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Christian feast day:
Andrew Corsini
Gilbert of Sempringham
John de Brito
Goldrofe of Arganil
Blessed Rabanus Maurus
Rimbert
February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)
Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Christianity)
Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)
World Cancer Day
International Day of Human Fraternity
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
British Yorkshire Pudding Day
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Facebook's Birthday
Farmer's Day
Liberace Day
Medjool Date Day
National Hemp Day
National Homemade Soup Day
National Israel Day
National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
National Wicker Day
Philippine-American War Memorial Day
Pork Rind Appreciation Day
Quacker Day
Scout Sunday
Sweater Day
Torture Abolition Day
USO Day
Willie Mays Day
Tabitha Brown’s Birthday
Rosa Parks’s Birthday
Alice Cooper’s Birthday
Nicolle Wallace
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Boy Scout Anniversary Week
Burn Awareness Week
National Kraut and Frankfurter Week
Pay Your Bills Week
International Networking Week
Feeding Tube Awareness Week
Sun Feb 4th, 2024 - Mon Feb 12th, 2024
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Fun Observances (3)
Thank Your Mailman Day
Thank Your Mailman Day is celebrated on February 4 every year.
The unofficial holiday honors people who deliver mail or post directly to people's homes and places of business.
Old Mail
Historians believe that people were hired to deliver royal letters and decrees as early as 2000 BC. The oldest recorded postal document is from Egypt and dates back to 255 BC.
This is a day to acknowledge and thank your mail person and postal worker for bringing your mail to you everyday, rain or shine, and also for not being intimated by your neighbor’s mean looking dog.
Thank Your Mailman Day is also known as National Thank Your Mailman Day in the U.S.
How to Celebrate?
Say hello to your postal worker and thank them for their service.
If you are unable to meet them in person, what about leaving a little thank you note for your mail carrier in your mailbox?
Even better, add a small homemade treat or a bar of candy with the note to show your appreciation.
Did You Know…
…that in 1920, the United States Post Office banned sending children by post?
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Create a Vacuum Day
They say that nothing ever happens in a vacuum, but this holiday - Create a Vacuum Day, on February 4 - seems to have emerged from one.
The source, or even the purpose, of this fun and geeky holiday are unknown, so we can only guess that the holiday calls for people to learn more about the science behind a vacuum and experiment with it (as much as they can with common household equipment).
The word, vacuum comes from the Latin word vacuus, meaning empty or vacant, and is used by scientists to refer to a space that does not have any matter or where the pressure is lower than atmospheric pressure.
No Perfect Vacuum
While theoretically, a perfect vacuum can exist, practically creating one is almost impossible. This is because of, what scientists call virtual particles – particles that can enter and exit a vacuum. Such particles include photons and quarks. Outer space is considered by scientists as being closest to a state of perfect vacuum as there can be, even though it is not completely devoid of matter. Apart from space debris that includes comets and asteroids, outer space has stray atoms of gases and different forms of radiation.
Household Applications
In addition to its theoretical applications, the concept of vacuum has led to many industrial and household items that we find indispensable today. In our homes, a vacuum can be used to suck up dirt through the vacuum cleaner and even light up our rooms through incandescent light bulbs. Outside, vacuum is used to pack food and other items, in vacuum pumps, and to build electron microscopes. Even car brakes work by creating a form of vacuum.
How to Celebrate?
Learn more about the science behind vacuum, a space completely empty of matter, and its practical uses.
Take out the vacuum cleaner from the closet and use it - you are due to clean your home anyway.
Did You Know…
…that the world’s first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1866 by Ives W. McGaffey in the United States?
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Stuffed Mushroom Day
February 4 is Stuffed Mushroom Day. Also known as National Stuffed Mushroom Day in the United States, this made-up holiday clearly encourages people to make and consume lots and lots of stuffed mushrooms.
A popular party dish, stuffed mushrooms are made by removing the stems and stuffing the resulting hollow space with meat and vegetable filling. Stuffed mushrooms are usually savory and are typically sprinkled with breadcrumbs and cheese and baked before being served.
Meat for Vegetarians
Mushrooms are the fleshy parts of fungi that bear spores. In many cultures, they are an integral part of the cuisine and are a prominent source of dietary minerals and vitamin B. Mushrooms are low calories and have low amounts of carbohydrates, making them an ideal diet food.
While mushrooms are botanically neither fruits or vegetables, in many parts of the world, they are considered safe for vegetarians to consume and are often considered to be a meat substitute.
How to Celebrate?
Make a huge batch of stuffed mushrooms and have them for all your meals of the day. Start will egg and bacon stuffed mushrooms for breakfast, have sausage stuffed mushrooms for lunch, and end the day with sweet potato and parmesan stuffed mushrooms.
Host a stuffed mushrooms party. Have your guests bring their favorite stuffed mushrooms to share.
Did You Know…
...that a person or an animal who eats mushrooms and fungi for nutrition is called a mycophagist?
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Once there was a guy named Bill who wanted a horse. On Craigslist, Bill saw a Christian horse so he went to check it out.
When Bill got to the ranch, the horse's owner said "It's easy to ride him. Just say 'praise the Lord' to make him go, and 'amen' to make him stop."
Bill got on the horse and said "praise the Lord." the horse started to walk.
"Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord" and the horse is running.
Now Bill sees the cliff and says: "AMEN."
The horse stops and Bill says: "Whew! Praise the lord!"
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A man came through my lane at the grocery store with a jug of wine and a bouquet of roses. But before paying, he set the two items aside and said, “I’ll be right back.”
He ran off, only to return a minute later with a second jug of wine and another bouquet of roses.
“Two girlfriends?” I asked.
“No,” he said. “Just one really angry one.”
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A customer walked into the post office wanting to mail a package. “Two-day shipping will cost $12.95 to get it there by Friday,” my coworker Billy told her.
The customer, clearly looking to save a few bucks, said, “The package doesn’t have to get there till Saturday. Is there any way to make that happen?”
Billy nodded. “Sure. You can bring it back tomorrow.”
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I admit it—I have a tendency to exaggerate, and I was afraid when I joined the Navy that my “creativity” might get me in trouble. But my fears were put to rest one day while getting into formation, which was determined by height.
Now, I was shy of six feet tall, but when our drill sergeant called for all six-footers to line up, I stepped forward anyway. I instantly knew I was in the right outfit when I looked around.
I was the tallest guy in line.
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Christian feast day:
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Ansgar
Berlinda of Meerbeke
Blaise
Celsa and Nona
Claudine Thévenet
Dom Justo Takayama (Philippines and Japan)
Hadelin
Margaret of England
Werburgh
February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)
Earliest day on which Shrove Tuesday can fall, while March 9 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
Four Chaplains Day (United States, also considered a Feast Day by the Episcopal Church)
Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary (Vietnam)
Day of Finnish architecture and design, birthday of Alvar Aalto (Finland)
Heroes' Day (Mozambique)
Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Setsubun (Japan)
Veterans' Day (Thailand)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
American Painters Day
Anniversary of the Liberation of the Battle of Manila
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Doggy Date Night
Elmo's Birthday
Feed the Birds Day
National Cordova Ice Worm Day
National Golden Retriever Day
National Missing Persons Day
National Patient Recognition Day
National Trevor Day
National Wedding Ring Day
National Women Physicians Day
Our Lady of Suyapa
Pisco Sour Day
Take a Cruise Day
Take Your Child To The Library Day
The Day the Music Died
Yukon Quest
World Read Aloud Day
National Lace Day
Taylor Caniff’s Birthday
Luis Coronel’s Birthday
India Love’s Birthday
Elizabeth Holmes
Fun Observances (2)
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Make ice cream the breakfast of champions on the first Saturday of February, also known as Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.
It is thought that the unofficial holiday was first created in the 1960s by Florence Rappaport in Rochester, New York as a way to entertain her children on a cold and snowy morning. Her brilliant idea took root and has now become a holiday celebrated by people around the world.
Similar holidays include Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Ice Cream Day, Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and Strawberry Ice Cream Day.
How to Celebrate?
Replace your oats and cereal with ice cream.
Have fruit ice cream instead of breakfast fruits.
Top your pancakes and crepes with ice cream.
Used to having bacon for breakfast? What about making bacon ice cream for breakfast instead?
Organize an ice cream charity brunch. Serve your guests different flavors of ice cream and raise money for your favorite childhood cancer awareness charity.
Did You Know…
…that according to some estimates, the United States is the leading consumer of ice cream in the world? New Zealand comes a close second.
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Carrot Cake Day
Celebrated annually on February 3, the holiday celebrates this cake made with carrots.
Eaten since the Middle Ages, it is thought that carrot cake came about because of the high prices and rarity of sugar. To get around this problem, inventive bakers and cooks used sweet vegetables to sweeten their cakes and voila, the humble, but oh, so delicious carrot cake was born.
Healthier Cake
Carrot cake is considered a tad bit healthier than your average sugary cake. Carrots are full of fiber and packed with health-promoting beta carotene, that promote good vision, especially night vision, and help combat health-damaging free radical activity. It is usually made with less sugar, healthy oils, and sometimes has healthy nuts in it.
Similar holidays include Cake Day, Chocolate Cake Day, and National Cheesecake Day.
How to Celebrate?
With lots and lots of carrot cake, of course!
Bake some carrot cake and share with family and friends.
Did You Know...
...that according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, almost half of all carrots meant for human consumption come from China?
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Have You Ever Been Insulted And Complimented At The Same Time? It’s amazing how a person can compliment and insult you at the same time.
Recently, when I greeted my coworker, she said, “You look so gorgeous, I didn’t recognize you.”
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I’ve been working on my PhD in engineering for the past five years, but my kids don’t necessarily see that as work. As we were driving past Walmart one day, my son spotted a Now Hiring sign and suggested that I could get a job there.
Hoping to make a point, I asked, “Do you think they’re looking for an engineer?”
“Oh, sure,” he said. “They’ll hire anybody.”
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The average age of people living in our military retirement community is 85. Recently, a neighbor turned 100, and a big birthday party was thrown. Even his son turned up.
“How old are you?” a tenant asked.
“I’m 81 years old,” he answered.
The tenant shook her head. “They sure grow up fast, don’t they?”
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In the hardware store, a clerk asked, “Can I help you find anything?”
“How about my misspent youth,” joked my husband.
The clerk shot back, “We keep that in the back, between world peace and winning lottery tickets.”
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On a fishing trip to a remote lake in Northern Quebec, I asked the outfitter, “Do you stay here during the winter?”
“No,” he said. “The snow gets too deep. We can’t get supplies in. Like many Canadians, I go south for the winter.”
“Oh,” I said. “Where do you go?”
“Vermont.”
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Groundhog Day
Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
Christian Feast Day:
Adalbard
Cornelius the Centurion
Martyrs of Ebsdorf
February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Philippines)
Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
Bun Day (Iceland)
Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
Rosenmontag (Germany)
Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
A quarter day in the Christian liturgical calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
Celebration of Yemanja or Our Lady of Navigators (Candomblé)
Le Jour des Crêpes (France)
Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)
Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad (Russia)
World Wetlands Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Ayn Rand Day
Bubblegum Day - 1
National Bubble Gum Day - 2
California Kiwifruit Day
Give Kids A Smile
Groundhog Job Shadow Day
Hedgehog Day
Marmot Day
National Brendan Day
National Brown Dog Day
National Catchers Day
National Frank Day
National Heavenly Hash Day
National River Day
National Tater Tot Day
National Wear Red Day
National Woman's Heart Day
Number Day
Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
Self Renewal Day
Sled Dog Day
The Record of a Sneeze Day
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
2FA Day
Lung Leavin’ Day
Shakira’s Birthday
Farrah Fawcett
Christie Brinkley
Ayn Rand
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Publicity for Profit Week
Fun Observances ( 3 )
Work Naked Day
Do you dream of working from home in your most comfortable attire? Then Work Naked Day on the first Friday of February is the holiday for you.
Created by author and home office expert, Lisa Kanare, the holiday is not about working without clothes (though you certainly can, if you would like to), but is about working from the comfortable confines of your home.
Working from home not an option? In April, you can wear your pajamas to work.
How to Celebrate?
Ask your boss or supervisor if you can work from home.
Remember, you don’t have to work naked from home if you do not want to. Wear your most comfortable pajamas and work in your home office or your backyard or from your couch.
If you do decide to work naked, make sure you do not have any official teleconferences.
If you run a company, what about instituting a work from home program?
Did You Know...
...that research has shown that those who work from home offices tend to be more productive and happier than those who are forced to come to work every day?
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Day of the Crepe
February 2 is celebrated as the Day of the Crêpe in France.
Called jour des crêpes, the holiday is associated with the Catholic feast of Candlemas. On this day households all over France make crêpes. This is because it is believed that crêpes symbolize prosperity.
Thin Pancakes
Crêpes are thin pancakes made from a batter of flour, eggs, milk or water, and butter. Thought to have originated in Brittany, France, they were traditionally made with buckwheat flour, though these days they are made with a variety of different flours including white flour, chickpea flour, and almond flour.
Don't Drop the Coin
In many French households, it is customary to make crêpes while holding a coin in your hand. The belief is that if you flip the crêpe in the air and catch it in the pan without dropping the coin, the upcoming year will be a prosperous year for you.
How to Celebrate?
Make crepes, of course!
Not French or Catholic? That shouldn’t stop you from celebrating this delicious dish which is perfect for any meal of the day.
