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- March 16, 2025
- Judge Roy Bean
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Those entertainment choices I undertook while younger reveal a propensity for westerns early on.
There was a recurring character in this genra called Judge Roy Bean.
He was an American saloon keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas and became the stuff of legend recorded on the silver screen.
Phantly Roy Bean Jr was born circa 1825 and died on March 16, 1903. He was known as "The Only Law West of the Pecos".
According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.
He was rather incorrectly portrayed as a 'hanging judge' in those media in which he was featured because he sentenced just two men to hang and one of these escaped.
Be all of this as it may Judge Roy Bean was part and parcel of both my history and entertainment when I was a boy.
I am happy to include him in my life for those reasons.
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- March 15, 2025
- True Confessions Day 2025
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Were I a much younger man I would likely have a few true confessions of interest.
However, this being now and me being me I'm afraid all the juicy stuff was surrendered long ago and I no longer have a bunch of skeletons in the closet to bring out and shake anymore.
True Confessions Day goes down each March 15 ...
The Ides of March.
It is held under the auspices of Thomas and Ruth Roy from Wellcat Holidays since 2016.
It is said that we all have secrets and that some are big while others are small.
I'd like to say yeah 'me too' but it's simply not the case anymore.
I pay attention to public comportment and try not to be intentionally offensive as I once delighted in doing.
I really live a dull drab boring life in my old age.
My propensity for controversial behaviors ended some 30 years back and I really have no interest in enteraining the masses with further antics.
Suffice it to say that I've attempted to calm down.
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- March 14, 2025
- National Potato Chip Day 2025
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I consume a fair amount of potato chips over the course of a year.
I have even taken to buying my supply in bulk so that they all won't become pilfered by some snack seeking family member.
These thin slices of potato are typically deep fried or baked to crunchy perfection and often served with french onion or other type of dip.
Potato chips predominate the snack food markets in English-speaking countries — particularly the United States.
On National Potato Chip Day they will be consumed by millions of people across the country.
I typically keep a bag over at mamas for those times when the urge hits me ...
There are worst ways to spend your time.
Happy National Potato Chip Day.
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- March 13, 2025
- National Jewel Day 2025
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Jewelry. Bling. That accoutrement with which we accessorize our public personas.
Jewelry has been a human favorite since prehistory.
The adornment of people has been a priority since time began.
Today is National Jewel Day.
It is held each March 13 and recognizes precious metals and stones, those special heirlooms, and the various gems of people who craft them.
The origins of the day remain obscure. We know that stone, bones, and shells were utilized as decorative objects to project status.
The graves of ancients oftent revealed an ancient proclivity for the wearing of jewelry.
The Renaissance brought new cutting techniques and an advanced understanding of stones and the metallurgy of crafting various pieces.
All in all jewelry isn't going anywhere.
I know males of the species who project this "he man" image who squeal like little girls over various pieces of new jewelry. I don't want to mention any names Vince Simonowicz.
Me, I'm pretty much jewelry free, you know, contrary to the end.
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- March 12, 2025
- National Plant a Flower Day 2025
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I don't have one of those 'green thumbs'.
Indeed, my attempts at ornamental horticulture have been universally unsuccessful due to that lack of growing skills so evident in many of my ancestors.
Grandma Sallie, Grandma Ida, Auntie Laura, even my sister's gigantic alien appearing aloe vera in her kitchen. They are all related to me. They all grew prolific flower beds or other examples of plants and all I could ever do is admire them.
Today is National Plant Flower Day.
It is held on March 12 annually in the name of blooms and foliage everywhere.
Flowering plants often provide foodstuffs that are vital to the lives of people.
I personally enjoy viewing the flowers planted by others and wistfully imagine myself as growing similar examples of them myself.
Flowers are uplifting and their beauty has become symbolic over the years and across the cultures of the world.
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- March 11, 2025
- National No Code Day 2025
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I am a coder. Since the late 1970s. I write code for machines on the internet and local as well as wide area networks of the world. I am not one of these sissy oop people who think they can drag and drop their way to efficacy. The stupidity which is the no code environment has never been for me.
