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March 5, 2026
National Cheese Doodle Day 2026
Cheetos    
I call a "Cheeto" a "cheese doodle".

There are others who dissent.

Today is National Cheese Doodle Day observed each March 5th.

It is an unofficial holiday meant to be "fun".

The snack originates around the mid 20th century, with popular belief attributing its creation to one Morrie Yohai at Old London Foods in the 1940s.

However similar items were available in the 1930s.

It is a food holiday said to be dedicated to enjoying cheese coated corn snacks such as puffs and balls and as such you are subject to orange fingers and a variety of other messy situations if you go there.

Cheetos are a big favorite of my mothers.

She consumes them while watching television.

I make it a point to get her a couple of bags when I get groceries for her weekly.

Conventional wisdom has it that the difference between Cheetos and cheese doodles is said to be balance of the flavor and the crunch.

I have always thought google is populated with the utterly stupid anyway.

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March 4, 2026
World Obesity Day 2026
    Obese Couple
My childhood was marked by the fact that I was always the fat new kid with acne. This was a function of both dietary and health management faults for which I take full responsibility.

By the time I was 24 I was a mesomorph with a 32 inch waist, 56 inch chest, and huge arms. This lasted until I returned to South Carolina from Los Angeles and resumed my Kentucky Fried Chicken addiction.

Today is World Obesity Day.

Once observed each August 11 it is now an event held under the auspices of the questionable World Obesity Federation which is part of the incredulous World Health Organization each March 4 since 2020.

I personally feel that the World Health World Health Organization is an amalgamation of quacks who should be stricken from the record and taken out and shot.

If you are overweight it is primarily your responsibility to take charge and eliminate the problem. I, who was morbidly obese now find myself within normal weight limits.

This has nothing to do with the World Health Organization or the World Obesity Federation which I consider ruses to take control as much of the world as possible.

Barring any occult metabolic considerations you can do whatever is required to eliminate obesity in your lifetime
with out the subterfuge of the United Nations who simply
want to own you and your property.

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March 3, 2026
Blood Moon 2026
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We have a lunar eclipse which will be visible on March 3, 2026 over North and Central America, East Asia and Australia.

This event is known as a 'blood Moon' lunar eclipse and occurs when the Moon is full.

This phenomenon whereby the moon in total eclipse appears red in color from sunlight filtered and refracted by the Earth's atmosphere.

The red color is believed by the more eclectic of us to represent strength, passion, and emotional cleansing.

In such traditions, this event is linked to balance and inner growth, reminding people to let go of what no longer supports their well being.

This dramatic red glow of the moon marks the total lunar eclipse.

The shadow of the earth completely covers a full moon, filtering sunlight through our atmosphere and turning the lunar surface a deep shade red.

It's an interesting sight to behold.

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March 2, 2026
National Old Stuff Day 2026
    Old Stuff
Some of us are no longer the spring chickens we once were.

I recall my good friend from long ago at the Richland ER, Mr Lindy Funkhouser telling me how I was no longer a spring chicken back in a day when I really thought I was still young. Silly me !

Today is National Old Stuff Day.

It is celebrated each March 2nd and encourages us to break free from daily routines, declutter their homes, and find new uses for old items.

It is a day to, for example, clean out garages, rediscover, donate, or repurpose old belongings, or even change a long-held habit.

So get out there and attempt to declutter. I would emphasize this more but I personally have been having issues with this myself.

Try to break the routine and engage new things to enhance your existence.

Look back and enjoy those memories accumulated over a lifetime of occupying space and having weight.

Becoming "old stuff" is quite further along than the alternative.

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March 1, 2026
Meteorological Spring 2026
Meterological Spring Flora    
We have a climate based season running from March through May designed by NOAA for data analysis representing the transition from winter to summer called "Meteorological Spring". Unlike the similarly placed astronomical spring, which depends on the equinox, it always begins on March 1.

Meteorological spring is a 3-month, climate-based season running from March 1 to May 31, designed by NOAA for consistent, annual data analysis. It represents the transition from winter's cold to summer's warmth, grouping March, April, and May. Unlike astronomical spring, which depends on the equinox, Meteorological Spring always begins on March 1.

The duration of this event is 92 days consisting of March, April, and May.

• The purposes of this alternative spring is easier, consistent calculation of seasonal statistics, as it is based on the Gregorian calendar rather than the variable timing of the equinox.

• It consists of various weather patterns, including features rising temperatures and increasing daylight as the Northern Hemisphere shifts away from winter.

• The primary difference between Meterological and Astronomical Spring is it's basis: astronomical spring is based on the Earth's tilt and position relative to the sun while meteorological spring is solely based on the annual temperature cycle.

The concept is used by meteorologists and climatologists for more accurate data tracking.

