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Feb 5 – Weatherman Day

5 Feb

This day is a pet peeve for me. The day to honor Meteorologists. Well aside from the fact that I thought meteorology was the study of meteors growing up leading me to a huge disappointment, I sincerely don’t believe in it. I don’t think you can accurately know anything about the weather. It can change it an instant. Weather forecasts are wrong so often. It’s rained on days where it promised to be sunny and has been sunny on days that were impending snowstorms. Mother Nature will not be sniffed out easily. But either way, in honor of today, here’s my forecast for tomorrow.

The other thing that bothers me about predicting the weather is the reason. It’s not something I want to be preoccupied with. I much rather live in the moment. Deal with it as it comes. I don’t like to worry about something that I can’t avoid anyways. Who cares if it’s going to snow all weekend. I can’t make it not snow. I can either brave the cold or stay indoors but knowing a week in advance only plants a seed in my mind that I’d rather not water. So be skeptical about those weather reports. The best kind of report you can get is by stepping outside.

Jan 29 – Puzzle Day

29 Jan

The Impossible Puzzle really is impossible.

Jan 25 – Opposite Day

25 Jan

remember playing that back in the day? It’s a real thing.

Funny I even wrote an opposite day song during the Call Someone Who Cares campaign.

Jan 24 – Compliment Day

24 Jan

and here’s an interesting Forbes article that equates the effect of receiving compliments to receiving cash

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/11/09/study-receiving-a-compliment-has-same-positive-effect-as-receiving-cash/

Jan 23 – Measure Your Feet & Handwriting Day

23 Jan

Jan 22 – Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

22 Jan

Thanks to all the people from around the country that submitted cat questions. 

And so you see I’m not making this up. There’s this:

Jan 18 – Thesaurus Day

18 Jan

Today is Thesaurus Day in anniversary of Peter Mark Roget who was born on this day in 1779. He invented the Thesaurus which I actually use every day. As a writer, it’s super important to my livelyhood. If I was a super hero, a thesaurus would be in my utility belt.

Also here’s an awesome clip from Friends of Joey using a Thesaurus.

Jan 16 – Appreciate A Dragon Day

16 Jan

There are many ways to appreciate a dragon. In fact, Wired made this awesome list.  http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2013/01/appreciate-a-dragon-day/

But the way I chose to appreciate a dragon was to take it back to my childhood and play a game I love: Spyro The Dragon.

I even learned to speak Dragonese with a tool from How To Train Your Dragon. Word! Picture 2

Jan 15 – Hat Day

15 Jan

a little poem from a man that wears many hats

Many people have a fear that wearing hats makes you go bald. The theory is that the hat cuts off oxygen to your hair and it also makes you sweat cause the hair follicles to fall out. The best response I heard was that wearing undies doesn’t make your private parts go bald so I guess it’s not true. Whatever hats are cool and they can say a lot about the kind of person you are… so wear them.

Jan 14 – Dress Up Your Pet Day

14 Jan

I have no pets but I have creativity.

Here’s other animals dressed up.

And if you’ve never seen the Sugar Bush Squirrel. Prepare to be amazed. This lady in Florida does the most elaborate dress up photo shoots with this somehow willing and able squirrel.

See more at

http://www.sugarbushsquirrel.com/

 

Don’t wait for Halloween to get your animal in a Yoda outfit. The time is now.