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- June 2, 2023
- National Bubba Day 2023
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I've been called 'Bubba' many times in the past. It is a common apellation used to refer to southern men, particularly large hulking ones such as myself.
I've also known a lot of other people called 'Bubba'. As a rule it wasn't their given name, just the nickname to which they answered.
I for one detest being called 'Bubba' and you will learn this if you happen to transgress minimal decorum with me.
I think it's fine to be a Bubba. I'm just NOT one.
Today is National Bubba Day. It is held each June 2nd in some misbegotton notion that the name 'Bubba' should be honored.
This monstrosity is the brainchild of one T Bubba Bechtol — who is a comedian. Boy, I'll say ...
So the word originates as a southern slang term for the word brother. I construe it to be a perjorative label for someone who is stupid.
I am perpetually grateful that the name "Bubba" did not stick to me over the ensuing years as it has so many in my midst.
Anyway, if you go by the nickname 'Bubba' this day is for you.
Good luck with that.
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- June 1, 2023
- Relationships End
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It's amazing just how quickly and totally a thing you thought was forever can end.
In all the many pitfalls along the way there comes a time when relationships may become disparate and one sided.
One person alone cannot be in a "relationship".
So when that is the only perception it is likely best to just shuck the whole thing and pursue someone more interested in you.
Just goes to show you that everything doesn't last forever despite how sincere you may have been up front.
Walking away from even a perceived relationship can be pretty earth shattering.
Reciprocation is a requirement of interpersonal relations to EVEN call it a "relationship".
There is no room for one sided selfishness in relationships.
However, sometimes even in the land of diminished expectations a so called "relationship" in actuality may be merely some wayward figment of the imagination of A SINGLE participant.
Particularly if there only was one participant.
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- May 31, 2023
- National Smile Day 2023
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I used to smile a lot more than I do presently. The sick leftist politics of the country infuriate me to the point that everything is dour and without humor anymore.
Today is National Smile Day, an annual ocurrence each May 31. It was started by dentists Dr Tim Stirneman and Jim Wojdyla of Compassionate Dental Care in Lake in the Hills, Illinois in the name of a "healthy smile".
Now then, we have a preponderance of dentists trading on the smile.
I decline to go to dentists who pull this dastardly tactic and as such I don't support National Smile Day.
I don't differentiate between the "real" Duchenne smile which includes the eyes — or the "polite but phony" non-Duchenne smile which doesn't.
Should you disagree by all means get out there and flash that smile of yours among the people.
Kindly stay away from me, however.
Thank you very much.
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- May 30, 2023
- National Creativity Day 2023
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I used to fancy myself an artiste. I was a doodler and a sketcher with my preferred media being ink pens on notebook paper. Nowadays, I simply call myself a mechanic.
I can do things and utilize tools, programs, and math to come up with the forms and designs I seek. Color deliverables consist of graphic image files on disk or flash drive. My printed work is always grayscale and uses heavy high grade bright white laser paper stock.
That artsy fartsy pursuit I once had for the world has passed with my overt failure to ignore the advent of primary colored haired idiots who think they look good with all their incorrect notions regarding science, biology, and of course ... gender loosed from those ignorant yapping traps AS IF they actually need to "educate" someone though they themselves have merely been "indoctrinated" by the libtard left.
Somehow my proximity to those I feel to be stupid kills a lot of my creative inclinations and replaces them with a strong desire to terminate the stupid element with extreme prejudice. So now I just stand my ground and tell them all to get a life. They simply have nothing of value or fact to share with anyone anywhere in all their indoctrinated stupidity.
So today is National Creativity Day. It's a day for imagination to run rampant and bulldoze those petty penny ante annoyances like social justice warriors, politically correct idiots, prefered pronoun morons, transgenders, and other failures of life and just get on with what is preferred personally.
F☠ck you all perverts.
I used to create things as an activity of daily living. Now it takes a back seat to the dull and commonplace whiners I see in the news trying to overwhelm the planet with their misbegotton 'feelings' that don't really matter.
So I think that whatever your preference is be it painting, sketching, drawing, writing, poetry — whatever today is your day.
Happy National Creativity Day to you !
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- May 29, 2023
- Memorial Day 2023
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I've always been pretty patriotic. I suppose they drum it into you when you're a Navy brat. Regardless, I have a soft spot for the families of the missing and the fallen and I try to remember them whenever I can.
The last Monday in May is Memorial Day. It is a federal holiday which honors those who lost their lives in service of their country. For many Americans, Memorial Day signifies the beginning of summer — but that underlying significance remains remembering and honoring the service of our war dead.
