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- August 5, 2024
- National Underwear Day 2024
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I have always worn tidy whitie briefs as underwear for the entirety of my life.
Those few forays I made into boxers were totally unsatisfactory.
I'm afraid longhandles didn't float my boat either, not even in frigid weather.
I'm afraid the entire notion of a drop flap in the back was lost on me ... as IF.
Today is National Underwear Day.
It is held each August 5th since 2003 under the auspices of a brand called Freshpair.
Underwear is available in all manner of fabrics, styles, and colors and I dare say some of the choices I have seen draped across the butts of others has been the subject of protracted laughter on my part.
I simply don't see the need for some of these exotic color combinations I witness on occasion.
I found the gray and pink for men particularly offensive.
National Underwear Day celebrates all those boxers, briefs, sports bras, and even some swimming suits which may certainly pass as underwear if worn underneath your clothing.
It's a day for noting that which is concealed — unless you're one of these no class tactless idiots who feel the underwear should form a ring beneath the pants you ride low to the ground.
So get out there and celebrate those drawers !
See Also:
Boxer Shorts Day 2022
National Underwear Day 2022
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- August 4, 2024
- American Family Day 2024
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The first Sunday in August brings us American Family Day which celebrates those familial bonds and relationships which makes for a steady anchor of our character and comportment in turbulent times. It is a day for close interpersonal relationships and cherishing those who comprise your family.
The day discourages the giving of gifts unless they are one of your time. I try to spend time with my family because lets face it, we're not getting any younger. I try to savor each and every day with my family. Having lost a biological father as well as a step father I have my mother and siblings left. The losses I have experienced remain an empty hurting deep within, the pain of which I suppress only because life is about getting past things.
I'm sorry to say that there was indeed a time when I took my family for granted. Over the years that attrition secondary to loss of family members and the grief it inspires has imparted a new personal attitude. You don't really know how badly you are going to miss someone until after they are gone. I rue the day I never told my daddy things I needed to say.
The day is said to originate in Arizona but I like to think I came about it after personal epiphany. I love my family and I try not to take them for granted. It wasn't always this way.
Happy American Family Day to you and your family.
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- August 3, 2024
- Bram Moolenaar RIP
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One of our own skilled techies passed a year ago today.
Bram Moolenaar was an unsung hero of the information age.
He was born in 1961 at Lisse, Netherlands.
He passed on August 3, 2023 at 62 years of age.
He graduated from the electrical engineering program at Delft University of Technology.
He is known for making possible the porting the VIM editor across several other platforms.
VIM is one of the most popular text editors in the world and is widely in use by many, including myself.
He was overly involved in google projects like calendar and VIM.
This is but a personal aversion and as such the I could never hold working for my enemy against him.
He had participated in many charities involving the support of AIDS victims in Uganda.
Rest in peace.
See Also:
Programmers Day 2018
Amazing Grace Hopper
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- August 2, 2024
- International Beer Day 2024
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I once was the consumate beer drinker.
It was from a slow start that I found myself able to quaff beer any time of the day.
I have never really wanted to drink beer with food, however.
It's status as one of the oldest drinks the world carries it far and wide.
Today is International Beer Day.
It is held on the First Friday in August.
It's a vehicle for those so inclined to go out and get schnockered I suppose.
Anyway, if you are a beer drinker you know who you are and this day is for you.
Don't let the fact that I'm no longer the lush I once was deter you in the least.
Happy International Beer Day, sot.
See Also:
National American Beer Day 2023
National Beer Day 2023
American Craft Beer Week 2022
National Beer Day 2020
National Beer Lovers Day 2019
National Beer Day 2019
National Beer Lovers Day
The Fair Doesn't Happen for Me Anymore
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- August 1, 2024
- World Wide Web Day 2024
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Today we celebrate Tim Berners-Lee's 1989 invention known as the World Wide Web. It is an interconnection of computer networks comprising the Earth and now even into orbit around it. It is a mechanism for people to share electronically with others.
The WWW wasn't an immediate "world wide" hit with the populace but has supplanted most other media for dominant use.
Though it was not envisioned as a public access mechanism, but one for scientists to share data the rest so we say is history. It is now an essential part of many lives upon the earth including my own. HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) utilizes Hypertext Markup Language to create documents that act the basis for innumerable other features.
Some of us take the markup even farther with scripting such as javascript, Lucee, perl, and other adjuncts which may be installed on the web server.
Happy World Wide Web Day to you.
