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November 17th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece) Christian feast days: Acisclus Aignan of Orleans Elizabeth of Hungary Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church) Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church) Gregory Thaumaturgus Hilda of Whitby Hugh of Lincoln November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Students' Day Martyrs' Day (Orissa, India) Presidents Day (Marshall Islands) World Prematurity Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Baklava Day National Homemade Bread Day National Unfriend Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Zinfandel Day National Reuben Day International Happy Gose Day Logan Thirtyacre’s Birthday Kate Thompson’s Birthday Jason Walsh’s Birthday Jeff Buckley’s Birthday Gordon Lightfoot’s Birthday Howard Dean’s Birthday Eric Nam’s Birthday Gabriella Garza’s Birthday Eli Unique’s Birthday Yugyeom’s Birthday RuPaul’s Birthday Prezley Lea’s Birthday Martin Scorsese’s Birthday MTQcapture’s Birthday Danny DeVito’s Birthday Rachel McAdams’s Birthday Doug Walker’s Birthday Tom Ellis’s Birthday Dr. Heavenly’s Birthday Linda Lee Thomas’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun Nov 17th, 2024 - Sat Nov 23rd, 2024 GERD Awareness Week National Bible Week Restorative Justice Week Separation of Church & State Week Road Safety Week Fun Observances Take A Hike Day On November 17, wear your most comfortable hiking shoes and take a hike because it is Take A Hike Day. A hike is a long walk in the countryside, away from populated urban areas. Hiking can be done for pleasure or for exercise and is usually done on unpaved paths known as trails. The length and duration of a hike can vary from a few hours to multiple days. Healthy and Social In many parts of the world, hiking is a social pastime, where people get together to walk through forests, parks, riversides and mountains in order to commune with nature and to bond with their fellow hikers. Many cities and countries have professional hiking associations that organize hiking trips around the year. Research has shown that hiking can have many health and social benefits. Considered to be a good way to exercise, hiking can have all the benefits associated with walking in nature - it can reduce stress, increase heart activity and reduce blood pressure. Take a Hike Day is also sometimes known as National Take a Hike Day in the United States. How to Celebrate? Take a hike! Spend the day exploring hiking trails around your town. Make sure you carry enough food and water with you and tell your family and friends where you are going. Did You Know… …that the phrase take a hike is sometimes used in the English language as a rude way to tell someone to leave or go away? *** Late one night a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, "Jesús is watching you." He looked around and saw nothing. He kept on creeping and again heard, "Jesús is watching you." In a dark corner, he saw a cage with a parrot inside. The burglar asked the parrot, "Was it you who said Jesús is watching me" The parrot replied, "Yes." Relieved, the burglar asked, "What is your name?" The parrot said, "Clarence." The burglar said, "That's a stupid name for a parrot. What idiot named you Clarence?" The parrot answered, "The same idiot that named the rottweiler Jesús." (I know this one is a repeat, but it is one of my favorites) *** A man was driving and saw a truck stalled on the side of the highway that had ten penguins standing next to it. The man pulled over and asked the truck driver if he needed any help. The truck driver replied, "If you can take these penguins to the zoo while I wait for AAA that will be great!" The man agreed and the penguins hopped into the back of his car. Two hours later, the trucker was back on the road again and decided to check on the penguins. He showed up at the zoo and they weren't there! He headed back into his truck and started driving around the town, looking for any sign of the penguins, the man, or his car. While driving past a movie theater, the truck driver spotted the guy walking out with the ten penguins. The truck driver yelled, "What are you doing? You were supposed to take them to the zoo!" The man replied, "I did and then I had some extra money so I took them to go see a movie." *** A panda walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats, pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for the food!" The panda yells back, "Hey man, I'm a panda. Look it up!" The bartender opens his dictionary to panda, "A tree climbing mammal of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats, shoots, and leaves." *** My gunnery sergeant and 
I were inspecting a Marine training exercise when we spotted a second lieutenant ambling about. “Where is your foxhole, Lieutenant?” I asked. He snapped off a salute and 
responded, “I don’t know, sir!” 
