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    Year of Celebration: October 2017

    by I realized, putting this one together, that I didn’t actually write a post in this vein for September. I’ll put the days celebrated at the bottom of this post, with less commentary (probably none).   01 October 2017: World Vegetarian Day And the first day of Vegetarian Awareness Month, bringing awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. Done preaching. It’s also Change a Light Day. Got a burnt bulb you’ve been ignoring? Maybe one you’d like to upgrade from incandescent (who still has those) to fluorescent or even LED? 02 October 2017: Name Your Car Day In my case, the Personal Shuttlecraft, NCC…

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    Celebrations in August

    by The Year of Celebration Continues! I’ve been crazy busy of late, so this post didn’t go up before August started, mostly because I couldn’t find time to write it. Because it’s so late, it isn’t going to have the same level of detail as the last one, but here’s what I’m celebrating in August. 01 August – World Wide Web Day – surf a little, just for fun, and without feeling guilty about it. 02 August – Ice Cream Sandwich Day – mmm, ice cream 03 August – White Wine Day – a breakfast sort of wine, no? 04 August – Dad’s Birthday (he’s 73 this year) It’s also…

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    Year of Celebration – July 2017

    by The Year of Celebration Continues! July has some odd and interesting holidays and awareness days. Plus one or two things that are a little more personal. Here’s what I’m celebrating in July.   01 July – Canada Day (and Canada is 150) So it’s Canada’s 150th birthday this year. On this day in 1867, the British North America Act took effect, creating the Dominion of Canada as a separate nation and setting up the basic functionality of the Canadian government system. A sesquicentennial may not make Canada old as far as nations go, but it’s a mark worth celebrating.   02 July – World UFO Day Ever seen a…

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    Year of Celebration – June 2017

    by So a few years back, I tried to christen the calendar The Year of Celebration. The idea was to have something to celebrate every single day of the year if I wanted to. I don’t remember if I got bored writing things up, or if I got distracted by some other part of life, or something else, but I don’t think I made it through even half the year. Which doesn’t really explain why I’m starting in June (or with my anniversary in May, which is when I really started but haven’t written about it before now. Leaving that aside, here are the things I’m celebrating or marking in…