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October 10th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Poland) Army Day (Sri Lanka) Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam) Christian feast day: Blessed Angela Truszkowska Cerbonius Daniel Comboni Eulampius and Eulampia Gereon and companions Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios) Paulinus of York (in England) Pinytus Tanca Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church) Viktor of Xanten October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Sint Maarten) Curaçao Day, anniversary of autonomy Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912 Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970 Finnish Literature Day (Finland) Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868. Party Foundation Day (North Korea) World Day Against the Death Penalty World Mental Health Day World Porridge Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Durga Ashtami Huduma Day Inclusion Day International Stage Management Day Local Government Day Maha Saptami Maroons Day - 1 Maroons Day - 2 National Angel Food Cake Day National Cake Decorating Day National Depression Screening Day National Hug a Kevin Day Taiwan: National Day / Double Ten day World Animal Road Accident Awareness Day World Homeless Day World Plant-based Burger Day World Sight Day Durga Puja National Hug a Drummer Day National Walk to a Park Day SHIFT10 Day World Gulab Jamun Day Mya’s Birthday Chaz Smith’s Birthday Marjorie Harvey’s Birthday Meli V’s Birthday Marina Diamandis’s Birthday Mario Lopez’s Birthday David Lee Roth’s Birthday Lzzy Hale’s Birthday Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Birthday Dan Stevens’s Birthday Da'Vinchi’s Birthday Thelonious Monk’s Birthday Rekha’s Birthday Bae Suzy’s Birthday Tanya Tucker’s Birthday Cherliz Cohen’s Birthday Pressley Hosbach’s Birthday Gavin Newsom ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thu Oct 10th, 2024 - Wed Oct 16th, 2024 Haemophilia Awareness Week Fun Observances Handbag Day Handbag Day is celebrated annually on October 10. Created in 2013 by Purseblog, a blog that follows the fashion and handbag industry, Handbag Day recognizes the importance of handbags in daily life and in fashion, and acknowledges that a handbag is not only an essential item in a person’s closet, but is also a simple way to make a style statement. The unofficial holiday encourages people to share pictures of their handbags and show their love for this fashion accessory on social media websites. How to Celebrate? Go out and get that high-end handbag you have been eyeing the whole year. Is your handbag a place where things go in to get lost? Perhaps today is the time to clean it out and organize it. Did You Know… …that in the early 1900s, handbag was a term used to refer to men's hand baggage? *** My sister Darlene has the courage—but not always the skills—to tackle any home-repair project. For example, in her garage are pieces of a lawn mower she once tried to fix. So I wasn't surprised the day my other sister, Jesse, and I found Darlene attacking her vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver. "I can't get this thing to cooperate," she explained. "Why don't you drag it out to the garage and show it the lawn mower?" Jesse suggested. *** After a long career of being blasted into a net, the human cannonball was tired. He told the circus owner he was going to retire. "But you can't!" protested the boss. "Where am I going to find another man of your caliber?" *** A guy walks into a bar and there's a horse serving drinks. The horse asks, "What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a horse tending bar before?" The guy says, "It's not that. I just never thought the parrot would sell the place." *** I was cuddling with my girlfriend, and she said, “I love lying here with you.” “I once caught a fish, and it was five feet long and spoke Hebrew,” I replied. She stared at me, confused. “That was my lie,” I said. “Oh, right. I see. Very funny,” she said. She paused a moment before rolling over. “That was my lie.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Hats off to you, you did it, you managed to silence the peanut gallery!!!!! I typed in your word and when I pushed enter, I think I/you broke Google. Well done Sir. Little wonder your minions have been silent so far. So during the calm before their eventual replies(fingers crossed). May I offer you an apple? As we await the rush, or failing that, the arrival of tomorrows' word of the day, I will go twiddle my thumbs in anticipation. Ah, Paladin, the first brave heart to reply.

