7/17 Open Thread: The Willful Poisoning of a Generation
I somewhat cribbed that title from a vaguely remembered piece abut how the USA's fascination with chemical based farming and food preservation as well as chemically enhanced foods was, in essence, a...
View ArticleMonday OT: July 22 is Pi Approximation Day
July 22 is day 203 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Confusion 57, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.11.17 by the Mayan Long Count Hokay, elsewhere 07-22-2019 (7/22) is...
View Article7/24 Open Thread: Kill Your Lawn
- Extreme? No, the American lawn fetish isn't really that old. Blame it on Frederick Law Olmstead, the creator of NYC's Central Park. He is in part responsible for the Chicago suburb of Riverside based...
View ArticleMonday OT: July 29 is International Tiger Day
July 29 is day 210 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Setting Orange, Confusion 64, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.12.11 by the Mayan Long Count - The Tyger Tyger, Tyger, so...
View Article7/31 Open Thread: Cop Talk
OK, some history bits - On this day in 1703, Daniel Defoe was placed in the pillory for seditious libel. The people seemingly approved of his work, because they pelted him with flowers. The English had...
View ArticleJerry Day
8/1 is the Real, though unofficial, Jerry Day. - Alrghty now class, It's Jerry Day, for Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995), one of those few who truly was a legend in his own...
View ArticleToday is this year's Official Jerry Day.
- Alrghty now class, It's officially Jerry Day, for Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995), who would no doubt be greatly amused that such a thing exists, and love the fact that...
View ArticleMonday OT: August 5 is National Underwear Day
August 5 is day 217 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Confusion 71, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.12.18 by the Mayan Long Count - In 1735 a person was aquitted of...
View Article8/7 Open Thread: A Day Between
Jerry Garcia was born on August 1 and died on August 9, and that period, those nine days, are widely known to deadheads as The Days Between. This is such a day, and, really, what else could it be?It's...
View ArticleSo long Jerry
Jerry Garcia was born on August 1 and died on August 9, and that period, those nine days, are widely known to deadheads as The Days Between. This is such a day, the last one for this year.Jerry...
View ArticleMonday OT: August 12 is International Youth Day
August 12 is day 224 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 5, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.13.5 by the Mayan Long Count Today is also known as The...
View Article8/14 Open Thread: Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
The above conundrum comes to us courtesy of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 1832 – 14 January 1898), He was a mathematician, logician, author, lecturer, inventor, photographer, and Anglican deacon....
View ArticleMonday OT: August 19 is World Humanitarian Day
August 19 is day 231 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 12, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.13.12 by the Mayan Long Count So here's the story - World...
View Article8/21 Open Thread: Conspiracy Theories Redux
The image above is a stature of Giordano Bruno, a martyr to free thought, persecuted, tortured and murdered by the Church of Rome for the unforgivable heresy of daring to think for himself. Like him,...
View ArticleIt's Sack Like a Visigoth Day!
Hola! once more and once again into the breech. My most illustrious co-conspirator, Officebss, has foreshadowed and laid out preliminaries for this Celebration in her column of the 22nd, here:...
View ArticleMonday OT: August 26 is Women's Equality Day (United States)
August 26 is day 238 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Bureaucracy 19, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.13.19 by the Mayan Long Count WOW! Just think about it, women get...
View Article8/28 Open Thread: This Column is for the Birds
Roger Tory Peterson was born on August 28, 1908 He was a naturalist, ornithologist, author, artist, and educator. Some consider him to be one of inspirations for the environmental movement. His Guide...
View ArticleMonday OT: September 2 is Labor Day (United States)
September 2 is day 245 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Setting Orange, Bureaucracy 26, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.14.6 by the Mayan Long Count This isn't a date holiday, but...
View Article9/4 Open Thread: Food for Thought About Health Care
This column will have 2 distinct parts, completely different topics, at least as of this sentence: - First I need to get out a long simmering objection, or several, to a lot of the the often deceptive...
View ArticleMonday OT: September 9 is the day the US got named
September 9 is day 252 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Bureaucracy 33, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.14.13 by the Mayan Long Count Throughout history certain battles...
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