Today we celebrate:
Love A Tree Day – Trees are
vital for our lives. They provide such a service to us and we take
them for granted in a big way. Where would our oxygen come from, our
shade, homes for animals, food for insects, food for us, I could go
on and on.
National Sea Monkey Day – Sea
monkeys were created by marketing genius, Harold von Braunhut, in
1960. They are really just brine shrimp in fancy packaging and Mr.
von Braunhut made a fortune. You can still buy them today.
Wear Purple For Peace Day –
Ok, I have researched a lot of days now but I think this is one of
the oddest. This is a day to wear purple to promote peace. That's
not so odd, you might be thinking. At least until I tell you that
the peace in question is not between different countries or people,
but between people and aliens. That's right. We are supposed to
wear purple today so that if any aliens happen to swing by, they will
know that we have nothing but peaceful intentions. I am unsure how
these aliens are supposed to know that purple means peace. I could
not find an explanation for that.
Biographer's Day – On this day
in 1763, in London, England, a biographer, James Boswell, met with
his biographee, Samuel Johnson. Mr. Boswell later wrote two books
about Mr. Johnson and this whole relationship is apparently quite
well known among the writing community.
To celebrate today, wear purple and
purchase some sea monkeys for your kids. Then go out, give a tree a
good hug and make yourself comfortable in it's shade while you start
writing a biography about someone you have met.
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