My Daily Bread Crumbs 22 May 2022

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May 22nd 2022 - Holidays and Observances

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Abolition Day (Martinique)
Aromanian National Day^[7] (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
Christian feast day:
- Castus and Emilius
- Fulk
- Humilita
- Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
- Quiteria
- Rita of Cascia
- Romanus of Subiaco
- May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Harvey Milk Day (California)
International Day for Biological Diversity (International)
United States National Maritime Day
National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)
Republic Day (Sri Lanka)
Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)
Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.
World Goth Day

Observances

Emma Chamberlain

Fun Observances

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Fancy yourself a musician? Then, on May 22 take the first step towards fulfilling your dreams and go and buy yourself a musical instrument because it is Buy a Musical Instrument Day.

Music has been an important part of human society throughout history, and musical instruments have occupied an important space in human communication and culture. Those who made and played musical instruments were given a place of honor in almost all societies.

Hunting And Religious Rituals

It is believed that primitive musical instruments were made of bones, shells, and wood, and were used rituals like hunting and religious ceremonies. As time has passed and human communication evolved, historians and archeologists believe that humans developed the idea of melody and started inventing and playing musical instruments for purposes of entertainment.

Evolve Over Time

While musical instruments have evolved over time, with each generation developing new instruments and improving on older ones, the Renaissance is thought to have been the best time in the history of musical instruments, when many of the classical musical instruments were given the shape they still have.

In the past century, advances in electronics have entered the field of musical instruments as well, as many of the innovations in the field have been in the area of electronic musical instruments.

How to Celebrate?

Go out and buy the instrument you have always wanted to play but never had the time to.
If you already have an instrument, what about starting to learn to play it?
Don't have the money to buy a new musical instrument? What about DIY-ing one at home using common household materials?
Interested in the history of musical instruments? There is an academic field called organology dedicated it. Use this day to delve deep into the history and the science behind your favorite musical instrument.

Did You Know…

…that historians believe that the flute was one of the oldest musical instruments created by humans?

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As a new paratrooper, I was struck by all the T-shirts on base emblazoned with the motto "Death from above!" Later I noticed a submariner with a T-shirt that declared "Death from below!"

Then, standing in line for chow one day, I was served by an Army cook. His T-shirt had a skull with a crossed fork and spoon underneath and yet another warning: "Death from within!"

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Two guys are out drinking when one of them falls off his barstool and lies motionless on the floor.

"One thing about Fred," his buddy says to the bartender. "He knows when to stop."

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In January, my wife, a physician, met with an elderly patient. "So was Santa good to you?" she asked.

"Real good," he said. "I got an SUV."

"Nice."

"Yeah … Socks, Underwear, and Viagra."