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- March 17, 2023
- St Patricks Day 2023
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Well we have yet another Saint Patrick's Day. There will be local celebrations and the consuming of green beer.
The day is about Saint Patrick and Christianity in Ireland and it has evolved into a general celebration of Irish heritage as well.
I recall observing St Patrick's Day when I was a kid. My participation has certainly diminished somewhat over the years.
I have several friends who are Irish and they remain enthusiastic participants in the local celebration.
I wish I could scrape up a fraction of all that enthusiasm and apply it to my life as well.
St Patrick's Day has become an international celebration and in America in particular it may not be an "official" holiday but just try passing that off to the local celebrants.
Green is a color of note in the festivities. In fact, you're supposed to wear green on the day or risk getting pinched.
The Irish refer to two religious groups by color, the Catholics who are called "green" and the Protestants who are called "orange".
The colors orange and green have deep roots in both Irish culture and St Patrick's Day in particular.
It is said that green makes you invisible to leprechauns who like to pinch anyone and everyone they encounter.
The folklore surrounding St Patrick's Day is the wholesome stuff of family, friends, and spirituality — and it's a great time if you're the celebratory type.
Me, I'll probably just hang out and write another blog entry.
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- March 16, 2023
- Oranges and Lemons Day 2023
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Two of my favorite flavors are orange and lemon.
The Brits celebrate these two fruits on the third Thursday of each year; making it March 16 this year.
Oranges and Lemons Day is a church celebration referring to an old nursery rhyme about the bells of churches around London.
The celebration has had several iterations with the distribution of these fruits except during wartime when rationing prevented the inclusion of lemons.
All in all if you like a safe little observance which doesn't hurt and only helps Oranges and Lemons Day is for you.
This tradition continues in London despite the invasion of their lands by people seeking to take them over and replace their traditions with muslim observances.
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- March 15, 2023
- EATAPETA 2023
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I'm sorry PETA, but we have yet another day for me to ridicule you in all your misguided existence.
Yes the libtard People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and their all too many campaigns linking a meal including meat to various horror stories of the past has incurred my wrath more than once in this lifetime.
I simply have no tolerance for those who think I need to eat ONLY that which THEY feel is edible and I'm quite satisfied with the notion of giving them a load of crap periodically.
Today is International Eat an Animal for PETA Day aka EATAPETA.
It happens each March 15 annually and is borne of that scorn for everyone in the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and their ad campaigns which also wax aggressive and hurtful of humans seeking a good meal. This has resulted in the taking of a day for the eating of animal products for any meal — breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner.
Also, it is a day to make people aware of PETA’s hypocrisy with their high rate of euthansia in what are advertised as "shelters".
So get out there and have yourself a nice slice of cow ... grilled medium with a touch of char, sauteed mushrooms, onions, and perhaps a spot of A1.
See Also:
World Day Against Speciesism (2019)
World Day Against Speciesism (2018)
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- March 14, 2023
- National Organize Your Home Office Day 2023
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My home office is pretty spacious these days. Whereas it once occupied a small area in a portion of a back room now it pretty much envelops my entire living room ... and I keep a couch and overstuffed chair handy for visitors.
Today is National Organize Your Home Office Day. It is an annual event observed each second Tuesday of March.
The day is ostensibly to clean up the mess that has accumulated in our home offices and to establish a productive and healthy working environment at home.
Be all of that as it may, the degree of messiness ebbs periodically only to rebuild with avengence.
I for one adhere to the notion that a cluttered desk is a sign of genius.
My only trepidations surround the food stuffs in the mix. So regardless of your degree of mess I'm sure there is room for some modicum of improvement be it large or small.
My efforts in home office organization are ongoing and I frequently not only clean up the mess but rearrange the entirety of my workspace. All in the name of maintaining motivation !
Happy National Organize Your Home Office Day.
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- March 13, 2023
- Smart and Sexy Day 2023
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The confluence of smart and sexy are a rare combination in females these days.
Today we have Smart and Sexy Day.
It is held annually on March 13 in order to celebrate the skills, wit, and ingenuity of women in their various career fields.
I have found that all too many women feel "dismissed" in the workplace.
Also, those skills available sometimes have a ceiling far below that which is required for the work at hand.
Regardless, there are those who eclipse both requirements and expectations in the workaday world and this is the type of woman I find most attractive.