See Also:
National Internet Day 2023
World Wide Web Day 2023
Internaut Day 2022
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- July 31, 2024
- Happy Birthday JK Rowling 2024
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JK Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter franchise.
At this point in time I have never read the books nor seen any of the movies. HOWEVER, this does not diminish the favor and esteem in which I hold Ms Rowling.
She spoke her mind to trans and woke idiots and held her ground.
She knows that she is correct in her thinking while they are not.
Sex is real
JK Rowling
tweet angering transexuals and woke other
I for one respect and applaud her for not entertaining the fantasy worlds of idiots of these persuasions who think they are going to force their stupid preferred pronouns and morbid unscientific ideology on the rest of us.
To Hell with transexual fantasy.
To Hell with woke idiocy.
Happy Birthday JK Rowling.
You are a true hero of the sane upon the earth.
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- July 30, 2024
- New Electrical Distribution Panel
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I have a new electrical distribution panel with new high power cables and an outside to code wiring scheme. It has my house looking like it has been overrun by the Borg.
There are a few minor remaining issues which will be addressed in the morning. My server cluster has been down for 2 days taking care of this so I hope there will be minimal additional downtime.
I was happy that the discrepancies all appear to be lights in the same general vacinity.
Wish me luck as we proceed tomorrow. I was told to expect this issue so I am left feeling prepared.
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- July 29, 2024
- Rain Day 2024
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Many of those around me do not enjoy the rain. They view it as "bad" weather. I for one enjoy the rain. It imparts moisture to the soil, contributes to the aquafirs and replenishes the ground water — and generally makes for a cooler weather experience from the cloud cover.
I like to maintain a dehumdifier to keep the inside of my home arid in the humid Summer months in South Carolina. However I leave the out of doors to it's own devices and participate in the day regardless of the level of precipitation.
This is Rain Day which is observed each July 29. It is a day to be thankful for the water cycle and hope that the geoengineering idiots are taken out before they finish ruining the earth. The day was created by a pharmacist named William Allison of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. I view the rain as essential to life, therefore I observe and enjoy the rain whenever it is present. - Comments (0)
- July 28, 2024
- National Waterpark Day 2024
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I've never really been to a waterpark. Everytime I've been to one I was either in Navy dress whites or other inappropriate attire for taking a dip. Suffice it to say that the experience was totally lost on me.
I had considered going to a couple of nearby water parks, but the last time I planned a visit the park on Two Notch Road in Columbia, SC abruptly closed. I never regained that impetus to return to any other water parks elsewhere.
Today is National Waterpark Day which occurs each July 28 under the auspices of Kalahari Resorts and Conventions since 2017. The water park looks like an enjoyable time for sure but sometimes situations are simply not in agreement with karma and or the moon and the sun and the stars and you simply have to make other arrangements.
Though I will probably never enjoy the experience I hope you can avail yourself to what seems to be potentially a really bitching time.
Happy National Waterpark Day to you !
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- July 27, 2024
- National Day of the Cowboy 2024
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Here's one I have upon which I have never been too keen.
It's National Day of the Cowboy which falls on the 4th Saturday of July since 2005 making it July 27 this year. It is held under the auspices of an organization called "National Day of the Cowboy" (if you can believe it) and is observed to validate cowboy culture which is alive and well even in the information age.
Don't get me wrong, I did have my cowboy phase which sprang up right about the time of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and of course ... The Lone Ranger.
It's just that was 60 years ago and this is now. I no longer wear the cowboy hat and cowboy boots, nor do I don the mask of the Lone Ranger nor play Zorro anymore either.
The day began in the state of Wyoming and grew pretty much nationwide from there. This grassroots movemennt has amassed some 15 states having passed the bill. Coming from a rural area and having been a Navy brat I am well indoctrinated that the cowboy culture has been flourishing as long as I can remember. There were always elaborate hats and cowboy boots in my midst as far back as I can remember.
The crux of the day is raising awareness of rodeos, cowboy history museums, and country fairs, roping demonstrations you know, those things indigenous to cowboy culture in an effort to make sure that cowboy image never dies. I have distinct memories of playing cowboy from my early child hood. When I wasn't wearing a Navy dixie cup I had a cowboy hat on my head.
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- July 26, 2024
- National Dog Photograph Day 2024
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Mans relationship with dogs are a product of interaction from time immemorial. There are companion animals, working animals, guard animals, and just about every niche you might consider could have a dog placed within it.
