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August 31, 2024
National South Carolina Day 2024
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    South Carolina
This day kind of snuck up on me sometime back. Today is National South Carolina Day.

It goes down each August 31 and is meant to honor the history, people, and culture of South Carolina.

Only problem is with all the immigrants arriving here they don't wish to assimilate. They want to force their culture down our throats. So pardon me if I forego all the hospitality and festive souther charm for an uzi and a couple thousand rounds of ammo.

South Carolina was an early admission to the US Constitution, becoming the 8th state in the Union and was the site of many battles for those freedoms we now enjoy. We were a Confederate state in a war where I lost family fighting on both sides.

I have little sympathy for those who express intolerance for the Confederate flag. I have an ancestor who served in the Union army as a phyisician who was executed by the North for treating confederate wounded. As it stands I am not supportive of immigration of any kind. These people come here thinking they're going to take over. It would be quite alright with me if any and all foreigners were deported with extreme prejudice yesterday.

So in the spirit of this day I would say Welcome to South Carolina.

Now go home.
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August 30, 2024
National Grief Awareness Day 2024
Grief

    
Grief is a very personal suffering.

I recall with the passing of my dear old dad back in 2001 that I experienced profound protracted grief and I still have episodes of grief to this day.

This mental anguish which for me arose from bereavement presented a never ending stream of regrets and frustration.

This is National Grief Awareness Day.

It happens on August 30th and is some misbegotton notion that others can assist with personal grief and even offer coping skills appertaining thereto ...

I don't practice the Kübler-Ross "five stages" of grief nor do I claim any occult understanding of the process or effects.

All I know is talking about my grief never helped once and all I can do is get by as best I can.

Perhaps you who like to be led around by your nose ring will fare better in the counseling department than I ever did.

My sentiments for the late others signficant to my existence cannot be aided or abetted by somebody claiming to be in the know.

So take your worthless degree and shove it. I just have to work through it all myself. Thanks anyway, but you cannot help me.

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August 29, 2024
Walmart Sucks
    Screw Walmart

So I'm done with Walmart

I'm tired of the marginal products sold by rip offs who allow panhandlers to take undue advantage of their customers payment cards.

I am also seriously considering banishment of all persons who shop with Walmart so you may wish to keep it a secret if I am known to repair your computers from time to time.

Suffice it to say this company is unscrupulous, immoral, and I personally feel populated with employees who were born of parents who are siblings.

Keep your panhandlers to yourselves and try to hire people who aren't so stupid as to aid and abet their payment card fraud.

Die Walmart die.
 

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August 29, 2024
National Lemon Juice Day 2024
Lemon Slices    

Lemons are a healthy fruit grown on trees indigenous to the tropics.

My good friend has grown a few of these trees immediately adjacent to a brick wall of her home and they seem to weather the winters here just fine.

The acidic nature of the fruit makes for a pucker here and there and I must say that the taste of a cold lemonade in the Summer makes for an enjoyable interlude.

Today is National Lemon Juice Day. It is observed each August 29th annually.

The juice of lemons is said to have detoxifying effects on the digestive tract.

Lemon juice is added to various drinks, even alcoholic ones. The rind is used as decorative additions called "twists".

There was a song called "Lemon" released by U2 back in November of 1993 inspired by Bono's late mother in home movies wearing a yellow dress which was a favorite of mine for a long time.

All in all I like to pick up a 5 pound bag of lemons at the Chef Store when I can.

It makes for a number of refresing pitchers of lemonade.
 

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August 28, 2024
Hal Finney Passed 10 Years Ago
    Hal Finney

Harold Thomas Finney II was born in Coalinga, California May 4, 1956.

Sadly, he died as the result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka motor neurone disease aka Lou Gehrig's disease on August 28, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona at age 58.

He was a software developer and the first Bitcoin recipient.

Early on in his career he was credited as lead developer on several console games.

He later worked for PGP Corporation. He was a noteworthy cypherpunk advocating widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy enhancing technologies as a route to social and political change. He was the main author of PGP 2.0 and the core crypto libraries of later versions of PGP

Hal Finney was a cryptographer and the main author of PGP 2.0 and the core crypto libraries of later versions of PGP. He was the designer of Reusable Proofs of Work (RPOW) in conjunction with the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.

He was an early Bitcoin contributor, and received the first Bitcoin transaction from the currency's creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Upon his passing he underwent cryonic processes and preservation at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Who knows, the world may see this talented human being once again.

Rest in peace ... and maybe we'll see ya later !
 

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August 27, 2024
International Lottery Day 2024
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I've been playing the lottery since April of 2002.

I began around my birthday approximately a year after my father passed away. I played all the big games with wild abandon for many years shoveling every extra dollar into chances at every turn — for naught.

