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- July 27, 2023
- Bagpipe Appreciation Day 2023
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I have seen and heard bagpipes on various occasions. Tartan Day in South Carolina. The funeral of my beloved Aunt Glenda Jolly. A couple of parades. and scant other venues which found me in attendance.
They have a characteristic sound and are indigenous to the Scots in late history as far as I know.
They remain a part of the Scottish tradition.
I personally feel they are an acquired musical taste, as I began not liking the music but grew to appreciate it over time.
Today is Bagpipe Appreciation Day.
It is a July 27 annual event celebrating the ancient musical instrument.
It is said that bagpipes did not originate in Scotland, but have roots in Mesopotamia where they were played by shepherds for entertainment.
They have seen use during royal ceremonies, funerals, battles, parades, weddings, and pretty much ceremonial fetes far and wide.
So if you play or listen periodically good for you. I view the bagpipe as part of my maternal history and as such will always respect their presence in my life.
Happy Bagpipe Appreciation Day.
See Also:
The Worldwide Celebration of Plaid 2022 Bagpipe Appreciation Day 2022 Tartan Day 2021 Tartan Day 2020 National Tartan Day 2019 International Tartan Day 2018 Tartan Day 2018 Tartan Day - Comments (0)
- July 26, 2023
- Holistic Therapy Day 2023
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The word 'holistic' refers to that which deals with and/or treats the whole of something or someone — and not just a part: Having worked in the field for a number of years early on, I have seen the term "wholistic" also used to describe this modality of medical care.
While the concept is admirable I'm afraid it loses much in the translation to reality. A lot of holistic practices go off on unscientific tangents out to sell services and products which are both unnecessary and without merit as therapeutics.
The biggest charletains on the planet will tout vague imbalances as a root cause of disease when it is their ineptitude causing the most problematic treatmennt sequela.
Even those practices with good intentions sometimes stray from the straight and narrow interests of the patient to turn a profit.
Today is Holistic Therapy Day.
It is observed each July 26 annually. Holistic therapy employs a definition of synergy in the human body utilizing mind, body, and soul.
This is not to say that holistic practices do not tout valuable adjuncts to the treatment of their patients. Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga and accupuncture can all assist in the treatment of various problems.
When the pharmeceutical industry made like the military industrial complex and decided they were in control of everything is when we started going wrong.
The orthodox medical industrial complex just wants to drug you or cut you and call it a day.
Nowadays we have a lot of stupid woke practitioners who would be better served working at MacConalds.
All in all, though my beginnings were in Holistic Therapy I now avoid these practices because of the nature of their underhandedness skullduggery and the over abundance of charletains out to separate you from your fundage by selling you products and services; many of which tend to be touted as things they are not.
Then there are pharmaceuticals advertised in the main stream media which further corrupts orthodox medicine. I don't play the 'buzzword' game anymore. I do my research and take the 'trusted tried and true' conservative approach to medical care.
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- July 25, 2023
- National Hire a Veteran Day 2023
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The Veterans of the United States armed forces are a good source of employees.
These days you have to be cognizant of the stupidity of the administration and their woke transexual and other pervert additions whereas once upon a time you could hire a veteran and just give him a probationary evaluation without a second thought.
Until we get the democrats and their pervert loving no character criminal ilk out of the legislative process our military is no longer trustworthy.
I no longer feel we could win a war due to the panty waist contingent of fags, freaks, and woke idiots pervading their ranks.
Boo Biden administration with your pervert man who thinks he is a woman in an Admiral's uniform that should have NEVER been permitted.
Unscrupulous, soros funded, immoral, without redeeming virtue of any kind ... scum your name is democrat.
Democrats, you will never be forgiven for your ruination of the United States of America.
We remain ever vigilant and await our opportunity to deal with you effectively.
Make sure you check out any veterans before you hire them because the Obama and Biden administrations have ruined the military.
Boo Democrats.
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- July 24, 2023
- National Tequila Day 2023
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Back in my drinking days I was known to imbibe a little tequila periodically. I only over did tequila once.
As with the dreaded Southern Comfort overdose at the Enlisted Men's Club of Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico in 1977 I never returned after that.
My attempts to benefit from past mistakes engaged some automatic aversion to the drink thereafter.
Over the years I have had a lot of various bottles of tequila. I was originally a steely dan Cuervo Gold man in the finest traditions of Hey Nineteen.