Needless to say, it becomes a personal matter when a companion and/or working animal is needlessly injured or worse, killed ... to which K-9 police officers all too often fall victim.
Duty. That is the name of the game. Police dogs fallen in the line of duty are afforded that respect they deserve. Memorial services and memories are a small token of esteem in the face of self sacrifice. It's a shame we cannot protect them better when they serve us in that capacity.
Today is National Dog Photography Day. It is observed each July 26 annually to encourage the owners of dogs and photographers to get together and record an animal in time.
Such as this dog, K-9 Coba. The cannine was killed after being shot while assisting a team of law enforcement officers from SLED and the Newberry County Sheriff's Office serving felony warrants on one James Robert Peterson near Prosperity on Tuesday, June 11.
He had his memorial service, but I'm quite sure his handler and other cohorts would have preferred that it had never been necessary.
Rest in peace.
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- July 25, 2024
- International Red Shoe Day 2024
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Red shoes are not really my idea of an appropriate fashion statement for a man. However, my experience with others tells me that we are not always in agreement regarding what is and is not "manly".
Today is International Red Shoe Day. It is observed each July 25th since 2014 under the auspices of friends Karen Smith and Lisa Hilton, founders of the Global Lyme & Invisible Illness Organization, wishing to memorialize Australian Lyme disease patient one Theda Myint who died from the disease in 2013.
The day was established in 2014 by Myint’s friends as a way to pay tribute to her, as well as to others worldwide who have lost their battles with Lyme or similar illnesses., The ‘red shoe’ was chosen as the symbol for the day because of Myint’s fondness for red shoes and how they are an integral part of her identity and fight.
International Red Shoe Day is a day to not only commemorate Theda Myint but to also spread awareness and remember those who have lost their lives to Lyme or similarly invisible illnesses globally.
Such a sad tale of human frailty. Rest in peace Theda Myint.
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- July 24, 2024
- International Self Care Day 2024
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In this worldly existence, it is not enough to ask others for help. One must also implement help for one's self.
Toward that end I try to accommodate my gravity challenged corpulence by hanging upside down on my inversion table in an effort to decompress my vertebral and skeletal musculature from time to time. I find it helps with backache and posture. I have had to work up an ability to be upside down having a very low tolerance early on.
I also try to do other things which aid my existence as well such as take the enzyme superoxide dismutase to repair DNA and other free radical elimination substances as a part of my daily supplementation. Being a wholistic healthcare worker for the first 10 years of my career, the notion of "natural" substances appeals to me.
Notably I have a good comprehensive multivitamin and a corresponding multimineral. Then there is the ubiquinol for heart health, the xanthin and zeanthin for my aging myopic eyeballs — and the nail prep to augment my integument.
My nail practioner, Mrs Goodfoot who does my mani pedi treatment says that my nails are exceptional for my age. No yellow, no fungus, no funk, no cracking, no misshapen contours.
All of this has been a rather expensive alternative to blindly accepting age and age related disorders but I refuse to go quietly into the night.
Today is International Self-Care Day. It has been observed each July 24 since 2011 under the auspices of the International Self-Care Foundation as a vehicle to emphasize importance of self-care as a fundamental tenet of wellness. The day encourages people to implement and utilize self-care a part of their everyday routines and prioritize it as a viable mechanism towards total health.
I view a healthy diet, exercise, and hygiene as essential aspects of this notion of "self care". Indeed, I have evolved into somewhat a 'hygiene freak' toward that end. Taking care of the business of self care goes a long way in maintaining one's own state from mental health through the various therapies for chronic diseases which plague the modern individual.
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- July 23, 2024
- International Yada Yada Yada Day 2024
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From the trivial nonsense file we have International Yada Yada Yada Day which is celebrated each July 23rd.
The phrase said to mean "so on and so forth" or "blah, blah, blah" became popular on an episode of the American sitcom "Seinfeld".
"The Yada Yada" was the 19th episode of the eighth season which made it the 153rd episode.
The observance was created by one Michael W Casby who obviously is easily amused. It is a convenient cover up for those details better omitted from polite company.
Likely a highly effective interpersonal tool for those of us continually accused of TMI (too much information).
You may or not use the term in your travels. I think I may have uttered it once under my breath many moons ago. Perhaps had I been more of a fan of Seinfeld in general — but at that time I was teaching college and didn't go for such drivel.
Regardless, happy International Yada Yada Yada Day oh ye with little to do. Now yada your ass on out of here.
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