MDBCs 10 Jan 2024

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January 10th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

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Christian feast day:
- Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Leonie Aviat
- Obadiah (Coptic Church)
- Peter Orseolo
- Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)
- William Laud (Anglican Communion)
- William of Donjeon
- January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Fête du Vodoun (Benin)
Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)
Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

National Oysters Rockefeller Day

Jared Kushner

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Wed Jan 10th, 2024 - Tue Jan 16th, 2024

National Obesity Awareness Week

Fun Observances

Cut Your Energy Costs Day

Forgot to add being thrifty and eco-friendly to your New Year’s resolution list? Now is your chance to rectify that because January 10 is Cut your Energy Cost Day.

Use this day to make changes in your daily life that would reduce your household’s energy consumption and cut down on your monthly energy expenses.

How to Celebrate?

Turn down the heat and the cooling when you are not home.
Switch off all unnecessary lights when you are home.
Walk or ride a bike to work – not only is it healthy, you will be saving $$.
Carpool or take public transport to work.
Take shorter showers to save on water consumption and heating costs.

Did You Know…

...that using lids while cooking can reduce energy consumption by as much as 15%?

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How To Translate Work Emails

I have a question. = I have 18 questions.

I’ll look into it. = I’ve already forgotten about it.

I tried my best. = I did the bare minimum.

Happy to discuss further. = Don’t ask me about this again.

No worries. = You really messed up this time.

Take care. = This is the last you’ll ever hear from me.

Cheers! = I have no respect for you or myself!

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I supervised an employee who had a negative view of everything  I did.

If I took a vacation day, I was “never there.”

If I praised someone’s work, it was “too little, too late.”

He eventually took another job  but was fired six months later. Shortly thereafter, he contacted  me, hoping to return to his old job.

“Have you learned anything from this experience?” I asked.

“Yes, I should have stayed here,”  he admitted. “You’re too indecisive to have ever fired me.”

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“Has your son decided what  he wants to be when he grows up?”  I asked my friend.

“He wants to be a garbageman,”  he replied.

“That’s an unusual ambition to have at such a young age.”

“Not really. He thinks that garbagemen work only on Tuesdays.”

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My son was born while I was serving abroad, so he was three  before we met. When I got home, I decided it was time for a little father-son bonding time. I bought him a  toy razor and invited him to “shave” with me.

In the bathroom, I took  up my razor and started shaving.  I looked around to see how my son was doing.

His foot was up on the side of the bathtub, and he was  running the razor up and down  his leg. So much for male bonding.

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A police officer in a small town stopped a driver speeding down the main street. The driver said he could explain why he was speeding, but the police officer said he was going to put him in jail until the Chief got back, but lucky for the driver that the chief will be in a good mood because he is at his daughter's wedding.