October 9th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abraham Denis Dionysius the Areopagite Ghislain Innocencio of Mary Immaculate and Martyrs of Asturias John Henry Newman John Leonardi Luis Beltran Robert Grosseteste (Church of England) Wilfred Grenfell (Episcopal Church (USA)) October 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States) Hangul Day (South Korea) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uganda from United Kingdom in 1962. (Uganda) Independence of Guayaquil from Spain in 1820 (Ecuador) Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway) National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania) National Nanotechnology Day (United States) Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan) World Post Day Indian Foreign Service Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Emergency Nurses Day International Beer and Pizza Day International Top Spinning Day National Bring Your Teddy Bear to School Day National C60 Day National Curves Day National Digitool Day National Moldy Cheese Day National Pet Obesity Awareness Day National Pro-Life Cupcake Day National Stop Bullying Day Saint Barthélemy: Abolition Day Canadian Beer Day Scrubs Day Sean Lennon’s Birthday Sharon Osbourne’s Birthday Lecrae Moore’s Birthday Scotty McCreery’s Birthday John Lennon’s Birthday Jackson Browne’s Birthday Eddie Guerrero’s Birthday Zachery Ty Bryan’s Birthday Cody Jones’s Birthday Bella Hadid’s Birthday Guillermo del Toro ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Oct 9th, 2024 - Sun Oct 13th, 2024 Durga Puja Wed Oct 9th, 2024 - Tue Oct 15th, 2024 Baby Loss Awareness Week Wed Oct 9th, 2024 - Sun Oct 27th, 2024 Oktoberfest in Blumenau Fun Observances Curious Events Day Love conspiracy theories? Enjoy pondering about bizarre events that seem to have no explanations? Then Curious Events Day, a made-up holiday celebrated every year on October 9, is just the holiday you need to celebrate! While the origins of this curious holiday are unknown, we suspect that the creators of this day wanted people to stop worrying about the small things in life and focus their attention on all the inexplicable, baffling and peculiar mysteries of the world. Small or Big Events Life is full of curious events - big and small. Like for example, where do all those socks disappear to after doing laundry, or why do people open their mouths when applying mascara? Some mysteries have occupied curious and adventurous minds around the world. These include: Who made the stonehenge and for what purpose? Does Bigfoot exist and can ghosts communicate with humans? And then there are the bigger, more philosophical mysteries of life - like what happens when we die or what is what is beyond the edge of the universe? How to Celebrate? No matter what kind of curious events interest you, Curious Events Day is a holiday to spend some time being inquisitive about the world around you. Read or watch documentaries about some of the more famous curious incidents and events that have happened in the history of humankind – disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, sightings of the Yeti and the Loch Ness monster, crop circles, UFO sightings in Roswell. Become a sleuth yourself and try to find explanations of curious events that intrigue you. Did You Know... ...that the English language idiom curiosity killed the cat, means that getting curious and prying into other people's affairs can get one into trouble? *** Q: What’s the technical name for a pot of coffee at work? A: Break fluid *** Q: If you call a large turkey a gobbler what do you call a small one? A: Goblet. *** When a Butterball Talk-Line staffer asked a caller what state her turkey was in (meaning how thawed was it) the caller responded with, “Florida.” *** A gentleman called Butterball's Thanksgiving Turkey Talk-Line to tell the operator he cut his turkey in half with a chain saw and wanted to know if the oil from the chain would adversely affect the turkey. *** One caller to Butterball's Thanksgiving Turkey Talk-Line had always cut the legs off the turkey before putting it in the oven, thinking that was how you had to cook a turkey. She later learned that the only reason her mom had been doing that was because their oven had been so small that that was the only way to get the bird into the oven! *** After my three-year-old begged and begged, I gave in and 
let her attend a concert with her older sister and brother. As we 
took our seats, I handed programs 
to the kids. Following the lead of her siblings, my three-year-old opened her program and announced, “I’ll have the chicken.” *** *** *** He eventually decided that people were too untrusting of this deal, so he changed the sign to read "Fridge for sale $50". The next day someone stole it. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

How about just the ones that have to do with our word of the day? Cardiovascular Specialist vs. Cardiologist: What's the Difference?

