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May 7, 2025
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day 2025
Bladder Cancer Awareness Ribbon    
My beloved Auntie Laura passed January 15, 2022 from a rare bladder cancer.

She thought that she was getting good care but alas, she was being treated by some nurse practioner who was in actuality substandard care and didn't really have a grip on my aunt's condition as evidenced by the fact that she treated her for UTI when all the while she had sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder.

My attempts to take her to Baylor in Texas, whom I believe to be the last word in state of the art urology were declined by her with the admonition that she could "get the same care here" and before we knew it she was gone. It seems that the same care was not available locally.

Today is Bladder Cancer Awareness Day.

It is a May 7 ocurrence which is designed to teach people about bladder cancer.

    Auntie Laura
They say that when treated early it is highly treatable. When your care giver is a stupid oaf you're going to die an agonizing miserable death.

Good care for such cancer is unavailable in the Columbia area as far as I am concerned.

Find yourself a good practitioner and stay away from these nurses who think they know that which they do not know. Bladder Cancer Awareness is something people should know about because I rue the day that my aunt trusted the local bimbo nurse practitioner with her care.

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May 6, 2025
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
President Trump and Xi Jinping     

In these days of rampant Chinese espionage and the pilfering of intellectual property everywhere they go in The Republic —

As well as the ridiculous buying of lands to restrict our own people ...

There NEEDS to be a day of reckoning.

I am for confiscating everything China owns within the borders of the United States and forcefully ejecting any and all Chinese from the country.

This business of letting our adversaries take undue advantage of our citizens needs to come to a rapid and decisive end. This appears to be primarily the fault of elected officials on the take. I'm also for nuking Tiananmen Square while we're at it ...

On this day in 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. It was the first major federal law in US history to restrict immigration based on nationality. It disallowed Chinese laborers from entering the country and also banned Chinese immigrants from becoming citizens.

This act was a significant step in the history of immigration policy and set a precedent for future discriminatory laws based on race and class. People like to act like discrimination is a "bad" thing.
 

     chinese flag on fire

I am discriminating. I don't go for the dull and commonplace. I don't like the worst elements of other countries coming here to live like the democrats promote in the name of getting them on the dole and voting for the democrat assholes who support them.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, it was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A Arthur.

With it came an absolute ten year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.

I'm ready to exclude the evil intellectual property thieving ass espionage seeking chinese as a matter of policy once again. God bless America. Death to China. Death to the thieving Chinese. Stop their malicious incursions, espionage, and stealing
of our property.
 

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May 5, 2025
National Cartoonists Day 2025
Dave as the monstrous    
In elementary school I was an amateur cartoonist among other things.

I would sketch and draw and all my books were converted to flip books with crude animations and you'd wonder how I got along at all as this legend I became in my mind.

Those were the days in Virginia Beach Va and Hanahan SC.

Those days having long gone I now find myself primarily a sketcher and a writer.

I can't really draw anything but I can take something drawn by others and turn it into something altogether different.

Today is National Cartoonist Day.

It is observed annually each May 5th since 1999 under the auspices of the National Cartoonists Society and celebrates those persons who, unlike me, can really do it.

If you doodle, if you just mess around like I do you too can be a cartoonist.

The genre is based on the output not the quality. If it looks cartoonish ...

Guess what !

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May 4, 2025
World Laughter Day 2025
    Laughing Toddler
When I was a child I thought I was a comedian.

Yes, I thought I was funny. Others thought I was funny.

I did a lot of laughing back then.

After which the seriousness of life prevailed upon me and the laughter grew less and the seriousness far more.

Today is World Laughter Day.

Having originated in Mumbai, India on January 11, 1998 it is observed on the first Sunday of May making it May 4 this year.

There are many kinds of laughter.

