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- March 9, 2026
- National Napping Day 2026
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I am rather alarmed at my wish to nap these days.
It seems I can lie down for a couple of hours then sleep all night when bedtime comes. I also arise somewhere around 4 am and retire at around 7 pm.
Go figure.
I attribute this all to my elderliness.
I used to get up early and sometimes remain awake for days on end. I recall preparing for classes all weekend day and night then presenting the material on Monday with no intervening sleep.
Those days appear to be over.
Today is National Napping Day.
We observe it the Monday after Daylight Saving Time begins which is March 9, 2026 this year — observed since 1999 under the auspices of by Boston University professor William Anthony and his wife, Camille.
It supposedly helps people recover from the loss of one hour sleep. It is said to improve alertness, diminish stress, and provide for better productivity.
I find this all dubious at best.
My personal beliefs are that I should knock off all the napping I do. I really don't see it all ending, however.
Have a happy National Napping Day.
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- March 8, 2026
- International Women's Day 2026
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In a nutshell, I believe women were made for men. I believe that men were made for women. I do not believe that men were made for other men. I do not believe that women were made for other women. Finally, I do not believe that there is someone for everyone.
I believe that same sex relationships are intrinsically without merit in the scheme of the world. That pretty much sums up my attitude towards the opposite sex. The human bonding is typically a function of different sexes meeting and making that magic known as human sexuality happen.
Everything else is secondary as far as I am concerned.
If you feel you were born the wrong sex you're mentally defective. If you believe that the rules of genetics and natural order will bend to your whims you are incorrect. If you call yourself trans you need to be eliminated from the population as that fundamentally sick individual you are.
Today is International Women's Day.
It originates from early 20th-century labor movements in Europe and North America.
It was initially proposed by socialist activist Clara Zetkin in 1910.
It was first observed in 1911 with the united nations attempting to assume credit for the observance in 1975.
It is an international observance of social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and to discuss "gender equality" as it relates to equal rights, pay, and opportunities for women. I think this notion is somewhat dated personally. I have been forced to work for some women who did not qualify for their position because of these ill conceived notions of fairness in the workplace.
The day is recognized internationally to tout the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of the female of the species.
It is also a day to honor women's contributions and advocate for women's rights.
A continuing whine about gender parity is likely in order even though from the male perspective they walk on the more qualified in the name of their positions.
So break out your knitted pussy hats bitches and turn on the whine !
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- March 7, 2026
- Replaced my Roku Ultra yesterday
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A week or so back I ordered the latest iteration of the Roku Ultra.
My existing unit was working fine but it was quite a few years old and I felt a hardware recycle couldn't hurt.
My new unit arrived today with the Roku Ultra, quad core processor, bluetooth, Voice Remote Pro 2nd Edition, a USB-C charging cable, power brick, and HDMI cable.
It took every bit of 5 minutes to factory reset the old unit then install the new one ... even though the steps have changed.
They had a number of preloaded apps. I imagine companies pay a fee for this consideration. I ended up removing everything except those things I have paid for myself. I'm pretty particular with apps and as long as you're not Tubi you have the same chance everyone else has to remain on my network. Tubi can go straight to hell for the whiny stupid NOTHING provider punk bitches they are.
While I'm fine with the new unit, I felt the remote was quite a bit FROU FROU for it's operational requirements — and it makes the entire experience somewhat pussified. I had purchased a new remote only a couple of months back and I kept that in the mix as well.
I was surprised at the level the machine pushes voice control. I am suspicious of such goings on and decline to activate anything in the way of voice control. It's simply not germane to my existence from an entertainment standpoint.
So here's to technology upgrades ... even if they piss you off a little.
Happy Streaming !
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- March 6, 2026
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning would be 220 today
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One of my favorite poets has always been Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She was an English Victorian poet known for her mastery of sonnets.
I went through a sonnet phase during the poetry writing aspect of my childhood which was the result of various reading assignments over the years. Though I wrote a few to correct meter and rhyme scheme they were somehow less than that which I may have liked.
The work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning addressed social issues like child labor and slavery during her lifetime and she was celebrated among both her peers and the public a large. She influenced poets who came later such as Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was a celebrated English Victorian poet known for her mastery of sonnets, particularly Sonnets from the Portuguese, and her verse novel Aurora Leigh. She was a prominent, highly respected literary figure in Britain and the U.S. who addressed social issues like child labor and slavery.
She was staunchly abolitionist and wrote profusely on social injustices. I even feel that she influenced me to believe slavery was wrong from an early age.
She wrote a piece included in her celebrated "Sonnets from the Portuguese" called "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways". It was written for her husband, poet Robert Browning. I was far less of a fan of his during my poetry heyday.
She was born in Durham, England, on March 6, 1806. She was a child with prodigious reading skills who delved into both Milton and Shakespeare before age 10.
She suffered from chronic, debilitating illness from age 15, which led to a secluded life until she eloped with Robert Browning in 1846. She passed away in Florence, Italy, on June 29, 1861, likely due to heart failure following a, respiratory illness.
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- March 5, 2026
- National Cheese Doodle Day 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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
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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
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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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