Meteorological summer comprises June, July, August.
Meteorological fall comprises September, October, November.
Meteorological winter comprises December, January, February.

So have a happy Meteorological Spring and enjoy the convenience !

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February 28, 2026
Black History Month 2026 FINALLY Ends
     Klansman

I REALLY hate to whine, but Black History Month is observed each February by a neurotic former slave race who seek any and all opportunities at self aggrandizement and lying about their pasts — not to mention taking undue advantage of anything and everything which may be handed out in The Republic as they feel entitled to all things.

They can't even admit how they got here in the first place and the role of their own tribesmen who captured them and sold them to the Dutch slave traders who brought them hither thither and yon enslaving them to more than just the insipid inbred white trash southerners of the United States ...

Who by the way gave every appearance that they would breed with any species.

I prefer to stay in the background and under the radar, personally. No body has owned a slave legally in the United States since December 6, 1865 with the 13th amendment and the propensity for slavery is primarily in the Arab nations presently. I have never owned a slave nor have I ever viewed it as a viable alternative. Still, I remain blamed for something I have never done.

Without special considerations such as DEI whereby minorities whine that they have been marginalized or discriminated against and it's prodrome in social disease "affirmative action" where other "programs" are likewise ladled on an inept sector of the population for preferential treatment; It makes me afraid for the placement of real time skills and knowledge in our society.

We need to accommodate too many incompetents in some misbegotten concept of "fairness". What a bunch of UTTER bullshit.

Black history month all began as a week observance in 1926 but was expanded to the entire month of February because the blacks feel that they are continually down trodden ...

While nobody will get out there and kill their whiny fragile black asses except primarily their own people ... eh SCSU we see black on black crime as the prevalent deterrent for being a person of color. That myth called systemic racism is a tired excuse heard over and over by a group of dumb ass history ignorant dolts who need to go somewhere else and whine. May I suggest Africa you dumb ass negros? Or better yet just die.

And "reparations" are unlikely given the fact that payments are to be made to those who are unrelated to any slaves held in the United States and it's just another scam to hold the nation hostage.

I no longer participate in Valentines day nor do anything in February due to black history month and it's poor mouthing whiny people who think they're due something for nothing ALL the goddam time.

Though I'm not nearly as radical as many factions present and out to stop this tired slave race bullshit I remain staunchly opposed to the black history month whiners and that pedestal they seek to set themselves upon. Jesse Jackson died in black history month. 'nuff said.

Negro Pleeze. I'm not putting up with all this nonsensical celebratory mess.

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February 27, 2026
National Retro Day 2026
IBM-PC/1
In the beginning there was the IBM PC. I had just bought the DEC VT180 which was a VT100 terminal with board inserted to provide a Zilog Z80 microprocessor and subsequent CP/M capability. Then the IBM PC was released and I was both obsolete and out about five thousand bucks.

Regardless, I enacted my career change at that moment and became a systems man and subject matter expert traversing hardware, software, and media with troubleshooting and coding and it lasted some 40 years til now and my retirement.

Today is National Retro Day held under the auspices of one Hermelinda A Aguilar and a couple named Robert and Tina Duran.

It is observed each February 27 in the name of nostalgia that encouragement to step back in time, specifically to eras prior to smartphones, social media, and the widespread, constant use of the internet. Celebrate the "good old days" if they were good for you. It's not limited to computing but encompasses fashion, accessories, devices, and environments.

The day encourages, face-to-face conversation and, reliving that which once was but has evolved and is no more.

Happy National Retro Day.

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February 26, 2026
Megamillions is Kaput with Me
Yeah, I've been threatening it for a while now. Today I ceased megamillions play in protest of the increased costs and the minute improvement in odds. I will continue to play powerball. Go figure. I always thought I would play megamillions because I viewed it as the "more fair" of the games run in South Carolina.

I mean, since the stupid state lottery buffoons stopped Lucky for Life ...

It's a sad notion that the company would not only raise the price but diminish the quality of the game as well.

I hope you all win your megamillons play now that I'm no longer likely included in the mix. With my luck tomorrow I will skip the play and they will draw the same numbers I've been playing since 2002.

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Perhaps a reconsideration is in order. I could cut the play in half and just play those numbers I've played from the beginning. I don't know — in the immortal words of Joe Black, lightning could strike.

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February 25, 2026
National Set a Good Example Day 2026
    good examples
I have been known to set good examples for others. Then there are times when I fell woefully short. A good example is uplifting to the populace and builds on the edifice of character and esteem.

Though I try to be that rose among the thorns it hasn't always worked out for me personally. All I could do is learn from my mistakes and do better in the future which is precisely what happened.

Today is National Set a Good Example Day.

This day is celebrated on February 26th each year since 2022 under the auspices of The Way to Happiness Foundation International and National Day Calendar.

