National Peach Cobbler Day – I miss the peach tree we had in our yard when we lived in Texas because the peaches I buy in the store just don’t measure up. But, I’ll give them another try today anyway because peach cobbler is just so delicious.
Scrabble Day – Born on this day in 1899, Alfred Moser Butts went on to invent Scrabble in 1938. If you live in a city that sponsors a Scrabble tournament at some point around this day, you can play scrabble all day long. If not, start your own scrabble tournament with your neighborhood kids.
Thomas Jefferson Day – This father of our country was born on this day in 1743. He was the author of our Declaration of Independence, the third President of our United States, and the founder of the University of Virginia. During his presidency, he purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
Blame Someone Else Day – This day falls on the first Friday the 13th of the year. Whatever you do wrong today, whether you say something politically incorrect, insult someone, trip, dial the wrong number, or something equally horrifying, you can blame somebody else and get away with it. Unless you've broken the law. Then, I'm afraid, you're on your own.
International Skeptics Day - Also on the first Friday the 13th of the year, although some celebrate on January 13th or October 13th. A skeptic is someone who doesn’t really believe anything unless they see it with their own eyes. And even then it is suspect because there are lots of ways to fool the eye as the magicians among us can attest. We probably all have at least a little bit of skeptic inside us, so let that part out today and doubt everything.
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