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- July 13, 2025
- Embrace Your Geekness Day 2025
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There are a number of holidays touting geeks and geekdom.
I'd like to say the proponets were qualified to make the claim to fame, but I'm afraid they are largely "all show and no go" (Thank you Jon Collette).
I don't engage in fandom. A fanboy I will never be. Call me some fanboy and you may never walk or talk again.
My inner geek is a deep understanding of technology from a time when it was budding from non existence.
The stupidity of the 1970s gave rise to who I am.
I declined to be just another dumbass in the mix — so I engaged subject matter expertise in the areas of Unix, networking, hardware building and repair, human anatomy, physiology, and hepatic microsomal enzyme pathways to a level uncommon in the realms of the dull and commonplace from which I arose.
... Such as Orange County, California and Aiken County, South Carolina.
And I reigned supreme for 40 years.
Today is Embrace Your Geekness Day.
It's for those with a true claim, not the innumerable posers you find saying they are what they aren't.
When I put down my comic books and took up the keyboard things changed for me.
I was once a wizard.
I was once the one they called upon for the answers.
I was the one on the planet who could fix the machine to original spec.
I don't even care where the origins of the day are.
The fanatacism I once pursued has long dimmed by the ravages of age and I have never bit the head off a live chicken.
If you are a geek this is one of those days for you.
If you are something less, pursue your dreams anyway.
Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day.
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- July 12, 2025
- International Skinny Dip Day 2025
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Skinny Dipping is the act of swimming naked.
That which was once considered uncouth and shameful was glorified by noteworthies such as Benjamin Franklin, Thoreau, and even Walt Whitman.
The phrase was coined somewhere around 1947 and it has since gained both a modicum of acceptance and a following.
When I was a child my dad went to the river. I was not told what was going to happen but everyone started disrobing and going into the water.
Oh, my suck up brother was the first to gleefully show off his tiny pecker to everyone there because he has never had any taste. Just look at his choices in various riff raff women over the years. Needless to say I neither participated nor did I EVER return to the river with my daddy, either. I was left feeling totally betrayed and feel that I was denied both disclosure and informed consent.
It is International Skinny Dip Day held under the auspices of The American Association for Nude Recreation somce 2018.
You can say I hold stereotypes regarding nude bathing and the propriety of discarding ones clothes in public. Be all of this as it may I am a private type and prefer not to go around displaying everything I don't have for the world to see. I simply have a modesty which will not be supplanted by some insipid inbred hick element in my gene pool.
Yeah, I won't be going skinny dipping either, thank you.
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- July 11, 2025
- National Motorcycle Day 2025
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I had a motorcycle period which came and went. I was pretty much a young elementary school student while this transpired.
I have occasionally had relapses which were far and few between.
Then I lost a good friend as the result of a local accident and his tragic death really did mess his family up.
I decided then that I would be a truck guy and drive an F150.
This is where I stand now.
Today is National Motorcycle Day.
It is observed on the second Friday of July annually.
It is said that Gottlieb Daimler created the first motorcycle. He named his creation "The Daimler Reitwagen".
So if you are a two wheel person or a four or more wheel person you can go for it as your style and budget permits.
I was surprised at all the expences associated with the purchase of Ford trucks on the open market.
Had I known what I know likely I would probably ride atop a Harley myself.
You just never know what kind of crooks you will encounter in the market place.
See Also:
National Motorcycle Ride Day 2024
Cruel Fate
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- July 10, 2025
- National Kitten Day 2025
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We have a number of cats which congregate on my mother's front porch awaiting her dish of half and half which they then consume with great relish.
I am amazed at the apparent pecking order and how some of them assert their seniority quite vocally hissing and such. One of the gray tabbies which frequent the place just had a solid black kitten.
After a while it stopped coming around so I presume that it was either given away or sold or something. Cute as it was I had no interest in kidnapping it.
Today is National Kitten Day.
The day is about kittens and their arrival, cuteness, and addition to the swelling cat populations of the nation.
While I do think they are cute I personally resent the trailer park allowing their pets to come over and help themselves to my elderly mama's indulgence.
I hate to whine, but that case of half and half I have been buying "FOR COFFEE" doesn't last nearly as long as it did before Mom started her crusade to save every feline on the planet.
Sure, she's kind and all that but I would just as soon capture them in a Havahart trap and transport the beastie to the animal shelter on Ball Park Road in Lexington for a lethal injection.
I don't really think I can do this when Mom has this vested interest in feeding the animals. Even I cannot engage in such entrapment of a dumb animal.
So Happy National Kitten Day and I hope you can resist the urge to catch the little buggers and take them to the animal shelter for that richly deserved lethal injection.