When Powerball changed the rules several times I decided they were a bunch of crooks and stopped playing that game by and large. I still play occasionally, but the jackpot has to be in the 500 million dollar range or with a single ticket costing me 20 bucks I don't bother anymore. Then the state of South Carolina dropped Lucky for Life which was another game I had played to the nth degree. This left Mega Millions, what remaining Powerball I occasionally indulge, and the shitty local games.

I view the South Carolina jurisdiction as pretty much a loser ever since the Bethea era.

The advent of Ernie Passailaigue who was initially given charge of the SC Lottery by some good ole boy network members showed his true colors when he went to Arkansas and started ripping them off instead of us.

I feel the SC has become renoun for all the self promoting crooks we elect to public office. There appears to be no interest in cultivating lottery winners in the state. I have often questioned the software they implemented for ticket purchases. I mean, if you really don't trust them for any manner of good decisions otherwise ...

What's the use ?

So I still play Mega Millions and will likely do so until they change the rules of play for that game whereby I will simply drop it like the others and migrate elsewhere. I only wish I had been adhering to a budget back in 2002.

I have begun playing in other jurisdictions like Georgia and North Carolina since they are both within close reasonably close driving distance. I figure they are no more unscrupulous and immoral as the South Carolina Education Lottery.

While I'm sure lightning could indeed strike, one thing is for sure:

Lightning strikes are likewise far and few between.

Boo !

See Also:

International Lottery Day 2023
Playing the Lottery Nowadays
Something I always regret
Stopping Powerball Play
Lucky for Life ends in SC
Lackadaisical Lottery Play
Lottery Mess
No Go on the Lottery Win Again
Lottery Antics
The New Deal
Gambling is a Superstitious Thing

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August 26, 2024
National Cherry Popsicle Day 2024
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I had a real heyday for popsicles, round about my mid to late childhood.

Since then I've enjoyed a few every now and then but they are no longer the treat I pursue by choice anymore.

I suppose age is telling on me.

Today is National Cherry Popsicle Day, held each August 26 annually.

I've heard the Epperson popsicle origination story about the eleven year old who created the frozen treat by accidentally freezing some home made soda pop he was making.

The stirring stick became an integral part of the invention.

They say the word 'popsicle' is a trade mark but it remains in widespread use today regardless.

So get out there and enjoy a "Epsicle Ice Pop" if you are so inclined ...

Have a great National Cherry Popsicle Day.

See Also:

National Grape Popsicle Day 2022
National Blueberry Popsicle Day

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August 25, 2024
Walmart Market Panhandlers and Me
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Well, I was hit by yet another panhandler at the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 1355 Knox Abbott Drive in Cayce, SC 29033. (803) 223-0762

I came clean to my mother and she chastised me yet again for allowing this to happen.

She is irritated with the never ending stream of foreigners who approach shoppers with notes and so forth poor mouthing as if I weren't there in an attempt to save money.

Last time it was a Scandinavian lady with her preteen son in tow. Today it was a chica chicana wanting baby stuff. The only issue I'm having with all of this is once I paid for her order and we were in front of the store she persisted in attempting to hit me up for cash.

So anyway, this is the Biden Administration's legacy that we might support the indigent of the world.

I hope your day went better than mine. This business of trying to be a nice person all the time is vastly over rated.

I'm seriously considering shopping elsewhere or allowing that ogre within to come out in full fury next time ...

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August 25, 2024
Social Justice Sunday 2024
    the so-called Social Justice Warrior

The stupid social justice warrior is a species of human being which will eventually become extinct, having been supplanted by persons with a realistic outlook and orientation to life on the planet.

They are abnormal pollyanna types who think that "they are, so they are entitled" when that cause and effect relationship simply does not exist.

I've seen so many of them get their puny asses beaten on public streets when they go pushing their idiotic philosphies on we who will not tolerate them. It's really become and embarassment for me as a citizen of the United States to see this particular strain of democrat scum get theirs so severely.

Today is Social justice Sunday.

It is held every year on the final Sunday of August by the stupid on the planet.

This notion that you are down trodden simply because you don't get your way is misguided and as fantasy prone as those transexual, homosexual, and of course the drag queen individuals — who should all be lined up and taken out as the stains upon society they are.

If you think me some cruel troglodyte because I detest everything you stand for that's fine.

Just don't make the mistake of getting in my face to voice your opinion or your misguided philsophy and you'll be safe from me and what I would like to do to you. I never feel the need to necessarily act on my opinions unlike SO MANY of you. However, don't count on this to save you if you get too assertive with me in particular. I like and can certainly handle the rough stuff.

Happy Social Justice Sunday. Now die.
 

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August 24, 2024
National Knife Day 2024
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I appreciate fine cutlery.

This goes back to my youth when it was my very transient ambition to become a knife fighter.

It was an offshoot of my infamous early karateka phase with all it's tantos, sai, and shuriken as well as ko-budo bo, tonfas, and nunchaku.

Alas, Bruce Lee went away and so did my desire.