Have crêpes for all your meals of the day – sweet crêpes for breakfast and dessert and savory crêpes with savory fillings for lunch and dinner.
Did You Know...
...that the word crêpe comes from the Latin word crispus, meaning wrinkled and curled?
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Play Your Ukulele Day
On February 2 bring out your ukulele and strum it all day long because it is Play Your Ukulele Day.
The holiday was first celebrated in 2011. Since its inception, the holiday is celebrated all around the world under the slogan bring the world together, four strings at a time.
Hawaiian Instrument
A ukulele, also sometimes called a uke, is a four-stringed instrument that was first popularized in Hawaii in the late 19th century. The instrument was a version of the machete, a four-stringed instrument native to the Madeira region of in the Portugal. It is thought that the ukulele was created by Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii.
Popular Again Today
The ukulele found its way to mainland United States in the early 20th century, where it became an important instrument in the jazz music and dance scene during the 1920s. It fell out of favor as the instrument of choice for musicians until the early 2000s, when the proliferation of online music and instructional videos made the ukulele a popular musical instrument again.
The holiday is also known by several other names including International Play Your Ukulele Day, World Play Your Ukulele Day and World Ukulele Day. It is sometimes also celebrated on May 2.
How to Celebrate?
Know how to play the instrument? Take out your ukulele and entertain friends and family by playing it.
If you have always wanted to learn how to play one, now is the time to make a trip to the music instrument store and get one and start learning how to play it.
Start a band that showcases your ukulele playing skills.
Did You Know...
....that the word ukulele in Hawaiian means jumping flea? It is thought that the instrument was so named because of the way the players fingers jumped around the strings.
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Louie and his wife are listening to the radio when they hear the weather report: "A snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd-numbered side of the street.” So Louie gets up and moves his car.
Two days later—same thing. "A snow emergency has been declared,” blares the radio. "Park your cars on the even-numbered side of the street.” Louie gets up and does what he’s told.
Three days later: "There will be a foot of snow today. Park your cars on the ...,” and then the power goes out.
"What should I do?” a confused Louie asks his wife.
"This time,” she says, "why don’t you just leave the car in the garage?”
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A coworker stormed into my friend's office, yelling, "Did you tell Joan I was a witch?!"
Stunned, my friend sputtered, "No! I don't know how she found out."
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One of our visiting Italian students at Sheppard Air Force Base said he wouldn't be able to fly that day.
"Why?" his teacher asked.
Marshaling all the English he knew, the student pointed to his ears and explained, "It's my fallopian tubes."
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When a body was brought to her funeral home, my friend contacted the next of kin. Per previous instructions, the deceased would be cremated, she told him, so he needed to come in to identify the body.
Considering the task at hand, the relative asked, "Does this need to be done before or after the cremation?"
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A friend was due to give birth around the same time that her oldest daughter was due to give birth to her first baby. On the morning my friend went into labor, I happened to drive by her house, wondering what she’d had.
A sign on the front porch gave me my answer: “It’s an Uncle!”
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The great-great-great grandchildren of Dickens take a selfie with him on his 202nd birthday.
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This Is the Last Image the Spirit Mars Rover Ever Saw
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Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)
Air Force Day (Nicaragua)
Christian feast day:
Blessed Candelaria of San José
Brigid of Ireland (Saint Brigid's Day)
Verdiana
February 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Constitution Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in February. (Mexico)
Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)
Heroes Day (Rwanda)
Saint Brigid's Day/Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and some Neopagan groups in the Northern hemisphere)
Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
National Freedom Day (United States)
The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Car Insurance Day
World Hijab Day
Change Your Password Day
Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day
Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime
Decorating With Candy Day
G.I. Joe Day
Holiday Hugs Day
Hula in the Coola Day
Imbolc
National Baked Alaska Day
International Face and Body Art Day
National Cameron Day
National Dark Chocolate Day
National Get Up Day
National Sean Day
National Serpent Day
Optimist Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
Texas Day
World Aspergillosis Day
National Unclaimed Property Day
Stormi Webster’s Birthday
Harry Styles’s Birthday
Ronda Rousey
Brandon Lee
Lisa Marie Presley
Michael C. Hall
Clark Gable
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Thu Feb 1st, 2024 - Wed Feb 7th, 2024
La Poutine Week
National Patient Recognition Week
Shape Up With Pickles Time
Solo Diners Eat Out Week
Women's Heart Week
World Interfaith Harmony Week
African Heritage and Health Week
Observances (click on the month for details) - 91 of them, WOW!
Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month
African American Heritage Month
African American Read-In
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Barley Month
Beat the Heat Month
Berry Fresh Month
Bike To Work Month
Black History Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month
Creative Romance Month
Declutter for a Cause Month
Dog Training Education Month
Ethnic Equality Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
Feline Fix by Five Month
Financial Aid Awareness Month
Free Open Source Software Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
Great American Pie Month
Human Relations Month
Humpback Whale Awareness Month
International Boost Self Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Friendship Month
International Hoof Care Month
International Month of Black Women in the Arts
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Jobs in Golf Month
LGBT+ History Month
Library Lovers Month
Love the Bus Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month
National Arts Month
National Avocado and Banana Month
National Bake For Family Fun Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Blah Buster Month
National Cancer Prevention Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cat Health Month
National Cherry Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Condom Month
National Embroidery Month
National Enrolled Agents Month
National Fasting February
National Fasting February
National Fondue Month
National Goat Yoga Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Haiku Writing Month
National Heart Healthy Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh-Friendly Month
National Macadamia Nut Month
National Mend a Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Self-Check Month
National Senior Independence Month
National Snack Food Month
National Sweet Potato Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
National Time Management Month
National Wedding Month
National Women Inventors Month
North American Inclusion Month (NAIM)
Pet Dental Health Month
Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month
Potato Lovers Month
Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month
Raynaud's Awareness Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owners Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Spiritual Teachers Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Vegan Cuisine Month
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Women’s Role in History Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
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Funny Things That Parents Say
"You shouldn't be eating candy so early. We have doughnuts."
"The key is to put the mousetrap outside the house. That way, the mice don't come in."
"Your aunt couldn't make it, so I brought the cat."
"Don't do drugs. They're hell on your body, and I may need one of your organs someday."
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Our 25-year-old son moved back home with an eye toward socking away money to buy a condo. We never bothered asking how long he'd planned to stay, but I got a pretty good idea when I walked into his room recently. In the corner was a milk jug with a few coins in it and a label that read "Condo down payment."
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People’s parents actually give them sage advice, like
“Do what you love, and the money will follow” or
“The early bird gets the worm.”
All I remember is “Don’t fill up on bread.”
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When the new activities director for the rec center walked in, all us retirees quickly took notice. She was 20-something, statuesque, and gorgeous.
My buddy whispered, “She makes me wish I was 30 years older.”
“Don’t you mean 30 years younger?” I asked.
“No. If I were 30 years younger, I’d still never have a chance with a woman like that. If I were 30 years older, it wouldn’t bother me so much.”
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Christian feast day:
Domitius (Domice) of Amiens
Francis Xavier Bianchi
Geminianus
John Bosco
Julius of Novara
Blessed Ludovica
Máedóc (Mogue, Aiden)
Marcella
Samuel Shoemaker (Episcopal Church (USA))
Tysul
Ulphia
Wilgils
January 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Amartithi (Meherabad, India, followers of Meher Baba)
Independence Day (Nauru), celebrates independence from Australia in 1968.
Street Children's Day (Austria)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Brandy Alexander Day
Eat Brussel Sprouts Day
Gorilla Suit Day
Grammy Awards Day
Hell is Freezing Over Day
Hug An Economist Day
Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
International Zebra Day
National Hot Chocolate Day
National Seth Day
Scotch Tape Day
Nikita Dragun’s Birthday
Nolan Ryan’s Birthday
Mallory James Mahoney’s Birthday
Justin Timberlake’s Birthday
Josh Richards’s Birthday
Jackie Robinson’s Birthday
Fruit’s Birthday
Portia de Rossi
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Wed Jan 31st, 2024 - Sun Feb 4th, 2024
U.S. Snow Sculpting Week
Fun Observances
Backwards Day
Bored with doing the same thing in and out? On January 31, take a break from the rut by doing everything backwards, because it is Backwards Day.
While it is unclear who created this holiday, it is evident that they wanted it to be a day for celebrators to break all rules and to do things their way.
A popular fun holiday among school going children, it is also sometimes called National Backwards Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
Celebrating Backwards Day is easy—do everything backwards or sdrawkcab.
Wear your outfit backwards and if you can, talk and write backwards.
Go to bed in the morning and start working in the evening, have dinner in the morning and breakfast in the evening, and have dessert first during all your meals.
Talk to people with your back towards them. Just make sure you let them know you are celebrating Backwards Day, so they don't think you are rude.
Say goodbye to people when you meet them, and hello when you depart.
Did You Know…
…that penguins cannot walk backwards?
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Back at my high school for the tenth reunion, I met my old coach. Walking through the gym, we came upon a plaque on which I was still listed as the record holder for the longest softball throw.
Noticing my surprise, the coach said, "That record will stand forever."
I was about to make some modest disclaimer that records exist to be broken, when he added, "We stopped holding that event years ago."
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A friend of mine had resisted efforts to get him to run with our jogging group until his doctor told him he had to exercise. Soon thereafter, he reluctantly joined us for our 5:30 a.m. jogs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
After a month of running, we decided that my friend might be hooked, especially when he said he had discovered what "runner's euphoria" was. "Runner's euphoria," he explained, "is what I feel at 5:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays."l
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As a high-school football coach, I'm aware that student athletes tend to focus too much on sports. A fellow coach, Bob, was talking about one such player, who called him at home one night. When his wife informed the kid that Bob wasn't home, he became frantic and said he had to speak to the coach right away.
"Just calm down, and I'll have him call you as soon as he gets home," the coach's wife told him. "What's your number?"
The flustered kid replied, "Three."
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I’m driving with this guy, and he runs right through a Stop sign. So I say, “Hey, that was a Stop sign.”
And he says, “I drive like my brother!”
A few blocks later, he plows right through a red light. I say, “You just ran a red light.”
And he says, “I drive like my brother!”
So now we’re coming up on a green light, and he slows down. I’m confused, so I say, “It’s green; why are you slowing down?”
He says, “My brother might be coming.”
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Christian Feast Day:
Adelelmus of Burgos
Aldegonde
Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)
Armentarius of Pavia
Balthild
Charles, King and Martyr (various provinces of the Anglican Communion)
Hippolytus of Rome
Hyacintha Mariscotti
Martina
Matthias of Jerusalem
Mutien-Marie Wiaux
Savina
Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox), and its related observances:
Teacher's Day (Greece)
January 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Azerbaijani customs (Azerbaijan)
Day of Saudade (Brazil)
Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)
Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances:
Martyrs' Day (India)
School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
Start of the Season for Nonviolence (January 30 – April 4)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
National Draw A Dinosaur Day
National Escape Day
National Inane Answering Message Day
National Maxwell Day
National Plan for Vacation Day
Yodel For Your Neighbors Day
Phil Collins’s Birthday
Kid Cudi’s Birthday
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday
Christian Bale’s Birthday
Biggy Norris’s Birthday
Becky Lynch’s Birthday
Phil Lester’s Birthday
Kirk Frost’s Birthday
Dick Cheney
Gene Hackman
Wilmer Valderrama
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Tue Jan 30th, 2024 - Mon Feb 5th, 2024
Intimate Apparel Market Week
Tue Jan 30th, 2024 - Wed Feb 7th, 2024
National Storytelling Week
Fun Observances
Croissant Day
On January 30 wake up and head straight to your favorite bakery to get a croissant for your breakfast, because it is Croissant Day.
The crescent shaped flaky and buttery pastry made by layering and rolling out leavened dough. While it is usually consumed plain, many variations of the pastry exist. In many parts of the world, bakeries bake croissants with chocolate, fruits, meat, vegetables, and cheese. Many people use croissants to make sandwiches. Some popular croissant sandwiches include egg salad sandwich, tuna sandwich, and cheese and ham sandwich.
Not French
Contrary to popular belief, croissants are not French in origin. Food historians believe that the Austrian kipferl is the ancestor of the present-day croissant. Legend has it that kipeferl, which is the German word for crescent, was created by some Viennese bakers as a way to celebrate the defeat of Ottoman invaders by the soldiers of Vienna. The bakers according to the story, fashioned their new creation in the form of the crescent they saw on the enemies flag.
It is thought that the pastry was popularized in France by Marie Antionette, the last queen of France.
How to Celebrate?
Have croissants for all your meals. Start with a plain croissant for breakfast, a croissant sandwich for lunch, and end the day with a chocolate or custard-filled croissant.
Try making croissants at home from scratch. Don't forget to share with friends, family, and co-workers.
Did You Know…
…that a cronut is both a croissant and a doughnut? The pastry was created by New York Chef Dominique Ansel.
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Me: What’s the Wi-Fi password?
Bartender: You need to buy a drink first.
Me: OK, I’ll have a Coke.
Bartender: Three dollars.
Me: There you go. So what’s the Wi‑Fi password?
Bartender: “You need to buy a drink first.” No spaces, all lowercase.
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One day, a fourteen-year-old weasel went down to the local dance hall. The bartender took one look at him and says, “You are under-aged. I can’t serve you beer.”
The weasel asks, “What can I have?”
The bartender replies, “I have bottled water, juice, energy drinks, and pop.”
“Pop!” goes the weasel.
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Some Texans are mingling at the bar when an Oxford graduate walks in.