October 8th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Evodus (or Yves) Palatias and Laurentia Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches) Reparata San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos) Simeon (Gospel of Luke) Thaïs William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church) October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) World Space Week (October 4–10) Air Force Day (India) Arbor Day (Namibia) Children's Day (Iran) Navy Day (Peru) International Lesbian Day National Fluffernutter Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Alvin C. York Day American Touch Tag Day Battle of Angamos Dyslexia Day Honduras: Discovery of America Day International Birth Registration Day International Newspaper Carrier Day NATIONAL FACE YOUR FEARS DAY National Harbormaster Appreciation Day National Heroes’ Day National Salmon Day World Octopus Day Own Business Day International Podiatry Day Animal Action Day Nava Rose’s Birthday Matt Damon’s Birthday Mikan Mandarin’s Birthday The Miz’s Birthday Louise Hay’s Birthday Bruno Mars’s Birthday Jack Doherty’s Birthday G Herbo’s Birthday Gauri Khan’s Birthday Famous Ocean’s Birthday Funny Mike’s Birthday Elz the Witch’s Birthday Chevy Chase’s Birthday Cara Gosselin’s Birthday Nick Cannon’s Birthday Grayson Allen’s Birthday Sigourney Weaver’s Birthday Bella Thorne’s Birthday Jesse Jackson’s Birthday Soon-Yi Previn ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tue Oct 8th, 2024 - Sun Oct 13th, 2024 Iris Film Festival Fun Observances (2) Pierogi Day October 8 is Pierogi Day, a day to stock up your fridge with delicious dumplings made of unleavened dough. Usually stuffed with meat, potatoes, vegetables and fruit, pierogi have become popular in the United States and Canada due to large Polish immigrant population. Considered to be one of Poland's national dish, pierogi are first boiled and then served several at a time with melted butter or fried with onions. Pierogi Fest In Eastern Europe, most countries have their own version of this dumpling. In the United States, pierogi are a popular dish in Polish communities and many events are held in honor of this humble but delicious dish. In Whiting, Indiana, a pierogi fest is held for 3 days in July, while in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, every Pittsburgh Pirates baseball home game features a pierogi race, where runners in pierogi costumes compete in a race. How to Celebrate? Visit your local Polish restaurant and order yourself a big plate of pierogis. Make sweet and savory pierogis at home and serve to family and friends. Did You Know... ...that people in the village of Glendon in Alberta, Canada love pierogi so much that in 1993 they constructed a 25 feet tall fibreglass pierogi, with a fork through it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ada Lovelace Day Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated annually on the second Tuesday of October. Named after Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer, the day not only commemorates the lives of women in the field of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), but also encourages girls and young women to enter careers in these fields. Any Date in October Ada Lovelace Day began in 2009 after an extensive online campaign in the United Kingdom. About 2000 people blogged about women in sciences and technology on March 24, 2009, a practice that has since become an Ada Lovelace Day tradition. There is no fixed date for Ada Lovelace Day. According to the organizers of the day, the choice of the date for the day is arbitrary. Analytical Engine Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician who worked with Charles Babbage on his calculating engine, called the Analytical Engine. Her plan to calculate Bernoulli numbers using the engine is now widely considered as the world's first computer program. In 1980, the United States Department of Defense created a programming language and named it Ada in honor of Ada Lovelace's contribution to the world of computing. How to Celebrate Honor the women in your life who are in the STEM fields. Encourage the young girls in your life to pursue one of the STEM fields as a career. Buy the young girls in your life science kits, building games and books that make them interested in science. Read more about women scientists and their contribution to the world. Did You Know… …that Mary Shaw became the first woman to get a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1972? *** Don't ever pay a surprise visit to a child in college. You might be the one getting the surprise. I learned this the hard way when I swung by my son's campus during a business trip. Locating what I thought was his fraternity house, I rang the doorbell. "Yeah?" a voice called from inside. "Does Dylan Houseman live here?" "Yup," the voice answered. "Leave him on the front porch. We'll drag him in later." *** I spent an afternoon helping my boyfriend move into a new home. In one carton I found a crockpot, with an odd-looking and very dirty metal lid. Later I ushered my boyfriend into the kitchen and asked why he hadn't mentioned this perfectly good pot. He stared at it, then replied, "Well, after I broke the lid I never thought of replacing it with a hubcap." *** It seemed that all our appliances had broken in the same week, and repairs were straining our budget. So when I picked up the kids from school and our Jeep started making rattling sounds, I decided that rather than burden my husband, I'd deal with it. I hadn't reckoned on my little tattletales, however. They rushed into the house with the news: "Daddy, the Jeep was breaking down, but Mom made the noise stop!" Impressed, my husband asked, "How did you fix it?" "I turned up the volume on the radio," I confessed. *** During that first roll call in the Army, I waited in dread as the sergeant got to my name: DiFeliciantonio. There was bound to be trouble, and 
I was right, because suddenly, he 
fell silent—eyebrows arched, brain overloaded. After a long pause, he thundered, “The alphabet?!” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Removal of my tonsils, was my only classical hospital experience(late 1950s). My earliest positive memories of doctors, Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare. Of hospitals, St. Elsewhere. Sadly, all those great images are gone, leaving, House M.D., as a bitter aftertaste. Unfortunately, the older you get, the better the odds, you will need one(a doctor) in the not to distant future. A GP or specialist(see the today word, as an example). I have no problem with that, it is getting past the bureaucratic ' Gatekeepers' that is the greatest hurdle in doing so, be it Canada, US or Australia.