I only found out much later that my brands were typically quite on the "substandard" list of those in tequila know.
This being said, I don't begrudge anyone a snootful of tequila.
I'm not particularly fond of the name, however. I knew a lady named Tequila once and she was a sweet person. I just think whomever named her was an alkie.
Today is National Tequila Day. The origins of the observance are very obscure. However, the origins of Tequila are quite well documented far and wide.
I believe the original commercial factory for tequila was in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. Do correct me if I am wrong as I have been known to be in the past.
So regardless, if you want to take a drink by all means do so as long as you meet the legal requirements of age and ownership of that which you consume.
I will be abstaining yet again this year with no hard feelings !
Happy National Tequila Day.
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- July 23, 2023
- Hot Enough for ya Day 2023
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Yes. It's hot enough for me. Lately I've become drained by the inferno called the great outdoors.
We had a rather lengthy spate of cool weather from all the cloud cover and subsequent rains.
A couple weeks past this all ended and I found myself thrust into the usual and customary weather in these parts. I tell you, I thought I might stroke out.
I have been both retiring and arising early in efforts aimed at avoidance of the fire like quality of my yard to no avail.
The most disturbing part of all of this is that Summer has not yet peaked. The humidity is unbearable.
The high temperatures are a deal breaker for me personally.
Today is Hot Enough For Ya Day.
We don't know when the day came into being, only that it is a satire on that muggy heat into which we now find ourselves immersed.
My activities have become seriously curtailed because I am a creature of the indoors and my world is computers and keyboards and of course my server cluster. These all require air conditioning in times like these — and so do I. Yeah, I'm fed up with the hot weather but it typically doesn't break until the end of October.
I suppose I'll simply muddle through it all. Pretty much like last year ... only I don't remember being this hot. Must be all of the new free time making me more sensitive.
See Also:
Hot Enough For Ya Day 2022
Heavy Humid Weather 2022
Dog Days 2021
In the heat of the South
Dog Days here, but not there ...
New HVAC
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- July 22, 2023
- World Brain Day 2023
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The brain is who we are. The rest of us simply provides nutritiion, metabolic and somatic support, sensory input, and locomotion.
Without a brain the portends become extremely self-limiting.
Cognition and interaction would become impossible. We would essentially become "lumps" of flesh and bone likely to end in that entropy resulting from anencephaly.
Today is World Brain Day.
It is observed under the auspices of The World Federation of Neurology each July 22 annually to raise awareness of neurologic issues.
The World Federation of Neurology is an international organization founded in Belgium in 1957.
The many factors which may impact our mental health is the impetus for this observance.
So you need to consider your neurological system — which is the brain and those nerves which supply biofeedback as well as sensory and motor input.
Happy World Brain Day to you !
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- July 21, 2023
- National Junk Food Day 2023
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Yes, I have been known to eat my fair share of junk food over the years.
As much as I would like to project that image of the nutritional pillar staunch in the food groups and avoiding all 'empty calories' I'm afraid it's simply not me.
High in fats, sugars, salt, and calories the junk food genre began back in the 1950s and I remember getting a cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate shake for something like 80 cents.
Now when you go into MacDonalds you see some little idiot child supposedly there to help the customer standing obliviously.
Worse, in some locations the children of employees engage panhandling the customers while they're trying to eat.
Suffice it to say, I had my fill of all that long ago.
Today is National Junk Food Day. It is ostensibly a day when you may eat whatever floats your boat without fear of nutritional faux pas and therefore NO guilt !
But beware of the trap that easy fatty sweet salty calorie laden quick meals may place you within.
There are people with food addictions which surpass the worst drug addictions in their severity and impact upon the consumer.
Try to eat to live, not live to eat.
Happy National Junk Food Day !
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- July 20, 2023
- International Chess Day 2023
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Chess wasn't ever my forte. I had ambitions as a child but they fell by the wayside in that life I pursued as a navy brat. So from that strong nine year old beginning I pretty much abandoned the game except for few afterwards and one in particular on a Med cruise at the behest of my best friend ... thusly my chess career waned.
Regardless of my dropping the ball on the game of chess the game remains popular and even a hallmark of geekdom. The strategy and tactics were what interested me and I had become quite the ruthless fellow playing the game as I recall.