Nowadays, I have become somewhat less hostile and more acclimatized to the use of knives for other reasons ...

Today is National Knife Day.

It happens each August 24 and represents a celebration of one of man's first tools.

Many of us use knives on a daily basis.

If you are a migrant in Great Britain you use it to cut up the children of the King's subjects and he doesn't do squat about it while the law enforcement there is too preoccupied with what you post on social media in an effort to entrap you in the name of some woke nonsense to do their duty.

We don't really know about the origins of National Knife Day.

So get out there and cut something ... like a murderous uncouth brigand muslim's immigrant head off.

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August 23, 2024
Find Your Inner Nerd Day 2024
    Nerdimus Maximus
While I don't readily associate myself with the word "nerd" plenty of others do.

I think the moniker is somewhat of a misnomer given the massive subject matter expertise forced upon me by the powers that be and all those lesser entities with whom they forced upon me during that time frame.

Technical certifications have certainly proven to be less than adequate preparation for anything besides fleecing the public.

The fete is held each August 23rd, which is also my sister's birthday under the auspices of one Beth Z, who claims to be everyone's Nerdy Best Friend.

Be all of this as it may, those technical pursuits are about the only thing keeping me sane these days since retirement and I have not really meshed too well.

So get out there and find your inner nerd, if you think you have one.

I'm not entirely sure but plan to at least fake it hookah smoking caterpillar not withstanding ...

Happy Find Your Inner Nerd Day to all the geeks of the world.

I'm okay with it all.

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August 22, 2024
Folklore Day in Brazil 2024
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The traditional knowledge of a people is known as their 'folklore'. I was not big on folklore until recently, when I encountered Paranormal Caught on Camera and started hearing the words of one Lynne S McNeill as she explained various aspects of this traditional knowledge to me. Nowadays I am pretty much up to speed on what I now consider to be important information even though it was of much less importance to me previously.

Lynne S McNeill, PhD, is a professor of Folklore at Utah State University. She is an active member of the American Folklore Society, the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, and the Western States Folklore Society. Her areas of research and publication include legend and belief, folk and fairy tales, the supernatural, and digital culture.
Today is Brazil’s Folklore Day. It is observed each August 22 and is known as "Dia do Folclore" there. It is a celebration of of folk tradition in Brazil and I personally think we could stand for more of that here instead of all the woke crap which substitutes for reality in the United States.

The term folklore was coined by one William John Thoms on August 22, 1846.

I think our history and folklore are much more important than some ridiculous individual claiming to be something beyond their natural law purview and demanding the use of ridiculous inappropriate pronouns they can never own. Regardless, I hope you'll immerse yourself in your own folklore as long as it is real and not some contrived mechanism designed to present something that has never existed.

    Paranormal Caught On Camera

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August 20, 2024
Bernardo O'Higgins was born in 1778
    Bernardo OHiggins
When I was a kid at George R Fishburne Elementary School on Murray Drive in Hanahan, SC I was given a part in a play in the sixth grade and the 1966-1967 school year. We had costumes and just a few lines so it wasn't too forboding and I played the part of Bernardo O'Higgins, a military hero from Chile in the past.

My get up was replete with the finest medals my teacher could draw. They were fabulous !

I had to say "My name is Bernardo O'Higgins and Chile is my country" and a few other things and the whole thing was over in less than an hour. It seems that he and I had mathematics issues in school and this is why I was chosen to play that part .

So on this day in 1778 Bernardo O'Higgins was born born in Chillán and grew to become a founding father of the country of Chile which he freed from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence.

Born 246 years ago, he was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish heritage. He was the Supreme Director of Chile from 1817 through 1823. He was Captain General of the Chilean Army and Brigadier of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata as well as General Officer of Gran Colombia and Grand Marshal of Peru.

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August 19, 2024
International Bow Tie Day 2024
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The bow tie is an accessory worn by many people. I, for one have NEVER worn one — nor do I intend to ever don this symbol of the crook and charletain. I think the addition of a bow tie deters from the general appearance of any outfit relegating you to the appearance of riff raff before your very eyes.

Every crook I've ever known was wearing a bow tie. Entirely too many deep South rednecks sport a senior prom picture with a bow tie. Fashion sense, WHAT fashion sense ?!

Today is International Bow Day. It is observed each August 19 in the dubious honor this misbegotton accessory which unfortunately has influenced fashion for eons. The bow tie has been traced back to Croatia in the 17th century. Heck, they could have kept it to themseles prior to allowing it to become an international tragedy.

Alas, some of my favorite people wear bow ties. The tuxedo is said to be "made" for the bow tie replete with cummerbund. Fugget about it .

However, if you are so inclined you don't need to be taking my lead on the matter. If you like a bow tie by all means wear it. I'm probably the only person on the Earth who will consider you a tactless tasteless dweeb.

Happy International Bow Tie Day to all of the fashion challenged out there.

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