October 7th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Justina of Padua Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA) Osgyth Our Lady of the Rosary Pope Mark Sergius and Bacchus October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Teachers' Day (Laos) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) International Day of Peaceful Communication Labour Day National Child Health Day National Consignment Day National Forgiveness & Happiness Day National Inner Beauty Day National LED Light Day World Architecture Day World Cotton Day You Matter To Me Day National Bathtub Day Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day World Habitat Day National Propane Day International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day World Day of Bullying Prevention Toni Braxton’s Birthday Mookie Betts’s Birthday Simon Cowell’s Birthday LDShadowLady’s Birthday Matthew Roloff’s Birthday Krissy Cela’s Birthday Lay’s Birthday Kira Kosarin’s Birthday KITTENS’s Birthday Joyce Hawkins’s Birthday Kiara Green’s Birthday Joy Behar’s Birthday John Mellencamp’s Birthday Trinity Trinity and Beyond’s Birthday Holland Roden’s Birthday Brittani Lancaster’s Birthday Jazmine Hood’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Oct 7th, 2024 - Fri Oct 11th Risk Awareness Week National Scaffolding Week Mon Oct 7th, 2024 - Sat Oct 12th Back Care Awareness Week Mon Oct 7th, 2024 - Sun Oct 13th Active Aging Week Celebrate Community Week National Spinning and Weaving Week Hospice Care Week Mon Oct 7th, 2024 - Mon Oct 14th Irish Road Safety Week National Curry Week Fun Observances Frappé Day Whether you pronounce it with an emphasis on the accented e (frapay) or with a silent e (frap), we can all agree that the chilled and frothed coffee is yummy. Celebrate this beverage on October 7 or Frappé Day. Made by blending instant coffee, milk and crushed ice, Frappés originated in Greece. According to popular lore, the drink was accidentally created by a distributor of Nestle products in the Greek city of Thessaloniki during the 1957 Thessaloniki International Fair. Today, the frappé is a popular coffee drink all over the world. In the New England region of the United States, the term Frappe (pronounced as frap) refers to milkshakes. Many coffee shops offer Frappés in a variety of flavors and with or without coffee. How to Celebrate? Visit your favorite coffee shop and treat yourself to a frappé. Start the day with making a frappé from scratch at home. Experiment with flavors - add chocolate to the drink or honey or maple syrup instead of sugar. Add ice cream to it to make it into a decadent dessert drink. Did You Know… …that the word frappé comes from the French word for beating or striking together?. *** A woman called the Colorado State Division of Wildlife regarding a snake in her backyard. “Can you tell me what kind it is?” she asked. “Can you describe it?” I asked. “Yes,” she said. “It’s long and thin.” *** I spotted several pairs of men’s Levi’s at a garage sale. They were sizes 30, 31, and 32, but I was looking for size 33. So I asked the owner if he had a pair. He shook his head. “I’m still wearing the 33s,” he said. “Come back next year.” *** When my customer ordered 
iced tea, I asked, “Sweetened or 
unsweetened?” Her answer: “What’s the difference?” *** Looking for a job? Here’s one posted on Craigslist: “$40K a Year to Attend Harvard University as Me.” Requirements include a 4.0 GPA in high school or a 3.5 GPA in college. Only males need apply, since, as the listing tells us, “I have a male name.” The lucky person tapped for the gig doesn’t have to do much other than “attend all classes, pass all tests, 
and finish all assigned work while pretending you are me.” Don’t worry about having to actually get into 
the Ivy League school: “I’ve already taken care of that,” he says. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