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- May 28, 2023
- Whooping Crane Day 2023
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The whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America. They are the rarest of all cranes.
The issues associated with predation and loss of habitat have caused the bird to near extinction.
Their nesting areas and migratory paths are not adjacent to my home and so I rarely see one.
I believe the last specimen I saw was a taxidermy mounted one in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. This would have been circa 1977.
Today is Whooping Crane Day. It happens annually each May 28 in an effort to bring attention to this magnificant endangered and very rare bird.
The adult of the species are typically white with black wingtips and facial markings.
They mate for life. The chicks are born a brown color.
The male and female whooping cranes are not referred to by specific gender names like most other animals.
Theirs is an elaborate courtship ritual which usually involve dances and unison calls.
Conservation efforts for the whooping crane have been challenging to say the least. If you encounter one consider yourself fortunate and try not to molest them in their natural setting.
I for one was a hard sell on leaving nature alone. However, I am now "there" and do my best to "live and let live" and not hunt something simply because I see it.
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- May 27, 2023
- National Sunscreen Day 2023
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I recall the worst sunburn I ever had. We had taken a trip to Key West shortly before I enlisted in the Navy. We departed late Friday after work.
During the course of the trip I didn't notice much in the way of over exposure and of course this manifested in 2nd degree burn by the time we returned early Monday morning. Upon our arrival back home they took me straight to the Emergency Room.
After a thorough and stern admonition from the late Dr Bill Alderman (July 29, 1949 - October 9, 1978) regarding the folly of very fair skinned blond persons not using sunscreen they dressed me in all kinds of bulky ointment laden dressings, gave me a prescription for pain pills, and sent me home.
Over the years I never forgot the incident and made all attempts to avoid the sun by and large. I remain quite the fair skinned individual here late in my life and I believe this has spared me a lot of the wrinkles other family members display.
Ultraviolet radiation doesn't jump right on you with overexposure. It assumes control over a course of hours and you end up in an abundance of human misery. So many of those I know opt for sunscreen and stay right on out there.
Me, I've become a "shade man" and an "indoor dweller" myself.
Today is National Sunscreen Day.
It is held under the auspices of the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention each May 27 — about that time people are considering the outdoor activities like the beach, the lake and other water venues or even simply "browning down" in the back yard.
The ill effects of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays are well documented at this time and there is a balance between the SPF (sun protection factor) in your sunblock and that tan you may be seeking ...
The recommend a minimum of SPF 30 for those of you who unlike me, prefer not to be the color of a dead fish.
So SPF awareness in conjunction with hats, shade, and of course adequate hydration will go along way to protect your skin from the trauma I suffered so long ago.
Factor Protection
LevelSPF 2 50% SPF 4 75% SPF 8 87% SPF15 93% SPF 30 97% SPF 50 98%
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- May 26, 2023
- World Red Head Day 2023
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Yes, my ginger — World Redhead Day is upon us.
Time to celebrate that superior individual, the red headed woman. Natural red hair occurs in less than 2% of the world population and is more common in those of Northern European lineage.
The color happens due to the presence of high levels of the red pigment pheomelanin in conjunction with lower levels of a dark pigment called eumelanin.
The academics of red headedness are not what attracts me. It's something invisible that affects me profoundly. I'm supposing it's pheromones but who knows, it could be some cosmic attraction that reaches out and grabs me and keeps me enthralled.
The spectrum of redheads is very broad and the hair coloration often happens with with fair skin, light eye colors, freckles, and sensitivity photosensitivity in the ultraviolet range.
World Redhead Day is celebrated every year on May 26.
My favorite person on the planet is a redhead. It must be destiny.
See Also:
World Red Head Day 2022
Another moment in time
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- May 25, 2023
- Shitty Microsoft et al
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Windows 10. The bane of my existence. About as poorly written a piece of VAPORWARE as has ever existed on the planet.
There is no apparent testing prior to loosing the new bugs on their customers. I am about fed up to the top with their incompetence and their ineptitude.
That stupidity which are MCSE and MCP and every other WORTHLESS credential they attempt to force upon the world is unjustified solely by the unacceptable quality of their product ...
because there is none.
Satya Nadella needs to be sent back to his own goddam country and Bill Gates needs to die.
Gates is too busy trying to kill off everyone else on the planet to be bothered with his shitty software company.
Microsoft has seen better days, but with Paul Allen gone the true brains have left the enterprise and all we can expect is half ass forever upgraded bullshit.
You would think that quality control and customer service might mean something to these pseudointellectual technoleeches.
I don't need microsoft ... or google.
Boo !
