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July 11th - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Blueberry Muffin Day

World Population Day

Free Slurpee Day

Mojito Day

 

Fun Observances

Cheer Up the Lonely Day

Make someone smile on Cheer up the Lonely Day. Annually celebrated on July 11, the unofficial holiday aims to encourage people to give some of their time to make people who are lonely smile.

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Loneliness is an inevitable part of life. For some people, it can be temporary, and for others it may be a daily struggle. Loneliness can affect the young and the old, and people from all walks of life. It can be harmful to the mental, physical, and social health of those suffering from it.

Bringing Cheer

Cheer Up the Lonely Day aims to spread awareness about the damaging effects of loneliness and asks for people to give some of their time to bring happiness and cheer into the lives of those who may be lonely.

How to Celebrate?

  • This is one holiday that is easy to celebrate. All you need to do is make someone feel loved. If you know someone who could use your company, spend some time with them, make them their favorite meal, give them some encouragement, and let them know that you enjoy your time with them.
  • If the person lives far away, send them a note to tell them that you miss them and that you think about them. Or what about sending them a little gift - perhaps their favorite candy or a bunch of flowers?
  • Volunteer your time to work with the elderly in a nursing home - not only will you be bringing cheer in their lives, you may get to hear some amazing stories about their past.
  • Learn more about the connection between mental health and loneliness and what you can do to ward off loneliness in your life and in the lives of others.
  • Invite someone who has just moved to your town for coffee and cake and get to know them better.

Did You Know...

...that some people can have a real fear of being lonely? Autophobia is the fear of being alone.

 

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Honest Brand Slogans

Hallmark: “When you care enough to give a card mass-produced by 
a corporation.”

Ritz crackers: “Tiny, edible plates.”

CliffsNotes: “They’re still going to know you didn’t read the book.”

Gillette: “We’re just going to keep adding blades.”

ChapStick: “You’ll misplace it before the tube’s empty.”

Hot Pockets: “Every bite is a different temperature.”

 

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When my coworker answered his phone, the confused woman on the other end asked, “Who is this?”

“This is Steve. With whom did you wish to speak?”

After a pause: “Did you just say whom?”

“Yes, I did.”

The woman replied, “I have the wrong number,” and hung up.

 

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It was my first night caring for an elderly patient. When he grew sleepy, I wheeled his chair as close to the bed as possible and, using the techniques I’d learned in school, grasped him in a bear hug to lift him onto the bed. But I couldn’t clear the top of the mattress. So I grabbed him again, summoned all my might, and hoisted him onto the bed. When the night shift nurse arrived, I recounted what had happened.

“Funny,” she said, looking puzzled. “Usually I just ask him to get in bed, and he does.”

 

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WTF Fun Fact - Return To Sender - Fictitious Cartoon Character

 

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WTF Fun Fact - Pistol Dueling At The Olympics

 

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WTF Fun Fact - Jolly Good Fellow

 

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Good night,

sandrewn :cowboy:

 

 

July 12th - Holidays and Observances

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Observances (click on the day for details)

Etch A Sketch Day

New Conversations Day

Pecan Pie Day

Different Colored Eyes Day

Town Criers Day

 

Fun Observances

Simplicity Day

Simplicity Day is celebrated every year on July 12. The unofficial holiday commemorates the life, times and work of American philosopher and proponent of simple living, Henry David Thoreau.

Spring landscape with a tree and the Sun.

Born on July 12, 1817, Thoreau was against slavery, a supporter of small government, an environmentalist, and an author. He was also involved in the early transcendentalist movement in the United States. Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. The main idea of the movement was that humans by nature are inherently good and that knowledge can only be gained through looking inwards as well as outwards.

Embrace Simple Living

Simplicity Day was created by the Emily Fund an organization created in memory of Emily Rachel Silverstein. The unofficial holiday encourages people to embrace simple living and a simple outlook towards life. It also promotes participants to do one thing to make the world a better place.

The holiday is also sometimes known as National Simplicity Day in the United States.

How to Celebrate?

