described by H.L. Menken as “the haunting fear that […]
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Dude, I thought this was supposed to be about dandelions? But is says weed, man, weed! No dude, not that kinda weed, this ain’t 4/20. You know… weeds! Exactly, man… weed! Ever since NORML got busy with its Legalize Marijuana campaign and reefer-as-medicine schtick, misunderstanding has been the order of the day on NATIONAL WEED APPRECIATION DAY! While
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In the 18th Century, Jean Pierre Blanchard was a household name. In the Blanchard household, anyway. Born in France in 1750, he was the first to fly in the Americas, more than a century before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, making today NATIONAL BALLOON ASCENSION DAY! On January 9, 1793, outside the walls
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