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- May 25, 2023
- Towel Day 2023
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I'm big on adequate towels for bathing. I like to dry off well and some of the towels I've used over time have been somewhat less than adequate in that regard. My personal favorites are the plush turkish towels and I like them white as opposed to being all colorful.
I recycle towels for lengthy periods using them for various things but calling them "floor towels" and washing and storing them separate from those with which I dry off after bathing.
Today is another Towel Day.
Each May 25 the day celebrates author Douglas Adams by those other than myself. Mr Adams wrote the classic sci-fi novel, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” This day was organized in memory of him after he suffered a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.
Theoretically you celebrate the day with a towel wrapped around your neck in celebration of the life of Mr Adams.
Regardless of whether you're an intersteller traveler or not the towel is a very useful contrivance ...
Particularly for hygiene freaks like me.
So in the spirit of Douglas Adams I wish you a happy towel day!
Towel Day 2022
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- May 24, 2023
- Tiara Day 2023
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A tiara is a jeweled band worn on the front of a woman's hair as a decoration and status symbol.
One of those amusing television interludes was on The Big Bang Theory when Amy Farrah Fowler received a tiara from Sheldon Cooper in his attempt to make amends for earlier trangressions of their relationship.
She was ecstatic and head over heels over the gift and since then I have always held the tiara in a position of interest from a standpoint of fashion and formality when it comes to the ladies.
Today is Tiara Day. Time to nab your lady friend a nice piece of hair ornamentation and get on that good side so she will be more amenable to your company and accept those various shortcomings which eventually arise between couples.
Never let it be said that a little jewelry was bad on the ladies.
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International Tiara Day 2018
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- May 23, 2023
- I used to like Robert De Niro
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I used to like Robert De Niro. He has returned to his penchant for bad mouthing Donald Trump in public. He thinks supporters of Trump are insane and said as much in a Canne Film Festival press conference.
Now then, he MUST think that the idiot Biden is the "better" choice. I ask you, just who is insane. This turd needs to quit thinking he needs to speak for the country when he does not. He doesn't even have a good grasp of what the Presidency entails.
I used to be a big fan of De Niro and his work. He has overshadowed his acting with an opinion which states precisely how stupid his dumb ass is.
Trump was a great President and still retains all of his good ideas adding to them and discussing them in the public arena.
All De Niro can do is shoot off a stupid mouth saying nothing cogent about Mr Trump at all. He is simply a troll who beckons other like idiots and calls Trump names without backing up the talk. The public stage is not fit for such continual idiotic rantings.
Shut up stupid Robert De Niro. I for one have heard enough of the nothing spewing from your ignorant pie hole.
Boo !
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Lots of Kurt Russell Memories floating around
blackeyed diplomat with egg on his face
The Stupidity of the Left
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- May 23, 2023
- National Lucky Penny Day 2023
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One of those holdovers from my childhood is the fact that I will pick up a coin found on a parking lot, sidewalk, or other pedestrian area.
The condition of the coin is not important. I have a place for the boogered up cull coins as well as those in good enough condition for my collection.
I personally think that the practice is okay — even though I've taken quite a bit of heat for the activity over the years, particularly in the 8th grade in Key West with the references being that I was of Judah while walking home from school. I didn't take offense because I have always felt it perfectly fine to be of Judah.
Some of the best friends in my entire life were either from Judah — or one of the other eleven tribes.
Today we have National Lucky Penny Day.
It is celebrated on May 23 but nobody can tell me regarding it's origin. Ostensibly if you find a penny you should pick it up for good luck. I would pick it up simply because I encountered it. You never can tell someday I may indeed encounter true luck due to the activity ...
But it hasn't happened as of yet. Oh well, patience is the art of hoping.
Happy National Lucky Penny Day to you and good luck !
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- May 22, 2023
- National Solitaire Day 2023
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My mother is a Solitaire aficionado. She plays numerous games online at the expert level.
She likely gets this from her mother, who likewise played a lot of Solitaire in her day.
We used to comment on how much we wished she had been able to play the game on a computer but alas, she did not see that era and such is the tragedy of what might have become something special for her.
Today is National Solitaire Day.
It is held on May 22 to celebrate the card game called solitaire as well as the entertainment factor which accompanies it.
The online literature tends to stress how Microsoft released the first computerized version as if it had never been played before that.
Grandma Sallie was playing solitaire when I was an infant. She used one or two decks of cards when she played. It was amazing to she how she was occupied for hours on end playing those games.
The video games came many many years later.
So when you think of National Solitaire Day try to remember that it predates the personal computer by scores of years and that in the final summation of solitaire the game itself Microsft really isn't anything except a lot of worthless braggadocio.
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