Today is National No-Code Day.
It is observed each March 11 and marks those individuals, businesses, and other networks that create and automate without using code as the idiotic entities they are.
This day aims to promote the no-code movement and create awareness for businesses and organizations to do more without code. As long as you suspend oversight the no-code tools allow anyone to automate workflows, connect and create apps, and build scalable systems for their entire company.
No Code Day is for the computer unprofessional.
Personally, I like the structured programming environment in an office without the continual distractions to be had in incorporated municipalities where everybody thinks you need to drop what you're doing and satisfy their requirements immediately.
In a word, National No Code Day is for people who simply don't know what's going on.
Dumb right on down there, bossy.
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- March 10, 2025
- National Napping Day 2025
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I'm quite the napper these days. I am known to take several throughout the day then sleep all night as well.
I view it all as a function of failure to exercise and that fleeting grasp I have on reality due to the decline of my mother and my failure to keep a proper handle on it all.
My siblings are no help in the matter, either.
In other words I appear to be losing my ever loving mind.
Today is National Napping Day.
It is held under the auspices of a Boston University professor and his wife.
One William Anthony PhD and his wife Camille Anthony created the holiday to increase awareness on the importance of getting enough sleep and its benefits.
I personally feel you can over do it as well.
So seeing how I don't live in Tiajuana I really don't feel a siesta is appropriate to my existence.
However, I acknowledge the fact that I nap often ... perhaps TOO often.
Happy National Napping Day to you.
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- March 9, 2025
- Spring Ahead 2025
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Daylight Savings Time began at 2 am this morning.
The practice of advancing clocks an hour from standard time during the summer months then reverting back in the autumn is supposedly a better use of natural daylight.
There are two states in the nation which opt out. Both are democrat shitholes.
I personally feel that there should be no 'opt out' option.
Moron states which do not wish to be in sync with the country should be kicked out and their elected officials all executed.
They say that the idea of saving daylight hours originated with Benjamin Franklin. Of course, he lacked today's modern ammentities in indoor lighting and such.
One William Willet was the original proponent who spent much of his own funds promoting the idea to the ridicule of many of his contemporaries.
Whether you dislike Daylight Savings Time or love it the bulk of the nation does this and you should get with the program ... Arizona and Hawaii.
Alas, I really don't really care one way or another. I just feel that there should be no "opt out" of this thing, i.e., it should be all or nothing.
I feel that the notion of "saving daylight" is somewhat passe in this twenty first century age and time.
So if you haven't already, "Spring forward".
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- March 8, 2025
- International Fanny Pack Day 2025
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One year I splurged at Hammacher Schlemmer for leather fanny packs for a number of the children.
They embraced them and used them all the time for a number of years.
These packs were neither cheap nor poorly manufactured and they provided excellent carry on for the younguns in my charge.
Today is International Fanny Pack Day.
It happens each second Saturday in March annually. These fanny pack thingies go by a number of names but the usefulness was not lost on the chilren to whom I gave them.
Toting things around that you do not wish to get lost is what it's all about. I hope you'll take a moment to consider those items you wish to be on your person more than not.
You too can get a well designed fanny pack and streamline all that you carry around with you.
Happy International Fanny Pack Day.
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- March 7, 2025
- Sock Monkey Day 2025
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When I was a kid in rural South Carolina sock monkeys were all over the place.
It seemed that every female of the species made several and they would place them strategically on furniture and shelves for all to see.
I was amazed at the consistency of these creations and just how many were lying around to adorn the countrified niggerosity of rural aiken county and everyone named Poole.
Today is Sock Monkey Day.
It goes down each March 7 and the folk art is alive and well here in the land of the insipid inbred Southerner.
They are said to originate from the Victorian era but you can't prove that by me.
Never did I ever want a sock monkey of my own.
I never was given one, either.
I keep thinking the anatomically correct sock monkies might start breeding among themselves thereby procreating ...
