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- January 6, 2024
- National Cuddle Day 2024
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So once upon a time I would hold a paramour close in my arms to express either my love or affection. Yes, I was quite the cuddler back in the day.
Those days are long gone given the career path I chose and the travel it entailed. I was never one to pick up some bar fly with whom to become close so I pretty much tapered out of the coupling life relatively early.
So today we have National Cuddle Day. It is observed each January 6 and the typical cold weather provides impetus to cuddle up and get close.
The ambiance of amenities such as fire places and such add to such possibilities.
However, you do need a partner if you're going to cuddle and they are not always available.
These days I don't really seek companionship because the loner life took hold some years back. However, if you are equipped and ready I hope you'll take full advantage of National Cuddle Day.
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- January 5, 2024
- National Bird Day 2024
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Another National Bird Day is upon us. I try to celebrate the day because I think birds are important. These descendants of the dinosaurs remain with us despite overwhelming odds against survival and they add to the world with their colorful plumage and song.
They are a large group of animals suffering various threats to include illegal pet trade, disease, loss of habitat, and the ignorance of all to many humans who take them for granted.
I have just one issue with birds in general and that has to do with my truck and their propensity for eliminating waste products upon it.
However, in my never ending attempt not to be petty I overlook these transgressions resulting in more business for the car wash over on Sunset Boulevard.
National Bird Day is observed each January 5 under the auspices of the Avian Welfare Coalition since 2002. It is meant to raise awareness of the difficulties of bird species and to raise public awareness of bird requirements for life.
Many birds are either endangered or protected and this is due to the encroachment of many upon them and they are keystone species which indicate the overall health of the environment.
I hope you can find the time to set out a little food in the form of fruits, nuts, suet, as well as millet and other grains for the birds in an effort to ensure their survival.
See Also:
National Bird Day 2020
National Bird Day 2019
National Bird Day 2018
National Bird Day
Yes Virginia, the birds will crap on you
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- January 4, 2024
- World Hypnotism Day 2024
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I don't know why but I cannot be hypnotized.
The proposed reasons for this situation do not resonate with me either. I have been on stages where the sweat was pouring off the performer who couldn't believe that I wasn't falling under his spell. Who knows ...
Today is World Hypnotism Day.
It is observed each January 4.
Those complexities which constitute hypnotism and the control said to be imparted upon the subject are certainly worth the consideration —
Suffice it to say one should not make claims which turn out to be unsubstantiated either.
I have no preconceived notions regarding the process nor do I fear the practioners or the 'Manchurian Candidate' portends of control by another.
It has just never been possible to date and the world is running out of time.
Suffice it to say that my senses are under control and I have a frank grasp on that reality I occupy.
If you ever want to try to hypnotize me I think it might be arranged.
Happy World Hypnotism Day.
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- January 3, 2024
- Festival of Sleep Day 2024
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I am quite easily engaged in sleep anymore. All I have to do is retire and I awaken sometime later after some lively REM engagement.
I think it all stems from my early start on the third shift when I began working after I dropped out of college. For years I engaged the eleven pm to seven am workaday world with Sargeant Hampton and the others of the Richland Emergency Room back in the early 1970s. Later I became engrained in the standard daytime work from my hitch in the Navy onward. Then I found myself teaching college for the next 20 years. Go figure.
Today is Festival of Sleep Day. It is a January 3 construct which aims in letting you catch up on that sleep surrendered to the seasonal events otherwise. It's origins appear in the industrial organization of industrialist Henry Ford in 1926 back when he tried to structure the day of workers as if he owned them.
Regardless, there is a lot to be said for a good nights sleep. Some of us engage in naps in addition to our nightly 8 hours.
I hope you're rested and raring to go each and every day.
Happy Festival of Sleep Day
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- January 2, 2024
- Things I don't do on cell phones
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There are a number of things I do not pursue on my cell phone, even though they purport to be safe and reliable. The most notable of these is ecommerce.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not crazy about ecommerce at my workstation either. I personally prefer brick and mortar stores to the likes of mf amazon or some other web based loser.
I decline to do ecommerce or any manner of financial endeavor on my cell phone because I simply do not trust the security nor the mechanisms of recovery or those guarantees of adequate bandwidth and signal.
Take my stupid bank. These morons force two factor authentication on me (as though it's not running me off) and they send their codes over SMS (texting) modality even though the security here is grossly lacking.
I think that their IT department exists to service the old biddies on Whiskey Road because they sure don't exhibt anything valuable in the way of computer skills or recommendations.
But I digress. Just bear in mind that I have had fraud issues with ecommerce and this alone has caused me to shun it like the proverbial red headed stepchild to the point that I decline to go there BUT I don't hold it against you if you care to indulge.