In celebration of the day I have sketched Candace Amber Owens Farmer.
She is an American conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and producer.
I absolutely love her political points because she relates them with such skill and aplomb that I would have second thought opposing her views in any modern intellectual discussion. To witness her acumen in the midst of public oratory is the stuff of magic.
She is not the only smart and sexy person out there these days either.
Denise just doesn't provide me with sufficient photographs from which I may sketch.
Happy Smart and Sexy Day you women whom I desire !
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- March 12, 2023
- World Glaucoma Day 2023
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My mammy has glaucoma. I first noticed it when I was in my early to mid 40s and teaching college.
Since then I have been keen to have her followed by a competent opthamologist.
She attends regular appointments to keep a handle on the problem — which is a group of eye conditions resulting in increased pressure within the eyeball.
These may cause gradual loss of sight when left untreated.
She has been treated using eye drops since we first noticed her condition.
She likes to read too much to lose her sight so I make sure she gets to her appointments when they arise.
Today is World Glaucoma Day.
It is observed on March 12th each year internationally. The day is meant to raise awareness about that group of eye diseases known collectively as glaucoma. The day is part of a week of raising awareness about this disease and ensuring early detection.
Early detection of glaucoma improves the prognosis for sufferers of the disease and makes for a better chance of stopping or slowing the disease progress with appropriate treatment. Blindness caused by glaucoma is irreversible but treatment may mitigate some damage done to the eye.
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- March 11, 2023
- National Johnny Appleseed Day 2023
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We have another National Johnny Appleseed Day.
Observed each March 11, the day honors the life of conservationist and nurseryman John Chapman AKA Johnny Appleseed.
He is the stuff of folklore and history and is a hero who was instrumental in introducing the apple trees to expansive parts of the Untid States.
Gaining aspects of mythological stature from those stores related to children over the years his actual existence has come into question periodically.
His existence was indeed real and he was contributory to the agriculture and natural landscape of the nation with his many apple orchards.
See Also:
International Eat an Apple Day 2022
Johnny Appleseed Day
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- March 10, 2023
- Bathing upon request
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I am what is known in the venacular as a "hygiene freak". I seek cleanliness as both a germaphobe and an individual keenly aware of presentation and comportment in mixed company. I would never attend a public event in the obvious state of diminished personal hygiene — which apparently has become commonplace in our twenty first century schizoid world.
Shame !
It seems that some concert venues have attendees who have been lacking in the personal hygiene department. A Japanese chanteuse performing her first live show on Feb 26 took to social media to stress the importance of personal hygiene when in public.
Rie Takahashi is a Japanese voice actress best known for her work in the "Fate/Grand Order" multimedia series and who has a career as a singer in Japan. In the true fastidious fashion of polite Japanese society the young lady has obviously become tired of the stench of body odor which had gained an overpowering reputation in public venues as it were ...
This move was an effort to promote social awareness in the presence of your fellow concert goers more than any thing else I believe; although the very thought of having to ADVISE adults to tend to personal matters such as bathing is rather disconcerting for me personally.
Our handle on how others perceive us is obviously somewhat lacking in the younger generation as evidenced by the very notion that a cautionary advisement is even necessary.
My goodness gracious, stinky. Wash your nasty ass.
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- March 9, 2023
- National American Paddlefish Day 2023
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I've never seen an American paddlefish in person. This is likely a function of a lack of sportmanship in my life, i.e., I am not one to WANT to go fishing ... EVER.
My interest in this fish has more to do with the fact that it is a prehistoric freshwater species and as such is due our protection from people who would seek to have their way with them to the point of extinction.
The Chinese paddlefish was declared extinct in 2019, a victim being heavily overfished in all stages of growth by a relentless culture of selfish people who cared only for themselves in the moment. Immediate gratification overrode nonexistent efforts at conservation.
This leaves only the American paddlefish upon the Earth.
National American Paddlefish Day was founded under the auspices of the Shreveport Aquarium in an effort to bring the plight of the paddlefish to light and attempt to protect their populations and habitats.
Let us hope that this animal doesn't go the way of so many other species which went extinct at the hands of people.
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- March 8, 2023
- National No Smoking Day 2023
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I think it's a shame that this STILL needs to be said.
Smoking is hazardous to people and other living things. Other tobacco use such as chewing tobacco, snuff, and so forth are equally hazardous, just more localized to the mouth, throat, and salivary glands. But I digress ...