Turning to the sergeant, he asked, “Gunnery, where is my foxhole?” “You’re standing in it, sir,” said 
the sergeant. “All you have to do is remove the dirt.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** In A Parallel Universe *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Carbon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 16th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Africus Agnes of Assisi Edmund of Abingdon Elfric of Abingdon Eucherius of Lyon Gertrude the Great (Roman Catholic Church) Giuseppe Moscati Gobrain Hugh of Lincoln Margaret of Scotland Matthew the Evangelist (Eastern Christianity) Othmar Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn Roch Gonzalez, Juan de Castillo, and Alonso Rodriguez, SJ November 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia) Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday (Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United Protestant churches, Saxony, Bavaria), and its related observance: Volkstrauertag (Germany) Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland) International Day for Tolerance (United Nations) Statia Day in Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands) Intergenerational Fairness Day (International day of action for rights of younger and future generations) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Bhai Dooj Guinness World Records Day Have a Party with your Bear Day National Black Marketers Day National Button Day National Charles Day National Clarinet Day Loy Krathong Louis Riel Day The Night of Hekate Check Your Wipers Day Indiana Day Samira Mighty’s Birthday Shigeru Miyamoto’s Birthday Pete Davidson’s Birthday Piggy D’s Birthday Mason Ramsey’s Birthday Park Hyung-sik’s Birthday Lauren Speed-Hamilton’s Birthday Lisa Bonet’s Birthday Kyle Catlett’s Birthday Jonathan Pagan’s Birthday Fatboy SSE’s Birthday Terence McKenna’s Birthday Usuke Devil’s Birthday Brandi Glanville’s Birthday Cindy Kimberly’s Birthday Maggie Gyllenhaal ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Nov 16th, 2024 - Sun Nov 17th, 2024 Sherlock Holmes Weekend Sat Nov 16th, 2024 - Thu Nov 21st, 2024 Road Safety Week Fun Observances Fast Food Day Head out to your closest fast food restaurant and indulge in your favorite fast food on November 16 because it is Fast Food Day. Fast food, also known as junk food, is a type of cuisine that can be prepared, served and consumed quickly. Usually, the term is reserved for food served outside the home in restaurants or street-side eateries. Quick and Cheap Food historians believe that the modern day version of fast food, the kind all of us are familiar with today, was first popularized in the United States in the early 20th century. The burger chain White Castle, which first opened its doors in 1921 in Whichita, Kansas, is credited for paving the path for modern day fast food chains. Fast food has always been a part of urban human history. In the old days, fast food was a quick way for travelers and workers to get their quickly and cheaply meals. Despite this, food sold by vendors and at roadside kiosks had a dubious reputation - in many cultures eating outside the home was seen as an uncultured and undesirable act. Today, however fast food has become an acceptable and often times necessary part of mainstream urban life. How to Celebrate? Have fast food for all your meals today. Make your own fast food at home – it will be healthier, nutritious and cheaper! Did you Know… …that according to many business sources, fast food giant McDonalds sells 75 hamburgers every second around the world? *** A husband suspected his wife was cheating on him. He explained his situation to a pet shop owner who replied, "I have a parrot that will let you know daily what goes on in your house. The bird has no legs, so he holds onto his perch with his penis." Reluctantly, the husband brought the bird home. At the end of the first day, the man asked the bird, "Did anything happen today?" The parrot said, "Yes, the milk man came over." The man asked, "What did he do with my wife?" The bird said, "I don’t know; I got hard and fell." *** A statue of a naked woman and a naked man stand in a park at night. Suddenly from out of nowhere, a magical genie arrives and grants the statues each one wish to be fulfilled. Both the female and male statues agree on 15 minutes as a real man and woman in the bushes behind them to "get things done." The genie gives a knowing grin and grants the wish. The man and woman immediately jump behind the bushes and screaming sounds and laughter can be heard from their activities. 