"Howdy, stranger," one Texan says. "Where are you from?"
The Oxford graduate answers, "I come from a place where we do not end our sentences in prepositions."
"Oh, I'm sorry," replies the Texan. "Where are you from, jackass?"
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One of the shortest wills ever written:
“Being of sound mind, I spent all the money.”
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Sad Update
Queen Elizabeth II was the last living head of state to have served in WWII.
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Christian feast day:
Gildas
Sabinian of Troyes
Sulpitius I of Bourges
January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)
Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Auckland Anniversary Day
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Curmudgeons Day
Freethinkers Day
National Bible Day
National Carnation Day
National Colin Day
National Corn Chip Day
Nelson Anniversary Day
Northland Anniversary Day
RNLI SOS day
Seeing-Eye Guide Dog Anniversary
Charlie Wilson’s Birthday
Tom Selleck’s Birthday
Oprah Winfrey’s Birthday
Brian David Gilbert’s Birthday
Katharine Ross
Sara Gilbert
Adam Lambert
William McKinley
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Mon Jan 29th, 2024 - Fri Feb 2nd, 2024
Tax Identity Theft Week
Fun Observances
Puzzle Day
What is 24 hours long, all about solving problems, and is one of the best unofficial holidays of the year? Puzzle Day, of course.
Celebrated every year on January 29, the holiday honors puzzles of all stripes - jigsaws, riddles, science, math, mechanical, and word puzzles, and of course, real life puzzles.
Develops Skills
Puzzles are problems that are difficult to solve or require special skills to resolve. They can take various forms and emphasize different expertise. For example, crosswords, word search, and anagrams put a person's vocabulary and skills with a language to test. Games like Sudoku and Rubik's Cube, on the other hand, test the player's logical thinking and mathematical skills. Jigsaws develop patience and visual skills.
Beneficial to Health
In addition to being entertaining and fun, puzzles have distinct health and social benefits, especially in early childhood. Collaborative puzzles help children learn how to work together while learning other spatial, motor, and problem-solving skills. Studies have shown that doing puzzles can help enhance brain activity in adults. It also increases creativity and concentration, and it improves memory.
Puzzle Day is also known as National Puzzle Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
Host a puzzle party and solve puzzles with family and friends. Send out invites in the form of a crossword, decorate the venue with puzzles and serve a Rubik Cube shaped cake.
Learn about the history of puzzles and about the science behind creating them.
Spend the day solving puzzles of all kinds.
Did You Know…
…that the world’s first crossword was published on December 21, 1913 in the Sunday newspaper, New York World? The puzzle was created by journalist Arthur Wayne.
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My doctor took one look at my gut and refused to believe that I work out.
So I listed the exercises I do every day: jump to conclusions, climb the walls, drag my heels, push my luck, make mountains out of molehills, bend over backward, run around in circles, put my foot in my mouth, go over the edge, and beat around the bush.
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Colonoscopies are important medical procedures that have saved lives. And yet they’re as popular as, well, a colonoscopy.
Here are comments purportedly made by patients to physicians during their procedures.
“Now I know how a Muppet feels!”
“Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?”
“Any sign of the trapped miners, chief?”
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Phlebotomist: I’m here to draw some blood.
Patient: But I just received blood yesterday.
Phlebotomist: You didn’t think you’d get to keep it, did you?
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Three guys are fishing when an angel appears.
The first guy says, “I’ve suffered from back pain for years. Can you help me?” The angel touches the man’s back, and he feels instant relief.
The second guy points to his thick glasses and begs for a cure for his poor eyesight. When the angel tosses the lenses into the lake, the man gains 20/20 vision.
As the angel turns to the third fellow, he instantly recoils and screams, “Don’t touch me! I’m on disability!”
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A customer walked into the post office wanting to mail a package. “Two-day shipping will cost $12.95 to get it there by Friday,” my coworker Billy told her.
The customer, clearly looking to save a few bucks, said, “The package doesn’t have to get there till Saturday. Is there any way to make that happen?”
Billy nodded. “Sure. You can bring it back tomorrow.”
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Christian feast day:
Joseph Freinademetz
Julian of Cuenca
Thomas Aquinas
January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Army Day (Armenia)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action
Christa McAuliffe Day
Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
Global Community Engagement Day
International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day
José Martí's Birthday Memorial
Julian Felipe Day
Lego Day
National Amy Day
National Bible Sunday
National Blueberry Pancake Day
National Daisy Day
National Kazoo Day
National Pediatrician Day
National Tina Day
Pop Art Day
Rattlesnake Roundup Day
Thank a Plugin Developer Day
World Leprosy Day
World Geoffroy’s Cat Day
That Girl Lay Lay’s Birthday
Rick Ross’s Birthday
Jeremiah McDonald’s Birthday
J Cole’s Birthday
Elijah Wood’s Birthday
Anthony Hamilton’s Birthday
Aka’s Birthday
Marcus Dobre’s Birthday
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Sun Jan 28th, 2024 - Sat Feb 3rd, 2024
Catholic Schools Week
Children’s Week
Sun Jan 28th, 2024 - Sun Feb 4th, 2024
National Meat Week
Fun Observances (2)
Data Privacy Day
January 28 is Data Privacy Day. It is observed every year in the United States, United Kingdom, and many other European countries.
Also known as Data Protection Day in Europe, the day celebrates the anniversary of the signing of the Council of Europe's Convention for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data in 1981.
The holiday was first celebrated in 2007 and promotes the need for data privacy. It also helps raise awareness about how people can protect their data and their privacy, online and offline.
How to Celebrate?
On this day, companies and governments hold events and seminars that talk about issues of online security, privacy, and data protection. Attend one of these events.
If you work for a company that works with data, why not suggest holding a data protection workshop?
Shred important paperwork containing personal information that you no longer need.
Educate the children and teenagers in your life to be careful about giving out their personal information to strangers.
Did You Know…
…that the United States Congress passed a resolution declaring January 28 as Data Privacy Day in 2009?
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Fun at Work Day
Have double the fun on April 1, because it is not only April Fool’s Day but it is also Fun at Work Day.
Sometimes celebrated on January 28, the day encourages people to add some fun to their workday.
How to Celebrate?
Here are some ideas on what you can do to make work fun on Fun at Work Day or any other day:
Bake goodies and bring them for your colleagues.
Play harmless pranks on your colleagues and coworkers.
Watch Office Space or a few episodes of The Office at work.
With the consent of your supervisor, spend some time playing board games at work.
Did You Know…
…that studies have shown that a person's perception of time changes when they are having fun? According to these studies, having fun can help pass the time faster.
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My teenage patient’s mother was concerned. “He must have a temperature,” she said. “He hasn’t taken our motorcycle out all day.”
“Let me ask you,” I said. “Do you have a thermometer?”
“No,” she said. “A Kawasaki.”
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Professionals at the staffing agency Robert Half International have seen a lot of peculiar résumés. Here are some favorite gaffes, followed by wisecracks from the pros:
• Education: “I have a bachelorette degree in computers.” (The pajama party starts at 7 p.m.)
• Tools: “Human brain 1.0.” (We’ll wait for the upgrade.)
• References: “My landscaper.” (A reference who will give you two green thumbs up.)
• Date of Employment: “2002–9999.” (She’s earned her gold watch!)
• Experience: “Worked successfully on a team of one.” (I assume you all got along?)
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A friend was ordering her meal at a drive-through when she noticed she could get a side dish gratis. “And I’ll take the free wiffie also,” she said.
“What?” asked the clerk.
“The free wiffie,” she said, pointing to the sign.
“Ma’am, that’s ‘Free Wi-Fi.’ ”
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The CEO of a large corporation was giving advice to a junior executive. “I was young, married, and out of work,” he lectured.
“I took the last nickel I had and bought an apple. I polished it and sold it for a dime. The next day I bought two apples, polished them, and sold them for ten cents each.”
“I see,” said the junior executive. “You kept reinvesting your money and grew a big business.”
“No,” said the CEO. “Then my wife’s father died and left me a fortune.”
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Scorpion Venom Is the Most Expensive Liquid in the World
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Christian feast day:
Angela Merici
Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini
Devota (Monaco)
Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló
John Chrysostom (translation of relics) (Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox)
Sava (Serbia)
January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad (Russia)
Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances:
Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Memorial Day (Italy)
Other Holocaust Memorial Days observances
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Local Quilt Shop Day - 1
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day - 2
National Geographic Day
National Seed Swap Day
Punch the Clock Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Vietnam Peace Day
World Breast Pumping Day
Vincent Herbert’s Birthday
Kathleen Lights’s Birthday
FaZe Sway’s Birthday
Benny Soliven’s Birthday
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Birthday
Carl Radke’s Birthday
Patton Oswalt
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Sat Jan 27th, 2024 - Mon Feb 5th, 2024
Saint Paul Winter Carnival
Fun Observances (2)
Chocolate Cake Day
Chocolate Cake Day on January 27 celebrates everyone’s and their grandma's favorite cake
Take a break from healthy eating and indulge in chocolate cake by having it for every meal on this awesome food holiday.
A New Invention
While cake as a sweet treat and chocolate as a drink have been around since ancient times, chocolate cake is a fairly recent invention. It is believed that the world's first chocolate cake was baked around the late 1800s after Bostonian Dr. James Baker discovered that one could grind cocoa using a water powered mill.
Many Kinds
Since then, chocolate cake has rightfully become its own category of cake, with many different styles of chocolate cakes baked and consumed around the world. Some of the more popular types include German chocolate cake, Black Forest cake, chocolate fudge cake, and molten lava cake.
Chocolate Cake Day is also known as National Chocolate Cake Day in the United States.
Chocolate is a very popular theme for a fun holiday. Other chocolate flavored holidays are Chocolate Pudding Day, Milk Chocolate Day, Chocolate Pecan Pie Day, Chocolate Milkshake Day, Chocolate Cupcake Day, and Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
How to Celebrate?
With lots of chocolate cake, of course.
Have chocolate cake for all your meals.
Instead of bread to make French toast, use a slice of chocolate cake.
Bake chocolate cake and bring it with you to work and celebrate this dessert with your co-workers and friends.
Did You Know…
…that the word chocolate comes from the Aztec word xocotal, meaning bitter water?
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e-Day
e-Day celebrates the mathematical constant e, which has a value of 2.7182818. It is celebrated on February 7 in countries that follow the month/day (m/d) date format. This is because the first two digits of the date - 2/7 - correspond to the first two digits of the constant.
People living in countries that follow the day/month (d/m) format celebrate it on January 27. The first three digits of this date - 27/1 - match up with the first three digits of e (2.71).
Euler’s Number
Also known Euler’s number, after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, e is an irrational number that represents the idea that all continually growing systems are a scaled version of a common rate. It is mostly used in logarithms, exponential growth, and complex numbers. It is one of the most important numbers in mathematics, including 0, 1 and pi (π).
e is also sometimes called the Napier's Constant and is often incorrectly referred to Euler's Constant. Euler's Constant is denoted by lower case gamma (γ) and has a value of 0.57721.
Other e Days
Many European countries celebrate Euro Day, sometimes also called e Day. The day is observed on January 1 and celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the Euro, Europe's common currency in 2002. In New Zealand, eDay is a day where people can get rid of e-waste or old electronics such as computers and old appliances so they can be recycled rather than being placed in a landfill. Engineer’s Day is observed in Paducah, Kentucky on February 21, where many people participate in an egg drop contest, create edible cars, and tape people to walls.
Other Mathematical Holidays
The year is full of mathematical and scientific holidays. Some of these include: Yellow Pig Day, Mole Day, Fibonacci Day, Palindrome Day, and Pi-Day. Use our Date Pattern Calculator to find out other interesting calendar dates during the year.
How to Celebrate?
Celebrate this fun mathematical holiday by learning more about Euler's number and its importance in mathematics and science.
Eat foods that begin with e - make eggs, eggplant, or eclairs. Make eggnog as a before dinner refreshment or eggs benedict for breakfast.
Did You Know...
...that there is an island in northern Scotland called Eday?
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Although I’d been dating a woman for several months, I guess I didn’t know her as well as I thought. One day I called, and her ten-year-old son answered.
“Hi,” I said. “It’s Tom. Can I speak with your mom?”
He responded, “Are you Tom One or Tom Two?”
Needless to say, his mother is now down to one Tom.
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I’m lucky that my wife and mother are very close. I realized just how close the time I drove my mother to her doctor, which my wife usually does. When the doctor came into the room, my own dear mother introduced me as her “daughter-in-law’s husband.”
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I was really embarrassed when my wife caught me playing with my son’s train set by myself. In a moment of panic, I threw a bedsheet over it.
I think I managed to cover my tracks.
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My wife said she was leaving me because of my obsession with wearing different clothes every half an hour.
I said, “Wait, I can change.”
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During a conference, I was pleasantly surprised to be seated next to a very handsome man. We flirted casually through dinner, then grew restless as the dignitaries gave speeches. During one particularly long-winded lecture, my new friend drew a # sign on a cocktail napkin.
Elated, I wrote down my phone number.
Looking startled for a moment, he drew another # sign, this time adding an X to the upper-left-hand corner.
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A woman and her husband stop at a dentist’s office. “I need a tooth pulled right away,” she says.
“Don’t bother with the Novocain; we’re in a hurry.”
“Which tooth do you want pulled?” asks the dentist.
The woman shoves her husband toward the dentist. “Go ahead, dear. Show him your tooth.”
