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November 23rd 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church) Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro – one of Saints of the Cristero War (Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church) Columbanus Felicitas of Rome Paulinus of Wales Pope Clement I (Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church) Trudo (or Trond) Wilfetrudis (or Vulfetrude) Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan) Repudiation Day (Frederick County, Maryland, United States) St George's Day (Georgia) or Giorgoba (Georgia) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Christ the King Feast Eat A Cranberry Day National Cashew Day National Espresso Day Stir-Up Sunday Thankful For My Dog Day Wolfenoot Doctor Who Day Alan Stokes’s Birthday Avani Gregg’s Birthday Billy the Kid’s Birthday Bradley Steven Perry’s Birthday Chris Hardwick’s Birthday Christopher Vélez Muñoz’s Birthday Hannah Ferrier’s Birthday Jack Maynard’s Birthday John Schnatter’s Birthday Lia Marie Johnson’s Birthday Lil Niqo’s Birthday Maxwell Caulfield’s Birthday Mike Moradian’s Birthday Miley Cyrus’s Birthday Nikachu’s Birthday Robin Rene Roberts’s Birthday Snooki’s Birthday Traci Young-Byron’s Birthday Yanyan De Jesus’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun Nov 23rd, 2025 - Sat Nov 29th, 2025 Better Conversation Week Philatelic Week National Game & Puzzle Week Sun Nov 23rd, 2025 - Sun Nov 30th, 2025 National Bible Week Fun Observances Fibonacci Day November 23 is Fibonacci Day, an annual holiday that honors one of the most influential mathematicians of the Middle Ages - Leonardo Bonacci. Also known as Leonardo of Pisa, he is popularly known as Leonardo Fibonacci. Fibonacci is a contraction of filo Bonacci, meaning the son of Bonaccio. Date Sequence November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3. A Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is the sum of the two numbers before it. For example: 1, 1, 2, 3...is a Fibonacci sequence. Here, 2 is the sum of the two numbers before it (1+1). Similarly, 3 is the sum of the two numbers before it (1+2). The Rabbit Question The Fibonacci sequence, one of the biggest accomplishments of Leonardo of Pisa came from a simple puzzle about rabbit population. In his book Liber acaci, Fibonacci posed this puzzle: if there are a pair of newly born rabbit - male and female - in the field and if they are able to produce another pair of rabbits in their second month of life, how many pairs of rabbits will be there after a year? Born in 1170 in Pisa, Italy, Fibonacci was also responsible for making the Hindu-Arabic numerals popular in Europe. In Liber acaci he advocated the use of these numerals, explained the use of zero, provided ways to convert between currencies and different measurements, and described how to calculate interest. Fibonacci in Nature One of the beauties of the Fibonacci sequence is that the series is evident all over the natural world. Petal arrangements in flowers, the ordering of leaves in plants, the shell of the nautilus, the DNA molecule and even hurricanes show patterns that correspond to the sequence. How to Celebrate? Start the day by learning more about the Fibonacci sequence and its theoretical and practical uses. A number of fruits and vegetables, like pineapples, romanesco (a cross between broccoli and cauliflower) display the Fibonacci series - incorporate them in your meals to celebrate this mathematical holiday. Have children in your life? Introduce them to the elegance of math and the importance of learning it to use in real life. Did You Know… …that the ratio of two successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence is very close to the Golden Ratio? The Golden Ratio is approximately equal to 1.6. Objects whose length and breadth exhibit the Golden Ratio are thought to be the most pleasing to the eye. *** Boss: Do you believe in life after death? Employee: No, because there is no proof of it. Boss: Well there is now ! Employee: How? Boss: When you left yesterday saying that you have to go to your uncle's funeral, your uncle came here looking for you after you left. *** Bob goes to see his friend Pete. He finds Pete in his barn dancing naked around his John Deere. "What are you doing!" asks Bob. Pete stops dancing & says, "My wife has been ignoring me lately so I talked to my psychiatrist and he said I needed to do some thing sexy to a tractor." [to attract her] *** Little Johnny came home from school and heard the word "b*tch." He asks his mom what the word meant and she responds, "It means priest." The next day little Johnny comes home and hears the word "sh*t" and asks his dad what it means. His dad answers, "It means food on the table." At school, he hears the word "f*cking" and asks his mom what it means. She responds, "It means getting ready." The next day a priest came over for dinner and little Johnny opened the door and says, "Hey son of a b*tch. There's sh*t on the table and my parents are upstairs f*cking!" *** The black lacquer stand holding his prized samurai swords was dusty, so my husband left our cleaning lady a note, reading, “Check out my swords.” That evening, he found the stand just as dirty as before but with this appended to his note: “Nice swords.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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Just the facts: WIRY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster WIRY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