The damage smoking does to both the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems in people is astounding.
The heartbreak of losing a close loved one prematurely cannot be measured.
I continue to enter public venues where my breathing is stifled by the second hand smoke of others who feel it is their right to damage MY health.
Today is National No Smoking Day. It goes down each second Wednesday of March. This year it will be March 8, 2023.
The day is supposed to be a time of outreach in an effort to get those for whom you care to stop smoking. The primary attractant to those who smoke is nicotine addiction.
Smokers who intend to continue have reached a point where their numbers are no longer diminishing.
Smoking and second hand smoke remain critical hazards for the heath of all people.
If you don't smoke don't start. If you smoke, make all efforts to try and quit.
If not for yourself, do it for those for whom you care.
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- March 7, 2023
- Alexander Graham Bell Day 2023
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The telephone is one of those Earth changing inventions which permits distance communications in real time.
Today is Alexander Graham Bell Day. It marks the day that Mr Bell was granted a patent for "transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically".
Three days later he made the historical statement
Which historians record being said when he summoned his assistant Mr Thomas Watson from the next room."Mr. Watson, come here ... I want to see you"
Alexander Graham Bell requesting the presence of Mr Thomas Watson
This was the very first telephone call.
The holiday is recognized by an official act of the legislature in Nova Scotia, Canada as that day he was granted the patent.
The rest of the story is evolving with the advent of the wireless and "smart" phones which are the direct result of improvements and innovation over the years.
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- March 6, 2023
- National Dress Day 2023
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In biblical times men wore skirts. Scripture speaks of 'girding' in preparation for battle and 'spreading' as an act of marriage.
That was then. This is now.
I've never worn a dress. I don't think it's appropriate for a man to wear a dress nowadays.
Try telling that to the freaks populating the Biden administration like Sam Brinton and Richard Levine.
There is no respect for the United States government when it becomes a freak show.
Today is National Dress Day. It happens on March 6 in celebration of the dress.
A lot of people design and manufacture dresses.
Others like the insane Sam Brinton simply want to steal luggage containing them then add them to his own perverse wardrobe.
Still others like the fat and ugly Richard Levine wants everyone to think he's some fugly female when he is just some heinous butt-ugly biological male ...
Utter madness continues to run rampant on the left unabated.
Men can not be women and should stay out of dresses.
Boo !
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- March 5, 2023
- International Open Data Day 2023
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Open Data Day is an annual observance of international open data. It is a day for groups and communities gather to reach out to new people and build new solutions using open data.
I do a lot of "open source" software and it is a free and accessible distribution methodology.
I have been known to use open source code in my projects.
However, my modifications are not included in the open source data I allow others to see.
There is a problem with sharing data in an open manner as far as I am concerned. A lot of the stuff I have belongs to customers and they would not appreciate it much were I to make their assets obtainable in an open data manner.
Call me selfish, but I remain one who believes you shouldn't tell everything you know.
So "open data" or "open source programs" appears to be the inverse of proprietary which is typically guarded beyond the need, i.e., alot of the proprietary stuff out there, particularly the dotnet microsoft mess — which is IMHO total junk.
When you can write a code segment in 30 lines I feel the need for 500 lines is unnecessary.
So happy International Open Data Day. Share what you will and I hope you are staying away from the stupid microsoft dotnet crap.
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- March 4, 2023
- National Pound Cake Day 2023
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My mammy loves pound cake. I didn't realize this until just the other day when I brought her a large cake from the Chef's Store. She really did eat it up with her coffee. I was gratified to see that there are food items she will readily enjoy.
I think a couple of these every so often are in order simply because she enjoys them.
As for me, I like pound cake okay. I have always been a German chocolate or Boston creme pie kind of guy, however.
Today is National Pound Cake Day. It happens each year on March 4.
It celebrates our long history of pound cakes and encourages people to actually bake them.
Now I am not one to bake anything. I once fancied myself a cook of sorts but I'm afraid I like easy breakfast stuff most of all. The pound cake is a reference to a cake baked with a pound each of the four primary ingredients:
butter eggs flour sugar
Whether you bake them, just eat them, or mostly just share them Pound Cake is a gastronomic delight for reasons which may not reach out and grab you.
Happy National Pound Cake Day to you !
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