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Last year at this time, we were still conducting all our traditional February celebrations in the usual way — including Valentine’s Day. As you know, we haven’t, for many, many years, gone out on Valentine’s Day. A long time ago … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, but today is not only Valentine’s Day Eve — it’s also Galentine’s Day.  It’s one of those made-up holidays that I never knew existed until recently. In fact, I don’t know very much about it…. apparently … Continue reading →

Today is the beginning (Chinese lunar New Year Day) of Chinese New Year, 2021 — the year of the Ox. The year of the Ox begins today (February 12) and lasts until January 30, 2022. The Chinese Zodiac consists of … Continue reading →

Both faithful readers know that for the past few years I have been on a campaign to do away with Super Bowl parties — I suggested Pro-Bowl parties instead. As a reminder, my proposal for change stated that Super Bowl … Continue reading →

In the spirit of getting ready for Chinese New Year, we get to warm up today by celebrating National Chopsticks Day. Today, people worldwide will celebrate these humble and ancient utensils. Chopsticks were developed about 5,000 years ago in China.  … Continue reading →

There’s been a lot of news coverage and talk about extremists lately, and with the upcoming impeachment trial, I’m sure we’ll hear a lot more. Depending on your view, you may believe that liberals are more likely to become extremists … Continue reading →

Well, we made it through January pretty much in one piece — now we need to get through February. Lots of events in February, starting with today — Groundhog Day. This will be our first Groundhog Day of the pandemic. … Continue reading →

Well, here we are into February — the last month of “winter,” at least in my mind. It’s also a month of lots of “activities,” like Valentines Day, Chinese New Year, President’s Day, etc. But before we get started with … Continue reading →

The word vaccination has appeared in the news multiple times every day for quite some time now. Most of us have been inoculated against various diseases starting when we were very young and we still get periodic inoculations or vaccines … Continue reading →

When out kids were young, they both liked a book called “The Digging-est Dog.” I remember reading that book many, many, many times. I’m not sure why, but I thought about the book the other day when I saw a … Continue reading →