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Female Daddy Longlegs with hatched spiderlings. Female daddy longlegs have strong maternal instinct and carry around not only cocoon containing pink eggs, but also the newly hatched spiderlings, at least for a few days. Photo: Alexander Mett Photography
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November 22nd 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Cecilia Pedro Esqueda Ramírez Philemon and Apphia Pragmatius of Autun Blessed Salvatore Lilli November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians) Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan. Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943. Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Aron Day Aura Awareness Day Family Volunteer Day Housing Day Humane Society Anniversary Day International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day Love Your Freckles Day National Adoption Day National Amelia Day National Cranberry Relish Day National Larimar Day World Silambam Day Baby Ariel’s Birthday Billie Jean King’s Birthday Celine Tam’s Birthday Cody Ko’s Birthday Dulcie Dornan’s Birthday Hailey Bieber’s Birthday Jamie Lee Curtis’s Birthday JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Birthday Julia Rehwald’s Birthday Katherine McNamara’s Birthday Mads Mikkelsen’s Birthday Mark Ruffalo’s Birthday Michael D. Cohen’s Birthday Rodney Dangerfield’s Birthday Scarlett Johansson’s Birthday Trevor Tordjman’s Birthday Ville Valo’s Birthday WOOZI’s Birthday Chenle’s Birthday Hailey Baldwin ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Nov 22nd, 2025 - Wed Nov 26th, 2025 New Zealand Flowers Week Sat Nov 22nd, 2025 - Sun Nov 30th, 2025 National Tree Week Fun Observances Go For a Ride Day On November 22, take out your car, bike, segway, unicycle, kayak, horse or your tractor for a spin because it is Go For A Ride Day. While the origins of this made-up holiday are unknown, we can safely assume that it encourages people to get out of the house and take a ride. Go For a Ride Day is the perfect excuse to explore parts of your neighborhood and town that you have never seen before or to take a long, aimless road trip across the state or country. How to Celebrate? Gather your friends and family members and take a ride out of the city to the countryside. Pack a picnic lunch along and commune with nature. Participate in a bike or car rally or race. Take a ride in your car to the nearest amusement park and spend the day enjoying some amusement rides. Don't own a vehicle? Don't worry, take a ride in your local public transport. Did You Know… …that the world's first fastest street legal car reached a top speed of 12 miles per hour (19 kilometers per hour)? The Benz Velo was first introduced to the market in 1894. *** Three football teams (Arsnel, Liverpool, and Hartsfield) are flying from England across Egypt for a match in the Middle East. Their plane crashes in the desert and they survive. After days of wandering, they are really hungry so when they come across a camel, the footballers decide to kill it and eat it. The Liverpool team says, "Because we play for Liverpool, will we eat the liver." The Hartsfield players decide, "Because we play for Hartsfield, we will eat the heart." Arsnel says, "I think we might go hungry..." *** A Giants fan, a Padre fan, and a Dodger fan are climbing a mountain and arguing about who loves his team more. The Padre fan insists he's the most loyal. "This is for San Diego!" he yells and jumps off the side of the mountain. Not to be outdone, the Giants fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells, "This is for San Francisco!" and pushes the Dodger fan off the mountain. *** A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her poodle along for company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a hungry-looking leopard heading rapidly in his direction. The poodle thinks, "Uh, oh!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?" Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says the leopard. "That was close! That poodle nearly had me!" Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back so you can watch me chew that poodle to bits!" Now, the poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and waits until they get just close enough to hear. "Where's that damn monkey?" the poodle says. "I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!" *** A first-grade teacher can’t believe her student isn’t hepped up about the Super Bowl. “It’s a huge event. Why aren’t you excited?” “Because I’m not a football fan. My parents love basketball, so I do too,” says the student. “Well, that’s a lousy reason,” says the teacher. “What if your parents were morons? What would you be then?” “Then I’d be a football fan.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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Just the facts: FEISTY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster FEISTY Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus The Etymology of “Feisty” – Useless Etymology
