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Today is the 6th day of the 6th week, the 10th day of the 2nd month, the 41st day of 2017, and:
- All The News That's Fit To Print Day
- Full Moon -- the Snow Moon as of 7:33 pm EST
- International Winter Bike to Work Day
- National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
- National Flannel Day
- Plimsoll Day [AKA a rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker; a tennis shoe]
- Teddy Day – since this is part of “Valentine’s Week” I thought it referred to the lingerie item, but apparently it does mean teddy bears
- The Inbox Day – an UN Observance day dedicated to an email cleaning day inside your inbox
- Umbrella Day
ON THIS DAY: in 1258 Baghdad fell to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate was destroyed. In 1870 the YWCA was founded in New York City. In 1920 Józef Haller de Hallenburg performed symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. IN 1942 the first gold record was presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". In 1947 crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders. In 1962 Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. In 1964 Bob Dylan's album "The Times They Are A-Changin"' was released. In 1996 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. In 2009 the communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collided in orbit, destroying both. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 06 mins 49 secs and Voyager II 15 hrs 49 mins 47 secs of light-travel time from Earth
One of my pet peeves as I go through my day is the state of public restrooms. My building at work recently renovated and this gem now exists that capsulizes every one of those gripes in one stall:
Now here we have a clear gender gap – I’m betting that every woman was like “oh no” and every man was like “ I don’t see a problem”. Let me explain what the issues are:
- Doors that swing IN: this requires you to do a little dance when you are done, squeezing next to the toilet as you try to make room for the door to open, creating a problem with flowing long sweater, vests etc to be actually dunked in the waiting water and generally having you rub up against the porcelain throne
- The toilet paper dispenser is placed right where you have to try and step to open the door. Not only does it restrict the space you need to fit into, it has rough edges that will snag clothing
- And the receptacle for the sanitary supplies and other items you have to get rid of but can’t flush? Notice that it is behind the toilet, meaning you either have to try and twist around while sitting there to dispose of a messy item or hold it somehow and get up
- Not visible in the picture: no vents or air cleaners/fresheners so any smells linger for a good long time and the paper covers are on the back wall so you have to reach over the toilet to reach them [creating another opportunity to dunk skirts etc in the water].
Seriously, doesn’t anyone think about how this stuff works?
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