August 7th (2) 2022 - Holidays and Observances

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• Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)
• Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)
• Christian feast day:
  • Albert of Trapani
  • Cajetan of Thienna
  • Carpophorus and companions
  • Dometius of Persia
  • Donatus of Arezzo
  • Donatus of Besançon
  • Donatus of Muenstereifel
  • John Mason Neale and Catherine Winkworth (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Nantovinus
  • Pope Sixtus II
  • August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
• Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
• Republic Day (Ivory Coast)
• Youth Day (Kiribati)
• National Purple Heart Day (United States)

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day

Aged Care Employee Day

Disc Golf Day

Sandcastle Day

Professional Speakers Day

Mead Day

Mustard Day

Fun Observances (2)

Lighthouse Day

August 7 is celebrated as Lighthouse Day in the United States as a way to commemorate the signing of the Act for the Establishment and support of Lighthouse, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers by the U.S. Congress in 1789.

In 1989, the Congress passed a resolution designating August 7 as National Lighthouse Day. The day aims to recognize the importance of lighthouses in maritime navigation and for providing ships safe harbor during bad weather.

How to Celebrate?

• While lighthouses are becoming less and less important for the maritime industry, thanks to technological advances in GPS and radar systems, their historical importance cannot be understated. Use this day to read about the history of lighthouses.
• If you are near the coast, why not visit one?
• Contribute to preservation societies and groups working towards preserving historical lighthouses.

Did You Know...

...that before electricity was used to fuel the lighthouse lamp, some lighthouses used whale oil?

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Sister's Day

The first Sunday of August every year is celebrated around the world as Sisters’ Day.

The unofficial holiday honors the strong bond that people share with their sister(s). Sometimes called National Sisters' Day in the United States, the holiday encourages people to celebrate the special relationship between them and their sister(s).

This is a day to acknowledge the joy and love that your sister brings into your life and to make sure that she knows that you cherish all that she does for you.

Describes Many Different Relationships

While sister is usually used to refer to a female sibling, the term can be used for a variety of relationships. In many cultures, the term is used to address a female nurse, a woman who is in religious service, like a nun, or any other unrelated woman who shares a person's religion. Members of a sorority - a female social organization on college campuses - also call each other sisters.

How to Celebrate?

• If you live far from your sister, call them or send them a card telling them how much you love them and appreciate them.
• If you live close to them, visit them or take them out for a nice meal and treat them to their favorite dessert.
• Don't have a sister who you share genes with? What about celebrating your female friends who have provided you the love and support that only a sister can?

Did You Know...

...that a similar holiday, Rakshabandhan or Rakhi is celebrated by those who follow the Hindu religion around the same time as Sisters' Day? Celebrated every year on a full Moon day, the holiday honors the sacred bond between brothers and sisters.

 

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Texting acronyms can stump even the best parents:

Mom: Your great-aunt just passed away. LOL.

Son: Why is that funny?

Mom: It’s not funny, David! What do you mean?

Son: Mom, LOL means Laughing Out Loud.

Mom: I thought it meant Lots of Love. I have to call everyone back.

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Daughter: I got an A in Chemistry.

Mom: WTF!

Daughter: Mom, what do you think WTF means?

Mom: Well That’s Fantastic.

~

Mom: What do IDK, LY & TTYL mean?

Son: I don’t know, love you, talk to you later.

Mom: OK, I will ask your sister.

 

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A client called my help desk saying she couldn’t send an e-mail. When I was done troubleshooting the problem, she interrupted me to ask,

“Wait a minute, do I type @ in lower- or uppercase?”

 

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I was in a couple’s home trying to fix their Internet connection. 
The husband called out to his wife 
in the other room for the computer password.

“Start with a capital S, then 123,” she shouted back. We tried S123 several times, but 
it didn’t work. So we called the wife in.

As she input the password, she muttered, “I really don’t know what’s so difficult about typing Start123.”

 

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I was visiting my mother one day, when she passed the candy dish full of chocolates and took one for herself.

“I thought your doctor told you to stop eating candy,” I said.

“Oh, I don’t have to listen to him anymore,” she replied.

“Why not?”

“He died.”

 

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sandrewn

P.S. Today's blog (8 Aug) will be out tonight ( 🤞 )