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Christian feast day:
Saint Alberic of Cîteaux
Blessed Gabriele Allegra
Saint Paula of Rome
Saint Timothy and Saint Titus
January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Australia Day (Australia)
Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)
Engineer's Day (Panama)
Liberation Day (Uganda)
Republic Day (India)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Birth Anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva
Dental Drill Appreciation Day
International Customs Day
International Environmental Education Day
Lotus 1-2-3 Day
National Activity Professionals Day
National Big Wig Day
National Diane Day
National Fun at Work Day
National Green Juice Day
National Peanut Brittle Day
National Preschool Health and Fitness Day
Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement
Dundee Day
Teddy Ruks’s Birthday
Annie Rose’s Birthday
Wayne Gretzky’s Birthday
Paul Newman’s Birthday
Sasha Banks’s Birthday
Kirk Franklin’s Birthday
Paige Lorenze’s Birthday
Gekyume Onfroy’s Birthday
Ellen DeGeneres’s Birthday
Eddie Van Halen’s Birthday
Angela Davis’s Birthday
Douglas MacArthur
Diane Lane
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Fri Jan 26th, 2024 - Sun Jan 28th, 2024
Big Garden Birdwatch
Fun Observances
Spouse's Day
January 26 is Spouse's Day, a day to celebrate your spouse, better half, or significant other.
The unofficial holiday encourages people to let their spouses know how much they are loved, respected, and appreciated.
Not Only Marriage
While the term spouse is traditionally used to refer to individual bound by law through marriage, these days it can be used to refer to people who may be in a common-law marriage, domestic partnership, or civil union.
The holiday is also known as National Spouse's Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
While gifts are always nice, the best and the most meaningful gift is the gift of time. Spend some quality time with your partner. Maybe take the day off and surprise them with a picnic.
Do their errands and chores for them.
Make their favorite foods and treats.
Whatever you do, make sure you tell them that you appreciate everything they do for you.
Did You Know…
…that Denmark was the first country in modern times to recognize same-sex marriage in 1989?
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When my local barista handed me my change, one coin stood out. “Look at that. You rarely get one of these old wheat pennies nowadays,” I said, tapping the sheaf of-wheat design. I handed her the penny.
Turning it over and over in her hand, she said, “You know, I always thought they were made of copper.”
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My dad and uncles were all in the Army during wartime, but only two of the three served overseas. One day, at an event honoring veterans, a young man asked where they had been stationed.
“I served in Japan,” said Uncle Sid.
“I served in Korea,” said Uncle Jerry.
“Baltimore,” said Dad. “Keeping it safe for democracy.”
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During a combat medical training class, the topic was blast injuries. At one point, our very intimidating instructor pointed at me and said, “There’s been a jeep explosion. What would you do if you came upon an injured man with a steering wheel embedded in his chest?”
Nervous and unsure, I blurted out, “Drive him to the hospital?”
For some reason, the rest of the room found this hilarious.
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Q: How long does it take to know if a pair of underwear fits you well?
A: Just a brief moment!
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Everyone else, except for the above, thinks Adwaita was a he not a she.
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30 years ago, Prophet Daniel Abodunrin Was Killed By Lions When He Tried To Recreate The Story Of Daniel In The Bible - AmazingTimesGH
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Betico Day (Aruba)
Burns Night (Scotland)
Christian feast day:
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
National Police Day (Egypt)
National Voters' Day (India)
Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)
Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
A Room Of One’s Own Day
Burns Supper
Clashing Clothes Day
Fluoride Day
Mahayana New Year
NASA's Day of Remembrance
National Fish Taco Day
National Florida Day
National Irish Coffee Day
National IV Nurse Day
Observe the Weather Day
Thaipoosam Cavadee - 1
Thaipusam - 2
Robert Burns’s Birthday
Lil Mosey’s Birthday
Laura Johnston’s Birthday
Wong Yuk-hei’s Birthday
Alicia Keys’s Birthday
Calum Hood’s Birthday
Fun Observances
Opposite Day
Ever wanted to be a rebel? Now is your chance. Don’t celebrate Opposite Day on January 25 by doing everything the wrong way.
While it is unclear who created this Opposite Day and for what purposes, rumor has it that the unofficial holiday comes from a playground game, where children trick each other by asking silly questions and then reversing the answers.
The holiday is also sometimes called National Opposite Day in the United States.
How Not to Celebrate?
Celebrating Opposite Day is not an easy task - you'll just have to do the opposite of everything you do on any normal day.
If you can, why not start the day by ending it – go to bed in the morning and work at night?
Have dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner.
Say right when you mean left and vice versa.
Let your family, friends and colleagues know that you are celebrating Opposite Day. Otherwise, it could get very confusing for everyone around you.
Did You Know…
…about the Opposite Day Paradox? Technically, Opposite Day cannot exist. If you say today is Opposite Day, then because of the rules of the game, today would be the opposite of what you just said i.e. not opposite day or a normal day. Instead, if you said it was a normal day, then it would be a normal day.
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A judge tells the defendant, “You’re charged with attacking your boss with a hammer.”
“You jerk!” yells a voice from the back of the courtroom.
“You’re also charged with attacking a bartender with a hammer,” says the judge.
“Jerrrrkkkk!” bellows the same man.
“Sir,” says the judge, “one more outburst, and I’ll charge you with contempt.”
“I’m sorry, Your Honor,” says the man. “But I’ve been this jerk’s neighbor for ten years, and every time I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didn’t have one.”
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New and Improved Names for Boring Everyday Things
• Couch = People Shelf
• Books = Manual Films
• Bracelets = Clockless Watches
• Air Horn = Spray Scream
• Bottled Water = Snowman Blood
• Feather = Bird Leaf
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Mike walked into a post office just before Valentine's day, he couldn't help noticing a middle-aged, balding man standing in a corner sticking "Love" stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. Then the man got out a bottle of Channel perfume from his pocket and started spraying scent over the envelopes.
By now Mike's curiosity had got the better of him, and asked the man why he was sending all those cards. The man replied, "I'm sending out 500 Valentine cards signed, 'Guess who?'"
"But why?" asked Mike.
"I'm a divorce lawyer," the man replied.
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"You came home early from your date," John observed to his roommate. "What happened?"
"Well," said the flatmate, "after dinner she invited me up to her flat. We had a couple of drinks and she put on some soft music. Then she reached over and turned out the lights."
"So, what next?" asked John, eyebrows raised.
"I can take a hint," said his flatmate. "I came home."
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A husband and wife were dining at a 5-star restaurant.
When their food arrived, the husband said: "Our food has arrived! Let's eat!"
His wife reminded him: "Honey, you always say your prayers at home before your dinner!"
Her husband replied: "That's at home, my dear. Here the chef knows how to cook..."
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Christian feast day:
Babylas of Antioch
Cadoc (Wales)
Exuperantius of Cingoli
Felician of Foligno
Francis de Sales
Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)
January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania)
Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)
National Girl Child Day (India)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
"Just Do It" Day
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Belly Laugh Day
Change a Pet’s Life Day
International Day of Education
International Mobile Phone Recycling Day
Library Shelfie Day
National Lobster Thermidor Day
National Matthew Day
National Peanut Butter Day
Paul Pitcher Day
Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
Tu BiShvat
Weedless Wednesday
Neil Diamond’s Birthday
Regé-Jean Page’s Birthday
Kenya Moore’s Birthday
Johnny Orlando’s Birthday
James Kennedy’s Birthday
Daveed Diggs’s Birthday
Briston Maroney’s Birthday
Sharon Tate
John Belushi
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Wed Jan 24th, 2024 - Sun Jan 28th, 2024
Data Privacy Week
Wed Jan 24th, 2024 - Mon Jan 29th, 2024
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week
Fun Observances (2)
Compliment Day
Compliments - they are free, easy to give and receive, they make people happy and build trust. So give someone a compliment someone on January 24, Compliment Day.
This unofficial day was started in 1998 by Debby Hoffman and Kathy Chamberlin as a way “to tell the people in our lives how much we appreciate them.”
Sincerity is the Key
In the hustle bustle of our daily lives, it is easy to start taking our loved ones and people around us for granted. Compliment Day attempts to change that. It encourages people to make a conscious attempt to praise and acknowledge the little (and big) things others do for them.
Complimenting does not have to be intimidating or hard. For it to be sincere and sound heartfelt, it must come from the heart. To give a genuine compliment, experts suggest finding something that you admire about the person you want to compliment. It could be about a job well done, a skill that they have, a dress they have worn or something they have done recently to impress you.
What Goes Around, Comes Around
Compliments not only help spread joy, they also help create bonds. Research has shown that people tend to gravitate towards other positive people in both personal and professional settings. Appreciating others also creates an atmosphere of mutual admiration - praise someone genuinely once or twice, and you are bound to get a compliment or two back. The bottom line is this: giving compliments not only makes the other person happy, it can also make you happy, boost your self-esteem and help you make friends.
World Compliment Day
A similar holiday called World Compliment Day is celebrated every year on March 1. This holiday is also sometimes called International Compliments Day.
How to Celebrate?
While we believe that every day of the year should be Compliment Day, be extra complimentary on January 24.
Don’t be stingy about giving compliments. You don’t lose anything by appreciating a friend, co-worker or a family member.
Did You Know…
… that the word compliment is derived from the Latin, complere, which means to fill up?
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Macintosh Computer Day
January 24 is Macintosh Computer Day.
On this day in 1984, the very first Macintosh computer, the precursor of today’s Apple computers or “Macs” as they are lovingly called, was introduced to the consumer market.
Super Bowl Commercial
The computer was first introduced to the world at the Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott. The commercial referred to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four, a dystopian novel published in 1949. When introduced, the computer came with only two programs - MacWrite and MacPaint.
How to Celebrate?
If you are in the market for a new computer, why not use this day to consider getting a Mac?
Learn more about the history and science behind the Macintosh computers.
Read more about the life and times and business philosophies of Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Did You Know…
...that the Macintosh was named after the McIntosh, an apple variety? The name was changed to Macintosh because McIntosh was the name of another company.
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On his way to perform at a graveside service, the bagpiper gets lost. After many wrong turns, he finally arrives, but the minister and mourners have already gone. Only the grave diggers remain, and they're eating lunch. Not knowing what else to do, the bagpiper begins to play.
The workers put down their lunches and weep as the man plays "Amazing Grace." When he finishes, he packs up his bagpipes and heads for his car.
As he opens the door, he hears one of the workers say, "I've never seen anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for 20 years."
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Tourists say some odd things when they charter my boat in Key West. "How many sunset sails do you have at night?" asked one. Another wondered, "Does the water go around the island?"
But the most interesting came when I asked a customer why she'd brought along a dozen empty jars.
She answered, "I want to take home a sample of each color of water that we'll be going in."
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While I was planning a trip to Nova Scotia, a Titanic-related tour caught my eye.
The description: "Learn of the Titanic tragedy along with a guided visit to the Fairview Lawn Cemetery, where 121 victims are still buried on a deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach."
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Conversation between a pharmacist and a female customer:
Woman: "I need to buy some arsenic."
Pharmacist:" Why do you need arsenic?"
Woman: "I need arsenic because I want to kill my husband."
Pharmacist: "WHAT?"
Woman: "You heard me! I want to kill my husband!"
Pharmacist: "Why on earth would you want to do that?"
Woman: "Because he's having an affair with YOUR wife!!!"
Pharmacist: "Well why didn't you tell me you had a prescription?"
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Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)
Christian feast day:
Abakuh
Marianne of Molokai
Emerentiana
Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ildefonsus of Toledo
Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))
January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)
World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
First Philippine Republic Day
International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day
Measure Your Feet Day
National Aiden Day
National King Day
National Pedro Day
National Pie Day - 1
National Rhubarb Pie Day - 2
National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day
Parakram Divas
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
Speak Up and Succeed Day
Tiffani Thiessen’s Birthday
Rutger Hauer’s Birthday
Mr Potato’s Birthday
Mariska Hargitay’s Birthday
Draya Michele’s Birthday
Andrea’s Birthday
Alex Silva’s Birthday
XXXtentacion’s Birthday
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Tue Jan 23rd, 2024 - Mon Jan 29th, 2024
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
Fun Observances
Handwriting Day
January 23 is Handwriting Day, a day to get your hands on a pen or pencil and paper and practice and revive the elegant art of handwriting.
The unofficial holiday is sponsored by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association and commemorates the birth anniversary of John Hancock, the first person to sign the American Declaration of Independence.
As Unique as the Person
Handwriting is the act of writing by hand using an instrument such as a pen, pencil or brush. It is thought that a person's handwriting is as unique as his or her fingerprint - no two people have the same writing style or handwriting. Because of this, handwriting is often used by many forensic experts and historians to test the authenticity of documents.
How to Celebrate?
Pick up a pen and write a note to a friend and family member.
Resolve not to use the computer to write anything – carry a notepad and a pen with you wherever you go and use them whenever you need to write anything.
Use post-its to remind yourself of tasks instead of online task reminders.
Did You Know…
…that you can draw a 35-mile long line with a single pencil?
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10 Funny Jokes About New Year’s Resolutions
Spending more time with family: Families are complicated enough, but things became even more confusing after my father decided to get married to my brother's mother-in-law. "Now I can't make up my mind whether he's my dad or my father-in- law," says my brother, "or if my mother-in-law is now my stepmother, or whether my child is my daughter or my niece."