It encourages individuals to inspire others through positive actions, kindness, and responsibility. It acknowledges the ripple effect of personal choices whereby we may create positive ripples in society through volunteering, politeness, or ethical behavior.

Anyone may be a positive influence and light of the world.

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February 24, 2026
Another Loser on the Calendar
February 25 calendar page    
February 25 doesn't have much going on of note. This is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 309 days remain until the end of the year.

On February 25, 1862, the US Congress passes the Legal Tender Act, authorizing the use of paper notes to pay the government's bills. Unfortunately, that's about it. What a nothing.

I think the month of February should be eradicated for the gaping void and sheer nothingness that it is.

Boo !

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February 23, 2026
World Bartender Day 2026
     Lady Bartender

Bartenders were once the best of my friends. I remember nights on liberty at the local watering hole on Rivers Avenue in Charleston, SC. The white building with the overstuffed seating and Klipschhorn LaScalas playing soft and clear — and the strapping marine privates with their trying to pour drinks down some fugly older broad in an attempt to subsequently take her to a hotel.

Over the years my attentions turned away from the bar scene. After all my brother has this propensity for choosing his life partners at bars. This is his target rich environment. I preferred solitude to some barfly as my partner in life. When all you can do is hook up with someone stupid or bossy I ask you, "What is left?".

My candidate paramours have all been discovered in libraries and church with a couple of them or so also at work ...

But NEVER in drinking establishments.

Today is World Bartender Day.

It is observed each February 24th under the auspices of groups in Australia and New Zealand to honor the skill, creativity, and hospitality of bartenders worldwide. The day recognizes that artistry which is involved in mixology and the important role bartenders play in the hospitality industry and for sots everywhere.

So while their role in my personal life is most certainly diminished over earlier times, I can say they had their heyday in their own place and times in my life because I wasn't always a teetotaler and yes ...

I have been known to drink a little here and there despite being a "nondrinker".

Happy World Bartender Day to alkies everywhere.
 

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February 22, 2026
World Understanding and Peace Day 2026
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I have always displayed a modicum of empathy, cross-cultural understanding, and cooperation toward my fellow human beings in my interactions with them.

I don't always get any of it back.

Today is World Understanding and Peace Day.

One of the strongest selling points of the day is that it is not a formal United Nations designated day.

The United Nations is a criminal organization out to subvert the planet such that they may control the world and it's citizens or kill them as they see fit. Luckily the nationalists of the planet have seen through their subterfuge and universally decline their involvement in their affairs of state.

They do not truly support the peace initiatives they claim.

World Understanding and Peace Day is observed each February 23 to mark the anniversary of the first Rotary International meeting in 1905.

The thrust is that promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through humanitarian service and dialogue.

I know a few Rotarians, but I have never sought to be one myself. Those initiatives which foster community and people have never escaped me however.

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February 21, 2026
Happy Birthday Rachel Dratch 2026
    Rachel Dratch
Ah, Rachel Dratch.

She reminds me of that time when Saturday Night Live was truly funny and not this political hack failure it has become.

Rachel Susan Dratch was born February 22, 1966 and is an American actress, comedian, and writer.

She graduated from Dartmouth College then moved to Chicago to study improv at The Second City and ImprovOlympic.

She has done television, theater, and voice acting and is one of those truly funny lights shining among the masses of hacks in the world of comedy.

In 2012, she published her autobiographical book Girl Walks into a Bar... about hooking up with her baby daddy.

Rachel Dratch is an effervescent interlude in what would be the drabness of a world without her.

Here's to comedy at it's best and I hope she's around to share her talent for a long time to come.

Rachel Dratch

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February 20, 2026
Malcolm X Assassinated in 1965
el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, Malcolm X

    
One of those individuals I was interested in since childhood was el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, born Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X.

He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Mr Earl Little and Mrs Louise Little. He died by multiple gunshot wounds on February 21, 1965, in the Audubon Ballroom at 3940 Broadway between West 165th and 166th Streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. His killer was never apprehended nor made to suffer any consequences for his murder.

His issue were Malikah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Qubilah Shabazz, and Malaak Shabazz whom he fathered with Betty Shabazz, his wife and confidante.

Like Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X was always one of those people with whom I would have like to held a few conversations to get a feel for those persons they really were. It's a sad notion that they are both lost to posterity and all we have is what they said in public and what they wrote.

I liked his get in your face attitude and commitment to causes he felt were relevant to his time and place upon the Earth. He was prominent in the civil rights movement until he was killed by one of his own people — who by the way not only got away with the crime but lived a long and comfortable life afterward.

Racial justice not withstanding there is little to celebrate with the role of el-Shabazz in the history of the United States given the fact that he was murdered in cold blood with no one to successfully seek justice on his behalf.

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