Winter Solstice

This is the shortest day of the year. It is also known as the longest night. Actually during this time the sun does not move for three days. Ancient pagan religions celebrated this day. It is said Santa chose this night because it is the longest.

National Haiku Day

The Haiku is a form of poetry which originated in Japan. It is most commonly recognized by its syllabic pattern which is 5 7 5.
Outside of Japan the largest population of Haiku writers is in the United States. English adapts well to art of Haiku writing.

I made a Haiku
it was a surprise for you
I hope you liked it

New Jersey Day

New Jersey is located in the Middle Atlntic States of the USA. It was named after Jersey the largest of the British Channel Islands. It was occupied by Native Americans for 2800 years but then The Swedes and Dutch made settlements in the 1600s. The English eventually took control of the entire regiuon. Trenton and Paterson helped to drive the industrial revolution. It is the most densely populated state in the US.

Wright Brothers Day

December 17th is Wright Brothers Day, which commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane made by the Wright Brothers in 1903 near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. The wright brothers develeoped fixed wing flight controls that made the inovation of Aircraft. The brothers operated a printing press and lated a bicycle shop. In these workshops they learned the mechanics required to develop a airplane. Their bike shop and the bicycle the invented actually funded their aircraft projects.

Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act for a variety of reasons, especially because they believed that it violated their right to be taxed only by their own elected representatives. Protesters had successfully prevented the unloading of taxed tea in three other colonies, but in Boston, embattled Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinsonrefused to allow the tea to be returned to Britain. He apparently did not expect that the protestors would choose to destroy the tea rather than concede the authority of a legislature in which they were not directly represented. -wikipedia

sorry out of time.

Cat Herders Day

cat-herding (verb) : Persuading a group of independently minded people to go in the same direction; (alt): a difficult, frequently failing enterprise in leadership.

Here are some jobs that exemplify cat herding. Walking 6c to their specials. Getting he house and congress to agree on real change. Finding an activity that both Kelly and Kathlin like. If you are actually trying to herd cats ropes and leashes work pretty well. I am allergic to cats and a cat herder would not be a good job for me.

Halcyon Day

Halcyon Days are the 7 days before and 7 days after the Winter Solstace. It is meant to be calming and tranquil like the bird with a similar name. Apparently in the Classical Antiquity this bird was thought to have these tranquil powers and could affect the atmosphere in a positive way. If you ask me it is a bunch of new age mumbo jumbo but It would be nice change of pace from the commercial retail frenzy that they wish was happening. So I don't know maybe Santa will start say Ho Ho Halcyon as he burns insence and smokes a mugwort pipe.

International Mountain Day

Mountains are fragile ecosystems that are very important to the Earth. Much of the Earth's drinking water comes from mountains where the snow falls and then it melts and travels to lower elevation. Mountains are also great for recreation. Hiking skiing snowboarding and snowshoeing are all really fun. Also mountain blueberries are really quite tasty. Lot's of people live on mountains. These people tend to be somewhat poor and life for most mountain folk is full of challenges. Look at the picture of this awesome mountain goat.

Human Rights Day

This years speech by the Un Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is about Race Poverty and Power. He urges all people in all countries to take a stand against discrimination and and abuse based on race gender, and health. As humans we all should have certain rights. We should have the right to food work and freedom.

30th anniversary of the Eradication of Small Pox

Small Pox is thought to have come from a rodent borne virus between 16,000 and 68,000 years ago. It leaves it's victim covered in pustules. It has been used as a weapon. The earliest form of inoculation was in India in about 1000 b.c. The virus could be fatal and was very contagious. Way to go Science.

Eli Whitney's Birthday

Eli Whitney was born in 1765. He was an inventor in the early days of this country. He lived in Westborough MA and invented a gun with interchangeable parts. He also invented the cotton gin which transformed the cotton industry and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.

Pearl Harbor Day

On December 7th 1941 the Japanese bombed the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. This brought the US into World War 2. The Japanese sank 4 US BAttleships which was designed to be a blow to the moral of the United States. 2345 United States Military were killed in the attack. Japan was victorious in the battle but lost the war.

