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- March 22, 2023
- Daffodil Day 2023
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Nothing can make me cry more than the suffering of someone I love or a very sick child.
I present this very gruff outward appearance only to go to pieces at children's hospitals — and their cancer wards in particular.
Today is Daffodil Day. Daffodil Days, usually held in March as a vehicle by which funds are raised and awareness spread regarding cancer using the cheery daffodil.
Cancer kills more than 600,000 of us annually and affects countless lives of significant others as well.
Since the 1950s, the daffodil been utilized as a symbol of hope and resilience in the face of cancer.
This bright flower represents the hard work done by researchers and clinicians working to find a cure and improve treatment modailities for cancers of all types.
It all began with the Canadian Cancer Society.
Now cancer research organizations internationally use the daffodil as an emblem of hope and gaining wellness in the face of disease.
So it wouldn't hurt to bring a few daffodils and mention their significance in your travels these days.
Maybe someday I won't have to break down and cry quite so much.
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- March 21, 2023
- National Aries Day 2023
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There are persons I know who place a lot of store in zodiac signs and their impact on those individuals born under them.
Personally, the easiest way to repel me is to say "what's your sign" whereby I will politely depart hopefully never to see you again.
My horoscope sign is aries, the ram. Like all other horoscope signs it is said to denote both good and bad characteristics and there are those who swear by them.
Forget about it.
Today is National Aries Day. It goes down each March 21 and represents the first of the 12 astrological signs.
Like the other signs of the zodiac comprising the horoscope, Aries was named after a constellation by ancient Greek astrologists.
Aries is portrayed by the symbol of the ram. Those born between March 21 and April 19 are aries and thought to be impulsive and energetic.
The proper term is said to be Arians or Ariens and like I said, if you're too preoccupied with it all I'm a person to avoid.
Horoscopic predictions for the day are not my forte. I'm sorry, but I simply don't feel the represent reality.
So you and Star and Moonbeam just move on to others who may not find you quite as foolish as I do — but have a happy national aries day anyway.
See Also:
Horoscope Bullcrap
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- March 20, 2023
- Bibliomania Day 2023
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Figuratively speaking, my Mammy is a bit of a bibliomaniac.
She reads extensively of the mystery genre and enjoys spending part of most days at her kitchen picture window or office devouring tome after tome.
She is also reticent to discard any of her read books as well.
Today is Bibliomania Day. It happens each March 20 and commemorates the anniversary of the great heist of 23,600 books executed by one Stephen Blumberg — who was quite over the top when it came to amassing book collections. Mama is no way similar to the "Book Bandit" as she dutifully purchases her reading materials at some local big box or book store prior to adding them to her library. However, she meets various other aspects of the criteria.
Many people confuse the word bibliophilia — which refers to the love of books and bibliomania which is the compulsive hoarding of books. Personally I think it's all relative. Not ever having been a psychology major, I have declined to assign a psychological label for every occasion as the bulk of those so inclined are compelled to do.
I also don't view it as an "obsession" if you:
1. Like books
2. Collect books
3. Have the storage space for them
4. Decline to part with your collection
That's my mama !
People think they need to judge you at whatever level suits their feebleness. Be all of this as it may whether your a philiac or a maniac is purely academic.
Happy Bibliomania Day and don't allow yourself to be labled by some schmoe.
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- March 19, 2023
- International Client's Day 2023
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A customer or patron engaged in one's pursuit of business is called the client.
Clients are those who pursue services or goods for which they pay money which is then collected by those providing those services or goods.
Today is International Client's Day.
It happens on each March 19 and makes note of that business which transpires all year long between an entity and their clients.
This is primarily a mechanism for thanking their customers, visitors, and others in the name of promoting those warm and fuzzies which may prolong a business relationship.
I used to pursue the client.
I had goods to provide in the form of fixing broken machines at any level and implementing technology as required.
Nowadays I just sit around and write and sketch.
So if you're actively pursuing the client in an effort to pay the bills this day is for you.
If you're sitting around and pursuing your own devices then not so much.
Happy International Client's Day !
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- March 18, 2023
- Awkward Moments Day 2023
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Yes, I have had more than my fair share of awkward moments.
I'd like to point out that many of these are primarily a function of my own feeble attempts at levity and while the moments were not exactly all I had hoped for, they arrived nonetheless.
So my ungraceful, ungainly, clumsy lack of skill in some of my activities of daily living not withstanding ... there are others who have done far worse.
Be all of this as it may, today is Awkward Moments Day that day in which we may revel in those social faux pas we may commit from time to time and let them go once and for all. Whether it is farting in an elevator or spitting food across the table in a fine dining establishment ... stuff happens. There by the grace of God go I. I'm guilty. I admit it; BUT ...
I'm not gonna let it get me down !
My life hasn't exactly been in the vein of Tom Gormican's 2014 romcom That Awkward Moment starring Zac Efron as Jason, Michael B Jordan as Mikey, Miles Teller as Daniel, Mackenzie Davis as Chelsea and a number of others way too young to be significant to my existence.
Je suis donc je suis maladroit
Onward through the fog !
• difficile • gênant • embarrassant • gauche
I am therefore I am awkward.
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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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