Anyway I was always grateful to my folks for immersing me in the game at an early point in my life because from that moment on I was always comfortable when that far and few between game came up.
Today is International Chess Day. It was a UN idea and to HELL with the UN. They are the singularly worst thing to ever happen to the world.
Chess came about under mysterious circumstances and various countries all have their own spin on it's orgins.
It's the board game predecessor to other war and battle genres which proliferated after it.
The General Assembly has proclaimed July 20 as International Chess Day. This corresponds to the date the International Chess Federation (FIDE) came into being.
Millions of chess players around the world celebrate this day and this game. I'm open to a game occasionally as long as you're not some UN dullard trying to take over the world with your stupid globalist agenda.
See Also:
National Chess Day 2022
International Chess Day 2022
International Chess Day 2020
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- July 19, 2023
- National Hot Dog Day 2023
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I like a good hot dog every now and then. Something about a plump frank with just the right complement of condiments on a soft bun simply appeals to me.
I'll never forget the summer of 1977 while I was in Chicago on liberty from A School and made the mistake of ordering a hot dog with mayo.
You would think I had cursed the holy virgin Mary. I certainly never did it again !
Summer is that time when I encounter the most hot dogs ...
I ususally get four of them from the local What A Burger on Meeting Street. They have mustard, chili, and onions and I have been known to tear them out the frame.
July 19 brings us National Hot Dog Day, that day set aside for the consumption of hot dogs and their sides.
I believe the name originates with the germans who brought their food choices with them when they immigrated. Also the origins of National Hot Dog Day are unclear in the literature.
It is quite likely never enter into a hot dog eating contest like the stupendous Nathans fete held at Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island — that town singularly known for hot dogs and is IMHO the hot dog capital of the world. Coneys are a favorite of mine in particular.
I hope you'll take time to enjoy a dog and cold beverage this National Hot Dog Day !
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- July 18, 2023
- World Listening Day 2023
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Listening is both a sense and a skill.
An ability to discern beauty, understanding, danger, and other aspects of the aural world around us is a primary function of living and the senses such as hearing are our first line of defense in what is both a beautiful and hazardous environment in which we cohabitate with everything else.
World Listening Day is held on July 18 annually under the auspices of World Listening Project which is a nonprofit devoted to understanding the world through listening and audio recordings.
The day is in honor of the birthday of one Raymond Murray Schafer (July 18, 1933 – August 14, 2021) a composer of Canadian extraction who was also an environmentalist and is known as the founder of acoustic ecology born on July 18, 1933.
He developed his "World Scoundscape Project" which was a 1970s delve into what eventualy became acoustic ecology.
From humble beginnings there are many who take it as a serious international endeavor.
So if you're an audiophile this day is for you.
Happy World Listening Day !
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- July 17, 2023
- World Emoji Day 2023
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So here we go with another one of my curmudgeon moments. I just love my petty amusements.
Of those annoyances which permeates my existence I include the emoji.
Yes, for a brief period I was on board with this "follow the herd step on a turd" mentality construct before they became so utterly cliche and unbearably trite in my mind that I cannot tolerate them on my machine — or in my presence.
The quickest way to get me to delete any SMS communication is to place an emoji upon it.
I think you infants who view this as a creative aspect of your existence need to have your heads examined.
Today is World Emoji Day.
It celebrates this infuriating inability and failure on the educators to instll proper grammar and syntax as well as vocabulary on students in the country. We have students who can neither write nor read cursive writing. However, they can place an emoji on something and act as though it's sheer genius. The Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2015 was emoji. This woke turd publication should have picked a word more descriptive of their impact on both the language and human beings. Something like DEFECATE or PUKE.
Boo emojis. Boo people who use emojis. Boo Oxford Dictionary. You utterly lack vision, creativity, and intelligence.
See Also:
World Emoji Day 2018
World Emoji Day 2017
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- July 16, 2023
- National Cherry Day 2023
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When I was a kid I used to love to snag the jar of maraschino cherries my mom kept in the fridge for garnishing Dad's highballs. I would put a significant part of the jar on a dish and squirt it with this aerosol whipped creme and tear them up. I would eat the fruit, syrup, and whipped creme right down. Sometimes I would awaken my mother who became rather stern regarding this practice, but I swear I was a repeat offender and DID offend again !
