Tag: Holiday

A slogan fit for a president

Happy President’s Day! Today used to celebrate just George Washington. Now it honors all our presidents. On my podcast today, I talk about the history of this holiday. I thought it would be fun on the blog to list some campaign slogans from various presidential campaigns. Everyone knows “Make America Great Again,” but do you…

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Beeeeep, beeeeep

That’s the sound of your computer backing up! Just kidding. It would be really annoying if your computer beeped  like a big truck when being backed up . Instead, it’s time to silently back up your computer. If you back up to the cloud on a regular schedule, excellent. Ignore this post. If you do…

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Dumb questions

Today is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day (which is a bizarre holiday idea.) I have three kittens as all my readers know, and honestly, I don’t want to answer their questions. They’d probably ask things like, “Why can’t I go outside even though it scares me?” or “Why can’t I destroy the couch/carpeting/paperwork?” The answer…

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Ready for Anything

It’s Saturday, and it’s Winnie the Pooh Day. There are so many facts about A. A. Milne (the author of Winnie the Pooh), the Winnie the Pooh stories, and the many Winnie the Pooh characters that it could be its own blog. I don’t want to you sit around and read about Winnie the Pooh,…

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Don’t pasta this post

It’s National Spaghetti Day. Saturday is a great day to make spaghetti. The sauce can simmer longer, and everyone can linger around the dinner table. Or you can go out to eat and have unlimited breadsticks and salad before you stuff yourself with pasta. I prefer medium shells to spaghetti noodles, but I’m fond of…

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