After another exciting and dominant season by the (amazingly enough) 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, we come back down to Earth for the 109th Anniversary of the Cubs’ previous World Series win in 1908, known as NATIONAL HELL FREEZES OVER DAY! It was 7 years before Wrigley Field opened, and the new club owner […]
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/14/17 – HELL FREEZES OVER DAY! Read More »
Who says they don’t get any holidays? Hell, they even have their own logo! Today our most fervent preachers and avid seekers of converts get their only holiday all year, one that most of them will spend furiously not celebrating, NATIONAL ATHEIST DAY! They are steadfast believers in disbelief, adherents of non-adherence and practitioners of
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Like a great many things in the modern world, this holiday comes to us courtesy of Rome, NATIONAL BANISH EVIL SPIRITS DAY! Who can argue with avoiding evil spirits? Called “Lupercalia” by ancient Romans, this holiday is designed to avert evil, purify our surroundings and release health and fertility for all. The name Lupercalia
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/15/17 – NATIONAL BANISH EVIL SPIRITS DAY (LUPERCALIA)! Read More »
First Wednesday in February. That can mean only only thing! That’s right, folks, it’s NATIONAL SINGING DAY! Mi mi mi mi… ahem! Stretch out the pipes gang, and sing it loud and proud! Sing what, you ask? Whatever you feel like singing, that’s what. Sing why, you ask again? Because singing is good for
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It wasn’t enough to win the Civil War. It had to be written into the Constitution so that it could never happen again, no matter what. On this date in 1865, Abraham Lincoln submitted to Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to The Constitution, making today NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY! The Civil War was not yet over, but
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/1/16 – FREEDOM DAY! Read More »
The Winter Festival of All Hallows that began on Halloween in Medieval England, where the Lord of Misrule turned the world upside down or some such nonsense in a combination of Celtic, Roman and Pagan celebrations, somehow surrendered its final day to Christmas Season, making tonight TWELFTH NIGHT! If that’s not clear as a
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If dogs could read, I’d be dead meat. It’s a painful subject to them, but neutering your pet is the responsible thing to do on INTERNATIONAL SPAY DAY! There are too many pets and not enough pet owners to give them the loving homes they deserve, so the International Humane Society and HSUS implore pet lovers
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/24/15 – INTERNATIONAL SPAY DAY! Read More »
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 »