12 minutes later they return to the front of the bush again claiming they are finished. "Well now, that was kinda quick!" the genie says. "You can do it a second time for the remaining 3 minutes if you want," the genie tells them, winking his eye. Both the female and male look at each other and smile. The man says to the woman, "Okay great, but this time you get to hold the pigeon so I can shit on him!" *** A magician worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience would be different each week, so the magician did the same tricks each week. However, there was a problem, the captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting out the secrets in the middle of the show, "Look, it's not the same hat." "Look, he is hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of Spades?" The magician was furious but couldn't do anything, it was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day, the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found himself with the parrot, adrift on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean. They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. This went on for a day, then another, and another. Finally, after a week, the parrot said, "Okay, I give up. Where the heck is the boat?" *** During orientation at Fort Sill, in Oklahoma, our first sergeant stated that if anyone lost his locker key to see him, as he kept a master key in his office. Sure enough, a few weeks later, I lost my key. I walked into the orderly’s room and asked Sarge if 
I could borrow his master key. “Why, certainly, young man,” he said, as he reached under his desk and handed me a large pair of bolt cutters. *** *** *** *** *** Only in Australia *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** I Told My 5-Year-Old He Could Watch TV As Soon As He Ate Half Of His Hot Dog *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Boron Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 15th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) America Recycles Day (United States) Christian feast day: Abibus of Edessa Albert the Great Blessed Caius of Korea Didier of Cahors Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Episcopal Church) Blessed Hugh Faringdon Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna. Malo Mechell November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium) Day of the Imprisoned Writer (International observance) Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine) King's Feast (Belgium) National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka) Peace Day (Ivory Coast) Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil) Shichi-Go-San (Japan) Republic Day (Northern Cyprus) The beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Canterbury Anniversary Day Children in Need Christchurch Show Day Govardhan Puja I Love to Write Day National Ample Time Day National Bundt Day National Camp T-Shirt Day National Donor Sabbath National Drummer Day National DTC (Direct-To-Consumer) Friday National Family Civility Day National Philanthropy Day National Raisin Bran Cereal Day National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day Pack Your Mom's Lunch Day Steve Irwin Day World Vasectomy Day Kartika Purnima Lee Rosbach’s Birthday B.o.B’s Birthday keke_slays’s Birthday Shailene Woodley’s Birthday Sukihana’s Birthday Randy Savage’s Birthday Russell Tyrone Jones’s Birthday Wayne Thiebaud’s Birthday Ed Asner’s Birthday Charlotte Summers’s Birthday Deavan Clegg’s Birthday Chad Kroeger’s Birthday Catherine Missal’s Birthday Bobby Mares’s Birthday Max Hype’s Birthday Georgia O'Keeffe’s Birthday Paulina Sodi’s Birthday Jared Haibon’s Birthday Rocket Ayer Williams’s Birthday Jeffree Star’s Birthday Sean Murray’s Birthday Karen Clark-Sheard’s Birthday Snoopy’s Birthday Karl-Anthony Towns’s Birthday Twinkie Clark’s Birthday Ariel Fulmer’s Birthday E-40’s Birthday Beverly D’Angelo ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Nov 15th, 2024 - Sat Nov 16th, 2024 Yi Peng Festival Fun Observance Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day November 15 is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, a day to clear out your fridge of all the suspicious looking, probably living and now procreating foods. The refrigerator is possibly one of the most neglected equipment in many households. Food items just seem to find their way to its inner recesses never to see the light to the day again. Spills are never properly cleaned and jars and jars of grandma's pickles compete for space with months of take out boxes. If that is your fridge, do you notice an odd smell every time you open its door? Then that is your fridge crying out for you to clean it! Wear your cleaning clothes, put on kitchen gloves, collect