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November 21st 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh) Christian feast days: Amelberga of Susteren Digain Maurus of Parentium Pope Gelasius I Franciszka Siedliska Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rufus of Rome (no. 7 in list) William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA)) November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) World Television Day (United Nations observance) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Alascattalo Day Children in Need False Confession Day National Gingerbread Cookie Day National Stuffing Day Red Mitten Day World Fisheries Day World Vasectomy Day Funeral Celebrant Day Substitute Educators Day Amanda Ashlee Mertz’s Birthday Björk’s Birthday Brie Bella’s Birthday Cameran Eubanks’s Birthday Carlton Morton’s Birthday Colleen Ballinger’s Birthday Conor Maynard’s Birthday Davido’s Birthday Goldie Hawn’s Birthday Grant Thompson’s Birthday Hunter Hill’s Birthday Johnny Dang’s Birthday Ken Griffey Jr.’s Birthday Kenzo Hart’s Birthday Kyle Khou’s Birthday Marlo Thomas’s Birthday Marvin Cortes’s Birthday Michael Strahan’s Birthday Moose’s Birthday Nikki Bella’s Birthday Risa Dressler’s Birthday Robin Hood Gamer’s Birthday Stan Musial’s Birthday Voltaire’s Birthday Rain Phoenix ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Nov 21st, 2025 - Sun Nov 23rd, 2025 Elephant Round-Up in Surin Fun Observances World Hello Day World Hello Day on November 21 is an unofficial holiday created to promote world peace through interpersonal communication. The unofficial holiday was created by Brian and Michael McCormack as a response to the Yom Kippur War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria in 1973. Say Hello The purpose of World Hello Day is simple – to encourage communication and dialogue between people of different backgrounds in order to achieve peace and understanding. Since its beginning in 1973, the day has been celebrated around the world annually with several Nobel Peace Prize winners and peace activists taking part in it. How to Celebrate? World Hello Day requires that participants greet at least 10 people. These people can be family and friends, but it is suggested that one finds strangers to greet and talk to. Did You Know… …that hello was used as a telephone greeting for the first time by Thomas Edison? *** Three guys go to a ski lodge, and there aren't enough rooms, so they have to share a bed. In the middle of the night, the guy on the right wakes up and says, "I had this wild, vivid dream of getting a hand job!" The guy on the left wakes up, and unbelievably, he's had the same dream, too. Then the guy in the middle wakes up and says, "That's funny, I dreamed I was skiing!" *** It's game 7 of the NBA finals and a man makes his way to his seat at center court. He sits down and notices that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his neighbor if someone is sitting there. He responds, "No, the seat's empty." "The first man exclaims, "What?!? Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the NBA finals and not use it?" The neighbor responds, "Well the seat is mine, but my wife passed away and this is the first NBA finals we haven't been together." The first man responds," I'm sorry to hear that. Wasn't there anyone else, a friend or relative, that could've taken that seat?" The neighbor responds, "No, they're all at the funeral." *** The huge college freshman decided to try out for the football team. "Can you tackle?" asked the coach. "Watch this," said the freshman, who proceeded to run smack into a telephone pole, shattering it to splinters. "Wow," said the coach. "I'm impressed. Can you run?" "Of course I can run," said the freshman. He was off like a shot, and, in just over nine seconds, he had run a hundred yard dash. "Great!" enthused the coach. "But can you pass a football?" The freshman hesitated for a few seconds. "Well, sir," he said, "if I can swallow it, I can probably pass it." *** My collection of vintage kitchen utensils includes one whose intended purpose was always a mystery. It looks like a cross between a metal slotted spoon and a spatula, so I use it as both. When not in use, it is prominently displayed in a decorative ceramic utensil caddy in my kitchen. The mystery of the spoon/spatula was recently solved when I found one in its original packaging at a rummage sale. It’s a pooper-scooper. *** *** *** *** *** *** (This made me laugh, then miss Steve Irwin..) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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abandonment - Word of the Day - Thu Nov 20, 2025
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Just the facts: ABANDONMENT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster ABANDONMENT Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus -
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November 20th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) 20-N (Spain) Africa Industrialization Day (international) Black Awareness Day (Brazil) Children's Day Christian feast day: Agapius Ambrose Traversari Ampelus and Caius Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of Cristero War) Bernward of Hildesheim Dasius of Durostorum Edmund the Martyr Felec (or Felix) of Cornwall Gregory of Dekapolis Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor Theonestus of Vercelli November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church) National Sovereignty Day ( Argentina) Day of the Mexican Revolution ( Mexico) Royal Thai Navy Day ( Thailand) Saint Verhaegen ( Brussels) Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam ( Vietnam) Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT community) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Beaujolais Nouveau Day Future Teachers of America Day Great American Smokeout International Hug a Runner Day Name Your PC Day National Lucia Day National Pay Back Your Parents Day National Peanut Butter Fudge Day National Rural Health Day Social Enterprise Day Universal Children’s Day World Pancreatic Cancer Day World Philosophy Day Dierks Bentley’s Birthday Duane Allman’s Birthday Future’s Birthday Hannah Kepple’s Birthday Havan Flores’s Birthday Jaxon Bieber’s Birthday Jeremy Jordan’s Birthday Joe Biden’s Birthday Joe Walsh’s Birthday Josh Turner’s Birthday Kaylie Leas’s Birthday Lilypichu’s Birthday Michael Clifford’s Birthday Michael Reeves’s Birthday Michael Xavier’s Birthday Oliver Sykes’s Birthday Robert F. Kennedy’s Birthday Salice Rose’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thu Nov 20th, 2025 - Wed Nov 26th, 2025 National Game & Puzzle Week Fun Observances (02) National Absurdity Day Embrace the absurd and the ridiculous on November 20, National Absurdity Day. This holiday encourages people to acknowledge that absurdity is part of life. Absurdity, which refers to the illogical, unreasonable or nonsensical has been widely studied and written about. In fiction and humor, the absurd is usually used to make a nuanced point about human behavior. Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland is considered to be one of the most well-known works of absurdist literature. Absurdist Movement While absurdity in its many forms has been a subject of study since the time of the ancient Greeks, the absurdist movement in theater and literature came about right after the Second World War. It is thought that many writers and film makers reacted to the threat of a nuclear war by including absurdist themes in their works. The holiday is also known as Absurdity Day. How to Celebrate? This holiday is an excuse for you to be as whacky as you want to be, without having to explain yourself, so go nuts! Dress up absurdly, say absurd and nonsensical things and do silly things. Send absurd emails and messages to family and friends. Read absurdist plays and literature. Some examples of absurdist authors include Václav Havel, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. Did You Know… …that the word absurd comes from the Latin word absurdum, which means out of tune or irrational? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use Less Stuff Day The Thursday before Thanksgiving day is Use Less Stuff Day. In anticipation of some of the year's biggest and busiest shopping days in the United States - Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the unofficial holiday encourages people to buy and use fewer things in order to reduce environmental waste and lower their energy use. 25% More Trash The holiday was created as a response to the huge amounts of trash created by people around the U.S. during the holiday season that begins with Thanksgiving day and ends with New Year celebrations. Some estimates show that trash production in the U.S. increases by 25% during the winter holiday season. This means that American families generate about 4 to 5 million ton of extra waste in just a matter of a month! Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving is Buy Nothing Day. How to Celebrate? Celebrating Use Less Stuff Day is easy - just reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are some more ways to make your holiday season a green holiday season: Make a conscious decision to reduce your consumption during the holidays. Instead of buying physical gifts, give them your time. Volunteer to babysit or help a friend with house improvement projects. Have a friend who likes movies or the theater? Buy them tickets to go watch a film or a play as a holiday gift. Give a donation in your friend's or family member's name to their favorite charitable organization. Hand make gifts and wrap them in re-usable or biodegradable packaging. Send electronic greeting cards instead of paper holiday cards to your family and friends. Host a garage or yard sale and get rid of all the things you have not used in the past few months. Did You Know… …that about 38,000 miles of ribbon is used and discarded around the holidays every year? This is enough ribbon to tie a bow around the Earth! *** A lady goes to the doctor and complains that her husband is losing interest in sex. The doctor gives her a pill, but warns her that it's still experimental. He tells her to slip it into his mashed potatoes at dinner, so that