You should have seen the looks the pretty little redhead DNR officer with the glock on her hip was giving me back when the frequency of my personal animal control program was much higher.
In retrospect it was hilarious. Yes, I know I should feel badly about it all but ... NOPE !
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- July 9, 2025
- Fashion Day 2025
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I had my 'fashionista' days long ago. I was fresh out of the Navy and had bought a set of duds and shoes and such.
My good friend the late Dewitt Casey called me "mousse head" because I had not lost all of my hair and I would doodie it up as well.
I was quite the dapper queer looking straight guy.
Today is Fashion Day.
It is observed each July 9 annually since 2016 vto expose your fashion sense and allow you to display your aesthetics in clothing and/or accessories.
While fashion is integral to society our diversity allows for a broad spectrum of fashion sense and tastes.
This is the day to show it to the world.
You don't have to be gay or aspire to work in the fashion industry to look the part.
I for one might give you the beat down of your life should you make the mistake of insinuating that I might be some element of those LGBTQ crazies and besides ...
I have better taste to boot.
Regardless I hope you will don your finest regalia and let your inner fashionista out for the world to see.
Happy Fashion Day.
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- July 8, 2025
- That which is ...
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At the risk of being called a curmudgeon ...
The extant human being must contend with much over which he or she exercises no control.
You have to submit to the stupid because they have obtained control over you in the workplace by political means.
You may contract some devastating disease from which there is no recovery.
Alas, modern medicine is now populated with a bunch of woke idiots that think genetic men can be women and genetic women can be men.
All "gender affirming surgery" does is affirm that you and your surgeon are both stupid and ignorant of that which being human entails.
Genetics are chromosomal and as such you ultimately have little in the way of choices.
It is a sad notion to think that we have evolved to this level of stupidity, particular when it comes to health care providers ...
But we have.
I used to think the CDC was the pinnacle of medical employment.
Now I know it is simply a vehicle for stupid woke physicians to force their unsubstantiated opinions on others while we simply suffer those consequences cast upon us.
This is why I am hesitant to engage medicine at any level.
I would never go to Prisma and allow them to touch me because I have had first hand experience with the stupidity of those who work there.
So I handle my healthcare by and large on my own with the assistance of my provider who monitors my lab work and writes those prescriptions I feel are necessary.
I'm not real swooft on Providence Hospital, either — though I was actually born there in 1955.
I feel that I can simply do better on my own and I am willing to take my chances.
So keep your woke physician and don't let them kill my people.
I'll take care of myself or my own and urge you to do the same.
If you feel unqualified then you pursue that consultancy you consider necessary.
I for one have a solid grasp of concepts essential for health maintenance and will enact those for myself.
I don't ever force myself upon anyone and would prefer reciprocation regarding that aspect of my existence.
Thank you.
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- July 7, 2025
- Tell the Truth Day 2025
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I have been in the presence of those who were not entirely honest.
Indeed, it was an embarassing predicament on several occasions.
At one time it became so bad that all I could do is say
How can I tell you are lying ?
Your lips move.
Today is Tell the Truth Day.
It happens each July 7 and us one of those observations which should lead to the foundations of living with integrity.
So when you go out among the populace I do hope you'll take the moral high road as it were and keep your revelations strictly on the up and up.
So happy Tell the Truth Day and always try to be honest and stalwart in your interpersonal relations.
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- July 6, 2025
- Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day 2025
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Yeah I suppose I could be called a webmaster. I suppose I could make you spit teeth as well as I detest the title.
I was once a Web Systems Administrator with an incorporated municipality but the other employees were too stupid to call me that.
They couldn't even admit the fact that I was a full blown Systems Admin though it was actually in my title.
They simply called me "webmaster".
Be all of this as it may today is Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day.
It's a July 6th happening as as such is quite a bit over rated given my personal history.
My particular enviornment involved Coldfusion, javascript, html, and heavy graphics creation, backups, and updates.
Then they tried to push Microsnot Sharepoint off on me. I departed because I simply could not be bothered with ANY microsoft garbage ...
Nor incompetent mouthy unskilled micromanaging negroes in the workplace.
I never felt appreciated.
I never once wanted to be taken to lunch, either.
So if you're all cuddly with your webmaster by all means take him or her out to lunch.
If not, just give them some assignment because it is likely to make them happier than socializing with you.
Happy Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day. Now just go away.
Good riddance.
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- July 5, 2025
- National Outdoor Lights Day 2025
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I used to put lights up each Christmas when I was a child at home.
Daddy would set them up and I would go outside and look at them for hours at a time. It made me feel all warm and festive inside.
Today is National Outdoor Lights Day.
