Four Chaplains Memorial Day –
congress declared this day to be a holiday honoring the 70th
Anniversary of the sinking of the United States Army Transport
Dorchester. Four Army Chaplains from four different religions went
down with the ship that day when they gave their life jackets to
other passengers. They sacrificed their lives for men of all faiths.
The Day The Music Died – A line from
Don McLean's song “American Pie” used to describe how the music
world felt after the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie
Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and their pilot,
Roger Peterson on this day in 1959.
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day – This
day is traditionally the first day of Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
which is always the week before Valentine's Day. So if you have a
jerk of a girlfriend or boyfriend, this is your chance to get rid of
them, end that stressful, unhappy relationship and save yourself some
money since you now won't have to buy them a gift for Valentine's
Day.
Super Bowl XLVII – I'll consider this
to be self-explanatory since even I know about it and I don't watch
football.
National Cordova Ice Worm Day –
Cordova is a city in Alaska which explains a lot about this holiday.
The winter is so dark and cold and difficult to endure that the
people decided to have a celebration to lighten their spirits. They
have an ice worm parade (the ice worm by the way is a made up
creature), they have an ice worm King and Queen and a whole winter
carnival.
National Carrot Cake Day – one of my
favorite kinds of cake since it carries with it the illusion of
healthiness in the form of vegetables. You can sneak some pureed
zucchini in it too and no one would ever know the difference.
To celebrate today, you will want to
first dump your jerk. Why wait, start the day out right and maybe
you'll have a new jerk by dinnertime. Of course, you won't know that
the new man/woman is a jerk for a while yet so it will be new and exciting still when Valentine's Day gets here. Then,
listen to some music by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens or The Big Bopper
while you eat some carrot cake to make yourself feel better in a
healthy way. Then consider going to Alaska for the Cordova Ice Worm
Parade and if that doesn't pan out go to or host a Super Bowl party,
maybe you'll find your new jerk there. Or even better, maybe your
next significant other won't be a jerk but a prince/princess of a
person in disguise.
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