Happy Sock Monkey Day to you.
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- March 6, 2025
- National Dress Day 2025
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Few things strike me as prettier than a young lady wearing a dress.
In these days of slacks and shorts I am attracted to the more formal in casual attire.
I like a dress with colorful accents accessorized to a tee and those which make statements regarding the wearer.
Today is National Dress Day.
It is observed each March 6 in celebration of the dress under the auspices of one Ashley Lauren who is a fashion designer.
I can see a lady in casual attire and think one thing.
Then I can see the same lady decked out in a pretty frock or something else in a dressy dress and think other things.
My need to be around that which I think is beauty is my only motivating factor.
Toward that end, I have no need for tomboys, lesbians, nor transsexuals of any kind.
They simply remain unattractive and unappealing.
While I fully support any lady's right to wear slacks, shorts, and whatnot — I think the dress is magic attire designed to bring out the lady in all women.
Happy National Dress Day to you.
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- March 5, 2025
- Reel Film Day 2025
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You never know how much you're loved until you lose those who really care about you. Such is that tough lesson I had to learn regarding my daddy, my stepfather, and now my beloved mother is the center of my attentions.
When my dearly loved mother departs this earthly existence I will no longer have any viable reason to continue. My life will as it were — have run it's course and there will be no need for me to continue down this "plan b" path I chose for myself long ago.
The drama which is implied by all of this is quite a suitable segue to Reel Film Day.
Reel Film Day happens each March 5 and celebrates film in all it's glory. It is a day for showcased events all over and is particularly poignant in my memory because of the Christmas I was given an 8 mm projector and camera and set loose upon the world with my compadre, the late Chris Gagnon back in Key West, Florida of the waning 1960s.
Together we remade as many horror flicks as we could passing from the 8 mm format to Super 8 of course.
Ah, my mama and daddy loved me so much as to bestow such an incredible gift upon a child like me as they did.
So on this Reel Film Day I hope you'll take a moment and celebrate the time when movies were not digital creations, but existed only on reels of film stored in celluloid lockers everywhere.
Happy Reel Film Day and I hope you wax nostalgic !
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- March 4, 2025
- National Pound Cake Day 2025
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Pound cake has been a frequent accompaniment to my morning coffee over the years.
Time was we would have home made pound cake.
Now the elderly factor has crept into our existence and it's either buy it from the grocery store or do without.
Today is National Pound Cake Day.
It is held annually on March 4 to celebrate the pound cake and perhaps try their hand at baking them.
Pound cakes refer to the type of cake traditionally made with one pound each of four ingredients: butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.
Since the standard recipe for pound cake typically exceeds the requirements of most family meals the day encourages you to celebrate, bake them, eat them, and pass them around.
I pretty much can go for a piece of pound cake anytime. Particularly with a glass of milk or cup of coffee.
Happy National Pound Cake Day to you.
See Also:
National Pound Cake Day 2023
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- March 3, 2025
- Navy Reserve Birthday 2025
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I was in the Navy Reserve.
I didn't really "choose" it. It chose me. Nonetheless, "The Navy" is, of course, "The Navy" and I was repeatedly told that they did not differentiate between "reserve" or otherwise. The only real distinction is "active duty" or not.
My recruiter placed me there under his authority and the bottom line was I was in the Reserve and that was that.
I would soon find out that it was all one Navy and the "reserve" designation really didn't mean a lot outside of the service contract parameters.
Today is the Naval Reserve Birthday.
It is celebrated annually on March 3 to commemorate the establishment of the United States Navy Reserve.
The last time I celebrated Navy birthdays I was aboard the USS MacDonough (DDG-39) with then FTC Wayne Mead ... who was Navy to the core. He was a true friend and passed recently and I continue grieving.
On Congress passed legislation to establish the Federal Navy Reserve on March 3, 1915. It was renamed the US Naval Reserve Force on April 6, 1917. The Naval Reserve Force was renamed to Navy Reserve in 2005.
Happy Birthday Navy Reserve.
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