  • Take a vow of simplicity. Cut out unimportant things in your life.
  • Is there an expensive object you have always wanted to buy? Instead of buying it, donate the money to a deserving organization.
  • Volunteer your time and money to a local organization working on a cause of your choosing.
  • Learn more about Henry David Thoreau’s life and philosophy. Read books and essays written by him. Some of his more well-known works include Walden, A Plea for Captain John Brown and Paradise (to be) Regained.

Did You Know...

...that Thoreau was one of the first people to encourage hiking and other outdoor activities for fun?

 

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July 13th - Holidays and Observances

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Observances (click on the day for details)

French Fries Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Beef Tallow Day

International Rock Day

 

Fun Observances

Embrace Your Geekness Day

On July 13 embrace your geekness and use it as your secret power because it is Embrace Your Geekness Day.

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Being a geek is something to be proud of - chances are there are few other people in the world who are as smart as you are in the field of your specific interest, may it be music, video games, comics, movies, renaissance-era jewelry making techniques, or astronomy. So accept your geekiness with open arms and show off your knowledge with pride!

How to Celebrate?

  • Learn something new and geeky today.
  • Flaunt your geekiness with pride. Are you a math geek? What about wearing a cool t-shirt with a math problem that only fellow math geeks would understand.
  • If the field you are interested in has a secret language, what about spending the day speaking the language?

Did You Know…

…that geek was originally used as a derogatory term to describe circus workers? Today, however, the term has evolved to describe a person who is an enthusiastic expert on a particular issue or subject.

 

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July 14th - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

Christian feast days

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Shark Awareness Day

Mac & Cheese Day

Grand Marnier Day

Pandemonium Day

 

Fun Observances

Pandemonium Day

July 14 is Pandemonium Day, an annual celebration of chaos and disorder. Pandemonium Day is a reminder of the chaos and uncertainty that marks most of our lives.

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The unofficial holiday encourages people to take a different look at upheavals and changes in their lives. It also inspires celebrators to find ways to take a pause from the daily grunt and to bring order and equilibrium in their lives.

From Paradise Lost

The word pandemonium, meaning a place of confusion or turmoil, comes from English poet John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. First published in 1667, the epic was a collection of 10 books. In the poem, Pandæmonium or Pandemonium is the capital of Hell. Pandemonium comes from the Greek word, pan meaning all, and daimonion, meaning inferior gods.

How to Celebrate?

  • Acknowledge that chaos is part of your life. The first step for sanity to return is to accept that pandemonium will always be part of your life.
  • Take measures to reduce the chaos and the stress that comes with it. Make a chore chart and stick to it, but don’t feel guilty if you are unable to accomplish a few chores once in a while.
  • Don’t feel like you have to do everything yourself. If the chaos feels overwhelming, ask for help from your family and friends.

Did You Know...

...that Milton wrote another epic poem called Paradise Regained as a sequel to Paradise Lost? Paradise Regained was published in 1671.

 

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While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for an electric train set. “If you get your train,” I told him, “your dad is going to want to play with it too. Is that all right?”

The boy became very quiet. So, moving the conversation along, 
I asked, “What else would you like Santa to bring you?”

He promptly replied, “Another train.”

 

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Clerk: What do you do for a living?

Man: I’m a tree trimmer.

Clerk: What do you do after Christmas?

 

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WTF Fun Fact - Male And Female Hops

 

 

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WTF Fun Fact - Weird Al Beer Money

 

 

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Good night,

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Entries in this blog

MDBCs 17 Jul 2023

July 17th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Western Church) Andrew Zorard Cynehelm Cynllo Inácio de Azevedo Jadwiga of Poland Magnus Felix Ennodius Marcellina Martyrs of Compiègne

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MDBCs 16 Jul 2023

July 16th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Tongeren Helier Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile) Reineldis July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Engineer's Day (Honduras)

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MDBCs 15 Jul 2023

July 15th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan) Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) Anne-Marie Javouhey Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden Bonaventure Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church) Donald of Ogil

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MDBCs 14 Jul 2023

July 14th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Boniface of Savoy Gaspar de Bono Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States) Deusdedit of Canterbury John Keble (Church of England) Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States) July 14 (Eastern Orthodox l