National Dice Day

Dice are small polyhedral objects usually cubes with numbers or symbols marked on their sides used to generate random numbers or symbols. They are most commonly sed in Gambling or board games. Some dice are referred to as precision dice, meaning that they don't have holes and they are equally weighted. Th oldest known dice were about 5000 years old, and found as part of a backgammon set excavated in the ruins of an archeological site in South-Eastern Iran.

International Day for the Disabled Person

Since 1992 this is a day of international day of observance promoted by the UN and every year has a different theme. Each year the day focuses on a different issue:

• 1998: "Arts, Culture and Independent Living"
• 1999: "Accessibility for all for the new Millennium"
• 2000: "Making information technologies work for all"
• 2001: "Full participation and equality: The call for new approaches to assess progress and evaluate outcome"
• 2002: "Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods"
• 2003: "A Voice of our Own"
• 2004: "Nothing about Us, Without Us"
• 2005: "Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Action in Development"
• 2006: "E-Accessibility"
• 2007: "Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities"
• 2008: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us"
• 2009: "Making the MDGs Inclusive: Empowerment of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world"

It is important to see people with disabilities for the people that they are rather than the disability they are living with.

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Slavery is when somebody is held against their will to perform labor related tasks. In this country (US) slavery is a huge ugly mark on our history but is as ancient as the bible and still exists today. Slavery of today is a huge industry.

…Human trafficking is the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world,[4] with the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons estimated to be between USD$5 billion and $9 billion.[5] The Council of Europe states, “People trafficking has reached epidemic proportions over the past decade, with a global annual market of about $42.5 billion.”[6][7] Trafficking victims typically are recruited using coercion, deception, fraud, the abuse of power, or outright abduction…]-WIKIPEDIA

As Americans we support slavery when we buy many of the sneakers, shoes, and clothing that is sold by some of the largest brand on trhe market. Nike for instance is notorious for using child labor driven sweat shops to produce their sneakers for pennies on the dollar of what their products are actually sold for.

Rosa Parks Day

Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913. On December 1st 1955 in Montgomery Alabama she refused to give up her seat on a bus. In that time there was a law that said that Rosa Parks would need to sit at the back of the bus if some White People wanted to sit toward the front. This injustice sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was an instrumental part of the civil rights movement.

CyberMonday

So If you didn't get out of your house at some Un-GODly hour to fight the crowds at the Black Friday door openings, CyberMonday is here. It comes from a time when people could use the internet where they worked to do personal shopping. There once was a time, boys and girls, when high speed internet connections were not so available for your typical home user and people who had good jobs primarily used the the internet at work. If you didn't spend all of your money yet you can do it now online.

National Tie One on Day

This holiday originated in three years ago, It was started as a way of giving to others. To celebrate this holiday you wrap a loaf of bread or baked item in an apron along with a prayer or uplifting note. You give this to a neighbor or friend or somebody who needs a little love. It is also a holiday that recognizes and celebrates the woman's role as nurturer and mother in the family structure. So go ahead everybody "Tie one on".

Celebrate Yourt Unique Talent Day

I have a talent for speaking in public. I like to rap and sing and tell jokes. I didn't get nervous and I kind of enjoy it. I suppose that is why I like teaching.

Anniversary of the jukebox

Jukeboxes were initially made in about 1890 with the invention of phonographs. In the 1940's lps and eps bcame a drive in the jukebox market. In the 1950's 75% of all records pressed were for jukeboxes. In the 1980's jukeboxes started becoming digital and playing cds. Now a jukebvox is more likely to play music downloaded off of the internet because of the vast selection of music, as well as the savings of not having to stock machines with actual records that may never be played.

Universal Children's Day

In 1954 the United Nations recommended that all nations institute a Universal Childrens Day. It was meant to foster fraternity and understanding between children as well be a day promoting the ideals, and welfare of children of the world. 1 in 4 children in America live in poverty and are going without adequate food. 40% of homeless people are families with children.