Getting in shape: A friend of mine had resisted efforts to get him to run with our jogging group until his doctor told him he had to exercise. Soon thereafter, he reluctantly joined us for our 5:30 a.m. jogs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. After a month of running, we decided that my friend might be hooked, especially when he said he had discovered what "runner's euphoria" was. "Runner's euphoria," he explained, "is what I feel at 5:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays."
Starting that diet: My friend Kimberly announced that she had started a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently. "Good!" I exclaimed. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I'll call you first." "Great!" she replied. "I'll ride with you."
Quitting smoking: I discussed peer pressure and cigarettes with my 12-year-old daughter. Having struggled for years to quit, I described how I had started smoking to "be cool." As I outlined the arguments kids might make to tempt her to try it, she stopped me mid-lecture, saying, "Hey, I'll just tell them my mom smokes. How cool can it be?"
Eating healthier:The teacher in our Bible class asked a woman to read from the Book of Numbers about the Israelites wandering in the desert. "The Lord heard you when you wailed, 'If only we had meat to eat!' " she began. "Now the Lord will give you meat. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, or ten or twenty days, but for a month—until you loathe it." When the woman finished, she paused, looked up, and said, "Hey, isn't that the Atkins diet?"
Reducing your debt: Neighbors of ours had a terrible disagreement over a patio they wanted for their backyard. The wife had rather grand ideas, while the husband wanted costs kept to a minimum. The wife won out, and the construction bill climbed higher and higher. I dropped by one day, when the patio was near completion, and was surprised to find the husband smiling from ear to ear as the workmen smoothed over the surface. I remarked how nice it was to see a grin replace the frown he had been wearing lately. “You see where they’re smoothing that cement?” he replied. “I just threw my wife’s credit cards in there.” -- R. Horn Learning new things: I was trying to decide what to do for a talent show I planned to enter. Trusting my mother to help me out, I asked, "For the show, what do you think I should do, sing or put on a comedy act?" Glancing up from her paper, she said dryly, "What's the difference?"
Better teeth care: Just because one owns a business doesn't mean it has to be all business. This sign in a dentist's office proves that point: "Be True to Your Teeth, or They Will Be False to You."
Becoming more organized: My friend’s husband is always telling her that housekeeping would be a snap if only she would organize her time better. Recently he had a chance to put his theory into practice while his wife was away.
When I popped in one evening to see how he was managing, he crowed, "I made a cake, frosted it, washed the kitchen windows, cleaned all the cupboards, scrubbed the kitchen floor, walls and ceiling and even had a bath." I was about to concede that perhaps he was a better manager than his wife, when he added sheepishly, "When I was making the chocolate frosting, I forgot to turn off the mixer before taking the beaters out of the bowl, so I had to do all the rest."
Drinking less: I was waiting tables in a noisy lobster restaurant in Maine when a vacationing Southerner stumped me with a drink order. I approached the bartender. "Have you ever heard of a drink called 'Seven Young Blondes'?" I asked. He admitted he'd never heard of it, and grabbed a drink guidebook to look it up. Unable to find the recipe, he then asked me to go back and tell the patron that he'd be happy to make the drink if he could list the ingredients for him. "Sir," I asked the customer, "can you tell me what's in that drink?" He looked at me like I was crazy. "It's wine," he said, pronouncing his words carefully, "Sauvignon blanc."
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A musician friend is always upbeat. But when she developed ringing in one ear, I was concerned it might overwhelm even her. When I asked whether her condition was especially annoying to a musician, she shook her head.
“Not really,” she said cheerfully.
“The ringing sound is in the key of B flat, so I use it to tune my cello half a tone lower.”
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Christian feast day:
Anastasius of Persia
Gaudentius of Novara
László Batthyány-Strattmann
Laura Vicuna
Vincent Pallotti
Vincent of Saragossa
Vincent, Orontius, and Victor
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
January 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Unity of Ukraine (Ukraine)
Grandfather's Day (Poland)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Better Business Communication Day
Celebration of Life Day
Come in From the Cold Day
Community Manager Appreciation Day
Dance of the Seven Veils Day
National Blonde Brownie Day
National Polka Dot Day
National Sanctity of Human Life Day
National Ty Day
National Vincent Day
Plurinational State Foundation Day
Roe vs. Wade Day
Wellington Anniversary Day
Tim Dillon’s Birthday
Steve Perry’s Birthday
Logic’s Birthday
Guy Fieri’s Birthday
fouseyTUBE’s Birthday
Enya Umanzor’s Birthday
Gabriel Macht
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Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Fri Jan 26th, 2024
Farmhouse Breakfast Week
Cancertalk Week
Family Mediation Week
Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Sat Jan 28th, 2024
Courtesy Week
Mon Jan 22nd, 2024 - Wed Jan 31st, 2024
Snow Sculpting Week
Fun Observances (2)
Hot Sauce Day
Turn the heat up in your kitchen or on your dining table by adding hot sauce to everything you eat on January 22, because it is Hot Sauce Day.
While the origins of this spicy holiday are unknown, it is clear that the anonymous creators of the day wanted to honor the myriad hot sauces available in kitchens and pantries around the world.
The Many Different Types of Hot Sauces
Hot sauce is a condiment made by crushing or pureeing raw, cooked, smoked, or pickled chili peppers with spices. Different parts of the world use different kinds of chili peppers as the base for their hot sauces. For example, hot sauces in Mexico are usually made of chipotle or jalapeño peppers, while in Jamaica, scotch bonnet peppers are popularly used to make hot sauces. Other popular chili peppers used in hot sauces include habaneros, Thai chili peppers, green chiles, Sichuan peppers, and bird's eye chili.
In some countries, hot sauces are made by crushing the peppers in vinegar, while in other countries, vinegar is replaced by a tomato or carrot based puree. Oil is often used as a way to bring out the flavors and heat of the peppers in many Middle Eastern countries.
The Scoville Scale
Native to the Americas, chili peppers were spread around the world by Spanish and Portuguese traders. Today, these fruits of the capsicum plant are used for spicing up food and as medicine by people around the world.
Chili peppers get their heat from chemical compounds called capsaicinoids. The amount of these compounds in a chili pepper is measured by the Scoville Scale - the higher the rating a pepper has on the scale, the more capsaicinoids it has and the more intense the chili flavor it has.
In addition to being used in cooking and baking, chilis are also used as topical medicines for aches and pains and to manufacture pepper spray, a non-lethal form of defensive weapon.
How to Celebrate?
Add your favorite hot sauce to everything you eat today.
Try out new types and brands of hot sauce.
If you have never made hot sauce at home, today is the chance to do it. Go to your local farmer's market and pick up a variety of chilis and get started.
Did You Know…
…that India is the world's largest producer and consumer of chili peppers?
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Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
Cats, they are inquisitive creatures by nature. Answer all their questions on January 22, Answer All Your Cat’s Questions Day.
While it is unclear who created this very original, unofficial holiday, some pet organizations and companies view it as a “purr”fect day to spend some time understanding your feline companion.
How to Celebrate?
Invite your cat to hang out with you. This may involve bribing her/ him.
Try and find out all their burning questions. This may require more bribing.
Once you have their questions, try and answer them. We are pretty sure that most of their questions revolve around how adorable they look while trying to destroy the few earthly possessions you have.
And if all else fails, just spend time with your cat and let it know that you love them.
Spend some time learning about feline behavior.
If you don’t have a cat, perhaps it is time to visit your local shelter and adopt a cat so you can participate in this awesome holiday?
Did You Know…
… that a group of cats is called a clowder, while a group of kittens is known as a kindle?
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On a fishing trip to a remote lake in Northern Quebec, I asked the outfitter, “Do you stay here during the winter?”
“No,” he said. “The snow gets too deep. We can’t get supplies in. Like many Canadians, I go south for the winter.”
“Oh,” I said. “Where do you go?”
“Vermont.”
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As we waited for a bus in the frosty weather, the woman next to me mentioned that she makes a lot of mistakes when texting in the cold.
I nodded knowingly. “It’s the early signs of typothermia.”
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Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation.
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According to a news story, if global warming continues, in 20 years the only chance we'll have to see a polar bear is in a zoo. So in other words, nothing is going to change.
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My paramedic team was called to an emergency. Before we took the patient to the hospital, I had a question for his wife. “Does your husband have any cardiac problems?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said with a note of concern. “His cardiologist just died.”
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Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)
Christian feast day:
Agnes
Demiana (Coptic Church)
Fructuosus
John Yi Yun-il (one of The Korean Martyrs)
Meinrad of Einsiedeln
January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
Flag Day (Quebec)
Grandmother's Day (Poland)
Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada)
National Hugging Day (United States)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
International Playdate Day
International Sweatpants Day
Mariachi Day
National Bakers-Crafters-Makers Day
National Cheesy Socks Day
National Conscious Uncoupling Day
National Granola Bar Day
National Hug Your Puppy Day
National Max Day
One-Liners Day
Own Your Own Home Day
Thank Your Mentor Day
World Religion Day
World Snow Day
National Hyaluronic Acid Day
Soup Swap Day
Sushant Singh Rajput’s Birthday
Freddie Tomlinson’s Birthday
Aleksa Safiya’s Birthday
Thomas Stonewall Jackson’s Birthday
Paul Allen
Geena Davis
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Sun Jan 21st, 2024 - Fri Jan 26th, 2024
World Kiwanis Week
Sun Jan 21st, 2024 - Sat Jan 27th, 2024
Healthy Weight Week
Hunt for Happiness Week
Kiss a Shark Week
National School Choice Week
Fun Observances
Squirrel Appreciation Day
January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day, a day to acknowledge the role that squirrels play in nature and the environment.
It is an unofficial holiday started by North Carolina wildlife rehabilitator Christy McKeown in 2001, as a way to encourage people to put out seeds and nuts for these cute rodents.
Almost Everywhere
Squirrels are found almost everywhere on Earth. They are native to Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and have been introduced to Australia.
In North America, the western and eastern grey squirrels are very common. In Europe, the red squirrel is more common, but its numbers in Great Britain and Ireland are decreasing. The decrease in the red squirrel population is linked to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America.
Found in Different Sizes
Squirrels can range anywhere from a few inches to a few feet long. The smallest known squirrel species, the African pygmy squirrel, are on average only about 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) long. The largest squirrels, the Indian giant squirrel, can be as long as is 3 feet (1 meter).
A Scurry of Squirrels
A group of squirrels is called a dray or a scurry, though the term dray or drey usually refers to a squirrel nest.
How to Celebrate?
Leave out food in your yard for squirrels, but make sure you research what is considered nutritious food for squirrels.
Learn more about squirrels by watching documentaries on the rodents, visiting your local natural history museum or by just observing the squirrels in your yard.
Change your desktop and social media profile pictures to an image of a squirrel.
Did You Know…
…that their front teeth grow at the rate of six inches per year?
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Whoever said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results has obviously never had to reboot a computer.
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Autocorrect can go straight to he’ll.
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Q. What is the biggest lie in the entire universe?
A. "I have read and agree to the Terms & Conditions."
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Matt: Hey Dr. Park, this is Matt from the Vascular lab. I have an outpatient here with an external iliac occlusion with cold foot pin and numbness that started 3 days ago. What should I do with her?
Hannah: Hi, this is Hannah. I think you have the wrong number, but I Googled it and I’m pretty sure u need to put a stent in her left radial artery. Best of luck, Matt!
Matt: Sorry, wrong number Hannah. She ended up actually getting a stent. Took about 3 hours longer for trained medical professionals to figure out what took you 3 minutes.
Hannah: Yoooo, yall hiring?
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Daughter: Dad there’s a moth on the outside of the bathroom door. Can you get rid of it?
Daughter: Please hurry because I’m going to cry.
Daughter: Dad…
Daughter: Dad…
Dad: Dad is dead. You’re next. Love, Moth
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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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Because my wife and I are flea market dealers, we usually carry stacks of $1 bills. Not long ago, we had lunch at a restaurant and paid the check with singles.
As our waitress collected the ones, she sized up my 70-year-old wife and said,
"You had a good night dancing last night, huh?"
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Armed Forces Day (Mali)
Army Day (Laos)
Christian feast day:
Abadios
Blessed Basil Moreau
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
Euthymius the Great
Fabian
Manchán of Lemanaghan
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando
Richard Rolle (Church of England)
Sebastian
Stephen Min Kuk-ka (one of The Korean Martyrs)
January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Heroes' Day (Cape Verde)
Martyrs' Day (Azerbaijan)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Camcorder Day
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Inauguration Day
International Day of Acceptance
National Charlie Day
National Cheese Lover's Day
National Claudia Day
National Coffee Break Day
National DJ Day
National Judy Day
National Sebastian Day
National Use Your Gift Card Day
Take A Walk Outdoors Day
National No Phones at Home Day
National Buttercrunch Day
Skeet Ulrich’s Birthday
Tyler Herro’s Birthday
Evan Peters’s Birthday
Emma Marie’s Birthday
David Lynch’s Birthday
Blueface’s Birthday
Bill Maher’s Birthday
Buzz Aldrin
Rainn Wilson
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Sat Jan 20th, 2024 - Sat Jan 27th, 2024
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
Fun Observances (2)
Penguin Awareness Day
January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day. The day helps raise awareness about the flightless birds whose numbers are dwindling by the day.
The day also aims to bring international focus on the conservation of penguin habitats.
Southern Hemisphere Natives
Penguins are aquatic birds native to the Southern Hemisphere. There are about 20 known species of penguins, the largest of which are the emperor penguins, the lead stars of the documentary, March of the Penguins. The smallest known penguin species are the little penguin found in the coastal areas of Australia and New Zealand.