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MDBCs 13 Jul 2023

July 13th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church) Clelia Barbieri Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA)) Eugenius of Carthage Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Mildrith of Thanet Silas

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MDBCs 12 Jul 2023

July 12th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga) Christian feast day: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox) Hermagoras and Fortunatus Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church) John Gualbert Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin

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MDBCs 11 Jul 2023

July 11th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian Feast Day: Benedict of Nursia Olga of Kiev Pope Pius I July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) China National Maritime Day (China) Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina) Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium) Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland) Free Slurpee Day (Participating stores of the 7-

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MDBCs 10 Jul 2023

July 10th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Mauritania) Christian feast day: Amalberga of Maubeuge Canute IV of Denmark Rufina and Secunda Seven Brothers Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Indepe

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MDBCs 09 Jul 2023

July 9th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Cambodia) Christian Feast Day: Agilulfus of Cologne Amandina of Schakkebroek (one of Martyrs of Southern Hunan) Blessed Marija Petković Everilda Gregorio Grassi (one of Martyrs of Shanxi) Martyr Saints of China

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MDBCs 08 Jul 2023

July 8th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian Feast Day: Abda and Sabas Auspicius of Trier Grimbald Kilian, Totnan, and Colman Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox) Procopius of Scythopolis Sunniva and companions Theobald of Mar

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MDBCs 07 Jul 2023

July 7th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers Felix of Nantes Illidius Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) Willibald (Catholic Church) July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day, celebrates the indep

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MDBCs 06 Jul 2023

July 6th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona) Christian feast day: Maria Goretti Romulus of Fiesole July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Cayman Islands) Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)

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MDBCs 05 Jul 2023

July 5th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539) Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia) Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church) July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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MDBCs 04 Jul 2023

July 4th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete Bertha of Artois Blessed Catherine Jarrige Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal) Oda of Canterbury Ulrich of Augsburg July 4 (Eastern Ort

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MDBCs 03 Jul 2023

July 3rd 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Anatolius of Constantinople Anatolius of Laodicea Dathus Germanus of Man Gurthiern Heliodorus of Altino Mucian Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta Pope Leo II

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MDBCs 02 Jul 2023

July 2nd 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church) Bernardino Realino Feast of the Visitation (Anglicanism; Levoča at Mariánska hora) Monegundis Otto of Bamberg Oudoceus Martinian and Processus Pishoy

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MDBCs 01 Jul 2023

July 1st 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Aaron (Syriac Christianity) Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati Felix of Como Junípero Serra Julius and Aaron Leontius of Autun Servanus Veep July 1 (Eastern Orthod

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MDBCs 30 Jun 2023

June 30th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Martial Theobald of Provins First Martyrs of the Church of Rome June 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) Asteroid Day[42](International observance) General Prayer Day (Central Africa

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MDBCs 29 Jun 2023

June 29th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Cassius of Narni Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity), and its related observances: Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja) l-Imnarja (Malta) June 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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MDBCs 28 Jun 2023

June 28th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Basilides and Potamiana Irenaeus of Lyon (Western Christianity) Heimerad Blessed Maria Pia Mastena Paulus I Vincenza Gerosa June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution

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MDBCs 27 Jun 2023

June 27th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Arialdo Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church) Ladislaus I of Hungary Our Lady of Perpetual Help Sampson the Hospitable

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MDBCs 26 Jun 2023

June 26th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Christian feast day: Anthelm of Belley David the Dendrite Hermogius Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church) Jeremiah (Lutheran) John and Paul José María Robles Hurtado

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MDBCs 25 Jun 2023

June 25th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Philippines) Christian feast day: David of Munktorp Eurosia Maximus (Massimo) of Turin Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) Prosper of Aquitaine

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MDBCs 24 Jun 2023

June 24th 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Army Day or Battle of Carabobo Day (Venezuela) Bannockburn Day (Scotland) Christian feast day: María Guadalupe García Zavala Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Caboclo (Amazonas, Brazil)

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MDBCs 23 Jun 2023

June 23rd 2023 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Æthelthryth Marie of Oignies Joseph Cafasso June 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland) Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourg) International Widows Day (international)[34]

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