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Happy Vernal Equinox — the first day of astrological spring. It’s also supposedly a magical day. According to some people today is the day you can stand a raw egg on its end. And a lot of those same people … Continue reading →

Today is Friday… it’s also Lent. Even though (because of our age) we’re “exempt” from the rule to abstain from eating meat on each Friday of Lent, we usually don’t have meat on those Fridays. But, in addition to being … Continue reading →

Today is St. Patrick’s Day and time for my annual St. Patrick’s Day blog. Obviously I’ll probably wind up repeating stuff from past years, because there’s only so much one can know, or not know, about a day that is … Continue reading →

Well, today’s that day again — the Ides of March, a day with a sinister reputation that’s probably undeserved.  We all remember that before Caesar’s time in Roman history, there were ten months and the first month of the year … Continue reading →

If you got up early to celebrate Pi Day, I hope you didn’t miss it, because….It’s that “time” again. At 2:00 a.m. this morning everyone got out of bed and set their clocks ahead one hour…. then went back to … Continue reading →

Tomorrow, March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day. I blog about Pi Day every year because I like Pi Day. I know a lot of people use it as an excuse to eat pie and lately I notice most of the … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we discussed the demise of telephone booths. I was thinking that even in the very small town of Maysville, we had a couple of telephone booths when I was young. But if you’ve read this blog over the years, … Continue reading →

Today is International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day. If, for some reason, you’ve tried to find one lately, you know that they are on the endangered species list. I have heard that pay phone booths are still “out there,” … Continue reading →

I read an article the other day and it referred to someone’s ring finger. It occurred to me that I immediately knew that they were referring to the finger next to the “little” finger — on the left hand. Well, … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot in the news about today (March 4) — at least one radical group claiming that former President Trump will be inaugurated as the new President…. (Spoiler Alert — that won’t happen.) Anyhow, until the ratification of … Continue reading →