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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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- July 13, 2023
- Embrace Your Geekness Day 2023
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The appelation "geek" has been both a perjorative term and one of endearment or honor, depending on both to whom and from whom it is directed.
I was called a "nerd" early on prior to the advent of the common use of "geek". This is primarily by those with whom I have worked.
Those in my social arena pretty much thought I was "stupid" because they neither comprehended nor cared about my particular set of skills — which didn't become mainstream until well after my desire for any semblance of popularity ended ...
Be all of this as it may I have never really objected to either term and personally, I equate the term "nerd" with "geek" because I don't believe there is any fine distinction between the two.
A geek is a person who both knows about and displays high level interest in one or more subject areas — which is likely something technical or niche.
However, that act of engaging and discussing technical information at length and with great attention to detail also marks me as what I am.
Suffice it to say I am satisfied to sit before a person's keyboard and remove all doubt about just who knows what in the realm of technology.
See Also:
About
Smart is Cool Day 2022
National IT Professionals Day 2022
Embrace Your Geekness Day 2022
Geek Pride Day 2021
Geek Pride Day 2019
Geek Pride Day 2018
Geek Pride Day
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- July 12, 2023
- Paper Bag Day 2023
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I utilize paper bags often. There are various things I need to transport that they seem to accommodate quite well.
I even went so far as to buy a bale of these thinking they were standard grocery bags only to find they were about half that size. My dismay over this persists presently.
This is likely because I couldn't get them out of my face because my mom doesn't think ANYTHING should ever be discarded.
I continue to remain a bit perturbed over this matter.
Today is Paper Bag Day. AKA World Paper Bag Day it goes down each July 12 annually in the name of the paper sack.
This all purpose carry all is a boon to humanity ...
Unless you buy an entire bale of the wrong size bags and then can't get rid of them — so much for a little satisfaction.
The origins of the day remain unknown. A lot of people were involved in the evolution of the paper bag so just snag one when you can and set it aside — as long it's the correct size.
See Also:
Paper Bag Day 2021
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- July 11, 2023
- World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day 2023
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I recall a time when I was immersed in the drug culture. It was not what I viewed as a viable lifestyle and I abandoned recreational pharmaceutical use back in the late 1970s for that reason. These things can't be substituted for reality because inability to function in the real world does not eliminate your problems though you may well be opting instead for some variant of your own misbegotten concoction.
Benzodiazepines are classes of heterocyclic organic compounds utilized as psychoactives and tranquilizers. These include — but are not limited to — drugs such as Valium, Xanax, Ativan, Restoril, Versed, Dalmane, Tranzene, and Librium.
I have known quite a few benzodiazepines addicts in my day. The thing that really chaps me is how the prescriber will allow their patients to fall through the severe withdrawal of these drugs once a problem is recognized. Also, it is amazing the lengths some will traverse to obtain these drugs by "hook or crook".
Today is World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day. It is observed each July 11 annually.
The day is used to spotlight the dangers of benzodiazepines and how frequently they fall into a pattern of abuse, particularly when taken over long periods of time. Overdose and dependence are two of the most frequent pitfalls of using benzodiazepines.
It has been my personal observation that people are better off avoiding benzodiazepines, particularly in the recreational arena as I so often find them utilized.
I have always been very thankful that I did not allow these drugs to overtake my life as I have seen them do with so many others I have known. Ultimately, you are responsible for your life and drugs can do great things unless misused whereby they interfere with health or mask reality by and large.
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- July 10, 2023
- National Kitten Day 2023
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I was never was a cat lover. My sister had a couple of cats when we were kids. My sister in law has had one a long time now and it has grown on me. My mom feeds a number of the neighborhood cats from her stock of half and half we purchase by the case for her coffee. No, I never was a feline aficionado. I do however refer to most cats I encounter as "kitty".
As a rule I do not pursue them, but I stopped persecuting them about 30 years ago and I am never unkind to a dumb animal for a long time now. My mom instilled kindness for animals in me long ago.
Today is National Kitten Day. It's a July 10th observance of baby felines.
All domestic and feral local varieties of cats begin their existence as kittens. Large cats like lions and tigers begin theirs as cubs. I think a cub would be more interesting to me personally but then I would always have this fear of being eaten sometime in the background of our relationship.
Whether you love them or hate them or are like me ...
Decidedly ambivalent today is a day to make that effort to befriend some feline in your midst.
I have found not persecuting felines to be rewarding in the antics I now occasionally enjoy.
Anyway, happy National Kitten Day and if you're a cat person you're okay with me.
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- July 9, 2023
- Fashion Day 2023
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My fashion days were back in the 1990s I believe.
It was then that I donned the latest fashions and spent a lot of money on clothes. Those days have past and I now were more utilitarian attire and since I retired shorts predominate my wardrobe.
Today is Fashion Day. It happens each July 9th since 2016. It provides an opportunity for everyone to put on their finest threads and strut their stuff.
We celebrate Fashion Day on July 9 every year. It arose predominately via social media and celebrates every day fashion choices by the populace.
The day is important as it gives everyone the opportunity to put their fashionable side on display and let the world see their unique aesthetic sense, be it through their clothes or accessories. Fashion is an integral part of American society since so many culturally diverse communities live and thrive in this country where every individual has a unique way of expressing their fashion sense.
Some use it as a day of public revolt against trends in fashion styles and wouldn't you know it the LGBTQ pervs instigated all of that. Revolting pretty much sums up the tastes of the LGBTQ pervs because let's face it ...
Abomination is abominable.
So on this occasion I hop you'll get out there and exhibt that flair, that taste, and je ne sais quoi, not to mention style only a heterosexual can truly understand and utilize.
Happy Fashion Day to yous guys.
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- July 8, 2023
- Pretty Infuriating
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I have a new Hotpoint Washer and Dryer for the crib.
It seems that my relatively new washer abruptly decided it would not drain anymore. Rather than wait a week or so for the service guy I opted for a new pair to get on with my life.
The infuriating part of it all is that the Hotpoint appliances are made by General Electric.
My failing washing machine was a GE washer which not only failed to empty the tub anymore — but the tub is actually rusting, made of stainless steel and ALL.
Anyway it's 1500 dollars later and I remain both chapped over the washer and grateful for the new laundry appliances.
Onward, through the fog.
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