all your cleaning supplies and do your fridge and your health a favor - take this day to scrub your fridge clean. How to Celebrate? Clean your fridge out – throw away expired foods and foods that you haven’t touched or eaten for a while. Make space for healthier, more nutritious food. Have a everything in the fridge party – take out everything that is still edible in your fridge and use them to make food. Did You Know... ...that in Pennsylvania, United States, it is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors? *** A man walks into a bar and sits down. He asks the bartender, "Can I have a cigarette?" The bartender replies, "Sure, the cigarette machine is over there." So he walks over to the machine and as he is about to order a cigarette, the machine suddenly says, "Oi, you bloody idiot." The man says with surprise in his voice, "That's not very nice." He returns to his bar stool without a cigarette and asks the bartender for some peanuts. The bartender passes the man a bowl of peanuts and the man hears one of the peanuts speak, "Ooh, I like your hair." The man says to the bartender, "Hey, what's going on here? Your cigarette machine is insulting me and this peanut is coming on to me. Why's this?" The bartender replies, "Oh, that's because the machine is out of order and the peanuts are complementary." *** A farmer is walking with a prospective buyer when they see a beautiful pig in the yard, except it has a wooden leg. The buyer asks, "Why the wooden leg?" The farmer replies, "That pig is so smart, I let it drive the kids to school." "Great, but why the wooden leg?" "The pig is so smart it has a degree in horticulture and philosophy." "Amazing! But why the bloody wooden leg?" "Well when you have a pig that smart you don't eat it all at once!" *** Three men are all working on building a house. They go up to the roof for lunch, and unwrapped their sandwiches. The Brunette says "if I get one more Tuna sandwich, I'm going to jump off this roof and kill myself. The black haired one says "if I get one more pickle and lettuce sandwich, I, too, am going to jump off this roof and kill myself. The blonde looks at his sandwich and also declares, "if I get one more peanut butter and jelly sandwich, I'm going to jump off this roof and kill myself." The next day, they all get the same sandwiches and kill themselves. That night, their wives all meet up and mourn. "If I had known that my husband was going to kill himself over a sandwich, I wouldn't have given it to him." The brunette cries. "Same," the raven head replies. They both look at the blonde. "Don't look at me, he packed his own lunch!" *** My sister Jordan was helping my 2 and 1/2-year-old niece Berea put on her sweatshirt when Berea’s head got stuck on the neck hole. Berea started panicking and saying, “I can’t see! I can’t see!” The shirt quickly slipped over her head, and the panic was gone until her arms got stuck 
on the tight cuffs. The panic returned, and she started crying again. “My fingers can’t see! My fingers can’t see!” she said. It was all we could do not to laugh as Jordan quickly pulled Berea’s arms through the cuffs. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Beryllium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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November 14th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau) Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India) Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht All Saints of the Carmelites All Souls of the Benedictine family Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church) Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux) Hypatius of Gangra Joseph Pignatelli SJ Justinian I (Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran Church) Laurence O'Toole Nikola Tavelic Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church) Samuel Seabury (Anglican Communion) Serapion of Algiers Sidonius (Saëns) Venera (Veneranda) November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia) Mobile Brigade Day (Indonesia) World Diabetes Day (International) Dobruja Day (Romania) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) International Girls Day Loosen Up Lighten Up Day National American Teddy Bear Day National Family PJ Day National Seat Belt Day Operating Room Nurse Day Tempranillo Day World Quality Day World Usability Day Josh Duhamel’s Birthday Jawaharlal Nehru’s Birthday Jo Rivera’s Birthday Gary Vaynerchuk’s Birthday George Sear’s Birthday Lil Boosie’s Birthday Frederick Banting’s Birthday Condoleezza Rice’s Birthday Don bbw’s Birthday Chip Gaines’s Birthday Claude Monet’s Birthday Chandler Powell’s Birthday Brendan Morais’s