The Daily Bucket - February 2019 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleTake a Leek for Saint Davy
Today is Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gwyl Dewi). Saint David (Dewi Sant) is the patron saint of Wales. On this day many Welsh hie themselves to their local purveyor of leeks, take a leek, and affix...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: March 4 is National Grammar Day (United States)
March 4 is the 63rd day of the Gregorian Calendar year Pungenday, Chaos 63, 3185 YOLD (discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.6.5.4 by the Mayan Long Count Twenty years of schooling and they put you...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: March 6
It's Day 65 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's March 6, 2019 Today I am procrastinating with respect to a major writing project by jumping into musicworld. I just noticed in my...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: March 11 is Johnny Appleseed Day in the United States
March 11 is the 74th day of the Gregorian Calendar year Setting Orange, Chaos 70, 3185 YOLD (discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.6.5.11 by the Mayan Long Count Today we celebrate the life of a guy...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: March 13 - 10 Principles of Good Design
It's Day 72 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's March 13, 2019 I stumbled across Dieter Rams' "10 Principles of Good Design" and after arduously capying them down, discovered that they...
View ArticlePi Day is upon us, and with it, dissent.
Some would eschew Pi Day in favor of 6/28. Why so? Because 2 pi. Also because Tau. We'll get there, but I'm staying out of it. Here's some introductory mundane facts, though number 5 isn't completely...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: March 18 is Goldbach's birthday
March 18 is the 81st day of the Gregorian Calendar year Boomtime, Discord 4, 3185 YOLD (discordian) And let us not forget 13.0.6.5.18 by the Mayan Long Count "Every even integer n greater than two is...
View ArticleDismantling Racism: Ending Racism in the U.S.
Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- OK, I'm, serious. This will be a serious essay about a serious problem and, most importantly, a serious plan and proposal...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: March 25 is the I.D.R.V.S.& T.S.T.*
* That would be International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade March 250is the 84th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Discord 11, 3185...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - March 2019 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: March 27 - The Birthday of Phil Chess
It's Day 86 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's March 27, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.7.6.13 by the long count Phil Chess was born on March 27, 1921. He co-founded Chess Records with his...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: April 1 is the official start of political campaign season
April 1 is the 91st day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Chaos 4, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.6.12 by the Mayan Long Count It is also April Fools Day, a day of...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Does Politics Rot Your Mind?
It's Day 93 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's April 3, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.6.14 by the long count A better, more precise question is "in what manner and do what degree does...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: April 8 is International Romani Day
April 8 is the 98th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Discord 25, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.6.19 by the Mayan Long Count THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Good morning, fellow consumers.
It's Day 100 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's April 10, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.7.1 by the long count It's also the Feast of the Third Day of the Writing of the Book of the Law...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: April 15 is Bessie Smith's Birthday
April 15 is the 105th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Setting Orange, Discord 32, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.7.6 by the Mayan Long Count-Today is also, among other things,...
View ArticleWednesday Open Thread: Desert Bloom 2019
It's Day 107 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's April 17, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.7.8 by the long count It is a lot more complex than this, but, per wikipedia...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: April 22 is Earth Day
April 22 is the 112th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Discord 39, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.7.13 by the Mayan Long Count-Earth Day! Wow! Bet there'll be a...
View ArticleSaint George's Day - April 23
Today is Saint George's Day, at least in England. He is probably best known for snuffing a dragon. As a child, I always heard and saw references to "Saint George and THE Dragon", leaving me to wonder...
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