In these days of evil dirtbags like Alphabet, Google, Facebook, Target and Walmart who are without both technical merit and trustworthiness I would be foolhardy to allow them to participate in more of my life that I consider safe to share.
Ecommerce is not one of those things I share with just anybody. I have a couple of new vendors who I have banned for their utter incompetence already in the new year. I set high standards but indeed make all attempts to meet those standards for myself. I wasn't always so integrity conscious in my business dealings.
In the presence of dullard democrat influences pervading the nation, America has gone downhill in the fight for integrity and I do not care to be subjected to this frank lack of worthiness which has rubbed off from the democrats to the idiots they attract in the marketplace.
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- January 1, 2024
- New Years Day 2024
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Happy New Year to each and everyone !
May your year be eventful and happy and your resolutions fulfilled.
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- December 31, 2023
- New Years Eve 2024
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So as we approach the rapidly upcoming new year I hope this time finds you and yours happy, healthy, and enjoying everything that life has to offer.
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- December 30, 2023
- National Bacon Day 2023
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My old friend the late Emmett Tolbert of Lugoff SC said that everything was better with bacon. He was of course commenting on a burger we had just ordered at the Sandhills Red Robin restaurant in the Northeast section of Columbia.
So while I wasn't always in agreement with Emmett on some things I was certainly fine with his notion that bacon adds flavor to whatever it may be included.
Today is National Bacon Day. Since 1997 it happens each December 30 and I'm a big enough fan to go out and buy a pound and fry it up with some eggs over easy and a spot of polenta (yellow grits) and simply have at it.
It's a good addition to whatever food you may have going on and I am particularly fond of adding it to a salad.
Have a tasty National Bacon Day and I hope you find yourself able to indulge !
See Also:
Cruel Fate
National Pig Day
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- December 29, 2023
- National Cello Day 2023
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The cello is an interesting musical instrument for those of us who like to hear classical string ensembles such as those belted out by Leonard Hoffstetler and Leslie Winkle on The Big Bang Theory.
In actually, today is International Cello Day which is observed each December 29 whereby the culture and music are celebrated.
The cello is a bowed four string musical instrument tuned for harmony. The appearance is that of a very large violin.
The day coincides with the birthday of renowned cellist Pablo Casals.
All the more reason to celebrate.
So if you play music or simply love to listen the day is a day for the refined musical aficionados in our midst.
Happy International Cello Day with respect to Pablo Casals.
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- December 28, 2023
- National Tim Day 2023
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So today we have National Tim Day. My brother in law is named Tim. So is his son.
Seems that December 28 is their day.
I read that the name originates from the old Greek Timotheos.
It has quite the strong biblical derivation — of a Christian Soldier spin — and is nothing like I had originally imagined; which was a bit on the pagan side of things.
Tim and my sister seem to hit it off okay. His son and spouse likewise appear to be doing fine.
The moniker has been used here since about the 16th century and was in widespread use in the ancient Greek regions for much longer.
So if you know someone named Tim be sure and wish them a happy day.
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- December 27, 2023
- National Fruitcake Day 2023
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Along with my holiday season I try to squeeze in a few slices of fruitcake. It's been this way for as long as I can remember. A hallmark of the season for the past 20 years or so is me sitting with a cup of hot coffee and a big piece of various varieties of fruitcake.
I have fond memories of the Claxton fruitcakes which were a favorite of my late Grandma Sallie. I would typically store it in the fridge and cut pieces from it as desired. Every time I taste a piece of one I think of her.
Ah, the satisfaction of it all as I bask in the spirit of the holidays with one of my favorite holiday flavors ...
Today is National Fruitcake Day. It goes down each December 27 annually and is a day set aside for appreciation of the eccentric as well as a time to enjoy a variety of fine holiday baked goods.
Anyway I like fruitcake during the holiday season. I could sit there and extol the virtues of the moist heavy ingredients laden confection on and on.
I like all varieties, dark, light, a lot of fruit and nuts, mostly cake, drizzled with brandy or not, and the possibilities are endless according to your ethnicity and holiday traditions.
Happy National Fruitcake Day !
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- December 26, 2023
- Hating on Kwanzaa 2023
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Here we have yet another edition of the contrived uncivilized mambo lipped holiday Kwanzaa.
Black separatist and stupid foreign negro Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 during the aftermath of the Watts riots.
It was designed to replace Christmas and be this black only event much like the black miss america contest or the black pages to exclude crackers.
Invented by Africans for Africans they should all simply return to Africa and celebrate this hot negroid mess all year long.
Boo Kwanzaa.
See Also:
Kwanzaa 2022
The fifth day of Kwanzaa 2021
kwanzaa 2020
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- December 25, 2023
- Christmas Day 2023
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- December 24, 2023
- Christmas Eve 2023
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