Birthday Braden Baker’s Birthday Narwhal Dave’s Birthday Travis Barker’s Birthday Novi Brown’s Birthday Adina Howard’s Birthday Francisco Lindor’s Birthday Fun Observances (2) Spicy Guacamole Day November 14 is Spicy Guacamole Day. The holiday encourages guacamole lovers to spice up their favorite party dip. We didn't think there could be a better food holiday than Guacamole Day until we came across Spicy Guacamole Day! The unofficial holiday celebrates the spiced up version of the delicious Mexican dip made of mashed avocados, Guacamole. Mexican A party favorite today, guacamole has been a part of traditional Mexican cuisine since the 16th century, when it was made and eaten by the Aztecs as a sauce. Avocados are fruits native to Mexico and Central America and botanically come from the same family as camphor and cinnamon. How to Celebrate? Celebrating Spicy Guacamole Day is easy. All you need is a lot of avocados, chilies and spices. Here are some ways to spice up your bowl of delicious guacamole: Add lots of chilies, may we suggest jalapeños, and spices like cumin to your favorite guacamole recipe. Jalapeños not hot enough for you? What about adding some red chili flakes to the dip? Guacamole goes well with almost everything you can think of - so celebrate this holiday by pairing all your meals with spicy guacamole. Add it to your egg and bacon breakfast menu or make savory pancakes and top them with some spicy guac. Make a guacamole pizza for lunch and a spicy guacamole soup for dinner. Did You Know… …that scientifically avocados are considered to be berries? ~~~~~~~~~ Pickle Day November 14 is Pickle Day, a day to stock up your larders and pantries with pickles and add to pickles to every meal you eat. Also known as National Pickle Day in the United States, the unofficial holiday was first celebrated in 2001 in New York. Kills Harmful Bacteria In common usage, the term pickles is usually used to refer to cucumbers that are preserved in brine – salted water – with spices and herbs. In general, however, pickles are vegetables, fruits and other food items that are preserved in brine, salt and oil, or vinegar. The process is called pickling, an dit kills bacteria in food, either by immersing them in an acidic solution, such as vinegar, or by fermentation. This increases the lifespan of the food item and also changes its texture and taste. The phrase getting into a pickle is also sometimes used for when someone gets into trouble. Consumed Since Antiquity Humans have been making pickles since antiquity. It is believed that ancient Egyptians were the first ones to use the pickling process by preserving cucumbers brought from India. The Romans believed in the healing powers of pickles, while sources suggest that Cleopatra credited her beauty to the consumtion of pickles. Many Different Kinds Today, pickles are made all over the world and usually consumed as accompniments to main meals. In India and South Asia, where pickles are called achaar, vegetables and fruits are pickled in oil, salt and a variety of spices. In Korea, cabbage and chilis are fermented with salt to make kimchi, while people in Turkey, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries pickle a variety of vegetables including carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, turnips, and olives. Pickles are also widely eaten in Europe. In the United Kingdom, pickled eggs are a popular bar food, while pickled herrings are easily available in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. In the US pickles are usually served with sandwiches and in burgers. How to Celebrate? With pickles, of course! Have pickles with all your meals and for all your snacks during the day. Get together with family and friends and spend the day pickling your favorite vegetables. Don't forget to share with others! Did You Know… ...that in the old days, Christopher Columbus used pickles as a way to ward off scurvy among his crew on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria? *** A family is at the dinner table. The son asks the father, “Dad, how many kinds of boobs are there?” The father, surprised, answers, “Well, son, a woman goes through three phases. In her 20s, a woman’s breasts are like melons, round and firm. In her 30s and 40s, they are like pears, still nice, hanging a bit. After 50, they are like onions.” “Onions?” the son asks. “Yes. You see them and they make you cry.” This infuriated his wife and daughter. The daughter asks, “Mom, how many different kinds of willies are there?” The mother smiles and says, “Well, dear, a man goes through three phases also. In his 20s, his willy is like an oak tree, mighty and hard. In his 30s and 