You two have covered the word of the day, pretty much, thank you. My search was centered in my province, Quebec. I have not needed to see a doctor for over fifty years. So no, I do not have a family doctor. Looking on line this morning, I found that over a quarter of Quebecers do not have one. Mainly because GPs are over loaded already. Which is why our emergency rooms are usually, swamped. The only reason I mention any of this, is because our word today. This is the shocker and I think a scary thing I learned this morning. Healthy Quebec kids can no longer see pediatricians, must now find a family doctor | CTV News Sounds okay, I think not!!!!! Especially when you understand that over 2 million Quebecers, don't have a family doctor, not for the lack of trying to find one that will take on new patients. So I guess it is back to the olden days, if you can find a regular, ordinary doctor to take you on, good luck. Oh, did I mention the dog and pony show they want you to go through, before you crawl into the ER. If you don't have a family doctor, Quebec wants you to use this system before going to ER | CBC News sandrewn

October 6th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Rose Durocher Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Bruno of Cologne Faith Mary Frances of the Five Wounds Pardulphus Sagar of Laodicea October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA)) World Space Week (October 4–10) Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan) Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia) German-American Day (United States) Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary) Teachers' Day (Sri Lanka) Yom Kippur War commemorations: Armed Forces Day (Egypt) Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Change A Light Day Honduras: Discovery of America Day International Blessings of The Fishing Fleet Day National Badger Day National Coaches Day National Energy Geek Day National Noodle Day National Orange Wine Day National Plus Size Appreciation Day National Transfer Money to Your Daughter Day October Liberatory War World Cerebral Palsy Day World Communion Sunday Zero Inbox Day National Physician Assistant Day Trevor Lawrence’s Birthday Surya Chandrasekaran’s Birthday Ryan's World’s Birthday Monique Samuels’s Birthday Melanie Robbins’s Birthday LeBron James Jr.’s Birthday Joe Goldberg’s Birthday Hadley Horner’s Birthday GreekGodx’s Birthday Fannie Lou Hamer’s Birthday Addison Rae’s Birthday Vaughn Raines Jr.’s Birthday King Badger’s Birthday Elisabeth Shue ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun Oct 6th, 2024 - Sat Oct 12th, 2024 Mental Illness Awareness Week PA Week National Midwifery Week Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week Fire Prevention Week Fun Observances Mad Hatter Day Celebrated annually on October 6, Mad Hatter Day celebrates the Hatter, a key character in Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland. The unofficial holiday was created in 1986 in Boulder Colorado by a group of computer technicians who were inspired by the Hatter and his antics in the epic fantasy novel. In the book, the Hatter is an eccentric milliner for whom time is forever stuck at a tea party with his friend the March Hare. 10/6 The date for the holiday was chosen because of how John Tenniel illustrated the Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. The English illustrator who was also a political cartoonist depicted the Hatter wearing a hat with a piece of paper that has 10/6 written on it. The 10/6 refers to the cost of a hat – 10 shillings and 6 pence. The creators of the holiday who are from the United States where the date is written in the month/day (mm/dd) format took this to set the date for the holiday on October 6 (10/6). For those who write the date in the day/ month (dd/mm) format, the holiday would fall on June 10. How to Celebrate? Read Alice in Wonderland. Watch the movies based on the novel. Wear a hat the whole day. Host an Alice in Wonderland themed tea party. Did You Know... ...that even though this holiday is called Mad Hatter Day and that the Hatter is also popularly known as the Mad Hatter, Lewis Carol never refers to the character as the Mad Hatter? *** After a number of attempts to get the customer service agent on the phone to understand his name, my Asian American friend Appappa decided to spell it out. "A for apple," he began. "P for pineapple, p for pineapple, a for apple, p for pineapple, p for—" The flustered agent interrupted. "I have a better idea," she said. "Just tell me how many apples and how many pineapples." *** My husband, who uses a wheelchair, showed up at his eye doctor's for an appointment. The receptionist checked the schedule, then said, "The nurse will call you in a moment. Have a seat." He smiled. "Done." *** I provide technical support for the computer software published by my company. One day, over the phone, I was helping a customer install a product on a Macintosh. The procedure required him to delete an old file. On the Mac there is an icon of a trash can that is used to collect items to be permanently deleted. I told the customer to click on the old file and drag it to the trash. Then I had him perform a few other steps. As a reminder, I said, "Don't forget to empty the trash. Obediently he replied, "Yes, dear." *** The village blacksmith hired an enthusiastic new apprentice 
willing to work long, hard hours. 
He instructed the boy, “When I take the shoe out of the fire, I’ll lay it on the anvil. When I nod my head, you hit it with the hammer.” The apprentice did exactly as he was told, and now he’s the new village blacksmith. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** "A Scottish theme tonight" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ( Sorry, I just couldn't resist this one! ) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ( 78th Highlanders group, Montreal, Qc, 1869 ) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