No matter if you

•  cackle,
•  belly laugh,
•  guffaw,
•  bray,
•  break up,
•  chortle,
•  chuckle, or
•  giggle

these acts cause biofeedback whereby the brain releases endorphins — hormones which activate the body's opiate receptors resulting in an analgesic effect and happy feelings. So though I'm not nearly as funny as I once thought I was, I still recognize that laughter will help you physically, emotionally, and physiologically if you engage enough of it.

Happy World Laughter Day and I hope it eases your ills.

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May 3, 2025
National Paranormal Day 2025
paranormal caught on camera green logo

    
Paranormal refers to events or phenomena such as spirit entities, telekinesis, clairvoyance and so forth that are beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.

Once I neither believed nor had any interest in ghosts.

I was the skeptic's skeptic bordering on ridicule in my disapproval of those who discussed such matters.

Then I caught hold of the various television programs concerning the paranormal and changed my tune 180 degrees.

Though I don't seek answers from the great beyond I'm certainly no longer against hearing them out if they want to make themselves known.

Some of these notions are pretty scary in and of themselves.

Today is National Paranormal Day.

The day concerns itself with experiential inventory outside the norms of people, places, and things. It is about knowing the unknowable. It concerns seeing the unseeable.

It's focus are those movies, documentaries, and science fiction elements which present these extrasensory things to the public at large.

So the warlocks, and witches, vampires, ghosts, bigfoot, UFOs, and all entities from "the other side" in general provide the impetus for this day each May 3rd.

So don't let the lying ass government sully the day for you. Talk about ruination of reputation. The stupid military handled that quite nicely for the government in general. If you wish to believe then by all means do so. If you wish to defer judgement for additional evidence that too is acceptable.

Just remember, there is a lot more out there than you have likely been lead to believe.

Happy National Paranormal Day.


See Also:

National Paranormal Day 2024
Remembering Rosemary Ellen Guiley
James Randi RIP
Crowleymas 2019

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May 2, 2025
Happy Birthday Christine Baranski 2025
Christine-Baranski
Christine Jane Baranski is an award winning American actress who was born May 2, 1952.

She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill.

Ms Baranski is also known for portraying Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series The Good Wife as well as and its spin-off series The Good Fight.

She portrays Agnes van Rhijn in the period drama series The Gilded Age which is presently in production.

Both roles which earned her Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Christine Baranski portrayed Dr Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and her permanent place in my heart of hearts.

This was my favorite of her roles and I get the warm and fuzzies just thinking about her mannerisms and diction to this day.

Baranski is also known for other film roles and won two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Charlotte in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and as Chris Gorman in Neil Simon's Rumors.

She also has major Broadway credits, but nothing surpasses Dr Beverly Hofstadter as far as I am concerned.

She was married to Matthew Cowles in 1983 and they had two daughters. Unfortunately he passed from congestive heart failure on May 22, 2014.

Christine Baranski will always be special to me because her work has touched me at so many levels. Today is her birthday. She's still a beautiful young talented vivacious woman.

Happy birthday to you !

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May 1, 2025
May Day 2025
maypole    
May 1st is celebrated as May Day.

It does not refer to "mayday" the international distress signal used in aviation and maritime radio communications to indicate a life threatening emergency.

It is aka International Workers' Day, a public holiday in many countries in the name of those struggles and achievements of the labor movement. In the United States and Canada, a similar observance called Labor Day, occurs on the first Monday of September.

It's all a bunch of commie instigated malarkey.

So this European festival is of ancient origins and hearalds the beginning of Summer. Traditions include the gathering of wild flowers and green branches and the weaving of floral garlands. The maypole is a central feature of the festivities. It is part and parcel of the ancient spring rituals from which May Day has arisen as observed in various cultures across Europe and beyond to us here in North America.

Regional variants include Walpurgis Night in central and northern Europe, the Gaelic festival called Beltane, the Welsh festival known as Calan Mai, and May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is also associated with the ancient Roman festival Floralia.

The aforementioned commie instigated malarkey called International Workers' Day observed on 1 May is also called "May Day", but the two have different histories and much different meanings to the participants. One is a leftist libtard contrivance. The other a bonafide holiday.