Over the years I cultivated a taste for cherries I bought at the farmer's market. These were kept in a large crate and I would obtain a bagful and depart to wash then refrigerate and devour them each and every one ending up with a rather noteworthy collection of pits. I don't know from where this affinity for the cherry arose ... only that it has stuck with me over the years to this day. I like tart cherries most of all but won't snub a sweet cherry either.
Today is National Cherry Day.
It is celebrated each July 16 in the throes of summer. I believe the weather became furnace like in it's honor. Cherries assume a taste profile called sweet to tart. They also have varying shades of color red to yellow and they are very useful ingredients in baking and mixology.
Cherries are said to have arrived in America along with the early settlers somewhere in the 1600s.
So if you like to partake of cherries I hope you'll indulge yourself today, National Cherry Day.
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- July 15, 2023
- National Woodie Wagon Day 2023
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When I was a kid in elementary school the song Surf City was in vogue. It was about a city in southern California called Huntington Beach which was located in an area where I would reside much later in life.
You would hear it on the am radio and cover bands would take to it in their sets. My next door neighbor on Lavender Lane in the Aragona Village community of Virginia Beach the late John K Hall was all about cars and naturally the Woodie was one of those things he would engage in conversation.
He was always singing something from the many songs about cars as well. Things like Dead Man's Curve, The Little Old Lady from Pasadena, GTO, Fun Fun Fun, Drag City, Little Deuce Coupe, and the list went on ...
Thusly, even I — a lowly know nothing as far as everyone else was concerned — knew about the Woodie, surfing, and it had impact on my early life and existence in those days long gone by.
So today is Woodie Wagon Day.
It is observed each July 15 in homage to the woodie. It began as a station wagon or sometimes even a hearse to which wood panels were applied. When they became universally popular the automobile manufacturers started making them and up to that time they were an after market item provisioned by furniture makers and carpenters.
The vehicle eventually became a mainstay of the surfers because they provided superior transport annd storage for their boards .
Finally, in actuality I always spelled it with a 'y'. Silly me.
Surf City
Two girls for every boy
I bought a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woodie
(Surf City, here we come)
You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie
(Surf City, here we come)
Well, it ain't got a back set or a rear window
But it still gets me where I wanna go
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy
You know they never roll the streets up 'cause there's always somethin' goin'
(Surf City, here we come)
You know they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin'
(Surf City, here we come)
Yeah, and there's two swingin' honeys for every guy
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy
And if my woody breaks down on me somewhere on the surf route
(Surf City, here we come)
I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wetsuit
(Surf City, here we come)
And when I get to Surf City I'll be shootin' the curl
And checkin' out the parties for a surfer girl
And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun
You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
Two girls for every boy
Lyricists: Brian Wilson & Jan Berry
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management,
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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- July 14, 2023
- Pandemonium Day 2023
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Pandemonium refers to a situation characterized by wild and noisy disorder and confusion in a manner which could only be described as severe uproar.
The word appears in John Milton's Paradise Lost as the "capital of Hell" and the word further has been defined as "demon".
Today is Pandemonium Day.
It is observed on July 14th annually and is a celebration of chaos and mayhem and is primarily a vehicle that one may derive different perspectives on the various upheavals of life.
Pandemonium would once fill my heart with terror but I have been desensitized by the stupid liberals and their insane notions.
I would encounter totally illogical interactions with people who discussed various things not remotely germane to the work at hand.
Finally, I simply began to reject the company of these individuals and they would go away.
Now they believe they have a right to promote upheval in the name of their deviant politics and that I am required by some unwritten law to endure them. Sorry, not gonna happen.
Figuratively or not, pandemonium has no place at work. I am quite the effective squasher of such mess in the office.
Suffice it to say that Pandemonium Day is an homage to all things disorganized, chaotic, and unpredictable. This situation is a broad spectrum phenomenon which may be trivial or devastating.
Goodness, sounds just like the idiotic democratic party of the US with all the many various reprobates which comprise their ranks.
So my personal feelings regarding pandemonium is that it exists somewhat like those realms in the video game Doom, which I used to play all the time.
Mayhem, death and destruction. You can consider them and their effects on this day — but endeavor not to go out and commit them.
Happy Pandemonium Day you devil.
See Also:
Krampusnacht 2019
Evoking Demons
False Impressions for Public Consumption
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