Flightless Birds
It is thought that the black and white coloring of the penguins is a camouflage which helps them to hide from underwater predators. While penguins are great at diving and swimming, they cannot fly even though they are considered to be part of the bird family. They use their wings as flippers to move quickly underwater.
How to Celebrate?
Learn more about these majestic birds and their habitat and try to understand how human activity may be affecting them.
If your local zoo has penguins, why not take a trip there to spend some time observing them?
Watch movies with penguin characters and documentaries about the lives and habitats of penguins.
Did You Know…
…that the fastest penguins – the Gentoo – can swim at the speed of 22 miles or 35 kilometers an hour?
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Soup Swap Day
Host a soup swap on the third Saturday of January to celebrate Soup Swap Day.
Soup Swap Day is a day to spend quality time with family and friends and share some homemade soup with them to take home.
Started in Seattle
Started by Knox Gardner and his friend in Seattle, Soup Swap Day became an unofficial holiday celebrated all over the United States in 2006. Today, the holiday is celebrated by soup enthusiasts in many other parts of the world.
Healing Broth
Soup is often given to people when they are sick or nursing a cold. Chicken soup is especially used for its soothing qualities. It makes sense, broth made from bones and vegetables are very nourishing and easily digested.
How to Celebrate?
Host a soup swap. Have friends and family bring homemade soup in containers. Make sure everyone brings the same number of soup filled containers as guests. Share soup with everyone – each guest should leave the same amount of soup as they come with.
Did You Know…
…that the earliest known record of humans eating soup dates back to 20,000 years ago?
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Q: What do you get when you cross a cocker spaniel, a poodle, and a rooster?
A: A cockerpoodledoo!
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The Unathletic Camper’s Baseball Glossary
Baseball bat: a wooden or metal bar that can easily fly out of someone’s hands.
Foul ball: a moment when you think, Holy @#$%, I got a hit!
Babe Ruth: someone who people tell you was also overweight.
Right field: a quiet place where you can sit for long stretches and play with dandelions. Until suddenly you hear a clang and some shouting and immediately understand life is about to get much harder.
Fly ball: when the sun drops a boulder on your head.
Shortstop: a position that involves mostly ground balls and that you think maybe you can play.
Line drive: the reason you can’t play shortstop.
Innings: the amount of time left before afternoon snack, divided by nine.
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Honest Brand Slogans
Hallmark: “When you care enough to give a card mass-produced by a corporation.”
Ritz crackers: “Tiny, edible plates.”
CliffsNotes: “They’re still going to know you didn’t read the book.”
Gillette: “We’re just going to keep adding blades.”
ChapStick: “You’ll misplace it before the tube’s empty.”
Hot Pockets: “Every bite is a different temperature.”
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Whoever said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results has obviously never had to reboot a computer.
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Mourning for the internet wandering mare Jenny: Well-known horse put to sleep - World Today News
Some pictures to remember her bye
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Christian feast day:
Bassianus of Lodi
Henry of Uppsala
Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum
Mark of Ephesus (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Pontianus of Spoleto
Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester
January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), and its related observance:
Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi)
Husband's Day (Iceland)
Kokborok Day (Tripura, India)
Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy), and its related observances:
Timkat, or 20 during Leap Year (Ethiopian Orthodox)
Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (North Macedonia)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Artist as Outlaw Day
Brew a Potion Day
Good Memory Day
Gun Appreciation Day
International Fetish Day
National Annie Day
National Lucy Day
Tenderness Toward Existence Day
World Quark Day
Mac Miller’s Birthday
Janis Joplin’s Birthday
Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
Dolly Parton’s Birthday
Paula Deen’s Birthday
Lil Scrappy’s Birthday
Katey Sagal
Robert E. Lee
Pete Buttigieg
Fun Observances (2)
Tin Can Day
On January 19 crack open a can of sardines because it's Tin Can Day.
While the origins of Tin Can Day are unknown, this unofficial holiday probably wants to honor the humble tin can and to raise awareness about recycling them.
A Revolutionary Invention
Invented in early 1800 by French inventor Philippe Henri de Girard, the tin can revolutionized the military and the world of exploration – soldiers and explorers could now travel long distances without worrying about food supplies or the shelf life of their food.
A Pantry Staple
Despite a few early hitches – tin cans were sealed using lead for a number of years causing lead poisoning - tin cans have now become a staple in most pantries. Food preserved in tin cans does not spoil for long durations and can be easily transported.
Despite the name, tin cans in use today are not completely made out of tin - they are usually made of steel, steel coated with tin, or aluminum.
How to Celebrate?
Celebrate Tin Can Day by learning the history of the tin can.
Make your meals using canned food only.
What about some tin can crafts? Maybe bake a cake in a can or use a can to make a portable phone for your kids?
Collect all the tin cans you have and take them to the recycling center.
Did You Know…
…that in Europe, steel from tin cans and other kind of packaging is the most recycled material?
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Popcorn Day
January 19 is Popcorn Day, a day to organize an impromptu movie night, just so that you can enjoy a tub or two of crunchy, salty and buttery popcorn. Or, if you have a sweet tooth, treat yourself to some delicious caramel popcorn.
The unofficial holiday is also sometimes celebrated on the day of the Super Bowl in the United States, where it is called National Popcorn Day.
Popping Corn
Popcorn is a snack made by heating corn or maize kernels. When heated – either in a microwave oven or on the stovetop – the hull on the outside of the kernels break or “pop” creating the delicious snack we call popcorn.
Long and Varied History
Popcorn has a very long and varied history. Historians believe that corn whose kernels could be popped was first cultivated around 5000 B.C.E in Mexico. Archeologists have found evidence of first popcorn maker – a utensil with holes and a handle – dating back to 400 C.E. in Peru.
In many indigenous cultures, corn and popcorn were used for religious purposes and decoration.
Popular Movie Theater Snack
Popcorn became popular in the US around the early 1900s when it was sold on street corners under the name of Pearls. Now a popular movie theater snack, theater owners initially were against serving popcorn in their premises. During the depression, however, popcorn became one of the few luxuries that people could afford forcing theater owners to start selling popcorn. Today, it is a huge part of the movie experience.
Popcorn's fortunes fell as VCRs became popular and people started watching films at home. The invention of microwave oven popcorn and home popcorn machines once again brought popcorn into the lives of movie aficionados.
Popcorn is also often used for decoration and as packaging material.
How to Celebrate?
Add popcorn to all your meals today. Start the day with popcorn cereal – add milk, honey or maple syrup to popcorn. Sprinkle some popcorn on your lunch salad instead of croutons. Replace Rice Krispies in Rice Krispie treats with popcorn to make sweet treats for your evening snack. Use crushed popcorn instead of breadcrumbs to coat your breadcrumbed chicken breast for dinner. And end the day with some ice cream topped with chocolate and caramel popcorn.
Host a movie night and have a popcorn bar for your guests. May we recommend serving parmesan and bacon popcorn, jalapeño popcorn, curry popcorn, maple-pecan popcorn, cake batter popcorn and chocolate popcorn, in addition to the original butter popcorn?
Did You Know…
...that popcorn is the official snack food of the State of Illinois, United States?
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Visiting Annapolis, I noticed several plebes on their hands and knees holding pencils and clipboards.
“What are they doing?” I asked our tour guide.
“Each year, the upperclassmen ask the freshmen how many bricks it took to finish paving this courtyard,” he said.
“So what’s the answer?” my friend asked.
The guide replied, “One.”
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A woman at our checkout counter didn’t have enough money to cover her purchase of toilet paper, so I paid the 96 cents.
“Thank you,” she said. “I’m going to think of you every time I use this paper.”
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"What's the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?" I asked my husband.
He thought for a minute before responding, "An optimist is the guy who created the airplane. A pessimist is the guy who created the parachute."
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My six-year-old loved his pet fish. He watched and fed it faithfully, morning and night. But one day while he was in school, his fish died, so I flushed it down the toilet.
I told him when he got home, and he was inconsolable. Nothing I said helped.
After a while, I asked, “Why are you crying so much?”
Arching his back, he shouted, “I wanted to flush!”
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Christian feast day:
Amy Carmichael (Church of England)
Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)
Cyril of Alexandria
Deicolus
Margaret of Hungary
Prisca
Volusianus of Tours
January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Get to Know Your Customers Day
National Forrest Day
National Gourmet Coffee Day
National Michigan Day
National Peking Duck Day
Winnie the Pooh Day
Women’s Healthy Weight Day
Cary Grant’s Birthday
Nathaniel Simonsen’s Birthday
Linda Sun’s Birthday
Lps Dave’s Birthday
Karan Brar’s Birthday
Kevin Costner’s Birthday
Jonathan Davis’s Birthday
Isaac Elliot Rivera’s Birthday
Eugene Lee Yang’s Birthday
AA Milne’s Birthday
Dave Bautista
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Thu Jan 18th, 2024 - Thu Jan 25th, 2024
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Fun Observances
Thesaurus Day
January 18 is Thesaurus Day. Impress your family and friends with big, complicated, and fancy sounding words to celebrate this lexicographic holiday.
The unofficial holiday commemorates the birth anniversary of British lexicographer and physician, Peter Mark Roget, the author of the Roget’s Thesaurus.
Storehouse of Words
A thesaurus is a book that compiles words grouped by similarity of meaning. The term thesaurus comes from the Greek word, thesauros, meaning treasure or storehouse.
Roget's Thesaurus is one of the most widely used reference books in the English language around the world. It was first published in 1852 with 15,000 words. Since then, the book has never gone out of publication.
Therapeutic Origins
It is believed that Roget worked on making word lists that later became the Roget's Thesaurus as a way to combat with depression and mental illness. Roget is also known for inventing the log slide rule in 1814. The slide rule helps calculate the roots of number very easily.
How to Celebrate?
Bring out your thesaurus and carry it with you the whole day, using it every time you want to speak with someone.
Play a game of Synonym.
Did You Know…
…that synonym is an antonym of antonym?
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After finishing his meal, my grandfather, a retired Marine captain, asked the waitress for the 15 percent discount the restaurant offered veterans.
"Do you need to see my military ID?" he asked.
"That's all right," she said. "I know you were in the military. I can tell by your T-shirt."
Grandpa's shirt read "Welcome to Gettysburg National Military Park."
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Three dolts are in the forest when they spot a set of tracks.
Dolt No. 1 says, "Hey, deer tracks!"
Dolt No. 2 says, "No, dog tracks!"
Dolt No. 3 says, "You’re both crazy—they’re cow tracks!"
They were still arguing when the train hit them.
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Heading down the interstate, our car passed through a huge swarm of gnats so dense that their bodies made popping noises as they hit the windshield. "I can't get over how loud they are," my wife said.
"Well, we are hitting them at 65 miles an hour," I pointed out.
Her reply left me speechless. "I didn't know bugs could fly that fast."
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“What are these pennies doing in my soup?” the restaurant patron demanded, motioning for the waiter to come over to his table.
The waiter walked over and whispered,
“You said you would stop eating here if there wasn’t some change in the food.”
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(Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end........)
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Christian feast day:
Anthony the Great
Blessed Angelo Paoli
Blessed Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch
Charles Gore (Church of England)
Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
Mildgyth
Our Lady of Pontmain
Sulpitius the Pious
January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Day (Menorca, Spain)
The opening ceremony of Patras Carnival, celebrated until Clean Monday. (Patras)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Cable Car Day
Customer Service Day
Day of Judgment
International We Are Not Broken Day
James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day
Museum Selfie Day
National Bootlegger’s Day
National Carolina Day
National Charlotte Day
National Hot Buttered Rum Day
National Hot Heads Chili Day
National Lose the Jet Lag Day
National Ta Day
Popeye Day
Art’s Birthday
National Classy Day
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Ray J’s Birthday
Sara Molina’s Birthday
Michelle Obama’s Birthday
Muhammad Ali’s Birthday
Kid Rock’s Birthday
Maury Povich’s Birthday
James Earl Jones’s Birthday
Jim Carrey’s Birthday
Jake Paul’s Birthday
FKA Twigs’s Birthday
Eartha Kitt’s Birthday
Dwyane Wade’s Birthday
Skate Maloley’s Birthday
Steve Harvey’s Birthday
Zooey Deschanel’s Birthday
Betty White’s Birthday
Benjamin Franklin
Fun Observances (3)
Benjamin Franklin Day
January 17 is celebrated worldwide as Benjamin Franklin Day.
Born on this day in 1706 to a soap and candle maker in England, Benjamin Franklin grew up to become one of the most well-known and celebrated Americans in history.
Founding Father
Ben Franklin was a polymath - someone who is an expert on a variety of different subjects. In addition to being one of America’s founding fathers, Franklin was a prolific inventor, author, printer, politician, diplomat, musician, and postmaster. The fact that he stopped attending school at the age of 10 makes him one of the most impressive person in American and world history.
A Widely Read Author
Franklin was a Freemason who published several books under the pseudonym, Richard Saunders. One of his most famous works is called Poor Richard's Almanack, an annual almanac that included poems, weather, and astrological information. For the 25 years that it was in publication - the first one came out in 1732—it was the most widely read almanac in the American colonies.
On the 100 Dollar Bill
The American 100 dollar bill features a picture of Franklin. Because of this, the bills are sometimes also referred to as Benjamins.
How to Celebrate?
Celebrate this all-round genius by learning more about his life and achievements.