Great American Smokeout

In 1977 The American Cancer Society held it's first American Smoke Out, to encourage Americans to quit smoking for one day. It evolved from a series of events beginning in in 1971 Randolph, MA when Arthur Mullaney urged people to give up cigarettes for one day and donate the money to a local highschool. In 1974 a "Don't Smoke Day" was promoted in Minnesota. In 1976 on November 18th The California chapter of the American Cancer Society was able to get almost 1 million people to quit for a day.

Mickey Mouse's Birthday

On November 18th 1928, Walt Disney released Steamboat Willy. It was the first Disney Cartoon with sound. Walt was going to name him Mortimer, but taking his wife's advice he changed his mouse characters name to Mickey. Ub Iwerk was the man who had designed the original character. Walt was looking to use an animal character for his new animation/comic strip.

Mickey Mouse now is at the heart of the DIsney Empire.

Home Made Bread Day

Bread is a food that has been made by humans for years. Jesus Christ said that he "was the bread of life". When Satan tempted him he said during Jesus' 40 day fast in the desert" Why don't you turn that stone into bread", Jesus replied "Man cannot live on bread alone but from every word that that comes from the mouth of God". Lets not forget about the loaves and the fish. God rained bread on the Jews in the Desert in the book of Exodus. Bread is pretty great and my favorite kind is either rye or cinnamon. Happy Homemade Bread Day

International Day for Tolerance

In 1996, The General Assembly of the United Nations invited it's member States to observe the international Day for Tolerance on November 16th. 1995 was the UN year for Tolerance. It is a holiday where we as humans try to be tolerant to others whose beliefs, cultures, appearance and way of life is different than the we we have been accoustmed to. It is a day where we try to respect others and not give in to prejudgice. Sometimes being tolerant means tolerating others who do not tolerate us.

World Kindness Day

World Kindness originated November 13 1998, which was also the small kindness movements 35th anniversary. The point of this celebration is to see ourselves as more similar than non similar regardless, of Nation, Religion, Ethnicity, Skin Color, Political Ideolagy, Age, Gender, or Socio-Economictatus. Before we can be any of those things we must first be human, and to that end it is an appreciation of the human commonalities we all share. As a Christian I believe that God created all humans in his image and we all stem from one common ancestry. Exercising kindness to all as I would to Jesus, for it is written, as we do to the least of men so to we do to him.

Sammy Sosa's Birthday.

Sammy Sosa was born in 1968. He started on the Texas Rangers but then joined the Cubs in 1992. In 1998 he and Mark Mcwire achieved fame for their abilities as hitters. In Chicago he was a fan favorite until he got caught cheating. He has also been suspected of using steroids. In 2009 he retired from Major League Baseball.

Area Code Day

Area codes were developed in the 1940's by Bell Labs and AT&T. This plan was called the north American Numbering Plan and included The US and Canada. States were give a number with a zero in the middle and states that had more than one area code were given three digit numbers with 1 in the middle. MetroBoston got 617. Highly populated areas had low numbers and lower populated got higher numbers.

World Orphan Day

Today is World Orphan Day. It is a day to raise the consciousness of the Orphans of the World.

Zimbbwe has the most orphans in the world by percentage. Aids has been the main cause of orphaned children. Some famous orphans include Nelson Mandela,John Lennon, Aristotle, Marilyn Monroe, Bill Clinton, and Steve Jobs.

Saxophone

The Saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841. He was born in Brussels but living in Paris.

It was designed to have characteristics of both a brass instrument like a trumpet or tuba and also woodwinds like a clarinet or oboe. Most saxophones are made of brass but are classified as woodwinds because the sound comes from a piece of wood. I played sax in 3rd grade but did not get very far with it. Hot Cross Buns and the like.

National Men Make Dinner Night

The poor kids. I used to be able to cook pretty good, but since we got rid of the microwave it hasn't been the same. So here are some of the things I can cook. Pasta and sauce(out of a jar), scrambled Eggs, Quesadilla, Sandwiches, Chicken Cutlet, Anything BBQ, COrn and all other vegetables. Hey wait that's pretty good. Get ready kids Daddy is cookin tonight.