It just goes to prove, stick around long enough and today can become the new reality, a Rod Serling moment? Me, giving the type of reply, typically expected here (stuffy, not fluffy). Ascetic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster While two trusted members, give a reply, more often expected of me! I can almost hear the theme song from 'The Twilight Zone' playing in the background. The Twilight Zone theme song - Google Search

still (and probably forever and ever)

October 5th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) World Space Week (October 4–10) Armed Forces Day (Indonesia) Christian feast day: Anna Schäffer Faustina Kowalska Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church) Blessed Bartolo Longo Thraseas Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria) Placid and Maurus Placidus (martyr) October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Vanuatu) Engineer's Day (Bolivia) International Day of No Prostitution Republic Day (Portugal) Teachers' Day (Pakistan) Teachers' Day (Russia) World Teachers' Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Bookshop Day Frugal Fun Day Gedaliah Fast Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev National Above the Bus Day National Apple Betty Day National Be Nice Day National Caribbean Civility Day National Do Something Nice Day National Get Funky Day National Kiss a Wrestler Day National Military Podcast Day National Rhode Island Day World Meningitis Day Polenta Festival Balloons Around the World Day National Mead Day Global James Bond Day Charge Your Car Day Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day Nicky Hilton’s Birthday Mario Lemieux’s Birthday Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Birthday Kate Winslet’s Birthday Mahogany LOX’s Birthday Jesse Eisenberg’s Birthday Joe Torgerson’s Birthday Jada Symone’s Birthday James Valentine’s Birthday Gerardo Ortiz’s Birthday Erica Banks’s Birthday Dillon Francis’s Birthday Rachel Brathen’s Birthday Sarah Schauer’s Birthday Aaron Carpenter’s Birthday Travis Kelce’s Birthday Bernie Mac’s Birthday Steve Miller’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Oct 5th, 2024 - Sun Oct 6th, 2024 Tbilisoba Sat Oct 5th, 2024 - Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 Truffle Days in Croatia Fun Observances (2) Chic Spy Day October 5 is Chic Spy Day, a day to acknowledge that a well-dressed spy is always more successful in catching the bad guys than a scruffy one. The unofficial holiday is a tribute to the elegant and stylish spies in popular culture and was created in 2015 by chicspy.com, a fashion website. It commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1962, when the chicest spy of all – James Bond – made his debut on the big screen in a movie called Dr. No. Starring Sean Connery and Bond, the film was based on a novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. Fashionable and Resourceful The spy genre of movies has frequently featured sophisticated and well-dressed protagonists who are not only equipped with fighting skills that can put a ninja to shame, but are also charming, attractive and immensely likable. All spies - men or women - in movies tend to own state-of-the-art espionage and surveillance equipment. As a genre, spy movies are as old as the film industry. They became especially popular during the Second World War and the Cold War era. Today, spy movies tend to focus on themes such as terrorism and governmental corruption. How to Celebrate? Have a favorite spy? Spend the day watching his or her movies. Watch Dr. No and all of James Bond's movies. Have a spy party. Ask your guests to dress up like their favorite spy; serve shaken, not stirred martinis; and share notes about why you think your favorite spy is the chicest. Did You Know… …that even though Dr. No was the first James Bond film, Casino Royale was the first Bond novel ever published? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Card Making Day Need a special way to tell your loved ones how much you care for them? Why not hand make a card for them on Card Making Day? Celebrated annually on the first Saturday in October, the day first began in 2006 and was created by Paper Craft magazine as a way to encourage crafters to get a head start on the holiday season. How to Celebrate? Make a few handmade cards. Get together with friends and family and have a craft party – create multiple cards and exchange them, so you will have several different unique cards to send to your family and friends during the holidays. Did You Know… …that the ancient Chinese used to exchange new year messages? *** Q. How do you make the number one disappear? A. Add the letter G and then presto—it's Gone! *** Q. There's a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables. What color are the stairs? A. There are none—it's a one-story house! *** Comedian Daniel Tosh is no fan 
of the expression “The worst day 
of fishing is better than the 
best day at work.” “I’ve watched The Deadliest 
Catch on Discovery,” 
he said. “I’ve never once 
been at work, capsized in 
40-degree water, watched all my coworkers die, and been like, ‘Hey, at least we’re fishin’.’” *** If you stop eating doughnuts you will live three years longer, but it's just three more years that you'll want a doughnut. *** A few weeks? after the death of my father-in-law, I found my seven-year-old son crying in bed. His grandmother had died the previous year, and he was taking it all very hard. "You know, Kyle," I said, "when we die, we'll get to see Grandma and Grandpa again in heaven." With tears spilling down his face, Kyle cried, "That's easy for you to say. You don't have that long!" *** Three fans were bemoaning the sorry state of their football team. “I blame the general manager,” said the first fan. “If he signed better players, we’d be a great team.” “I blame the players,” said the 
second fan. “If they made more of 
an effort, we’d score some points.” “I blame my parents,” said the third. “If I’d been born in Seattle, 
I’d be supporting a decent team.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Another day in the classroom(for me). Introvert and extrovert I knew of. Ambivert, new to me, as was omnivert and now I know about all four. Miss George, my grade one teacher, would have given me a gold star, I think. Time and again, I have said I like easy to understand answers, with the following, I rest my case. Introvert, Extrovert, Ambivert & Omnivert