Did You Know...
…that the concept of Daylight Saving Time (DST) is mistakenly attributed to Benjamin Franklin? It was actually first proposed by George Vernon Hudson in 1895.
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Kid Inventors' Day
January 17 is Kid Inventors’ Day (KID), a day to encourage all the children in your life to think outside the box and invent something.
The unofficial holiday commemorates the birthday of all-around genius and kid inventor, Benjamin Franklin, and celebrates kid inventors around the world. It also aims to encourage children to be curious about the world around them and to be creative when solving problems.
Benjamin Franklin, Kid Inventor
Franklin, one of the most prolific person in history was responsible for inventing the precursor to the swimming flippers at the age of eleven, a year after he stopped going to school. His invention was made for the hands instead of the feet.
How to Celebrate?
Encourage the kids around you to search for scientific and logical solutions to problems.
Get the kids in your life problem-solving toys and games to help them develop critical thinking skills.
If a child you know has an idea for a gadget or a game, help them realize their dreams.
If you are a teacher, spend the day talking to your students about children who invented things and inspire them to become inventors. Let them know that their idea or invention does not have to be path breaking or revolutionary, it can be something small that solves a real life problem that they or someone they know, face.
Did You Know…
…that the snowmobile, popsicles, and braille were all invented by children?
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Ditch New Year's Resolution Day
January 17 or Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day is popularly thought to be the day when a large number of people abandon their New Year’s resolutions.
You have done well for the past couple of weeks. You have stuck to your New Year’s resolutions. But are now ready to give them up. You are busy, you took on too much, that piece of cake just looks so darn good to ignore. Whatever your reason to break your New Year resolutions, you can do it guilt-free on Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day.
How to Celebrate?
Ditch those resolutions, relax and stop feeling guilty about breaking them. After all, resolutions are meant to be broken.
Did You Know…
…that according to some studies almost 80% of all people who make New Year’s resolutions abandon them sometime during the year?
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It’s my wife’s birthday tomorrow. Last week, I asked her what she wanted as a present.
“Oh, I don’t know,” she said. “Just give me something with diamonds.”
That’s why I’m giving her a pack of playing cards.
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Forget about the past, you can't change it.
Forget about the future, you can't predict it.
Forget about the present, I didn't get you one.
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The Law of Coffee
If you sit down to enjoy a hot cup of coffee, then your boss will ask you to do something that will last until the coffee is cold.
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A pair of jumper cables walk into a cafe.
The barista sees them and says, “I’m sorry but I’ll have to ask you to leave. I don’t want you starting anything in here.”
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A man walks into a coffee shop carrying a big chunk of asphalt under his arm.
At the counter he says, “I’ll take a large latte for myself, please, and one for the road.”
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After a talking sheepdog gets all the sheep in the pen, he reports back to the farmer: “All 40 accounted for.”
“But I only have 36 sheep,” says the farmer.
“I know,” says the sheepdog. “But I rounded them up.”
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One day, a fourteen-year-old weasel went down to the local dance hall. The bartender took one look at him and says, “You are under-aged. I can’t serve you beer.”
The weasel asks, “What can I have?”
The bartender replies, “I have bottled water, juice, energy drinks, and pop.”
“Pop!” goes the weasel.
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Christian feast day:
Pope Benjamin (Coptic)
Berard of Carbio
Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)
Fursey
Joseph Vaz
Honoratus of Arles
Pope Marcellus I
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)
Titian of Oderzo
Eve of Saint Anthony observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares
January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Religious Freedom Day (United States)
Teacher's Day (Myanmar)
Teachers' Day (Thailand)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Appreciate a Dragon Day
Book Publishers Day
International Hot and Spicy Food Day
National Boston Day
National Fig Newton Day
National Good Teen Day
National Quinoa Day
National Without a Scalpel Day
Printing Ink Day
Prohibition Remembrance Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day
Signing of the Peace Accords
International Rooibos Day
Fun Observances
Nothing Day
January 16 is Nothing Day, a day to celebrate, well, nothing.
Started by newspaper columnist Harold Pullman Coffin in 1973, the unofficial holiday aims to provide people “with a day where they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything."
An Un-Event
The day is an "un-event", which means that it should not be seen as an event and that one should do nothing to promote it as such.
So instead of promoting the day, we will tell you more about nothing. Nothing is an indefinite pronoun that means no thing or not anything. It refers to a person or a thing of no importance, consequence, or interest.
Debates Over Nothing
History is full of debates between philosophers and writers on the importance and the study of nothing. Some philosophers believe that the study of the nature of nothing is a useless endeavor since there is nothing like nothing - to answer the question, what is nothing, one must find nothing.
There is also some disagreement among physicists about the true nature of nothingness in outer space. Many claim that even a true vacuum, devoid of anything is not nothing, because even if it doesn't have any particles of gravity, it contains quantum particles.
How to Celebrate?
Observe Nothing Day by celebrating nothing.
Learn facts about absolutely nothing.
Learn more about how the notion of nothingness features in philosophy and science.
Watch the Seinfeld episode, The Pitch. In this episode of the popular TV series, George Costanza comes up with the idea of creating a TV show about nothing.
Did You Know…
…that zero as a number was discovered in India in the 9th century AD?
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For Mother’s Day: My Mom Taught Me …
Logic:
“If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can’t go to the store with me.”
Humor:
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”
Justice:
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you. Then you’ll see what it’s like!”
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My coworker at the hotel was miserable at his job and was desperately searching for a new one.
"Why don’t you work for your mother?" I suggested.
He shook his head. "I can’t," he said. "Her company has a very strict policy against hiring relatives."
"Who made up that ridiculous rule?"
"My mother."
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I was sound asleep when the telephone jarred me awake.
"Hi!" It was my peppy mother-in-law. She proceeded to rattle on about the busy day she had ahead and all the things that awaited her the rest of the week.
"Mom," I interrupted. "It's five in the morning."
"Really? What are you doing up so early?"
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When my nephew, Victor, was five, I took him to a local stable for a pony ride. He was very impressed that the stable hands were riding without a saddle. I explained to him that it's called riding bareback. When I returned him to his parents, they asked him how he enjoyed his pony ride.
He excitedly told them that he saw grownups riding naked!
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Arbor Day (Egypt)
Armed Forces Day (Nigeria)
Army Day (India)
Christian feast day:
Abeluzius (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
Arnold Janssen
Francis Ferdinand de Capillas (one of Martyr Saints of China)
Ita
Our Lady of the Poor
Macarius of Egypt (Western Christianity)
Maurus and Placidus (Order of Saint Benedict)
Paul the Hermit
January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Martin Luther King Jr. Day can fall (the 15th being his birthday), while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in January. (United States)
Earliest day on which Sinulog Festival can fall, while January 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in January. (Philippines)
John Chilembwe Day (Malawi)
Korean Alphabet Day (North Korea)
Ocean Duty Day (Indonesia)
Sagichō at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan)
Teacher's Day (Venezuela)
Black Christ of Esquipulas day
The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India (see January 14):
Thai Pongal, Tamil harvest festival
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Day
Blue Monday
Brew Monday
Civil Rights Day
Elementary School Teacher Day
Idaho Human Rights Day
Makar Sankranti
National Booch Day
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
National Hat Day
National Kayla Day
National Pothole Day
Wikipedia Day
Steph Toms’s Birthday
Pitbull’s Birthday
Regina King’s Birthday
Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Drew Brees’s Birthday
Dove Cameron’s Birthday
Chicago West’s Birthday
Caroline Arapoglou’s Birthday
Ben Shapiro
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Mon Jan 15th, 2024 - Fri Jan 19th, 2024
No Name-Calling Week
Mon Jan 15th, 2024 - Sun Jan 21st, 2024
European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
Energy Saving Week
Mon Jan 15th, 2024 - Sun Jan 25th, 2024
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Fun Observances (2)
Strawberry Ice Cream Day
January 15 is Strawberry Ice Cream Day. It is an unofficial holiday that celebrates ice cream made with strawberries or added strawberry flavors.
It is believed that the ice cream flavor, which is now popular around the world, was invented in 1813 in the United States by First Lady Dolley Madison, and it was served during her husband, President James Madison’s second inaugural banquet at the White House.
Used as Medicine
Strawberries, a member of the rose family, were consumed by our ancestors for its medicinal purposes. The ancient Romans thought that the fruit could cure depression, sadness and kidney stones.
Modern day studies have shown that strawberries are a good source of Vitamin C and consumption of the fruit can reduce the levels of bad cholesterol in humans.
The holiday is also known as National Strawberry Ice Cream Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Strawberry ice cream to be more precise. Here are some ways to honor this hugely popular ice cream:
Celebrate the day with strawberry ice cream. Have strawberry ice cream for all your meals during the day.
Make your own strawberry ice cream at home.
What about adding new flavors like balsamic vinegar and mint to your tried and tested strawberry ice cream recipe?
Did You Know…
…that botanically, a strawberry is not a fruit at all? Instead, it is a receptacle - the thick part of a stem from which a flower grows.
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Bagel and Lox Day
Bagel and Lox Day is an unofficial holiday dedicated to the quintessential Jewish American dish made of bagels, cream cheese, and lox or cured salmon.
This holiday of unknown origins is also often known as National Bagel Day or Bagel Day. In 2018, Thomas', a division of Bimbo Bakeries USA, decided to move the date of National Bagel Day from February 9 to January 15 to avoid competing with National Pizza Day.
Despite this, many people still prefer to celebrate this holiday on the original date of February 9.
Ring Shaped Bread
Popularized first by Jewish immigrants in New York City, bagels and lox is a classic combination and is a dish usually eaten during breakfast or for brunch.
Traditionally from Poland, bagels are ring-shaped bread made out of wheat dough that is first boiled and then baked to give it its distinctive chewy texture. The hole in the middle is thought to make it easier for the bagel to cook as well as easier for bakers to transport and store lots of bagels at one time – all they need to do is to string a rope or thread through the bagel holes.
Lox and Schmear
The word lox is derived from the Yiddish word for salmon, laks. In the United States, lox is brined and cured salmon that has been sliced very thinly. On a bagel, it is usually served with cream cheese, popularly called schmear, from the German word for spread.
How to Celebrate
This one’s easy. Just go to your closest deli and get yourself a bagel with cream cheese and lox.
Don’t have a deli close to you? Make the sandwich yourself at home – all you’ll need is some cream cheese, a bagel, and some lox. Add a slice of tomato or onion and you have a delicious meal ready!
Did You Know…
...that the shape of a bagel – a ring with a hole – is technically called a torus? The word torus comes from the Latin word for cushion.
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A musician friend is always upbeat. But when she developed ringing in one ear, I was concerned it might overwhelm even her. When I asked whether her condition was especially annoying to a musician, she shook her head.
“Not really,” she said cheerfully. “The ringing sound is in the key of B flat, so I use it to tune my cello half a tone lower.”
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Q: What happens if you play a county song backwards?
A: Your wife returns to you, your dog comes back to life, and you get out of prison.
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I’m driving with this guy, and he runs right through a Stop sign. So I say, “Hey, that was a Stop sign.”
And he says, “I drive like my brother!”
A few blocks later, he plows right through a red light. I say, “You just ran a red light.”
And he says, “I drive like my brother!”
So now we’re coming up on a green light, and he slows down.
I’m confused, so I say, “It’s green; why are you slowing down?”
He says, “My brother might be coming.”
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As a head cashier in a departmental store, I had to open and close the cash registers of the cashiers. Whenever a cashier started work, I was paged to open the register.
"Open my register,"
"Please let me start," and
"Give me the go-ahead," were some of the terms used by cashiers.
One day, a newly appointed bright-looking girl came to the register and said loudly,
"Turn me on!"
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Christian feast day:
Barba'shmin
Devasahayam Pillai (Catholic Church)
Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
Felix of Nola
Macrina the Elder
Odoric of Pordenone
January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
Flag Day (Georgia)
National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
Old New Year, and its related observance:
Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
Yennayer (Berbers)
Ratification Day (United States)
Revolution and Youth Day (Tunisia)
Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
Magh Bihu (Assam)
Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
Makar Sankranti (India)
The first day of Pongal (Tamil Nadu)
Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
World Logic Day (UNESCO)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Cesarean Section Day
International Kite Day
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
National Sunday Supper Day
National Undhiyu Day
Novy God (Russian New Year)
Orthodox New Year
Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
Unknown Citizens’ Day
LL Cool J’s Birthday
Kai’s Birthday
Jason Bateman’s Birthday
Gatsby the Corgi’s Birthday
Dave Grohl’s Birthday
Alejandro Rosario’s Birthday
Mackenzie Turner’s Birthday
Benedict Arnold
Holland Taylor
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Sun Jan 14th, 2024 - Sat Jan 20th, 2024
Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Mocktail Week
National Pizza Week
Universal Letter Writing Week
Fun Observances
Organize Your Home Day
January 14 get started early on this year's spring cleaning and organizing on Organize Your Home Day.
It may sound like a lot of work, but you will thank us later. Your home will be organized, ready to receive company at a moment’s notice and more importantly, if you keep it up throughout the year, you will have an organized home next year this unofficial holiday rolls by.
Beneficial All Year
Being organized can balance your life. It can reduce stress and makes you more productive. It can stop you looking for things, of having to buy new things that you don't need. If you make it your way of life today, it can soon become a habit and you will reap the benefits for years to come.
How to Celebrate?
Get your cleaning supplies out and get scrubbing and organizing.