National Chicken Lady Day

Tina Dupree, who worked for the second largest chicken restaurant chain in the world, started a center for motivation speakers. She now gets 6,500 and 8,000 dollars to come and speak. She wrote books and has met with President Bush. George W was so impressed he declare November 4th to be National Chicken Lady Day, on his Wife's Birthday. That's Crazy! That being said with a doctorate and a successful motivational speaking business This chicken Lady is no Chicken Head.

National Sandwich Day

Ah The Sandwich. The Original Square Meal. The first ever recorded sandwich was in the 1st century B.C. by a Rabbi named Hillel the Elder. This sandwich was in celebration of Passover. It was made by mixing apples, chopped nuts, spices, bitter Herbs and wine between two Matzos. The name however is drived from the 4th Earl of Sandwich John Montague, a well known work a holic, who instead of stopping for dinner ordered that a cut of salty beef between two pieces of toasted bread, and others thinking this was a good idea, began ordering the same as Sandwich.

Then in the early 1900s sliced bread was very popular making sandwiches very easy to assemble, and people were bringing lunch with them to work because many people went to work in cities during the industrial revolution. Mmm Sandwich.

79th Anniversary of the coronation of Haile Selassie as Emperor of Ethiopia

In the 1900's Africa was almost entirely colonized by European Countries. Africa was sought after because of it's wealth of resources such as Diamonds, Gold, food, and of course slave labor.

The people of African Counties were not benefiting from the wealth of their land. Around this time Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican entrepreneur was

very vocal about this injustice. In 1930 when Selassie became Emperor of Ethiopia it seemed as if things were beginning to change. Selassie was of direct decent from the House of David.

For many this was significant. David's son Solomon had a child with Queen Sheba and Selassie was in this family line. Finally a African Country was ruled by an African. Selassie then gave a portion of

Ethiopia to anybody who was of African Decent and had been displaced to another land. Many saw him as a sort of Moses. In Jamaica, a large group of people "Ras Tafarians" believed that Selassie was a second coming of Jesus.

Rastafarians actually share a great deal with Jews. For instance much of the Ital diet comes almost directly from the laws of diet in Mosaic Law. Many reggae performers make a pilgrimage to Israel.

Unfortunately Selassie did not live up to the expectations that many had held for him. Marcus Garvey, who had once been a big supporter, wrote articles in his paper in an outrage

because he felt Selassie had become a traitor to Black Nationalism.

71st anniversary of War of the Worlds Broadcast

In 1938 on the night of October 30th, CBS aired War Of th Worlds. It was a radio drama that for the first 2/3 of the hour was a series of simulated news broadcasts suggesting that the Earth was being attacked by Aliens. People thought it was real and totally freaked out. It made lots of people really scared.

Anniversary of the internet (1969)

At 10:30 pm on the night of October 29th 1969 in UCLA. It was a simple transmission that took place, a remote log in. Actually the transmission crashed during the login and the lo of login was all that went through. 40 years later I am using the same technology to write of the event and publish it for the entire world.

The Day the Infant Internet Uttered its First Words

Leonard Kleinrock

Below is a record of the first message ever sent over the ARPANET. It took place at 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969. This record is an excerpt from the "IMP Log" that we kept at UCLA. I was supervising the student/programmer Charley Kline (CSK) and we set up a message transmission to go from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer. The transmission itself was simply to "login" to SRI from UCLA. We succeeded in transmitting the "l" and the "o" and then the system crashed! Hence, the first message on the Internet was "Lo!". We were able to do the full login about an hour later.

Statue of Liberty Day

The Statue of Liberty is gift from France commemorating the 100th year of our Countries Independence. It represents a woman in a stola, wearing a crown and sandals, crushing a chain with a torch in her right hand and a tablet with MDCCLXXVI which is 1776 written in Roman Numerals. At the time it was given and erected it was designed to greet people as they came to this country from Europe and into Ellis Island. This was of course before the Jet Age when people travelled mainly by ship. Frederic Bartholdi designed the statue.

Navy Day USA

The US Navy goes all the way back to the Continental Army. One of the first jobs of the US Navy was to defend trade ships from pirates near the Barbar Coast. The Navy also flies jets from the tops of large ships called battleships.

National Mule Day

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. The sound it makes is different than the sounds made by donkeys and horses but the mule sound has characteristics of both animals. They are highly intelligent animals and tend to be quite curious. They are still used today in place of tractors by some farmers to work the fields.

