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Today is the 25th day of the 3rd month, and the 85th day of 2016:
- Good Friday – one of the few days left when Catholics are supposed to fast and eschew meat. Back in the day, this was a federal holiday, and after that changed, it was still a state holiday for a while, but those days are long past in the US. However, all the financial markets close on this day, and no one knows why
- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
- International Waffle Day or Vaffeldagen
- Maryland Day – used to be a state holiday but no more
- National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy
- National Lobster Newburg Day
- National Medal of Honor Day
- No Homework Day – not everyone agrees with this date http://daysofyear.com/no-homework-day/
- Old New Year's Day -- Although the Gregorian calendar was created in 1582, many countries chose to ignore it for several hundred years. Instead, they used “Annunciation Style dating,” which recognized the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25) as New Year’s Day. Historic start of the new year (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.) It is one of the four Quarter days in Ireland and England.
- Pecan Day
- Tolkien Reading Day – why today? because today the Ringbearer fulfilled the Quest. If you have only ever watched the movies, with all due respect to Peter Jackson, you will find out a lot of interesting stuff by reading the books! I will admit though, I think of Orlando Bloom now whenever I read about Legolas
- World Marbles Day – always on Good Friday ((no I had never heard of it either))
On this day in 421, exactly at noon, Venice was founded when the first church was dedicated, at least according to tradition. There is no record of whether or not the gondoliers started on the same day though. In fact, it appears that gondolas did not become the preferred mode of transportation until horses were banned from the streets of the city in the 1400s. And in 1634, the first settlers arrived here in Maryland.
I still have this blasted cold, which slows my cognitive abilities even more than usual. After five days I am still sniffling, sneezing and hacking and sound stuffy and raspy -- and yes [since you asked] I am still at work, spreading the joy and struggling just to breathe because my fever only shoots up at night. Nothing smells good [when smells get through that is], nothing tastes good, I don’t even feel like drinking water. This is the 3rd bout that I have had to deal with already this year, which puts me above average on the susceptible scale, and I cannot figure out why! Overall, I am healthier now than I have been for a long time and actually do most of the things that are supposed to help bolster immunity. The only thing that I have done differently this winter is not take Echinacea – couldn’t find it locally and maybe that was a mistake on my part ((promptly went to Amazon and ordered it for delivery)). And on top of it, I am lost and bewildered about the news I see today: maiming, killing, arguing whether or not not having “easter” on a wrapper is offensive, and I can’t figure out whether or not it is me or it is just an unusual day in the world – or maybe I am just baffled by man’s basic inhumanity to man because I am feeling sick. Or woman’s basic…. Er, *reaches for gender neutral* -- “their” basic inhumanity to “them” and asking what in the devil I can do to change this. But right this very minute? If I’m wishing for ways to change the world I live in, I’d selfishly settle for a cure for the common cold.
After everyone feels better, then we'll work on world peace, neh?
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