Rope in your family to help you organize, give everyone a task and award them for finishing them.
Hold an organizing party, and have friends help you. You can thank them by making them their favorite meal or by helping them organize their home in return.
Make an organization itinerary. Attack a room or an area every week and you will have an organized home in no time.
Declutter by donating things you don't use anymore.
Did You Know…
…that cleaning can help burn calories? On average, mopping the floors for an hour will help you lose about 160 calories.
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Spotted on a Laundromat corkboard:
“Please keep clothes on while doing laundry.”
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Some people just have a way with words, and other people … oh … not have way.
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The four most beautiful words in our common language:
I told you so.
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I don’t want to brag, but I do speak pig Latin;
I mean, I’m not fluent, but I’m sure if I ever went there, I could get by.
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You’ll never be as lazy as whoever named the fireplace.
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A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ. Here’s how it works:
If you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.
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Every novel is a mystery novel if you never finish it.
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The holiday season: a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.
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Being president is like running a cemetery: You’ve got a lot of people under you, and nobody’s listening.
---Bill Clinton
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I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of a national emergency—even if I’m in a Cabinet meeting.
—Ronald Reagan
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As Farmer Brown approached his neighbor’s barn, he saw Farmer Jones serenading a tractor with songs and compliments.
“What are you doing?” Farmer Brown demanded.
Farmer Jones replied, “My wife and I have been having marital difficulties, and the marital counselor said I needed to do something sexy to a tractor."
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Christian feast day:
Blessed Veronica of Milan
Elian
Hilary of Poitiers
Mungo
St. Knut's Day or Tjugondag Knut, the last day of Christmas. (Sweden and Finland)
January 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Mongolia)
Democracy Day (Cape Verde)
Liberation Day (Togo)
Old New Year's Eve (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia), and its related observances:
Malanka (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus)
Sidereal winter solstice's eve celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; the last day of the six-month Dakshinayana period (see January 14):
Bhogi (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
Lohri (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
Uruka (Assam)
Stephen Foster Memorial Day (United States)
Yennayer (Berbers)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Calennig
Korean American Day
National Catherine Day
National Kathleen Day
National Peach Melba Day
National Rubber Ducky Day
National Sticker Day
National Vision Board Day
Poetry Break Day
Public Radio Broadcasting Day
International Skeptics Day
Tyler Henry’s Birthday
Patrick Dempsey’s Birthday
Tre Brooks’s Birthday
Orlando Bloom’s Birthday
Nique Nique&King’s Birthday
Mike Majlak’s Birthday
Lori Harvey’s Birthday
Liam Hemsworth’s Birthday
Andrew Yang
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Fun Observances
Make Your Dreams Come True Day
January 13 is Make your Dreams Come True Day. If you have been procrastinating on fulfilling your dream, this is your chance to get things right.
This unofficial holiday with unknown origins encourages people to be proactive about achieving what they want in life.
Dreams That Inspire
Dreams are a part of life. We all dream when we sleep, but most of us don't remember them the next day. No matter how big or small, there are some dreams that inspire us and allow us to make our lives better. It is these dreams that Make your Dreams Come True Day celebrates. Dreams that motivate us to do better, encourage us to take on more challenges, and energize us to succeed in our lives - professionally and personally.
How to Celebrate?
Get started on making your dream come true.
Talk to someone who inspires you.
Make an inspiration board with images and words relating to your dream.
Write down your dream, make a project plan, and create deadlines for you to work towards.
Did You Know…
…that according to experts, most people on average have a dream every 90 minutes?
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On the phone with my 93-year-old brother in Wisconsin, and I told him I thought it was time he paid someone to shovel snow for him. He suddenly grew indignant.
“Why should I pay someone to shovel?” he demanded. “I can get my son to do it. He’s only
70!”
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The other day I got carded at the liquor store. While I was taking out my ID, my old Blockbuster card fell out.
The clerk shook his head, said, “Never mind,” and rang me up.
***
One of the shortest wills ever written:
“Being of sound mind, I spent all the money.”
***
Two old guys, Fred and Sam went to the movies. A few minutes after it started, Fred heard Sam rustling around and he seemed to be searching on the floor under his seat. "What are you doing?" asked Fred.
Sam, a little grumpy by this time, replied "I had a caramel in my mouth and it dropped out. I can't find it."
Fred told him to forget it because it would be too dirty by now.
"But I've got to", said Sam, "my teeth are in it!"
***
You can see the strangest things if you look hard enough. The other day I saw a piece of toast in a cage at the zoo.
It was bread in captivity.
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Christian feast day:
Aelred of Rievaulx
Benedict Biscop
Bernard of Corleone
Marguerite Bourgeoys
Tatiana
January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
National Youth Day (India)
Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)
Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
Yennayer (Algeria)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Kiss a Ginger Day
National Curried Chicken Day
National Hot Tea Day
National Kettlebell Day
National Pharmacist Day
Quitters Day
Remembrance Day
Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day
Work Harder Day
Rob Zombie’s Birthday
Jeff Bezos’s Birthday
Issa Rae’s Birthday
Howard Stern’s Birthday
Do Kyungsoo’s Birthday
Zayn Malik’s Birthday
Raekwon
Fun Observances
Marzipan Day
Celebrate marzipan, the sweet, almond-based multi-purpose confectionary on January 12, Marzipan Day.
Marzipan is one of those food items that evoke extreme reactions. Love it or hate it, it is one of the most well-known and widely used food item in kitchens and bakeries around the world.
Decorating Cakes
Made of almond meal and sugar, marzipan is usually used to decorate cakes. Its dough-like consistency makes it an ideal material to make novelty shapes and figures.
Some historians believe that marzipan has Arabic roots, while others believe that the Chinese introduced it to the world. Either way, it has now become the mainstay of holiday and wedding celebrations in many parts of the world.
How to Celebrate?
Make your own marzipan and use it to make treats.
If you can’t make your own marzipan, buy pre-made marzipan and shape it.
Learn the different ways marzipan is used by people in different cultures.
Did You Know...
…that the wild varieties of almond are not fit for human consumption? This is because they contain a compound called glycoside amygdalin, which turns into hydrogen cyanide if the seed is crushed or injured.
***
I didn't realize how bad of a driver I was until my satnav said,
"In 400 feet, do a slight right, stop, and let me out."
***
I answered a 911 call at our emergency dispatch center from a woman who said her water broke.
"Stay calm," I advised. "Now, how far apart are your contractions?"
"No contractions," she said breathlessly. "But my basement is flooding fast."
***
When my friend spotted a blind man and his guide dog at a crosswalk, she stopped her car and waved them on.
"Uh, Cynthia," I said, "he can't see you."
"I know that," she said indignantly. "I'm waving the dog on."
***
Movie Quotes—The First Drafts
The Godfather:
"I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse. Well, he can refuse it, of course. I just know that if someone were to make me an offer like this, I’d jump all over it. But who am I to impose my feelings on someone else?"
The Terminator:
"I’ll be back. Do you need anything while I’m up?"
Dirty Harry:
"You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? I ask myself that every day, and you know what? I feel so very lucky. Loving family, steady work …"
Taxi Driver:
"You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Sorry, it looked like you were talkin’ to me. My mistake."
***
A doctor told his patient, "There's good news and bad news. The bad news is, you have partial short-term memory loss."
The patient said, "Oh no, Doctor. What's the bad news?"
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Children's Day (Tunisia)
Christian feast day:
Anastasius of Suppentonia (Roman Catholic)
Leucius of Brindisi (Roman Catholic)
Paulinus II of Aquileia
Pope Hyginus
Theodosius the Cenobiarch
Thomas of Cori
Vitalis of Gaza (Roman Catholic)
January 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Eugenio María de Hostos Day (Puerto Rico)
Independence Resistance Day (Morocco)
Kagami biraki (Japan)
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day (United States)
Republic Day (Albania)
Carmentalia (January 11th and January 15th) (Rome)
Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Birth anniversary of National Artist Atang de la Rama
Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day
Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day
Heritage Treasures Day
International Parity at Work Day
International Thank-You Day
Kosrae Constitution Day
National Arkansas Day
National Girl Hug Boy Day
National Hot Toddy Day
National Joel Day
National Milk Day
National Tara Day
No Longer New Year's Day
Paget’s Awareness Day
Secret Pal Day
Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
World Sketchnote Day
Mary J. Blige’s Birthday
Kyle Richards’s Birthday
Jania Bania’s Birthday
Emmie Alice’s Birthday
Alfonso Arau’s Birthday
Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday
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Thu Jan 11th, 2024 - Wed Jan 17th, 2024
Cuckoo Dancing Week
Fun Observances
Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
January 11 is celebrated annually as Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day.
Morse code is a way to transmit text through a series of signals. Each character or alphabet in a language is represented by a sequence of dots and dashes.
SOS
First demonstrated on January 11, 1838 by Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse, Morse code soon became commonly used by the military and the aviation industry worldwide.
Until 1999 the distress signal "SOS", or "··· – – – ···" in Morse code, was used to communicate distress by ships and naval vessels around the world. Although it does not stand for anything it has been remembered as "Save Our Souls" or "Save Our Ship".
It was replaced by the Global Maritime Distress Safety System in 1999, but is still widely recognised as a distress signal today.
How to Celebrate?
Learn Morse code.
Of course, learn how to spell out your name in Morse code.
Don't have time to learn a whole new language? Spend some time on learning more about the role Morse code has played in society.
Did You Know…
…that the fastest Morse code transmission was achieved by Tarry Turner in 1942? He reached a speed of 35 words per minute.
***
The speaker at my bank's drive-through window had been broken for weeks, and we tellers had to resort to miming or writing notes to communicate with our frustrated customers. One day a sweet elderly lady whom I would see every week pulled up to the window, leaned out of her car and smacked the glass in front of my face. "Hope this is bulletproof," she yelled.
There had just been a robbery at another bank nearby, so I was touched by her concern. "It is," I yelled back.
"Good," she continued, "because someone is going to shoot you if you don't get that speaker fixed."
***
1-800-WasteMyTime
It was late in the afternoon, and I was putting the final burnishes on a piece of writing that I was feeling pretty good about. Yes, okay, it was an e-mail, but it was a clever one and I hated to lose it. My cursor had frozen. I tried to shut the computer down, and it seized up altogether. Unsure of what else to do, I yanked the battery out.
Unfortunately, Windows had been in the midst of a delicate and crucial undertaking. The next morning, when I turned my computer back on, it informed me that a file had been corrupted and Windows would not load. This was followed by some mysterious lines of code, which I took to be my computer saying "Serves you right, careless pea brain" in its native tongue. More graciously, it offered to repair itself by using the Windows Setup CD.
I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs that I have no intention of ever using. There was an IKEA how-to CD, which featured young Swedes assembling kitchen cabinets with nothing but a sardine can key and untrammeled wholesomeness. Mostly, there were CDs of music that my friends are always burning for me, unbidden, because they think I'll enjoy them.
But no Windows CD. I was forced to call the computer company's Global Support Center. My call was answered by a woman in some unnamed, far-off land. I find it vexing to make small talk with someone when I don't know what continent they're standing on. Suppose I were to comment on the beautiful weather we've been having when there was a monsoon at the other end of the phone? So I got right to the point.
"My computer is telling me a file is corrupted and it wants to fix itself, but I don't have the Windows Setup CD."
"So you're having a problem with your Windows Setup CD." She had apparently been dozing and, having come to just as the sentence ended, was attempting to cover for her inattention. I recognized the technique from a thousand breakfast conversations.
"We took that rug in weeks ago. Should I call the cleaners?"
"No, thanks. I'm good."
It quickly became clear that the woman was not a computer technician. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the techs, who were off in the back room, or possibly another far-off continent, playing cards and burning CDs for their friends. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels.
To make me disappear, the woman gave me the phone number for Windows' creator, Microsoft. This is like giving someone the phone number for, I don't know, North America. Besides, the CD worked; I just didn't have it. No matter how many times I repeated my story, we came back to the same place. She was unflappable and resolutely polite.
When my voice hit a certain decibel, I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.
"You don't have the Windows Setup CD, ma'am, because you don't need it," he explained cheerfully. "Windows came preinstalled on your computer!"
"But I do need it."
"Yes, but you don't have it."
We went on like this for a while. Finally, he offered to walk me through the use of a different CD, one that would erase my entire system. "Of course, you'd lose all your e-mail, your documents, your photos." It was like offering to drop a safe on my head to cure my headache. "You might be able to recover them, but it would be expensive." He sounded delighted. "And it's not covered by the warranty!" The safe began to seem like a good idea, provided it was full.
I hung up the phone and drove my computer to a small, friendly repair place I'd heard about. A smart, helpful man dug out a Windows CD and told me it wouldn't be a problem. An hour later, he called to let me know it was ready. I thanked him, and we chatted about the weather, which was the same outside my window as it was outside his.
***
A customer walked into our store looking for Christmas lights. I showed her our top brand, but—wanting to make sure each bulb worked—she asked me to take them out of the box and plug them in. I did, and each one lit up.
"Great," she said.
I carefully placed the string of lights back in the box. But as I handed them to her, she looked alarmed.
"I don't want this box," she said abruptly. "It's been opened."
***
A snail named Samuel just got a raise working as a realtor. He decided since he got this money he will get a custom sports car with a big "S" on the side to show everyone the car is his. While he's flexing his new car down the streets of Los Angeles, he passes an elderly couple sitting on their porch.
As he passes the man exclaims to his wife,
" Look at that S-Car-Go!"