It is held each July fifth and marks those times we add warmth to outdoor spaces with lights.
Gone are the days of lighting the night with fires.
We now have a wide variety of lighting with which to contemplate the environment outdoors.
Whereas I used to be an incandescent light kind of guy I find myself utilizing LED lights nowadays.
There are places where the outdoor lights are particularly spectacular. Places like Times Square at New Years Eve and the Las Vegas Strip most any time.
That light from those modern Christmas bulbs my daddy put up still warm my heart in my memories of him.
He was always about Christmas and the outdoor lights were simply the way he showed it.
Happy National Outdoor Lights Day.
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- July 4, 2025
- Independence Day 2025
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Today we celebrate another anniversary of our national independence from the rule of England. We now have a President who isn't a crook out to monetize office and tries to do what is best for the country.
Damn the democrat crooks who were doing their best to take the entire nation to the cleaners.
God Bless America.
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- July 3, 2025
- Air Conditioning Appreciation Day 2025
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Lately the weather has been firey. In the vernacular it's been hot as Hell.
Frequent daytime temperatures of 100 degrees. Add to that upwards of 80 percent humidity for equally extended periods of time.
It had approached the point where I was actually feeling pretty doggone moist all the time.
We are now in Air Conditioning Appreciation Days under the auspices of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute which are observed from July 3 to August 15 annually.
These days acknowledge the invention and role of air conditioning in society.
The objective is to recognize that HVAC units cool homes, regulate temperatures in clinical settings, and filter allergens out of the air.
Additionally, the day emphasizes the need to properly clean and maintain your air conditioning units.
The modern air conditioner was invented in 1902 by one Willis Haviland Carrier.
Since then the invention has played a significant role in modern society, particularly in the sweltering white hot heat and humidity of South Carolina summers.
When I was a child we did not have air conditioning until I was in the fifth grade.
I simply do not think I could stand the heat and humdity stress these days.
See Also
National HVAC Tech Day 2024
Air Conditioning Appreciation Days 2022
New HVAC
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- July 2, 2025
- Made in the USA Day 2025
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I try to buy items that are made in the USA.
I do this as a matter of supporting my own and could really give a rip about ever seeing a Chinese item for sale again.
Today is Made in the USA Day.
It is observed each July 2nd under the auspices of one Joel Joseph of the Made in the USA Foundation by manufacturers and consumers in an effort to boost the sale of local products. The date corresponds with Independence Day which is designed to give that patriotic feeling a little kick in the butt.
The day celebrates the products, companies, and brands manufacturing in the United States as well as those who offer employment and top quality service to their customers.
This label is controlled by the Federal Trade Commission and it is stipulated that “all or virtually all” of the product is made in the United States for it's inclusion.
The indication is that the "Made in the USA" label renders the product "American-made".
Regardless, the bulk of products available here are imported from abroad.
You can thank the stupid democrat party for exporting the bulk of our manufacturing to other countries in an effort to exert total control over the taxpayer.
President Trump is bringing back our manufacturing as we speak.
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- July 1, 2025
- Zip Code Day 2025
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The mail is a fact of life. Has been longer than I've been around. We even studied it in the second grade at Aragona Elementary School in Ms Key's class.
Short for zone improvement plan this postal system came into use in the United States from the early 1960s. Now it has evolved to zip+4 which turns the five digit zip code into a nine-digit number including the original 5 digits plus a a specific geographic segment within the five-digit delivery area.
My goodness. The term ‘ZIP code’ is registered by the United States Postal Service. Using the ZIP code has now gone beyond its initial scope. now including the collection of geographical statistics, credit card authorization, internet routing, identification of legislative districts, insurance-related works, and more.
Today is ZIP Code Day.
It is observed each July first annually.
I know that a lot of ecommerce will offer the zip+4 variant during order placement in an effort to improve service.
I'm just glad I don't have to pursue the Zip Code as vigorously as our intrepid mail carriers.
Happy Zip Code Day.
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- July 1, 2025
- National US Postage Stamp Day 2025
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Never was one to collect stamps. I had a couple of childhood friends who did; one of whom was really into it. Somehow the allure simply escaped me.
Today is National U.S. Postage Stamp Day.
The US government post office began issuing adhesive postage stamps valued at five and ten cents on July 1, 1847.
In 1855, a scant century prior to my birth, the use of stamps was made mandatory.
They began with stamps featuring the face or bust of some former American president — or other historically significant statesman.
Then the post office discovered that selling stamps that were also collectables was a revenue generator. This resulted in a thrust to make more money by issuing commemorative stamps in conjunction with various events and anniversaries from present and past history.
So happy National US Postage Stamp Day to you. If you are a collector, all the better.
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