Camel spider (Solifugidae) This is the head (prosoma) of an excessively nervous and fast moving creature. It has eight legs, a spider-like body, but enormous chelicerae with vertically placed pincers (like crabs have) and just two 'compound' eyes (aggregated ocels). It is not a true spider but a solifugid (Solifugidae). Found it in broad daylight hunting on arthropods (any) in an open grassy spot in the miombo forest (Lubumbashi, DR Congo). Prey is cut to bits with the massive pincers and body parts are sucked in after being partly liquified. It's a scary creature. (An oldie, but goldie)

October 4th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Amun Francis of Assisi Petronius of Bologna October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland) Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966. The beginning of World Space Week (International) World Animal Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Improve Your Office Day Kids Music Day Kindness to Animal Day Kiribati: Education Day Manufacturing Day Mera Chaoren Houba National Body Language Day National Cinnamon Roll Day National Golf Lovers Day National Truckers Day National Vodka Day World Habitat Day Plaidurday Wakey Wakey Hospice PJ Day No Disposable Cup Day College Radio Day National Good Buddy Day Ship in A Bottle Day Rich Homie Quan’s Birthday Yoon Jeonghan’s Birthday Melissa Benoist’s Birthday Ignazio Boschetto’s Birthday Jovita Moore’s Birthday Amara La Negra’s Birthday Francesca from Magic Box’s Birthday Derrick Rose’s Birthday Drone Supremacy’s Birthday Charlton Heston’s Birthday Dakota Johnson’s Birthday Caitriona Balfe’s Birthday Buster Keaton’s Birthday Ashley Banjo’s Birthday Rupi Kaur’s Birthday Fintan Magee’s Birthday Russell Simmons’s Birthday Alicia Silverstone’s Birthday Lil Mama’s Birthday Liev Schreiber Susan Sarandon Ilhan Omar ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Sat Oct 5th, 2024 Tea and Coffee Festival Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Sun Oct 6th, 2024 Kestenijada Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Mon Oct 7th, 2024 Semana Morazánica in Honduras Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Thu Oct 10th, 2024 World Space Week Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Fri Oct 11th, 2024 National Manufacturing Week Fri Oct 4th, 2024 - Sat Oct 12th, 2024 National Dance Week Fun Observances (2) Taco Day Lettuce taco 'bout Taco Day. It's on October 4 and that gives you the perfect excuse to spend the entire day eating tacos. A traditional Mexican version of the sandwich, a taco is a tortilla stuffed with filling. Usually made of corn or wheat, the tortilla can be filled with beef, chicken, vegetables, pork or seafood and served with cheese, cilantro or onions as garnish. Different Kinds In Mexico, tacos are generally associated with fresh tortillas, while in the United States, one can find many different types of tacos. Some of these include hard shelled tacos, made of deep fried U shaped tortillas; fried tacos, which are made by frying tortillas stuffed with filling; and tacodillas which is made by stuffing cheese between two tortillas and then adding a filling to the top tortilla. How to Celebrate? With tacos, lots and lots of tacos! Start the day with breakfast tacos - eggs, bacon and breakfast sausage wrapped in a tortilla. Have a vegetarian taco with beans, rice, jalapeño peppers and guacamole for lunch and delicious pork, beef or chicken tacos for dinner. Finish the day with dessert tacos - tacos filled with ice cream, fruit or cream and topped with chocolate or fruit sauce. Experiment with the flavors of the taco filling. What about making some Korean-inspired tacos by adding some kimchi or an Indian version of the taco with some curried chicken? Did You Know… …that in 18th century Mexico, tacos referred to pieces of paper that Mexican miners wrapped around gunpowder to make holes in mines? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ World Smile Day The first Friday of October every year is celebrated around the globe as World Smile Day. The unofficial holiday encourages people to do acts of kindness to spread good will and cheer. First started in 1999 by the creator of the smiley, Harvey Ball, the holiday celebrates the intent behind the now universally recognized icon - to bring a smile of the faces of people around the world. The purpose of the holiday was the move away from the commercialization of the smiley and to use it as a symbol of kindness and affection. Morale Booster The smiley made its debut in 1963 as a way to increase the morale of the employees of a life insurance company. Today, it is one of the most popular nonverbal ways to convey joy, happiness and cheer. The smiley face began as a bright yellow circle with two dots to represent eyes and a black line that represents a smiling mouth. Emoji Today, there are many different versions of the smiley, representing many other human emotions such a sadness, surprise, worry and laughter. In modern texting smileys are used to express emotions in online conversations on a smartphone or on a computer. The practice has its origin in Japan, and the smileys and other icons are known as emoji. How to Celebrate? Make people around you smile. Do a random act of kindness. Buy a stranger a coffee. Compliment someone. Give your seat up to someone on the bus. Surprise someone in your family with a visit, cook a meal for them, or do something special for them. Volunteer your time and/ or money at a local nonprofit organization. Did You Know... ...that babies are born with the ability to smile? *** Q: What’s the difference between a cat and a comma? A: One has claws at the end of its paws, while the other is a pause at the end of a clause. *** The military may have invented the Internet, but not all government schemes have worked as well. In 
the ’60s, the CIA hatched a plan to implant a battery and a microphone in a cat so the furry feline could 
spy on unsuspecting targets. The program was halted when, after years of research and millions of 
dollars spent, the spy cat was run over by a cab. *** A woman walked into my aunt's animal shelter wanting to have her cat and six kittens spayed and neutered. "Is the mother friendly?" my aunt asked. "Very," said the woman, casting an eye on all the pet carriers. "That's how we got into this mess in the first place." *** I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when my squad leader barged in. He was holding a toothbrush, which he proceeded to use to scrub underneath the rim of a toilet. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Hazing the new guy,” he said with a grin. “You do know that he could get ill from the bacteria on the toilet.” His reply was quick and to the point: “You didn’t.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** (?!?!?!?!?!) *** Home schooling, and you thought you had it bad!!! *** Not today, Mr. Snake *** *** *** ( " Uh oh!" ) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** (This one I really like) sandrewn

I must admit that our word of yesterday was a bit dull compared to any of the words I'd seen here before. Today, back to student mode. New word for me, what is it, what is the treatment, who gives it? All totally new(to me) and for any of you in the same boat, I offer the following. Osteopathy: Everything you need to know DO vs MD - Is M.D. better than D.O. ? - Differences between an MD and a DO

I just kept scrolling and this the first spidery thing I came across:

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demanding a refund. Client: You did my tattoo backward! Tattoo artist: It’s backward? Client: Yes! I’m looking at it in the mirror right now! *** “Why did you choose a college so far from home?” I asked my British student. She explained that she’d fallen 
in love with the American West by watching Westerns. So when it came time to apply for colleges, she Googled “Western universities.” And that’s how she ended up here, at Western Carolina University. *** Our boss asked the new mail-room guy to make three copies of 
an office key. The guy returned ten minutes later with the copies … which he’d made on the Xerox machine. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

If you go back to the very first page of entries, Zombie(16 Nov 2013) answered the very questions you are now asking. take care,

Wow, what a change, from multi multiple syllable words to banal. Who ever said there are no dull word here, surprise!!!!! The first example I came upon, seemed to be the perfect two cent one I was looking for(short and sweat). If something is boring and unoriginal, it's banal. Banal things are dull as dishwater. Ever notice how some TV shows, songs, and even phrases are boring and unoriginal? It's like you've seen or heard the same thing a million times.