40s, it’s like a birch, flexible but reliable. After his 50s, it’s like a Christmas tree.” “A Christmas tree?” the daughter asks. “Yes, dead from the root up and the balls are just for decoration.” *** A teacher is teaching a class and she sees that Johnny isn't paying attention, so she asks him, "If there are three ducks sitting on a fence, and you shoot one, how many are left?" Johnny says, "None." The teacher asks, "Why?" Johnny says, "Because the shot scared them all off." The teacher says, "No, two, but I like how you're thinking." Johnny asks the teacher, "If you see three women walking out of an ice cream parlor, one is licking her ice cream, one is sucking her ice cream, and one is biting her ice cream, which one is married?" The teacher says, "The one sucking her ice cream." Johnny says, "No, the one with the wedding ring, but I like how you're thinking!" *** A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner. Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The dad said, "Well it's what Mommy calls me sometimes." The little girl screamed to her brother, "Don't eat it. Its an asshole! *** (That was a purple colored joke) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Lithium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 13th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Agostina Livia Pietrantoni Brice of Tours Didacus (Diego) of Alcalá Eugenius II of Toledo Frances Xavier Cabrini Homobonus John Chrysostom (Eastern Orthodox, Repose) Quintian of Rodez Saints of the Benedictine family Saints of the Premonstratensian Order Stanislaus Kostka Charles Simeon (Church of England) The Hundred Thousand Martyrs of Tbilisi (Georgian Orthodox Church) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) National Dream Destination Day National Hug a Musician Day National Indian Pudding Day Symphonic Metal Day Roast Dinner Day Paulie Calafiore’s Birthday Matt Bennett’s Birthday Kelly Cutrone’s Birthday Justin Laboy’s Birthday Julia Michaels’s Birthday Jordan Bridges’s Birthday Jimmy Kimmel’s Birthday Heather B’s Birthday Gerard Butler’s Birthday Aryan Khan’s Birthday Whoopi Goldberg’s Birthday Lando Norris’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Nov 13th, 2024 - Tue Nov 19th, 2024 Transgender Awareness Week Wed Nov 13th, 2024 - Fri Nov 22nd, 2024 The Cairo International Film Festival Fun Observances (2) World Kindness Day Oh, hello dear reader! Thank you so much for visiting this page! Will you please keep coming back? November 13 is World Kindness Day, a day to be kind and do acts of kindness. Created in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a conglomeration of kindness organizations around the world, this unofficial holiday encourages people to be kind to each other and spread happiness, joy and peace through kindness. Considered to be a virtue, and valued in most societies and religions as an important quality, kindness is the act of being considerate, compassionate and empathetic towards other people and living beings. How to Celebrate? Be kind and do random acts of kindness. Smile at strangers and do kind things for them. Give up your seat on the bus to someone else. Buy someone’s coffee for them. Volunteer your time at the local soup kitchen. Leave a kind note for someone. Kindness should not only be reserved for our fellow human beings. Be kind to the animals and to the environment as well. If you have children in your life, teach them the virtue of kindness by practicing it in your daily life. Did You Know… …that researchers have found there is a positive feedback loop between happiness and kindness? Undertaking acts of kindness makes one happy, and people who are happy tend to be kinder to others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sadie Hawkins Day November 13 is annually celebrated in the United States as Sadie Hawkins Day. Inspired by events in the comic strip, Li’l Abner, this uniquely American holiday encourages women to take charge of their lives and to ask men out on a date. The made-up holiday was first featured in a comic strip called Li’l Abner created by American cartoonist Alfred Gerald Caplin, also known as Al Capp. In the comic, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a long-time resident of Dogpatch, is worried about his unmarried daughter, Sadie Hawkins. Concerned about her inability to find a suitable husband, he declared a Sadie Hawkins Day, where Sadie chased the eligible bachelors in town in order to find herself a husband. In the Dogpatch universe, this idea took hold among other unmarried women, who mandated that Sadie Hawkins Day be held every year. Breaking Society’s Rules The comic strip became so popular that towns