If you choose to celebrate this one don’t blame me. It’s National Leave Work Early Day. This holiday was designed to shine light on the idea that getting your work done well and on time shouldn’t be tied to a 40 hour work week. i.e. you should be measured on the quality of your work and not the number of… Read more »
This is a day after my own heart. It’s Buy a Musical Instrument day. As I’ve mentioned many times before, being in band is a given for my dad’s side of the family (mom’s side are good people, but they can’t carry a tune in a bucket). The only question is what are you going to play. And that’s barely… Read more »
Unless you live way off the grid (and if you are reading this you probably aren’t) you’ve noticed that vehicles here in the US are getting bigger and bigger. This trend has been going on for decades and shows no signs of slowing down even as gas prices climb. And I don’t get it. I grew up on a farm… Read more »
The other day while on my way to the local grocery store I noticed a group of kids in their lates teens or early 20s all wearing identical red T shirts at the gas station across the street. They were out campaigning for someone- I don’t remember who. It made me thing of someone I haven’t thought about in years…. Read more »
My comfort show is MythBusters. Not Friends. Not The Office. Certainly not Gilmore Girls. I want to watch people in safety glasses blow up a cement truck and then explain, calmly, what they learned. I have watched every episode more times than I can count and yes, I will continue to rewatch them over and over again. My other comfort… Read more »
Today is a day we need more than just once a year- it’s Honesty Day. The thought is that this perfectly dovetails with the first day of April being April Fool’s Day. And that is a nice thought. But, we are living in the stupidest timeline, so truth is hard to come by ANY day in certain circles. As a… Read more »
Perhaps this should have been a bit earlier this year, but today is National Jelly Bean day! Ronald Reagan famously had jelly beans on his desk in the Oval Office and over 2 tons of them were used during this 1981 inauguration celebration. Justin Bieber and Stephen Colbert are also rumored to by big fans of this particular kind of… Read more »
Today is National Beaver Day. IYKYK