Happy May Day !

See Also:

May Day 2020
May Day 2017
May Day 2016

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April 30, 2025
Military Brat's Day 2025
    I am a military brat
When I was a child my dad was in the Navy. For him, life was comprised of "the right way", "the wrong way", and the "Navy way".

He was a stern disciplinarian with an ass whipping for every occasion ... but had his kinder, gentler moments as well.

This is not to say that I wasn't your worst nightmare to raise. In the bitter end, all I could want is mercy for my dying father and to mark that reconciliation that we had in the last 20 years of his life.

Today is Military Brats Day.

It is observed each April 30 under the auspices of Military Brats, Inc since 2016.

It celebrates the fact that the children of military men and women often time serve as well with the military taking precedence on anything and everything in their lives.

It is said that military brats change schools at least six times during their educations. I went to seven schools prior to graduation at the final one. I was a perfectly horrible student to become an exceptional subject matter expert and instructor in computer science with qualifications through the roof. Thank heavens for non microsoft practical training.

My dad always said that those difficulties of being a military brat changing schools all the time would make me better in the long run. While it certainly may have, I copped a hellacious 'tude over it all as well.

Happy Military Brats Day. If my cohorts could see me now and that high tech career I enjoyed for 40 years they'd know just who the stupid ones really were.

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April 29, 2025
Speaking of the Dead
Mom says you're not to speak ill of the dead. We have discussions of this nature when I am contrary to something she considers to be of importance. Sometimes speaking ill of the dead is ALL I want to do.

When they pass from the earth hopelessly succumbing to some terminal illness or tragic accident those memories of how they treated me were all I can think of with their death.

"Speaking ill of the dead" refers to stating negative comments or similar judgments about someone who has passed this earth. Some say it is disrespectful to speak ill of the dead.

I say there are exceptions and varying perspectives regarding the separation of good people and dirtbags. I am told I should have respect for the dead. Derogatory comments are supposedly disrespectful to the person who has passed as well as their grieving loved ones.

Dead people are unable to defend themselves making mischaracterization more likely in the absence of counterpoints. I am told that I should have compassion for the bereaved. I do. I cannot help if their dearly departed was a scoundrel. I do not feel it necessary to overlook this fact either.

I don't request any special consideration for myself after I pass. Feel free to badmouth me all you like.

casket with Joe Black    
I am told to focus on the good. What if there is NOTHING good you can see regarding the departed individual?

In essence, that decision of whether or not to speak ill of the dead is dependent on circumstances which are disparate across the masses and cohorts of those alive and dead.

There are specific circumstances and motivations to take into consideration. It is quite possible that the appropriateness is relative to the position the departed held in the life of the remaining. Some of us prefer to let the vitriol be said for healing, marking the truth in the annals of history, or addressing injustice.

So if you're offended that I have no respect for your dearly departed just remember I could give a rip what you think about the matter. My attitude was forced on me and was never a choice.

The fact that he or she may be YOUR dearly departed is an irrelevant complication. It's totally between the departed and I. Others witnessing whatever transpires are collateral considerations, not prime ones.

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April 28, 2025
Global Pay It Forward Day 2025
    Haley Joel Osment in Pay it Forward
I've always tried to do good works in my lifetime.

I haven't always succeeded. Indeed some of my best efforts went astray to no end of trouble for me and I regretted the attempt after enough chagrin had transpired.

Today is a day about repaying the good deeds done for you.

I have had a number of them and I certainly owe for the help they afforded me.

It is Global Pay It Forward Day, a day to pay back kindness bestowed upon you.

It happens each April 28 and encourages random acts of kindness as payment for some of those kind moments we have had in the past.

The day is based on the book "Pay It Forward" by American novelist Catherine Ryan Hyde which became a film in 2000 starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Jim Caviezel, and Haley Joel Osment among others.

The movie is a real tear jerker at the end but the idea is sound and good advice for the citizen of the world who wishes to contribute.