and colleges around the country started declaring their own Sadie Hawkins Day and organizing Sadie Hawkins Dances, where women could break the societal rules of the day and ask men out. In many ways, the day became a way for women to become assertive and take their dating choices in their hands. During the time of its publication, only men were expected to ask women on a date or propose marriage. A woman doing that was often considered too forward and of low morals. How to Celebrate Even though women today are more independent than their counterparts in the early 20th century, there is still an unspoken societal rule that it is not proper for women to ask men out on dates. Use this day as an excuse to break these rules and ask your sweetie out on a date. If you have found someone who you would like to spend your life with, why not propose marriage to them today? Get on your knees and ask the man of your dreams to be your life partner. Did You Know… ...that in many cultures, the only day it was acceptable for a woman to propose marriage to a man was on Leap Day? *** While taking the interview, the employer asked the candidate: Employer: So, how long did you work during your last job? Candidate: 30 years Employer: oh, you look young how old are you Candidate: 20 years old The employer was surprised and asked the candidate how she worked 30 years and has only been living for 20 years?? Candidate: Overtime! *** Three doctors are out geese-hunting. A gaggle flies over and the oncologist raises and then lowers his gun. "I better conduct an MRI first to determine if those were really geese." Some more geese fly by & the endocrinologist raises his gun and then lowers it. "I'll need some bloodwork to conduct an A1C and determine what those birds were first." Some more geese fly over. The trauma doc raises his shotgun and blows them out of the sky. "What were those things, anyway?" he asks. *** Little Johnny likes to gamble. One day, his dad gets a new job, so his family has to move to a new city. Johnny's dad thinks, "I'll get a head start on Johnny's gambling." He calls the teacher and says, "My son Johnny will be starting your class tomorrow, but he likes to gamble, so you'll have to keep an eye on him." The teacher says, "Okay," because she can handle it. The next day, Johnny walks into class and hands the teacher an apple and says, "Hi, my name is Johnny." She says, "Yes, I know who you are." Johnny smiles and says, "I bet you $10 you've got a mole on your butt." The teacher thinks that she will break his little gambling problem, so she takes him up on the bet. She pulls her pants down, shows him her butt, and there is no mole. That afternoon, Johnny goes home and tells his dad that he lost $10 to the teacher and explains why. His dad calls the teacher and says, "Johnny said that he bet you that you had a mole on your butt and he lost." The teacher says, "Yeah, and I think I broke his gambling problem." Johnny's dad laughs and says, "No you didn't, he bet me $100 this morning that he'd see your ass before the day was over." *** It had been a nerve-racking experience for my attorney husband. He was working with the FBI on a federal sting operation. Worried for his safety, they put him under protective surveillance. Finally the agency told him they had rounded up all the criminals and were lifting the surveillance. A few days later my relieved spouse was on the phone, telling his brother about the whole adventure. "Did you happen to mention to the FBI that you have an identical twin?" his horrified brother interrupted. "Who lives next door?" *** Several months ago, my daughter and I had similar virus symptoms. She decided to consult a doctor so as not to lose any more time from her job. “I’ll see the doctor,” she said, “and then tell you what’s wrong with us.” The next day she called to say, “Guess what, Mom. We’re pregnant!” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Woman with the longest fingernails in the world breaks them all in a car crash *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Helium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Our 'Word of the Day' did help answer something that I have always wondered about and now I know, thank you. Is helium the same as laughing gas? Nitrous oxide is also known as whippets, laughing gas/ balloons, not to be confused with helium. The gas is a depressant drug which can make a person feel relaxed. Some people may get giggly, hence the name 'laughing gas'. The above explanation, might of not been all together clear and left some confusion. So go to the following and have no doubts at all: Is Laughing Gas Just Helium? Something new every day, life goes on.