night, she does just that. About a week later, she’s back at the doctor, where she says, "Doc, the pill worked great! I put it in the potatoes like you said! It wasn't five minutes later that he jumped up, raked all the food and dishes onto the floor, grabbed me, ripped all my clothes off, and ravaged me right there on the table!" The doctor says, "I’m sorry, we didn’t realize the pill was that strong! The foundation will be glad to pay for any damages." "Nah," she says, "that's okay. We're never going back to that restaurant anyway." *** Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!" The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Bob has been missing since Friday. *** A wife comes home late one night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket, she sees four legs instead of just her husband's two. She reaches for a baseball bat and starts hitting the blanket as hard as she can. Once she's done, she goes to the kitchen to have a drink. As she enters, she sees her husband there, reading a magazine. He says, "Hi darling, your parents have come to visit us, so I let them stay in our bedroom. Did you say hello?" *** No Dumb Questions (Except This One) Just before the final exam in my college finance class, a less-than-stellar student approached me. “Can you tell me what grade I would need to get on the exam to pass the course?” he asked. I gave him the bad news. “The exam is worth 100 points. You would need 113 points to earn a D.” “OK,” he said. “And how many points would I need to get a C?” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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Just the facts: DOWDY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster DOWDY Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus Examples of 'DOWDY' in a Sentence | Merriam-Webster
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November 19th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Blessed Giacomo Benefatti Mechthild of Hackeborn Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church) Raphael Kalinowski Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus) Flag Day (Brazil) Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize) International Men's Day Liberation Day (Mali) Martyrs' Day (Uttar Pradesh, India) The Sovereign Prince's Day (Monaco) World Toilet Day Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) BOTOX® Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) Day Education Support Professionals Day - 1 National Educational Support Professionals Day - 2 Geographic Information Systems Day GIS Day International Journalist Day National Camp Day National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day National Have A Bad Day Day National Integration Day National Lewis Day National Play Monopoly Day Sigd Day World COPD Day National Kentucky Day Adam Driver’s Birthday Apollo Nida’s Birthday Calvin Klein’s Birthday FaZe Rug’s Birthday Indira Gandhi’s Birthday James Beavers’s Birthday Jodie Foster’s Birthday Kassandra Lee’s Birthday Larry King’s Birthday Lauren Burnham’s Birthday Lil' Mo’s Birthday Meg Ryan’s Birthday Patrick Kane’s Birthday RiceGum’s Birthday Sushmita Sen’s Birthday Tyga’s Birthday Ted Turner Allison Janney ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Nov 19th, 2025 - Wed Nov 26th, 2025 National Farm-City Week ii International Journalist Day National Camp Day National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day National Entrepreneur's Day National Have A Bad Day Day National Integration Day National Lewis Day National Play Monopoly Day Women Entrepreneurship Day National Kentucky Day National Working Daughters Day RiceGum’s Birthday Meg Ryan’s Birthday Patrick Kane’s Birthday Lauren Burnham’s Birthday Lil' Mo’s Birthday Kassandra Lee’s Birthday Larry King’s Birthday James Beavers’s Birthday Jodie Foster’s Birthday Indira Gandhi’s Birthday FaZe Rug’s Birthday Calvin Klein’s Birthday Sushmita Sen’s Birthday Tyga’s Birthday Adam Driver’s Birthday Apollo Nida’s Birthday Ted Turner Allison Janney *** Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they laid down for the night, and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars." "What does that tell you?" Watson pondered for a minute. "Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies, and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?" Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke. "It tells me that someone has stolen our tent." *** Q: What do the starship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common? A: They both probe Uranus and wipe out Klingons. *** A bank robber pulls out gun points it at the teller, and says, "Give me all the money or you're geography!" The puzzled teller replies, "Did you mean to say 'or you're history?'" The robber says, "Don't change the subject!" *** Because it was my brother's birthday, our mom wanted to do something special. She called his fraternity house and said she wanted to bring a cake. The young man who took the call was very excited. "Hey, Mrs. Schaeffer," he said, "that would be great!" The next day she drove to the fraternity and rang the doorbell. The same boy answered the door. When he saw the cake, his face fell. "Oh," he said, clearly disappointed. "I thought you said 'keg.' " *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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skepticism - Word of the Day - Tue Nov 18, 2025