Happy Global Pay It Forward Day and I hope you can repay some of those kind events shared with you.

See Also:

Random Acts of Kindness Day


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April 27, 2025
World Design Day 2025
wireframe globe    
I once envisioned myself a pillar of artistic design.

That evolution was enhanced by the fact that I learned to make Photoshop walk the dog over the years — and it really has augmented my career with both web and print graphic availability that might not be otherwise ...

Given the fact that a lot of my peers were somewhat "less artistic" than I might like it came in handy to be able to create a miracle on demand for my cohort when interacting with the so-called "higher ups".

I am fairly sure this was one aspect of me they missed when they finished running me off.

Today is World Design Day.

It is an annual ocurrence each April 27.

It supports designs and designers internationally and emphasizes that impact they have on the people and their everyday choices.

That ambiguity which is part and parcel of the design process and a "brilliant" design is something for which I always aspired yet rarely attained.

The day is meant for designers to aim for designs which inspire and create well being on the planet.

The underlying goal is meeting those needs of families, friends, and local convention.

Happy World Design Day.

See Also:

World Design Day 2023
World Design Day 2022

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April 26, 2025
Alien Day 2025
    xenomorph queen
I was a fan of the alien franchise early on — those flicks by Ridley Scott representing weak earthlings against the xenomorphs of LV-426, aka Acheron which is a satellite of the gas giant star designated Calpamos located in the Zeta 2 Reticuli system some 39 light years from Earth.

I simply enjoyed their predatory nature and the modeling did nothing but improve exponentially over the ensuing years with their prequels and sequels — and oh I just love a good vicious monster in the mix.

Today is Alien Day.

It is observed each April 26 under the auspices of 20th Century Fox, which is the production company and is a celebration of not only the Alien franchise but science fiction in general.
Ellen Ripley    

The day was derived because it is a subset of the name of the planet from which the xenomorphs were first encountered.

So as we travel down the pipe 5 x 5 I hope you'll take a moment to appreciate just what may be out there awaiting us in space.

Learn to drive that loader in case you need to do battle with some bitchy life threatening queen xenomorph in your lifetime.

Happy Alien Day and may the spirit of Ellen Ripley be with you.

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April 25, 2025
World Women's Wellness Day 2025
    woman
Woman's health is an important matter for men as well.

We who pursue the female of the species want healthy consorts and partners and as such health maintenance is an essential aspect of the women we see as suitable.

Today is World Women’s Wellness Day.

It happens on the last Friday of April annually making it April 25 this year and is held under the auspices of Diversity Woman Media.

The activities of daily living which include:

homeostasis,
careers,
motherhood,
marriage,
family members,
as well as friends

will weigh heavily on the health matters of the modern woman.

Taking care of

stress management,
wellbeing of mind and body,
sleep,
nutrition,
and mindfulness

are part and parcel to the underlying health of all people.

So the woman needs to take care of herself and the men need to assist however they may to ensure that those health matters are not overlooked to fall by the wayside.

A healthy woman is bound to be happier in the long run.

Happy World Women's Wellness Day to the ladies of the world.

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April 24, 2025
Scream Day 2025
scream    
Sometimes society will turn you into a seething mess of anxiety and various pressures which are due to having to hustle and seek some channel of release.

Today is Scream Day.

It is observed each April 24 and is a formulation on the notion that the primal scream brings for calm to the rage monster within us all.

I have attempted to scream of late but I'm afraid that losing my falsetto years back has made those rather feeble and so I don't attempt much screaming these days.

However, in a younger day I could and did !

The venting and releasing of personal tension requires other avenues for me personally these days.

I hope you can get out there and scream ... some blood curdling ear hurting vocalization to get out that which is inside.

It is not bad behavior to scream for the release of various pent up mess you may be carrying around.

However, one should choose their venue prior to any primal scream attempt.

It's the only way to be sure you won't generate misinterpreted impressions among your cohorts.

Happy Scream Day to you.

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