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Just the facts: SKEPTICISM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster SKEPTICISM Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus -
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November 18th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church) Alphaeus and Zacchaeus Barulas Constant Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England) Juthwara Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism) The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela) Maudez (Mawes) Nazarius (Nazaire) Odo of Cluny Romanus of Caesarea Rose Philippine Duchesne November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of Army and Victory (Haiti) Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956. National Day (Oman) Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918. Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Apple Cider Day International Occult Day Married to a Scorpio Support Day Mickey Mouse Birthday Mickey Mouse Day Minnie Mouse Birthday National Entrepreneur's Day National Princess Day National Vichyssoise Day World Day for the Prevention and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence Housing Day National Working Daughters Day Underwater Hockey World Day National Injury Prevention Day European Antibiotic Awareness Day International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men Allyson Felix’s Birthday Bart Kwan’s Birthday BJ GROOVY’s Birthday Brene Brown’s Birthday Denny Hamlin’s Birthday Fabolous’s Birthday James Welch’s Birthday Kaylen Zahara’s Birthday Kirk Hammett’s Birthday Mabel Chee’s Birthday Megyn Kelly’s Birthday Mike Epps’s Birthday Mike Jones’s Birthday Nathan Kress’s Birthday Owen Wilson’s Birthday Pedro Infante’s Birthday Ramona Singer’s Birthday Zane Hijazi’s Birthday Chloë Sevigny ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tue Nov 18th, 2025 - Mon Nov 24th, 2025 World Antibiotic Awareness Week World AMR Awareness Week Fun Observances Push Button Phone Day November 18 is Push Button Phone Day. The unofficial holiday commemorates the anniversary of the introduction of the push button phone by Bell Systems in the United States. First introduced to customers in some areas of Pennsylvania on November 18, 1963, push button phones were the fancy alternatives to rotary dial phones. Push button phones are phones that use buttons to dial numbers and connect to another telephone user. Today, the introduction of cell phones and touch screens have made push button phones obsolete. How to Celebrate? If you can get your hands on a push button phone, try and install it and use it to make phone calls. Learn more about the science and history behind these phones. Did You Know… …that the first words spoken over a telephone were “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you”? They were spoken by the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant Thomas Watson. *** One day a duck walks in a store and asks the manager if they sell grapes. The manager says, "No, we don't sell grapes." The duck goes home and comes back the next day and asks the same question. The manager says the same thing again, "No, we do not sell grapes." The duck goes home, comes back the next day, and asks the manager if they sell grapes. This time the manager says, "No, we don't sell grapes! If you ask one more time, I will nail your beak to the floor!" The duck goes home. It comes back the next day and asks the manager if he has any nails. The manager says, "No, I don't have any nails." The duck says, "Okay, good. Do you sell grapes?" *** Son: "Dad, when will I be old enough so I don't have to ask mom for her permission to go out?" Dad: "Son, even I haven't grown old enough to go out without her permission!" *** A 7 year-old and a 4 year-old are in their bedroom. "You know what?" says the 7 year-old, "I think it's time we started swearing. When we go downstairs for breakfast, I'll swear first, then you." "Okay," replies the 4 year-old. In the kitchen, when the mother asks the 7 year-old what he wants for breakfast, he answers, "I'll have Coco Pops, bitch." *WHACK* He goes flying out of his chair, crying his eyes out. The mother looks at the 4 year-old & sternly asks, "And what do you want?" "Dunno," he replies, "But it won't be fucking Coco Pops." *** Thinking no one could hear me as I loaded a UPS tractor trailer, I began to whistle. I was really getting into it when a coworker in the next trailer poked his head in. “You know, I always used to wish I could whistle,” he said. “Now I just wish you could.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn
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synecdoche - Word of the Day - Mon Nov 17, 2025
sandrewn commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Just the facts: SYNECDOCHE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Synecdoche and Metonymy: What's the difference? | Merriam-Webster -
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