National Mole Day

Mole Day is the day nerdy types celebrate the discovery of Avogado's number which is 6.02 x 10^23 which is a constant that signifies the molecular weight of a given molecule equal to that molecules atomic weight. If we could determine the atomic weight of a Mole, one mole of that mole would be a Mole that weighs the same as the atomic weight of a Mole. 10^23 = 10/23 or October 23.

Ringling Brothers circus buys Barnum and Bailey's Circus

The Ringling Brothers Circus was started when the barnum and Bailey Circus was at it,s peak. When P.T Barnum died The zringling Brothers bought ther barnum and bailey Circus. They ran the two circuses independantly until finally merging the show in 1918. The show was a huge success throughout the 1920's and only saw a decline due to the great depression.

Alfred Nobel's Birthday

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and armament manufacture. He also invented dynamite. In his last will he set up the foundation that gives awards in physical science, chemistry, medical science, literary work, and peace. It is said that he decided to set up these awards in response to criticism for inventing dynamite. President Barack Obama is this years Peace Prize winner.

30th anniversary of the JFK Library/Museum

The Library was designed by an architect named I.M.Pei. It is located in Columbia Point. The Library holds items from Kennedy's election campaign as well as his boat, pictures and items he head when he was serving in the Navy and his college notebooks from his political science classes.

ALASKA DAY

Today is Alaska Day which is the day commemorating the official transfer of the Russian Territory to The United States in 1867. Alaska is the largest US State. It is larger than the smallest 22 states combined. The highest North American Peak is there, Mt Mckinley (Denali)

Recently Vice-presidential candidate Sara Palin was the Governor which brought the state National Attention. Alaska has vast energy resources. Alaska (including water territories) is larger than California, Texas and Montana combined

Egg and Cheese Micromuffin

So I learned this method when I worked at Dunking Donerds. You take an egg and put it in a bowl. Using a fork, whip the egg so you don't make the yolk explode. Microwave it for one minute. Then Toast an english muffin, or a slice of bread or use a croissant, of even a honey dipped donut. Then put the egg from the bowl you just microwaved and throw a piece of cheese on top and put you assembled sandwich in the microwave for like 10 seconds, just enough to melt the cheese. You can add a drop of milk to the egg before y0u cook it to make it even better. The entire sandwich can be made for under a fifty cents if you plan right and can deal with non organic food.

National Love Your Body Day

Human body loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day. A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds of 60 mph. A sneeze can exceed 100 miles per hour.A finger nail takes about 6 months from By licking one stamp the human body burns 1/10 of a calorie. An average human scalp has 100,00 years. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. A beard would grow about 30 feet by the end of his life if it went uncut.

National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day

Thoedore (Teddy) Rooselvelt, was invited on a hunting trip, on this trip one of the men had captured a Black Bear clubbed it, and tied it to a tree. The man told President Roosevelt he could shoot the bear, but President Roosevelt said he would not because he felt that it was rather unsportsman-like. He ordered that the bear be shot to be put out of it's misery. One shop owner after receiving permission from The Roosevelt's administration, sold a stuffed bear as Teddy's Bear. This soon caught on and became an industry.

I am afraid of meatloaf

I remeber as a kid looking through my Dad,s record collection and being kind of afraid of MEatloaf's "Bat Out of Hell" Album. As it turned out that record was nothing to be afraid of. It is a perfect example of things that look scary but really should have actually had a picture of meatloaf on it. Meatloaf, after all can be somewhat scary.

World Egg Day

On the second Friday in October the entire world celebrates Egg Day. Thus it is known as World Egg Day. Egg whites make up 67% of the egg's totla liquid volume. When whipped it contains more than half of the egg's total protein, niacin, riboflavin, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, sodium and sulfur. Eggs are super nutritious but contain cholesterol so go easy. Brown eggs are eggs that come from a particular kind of Chicken which happen to be somewhat larger than "White Egg" chickens and as a result eat more. For this reason The eggs cost more. Eggs are eggselent and eggsiting. I am not eggsagerating.

fluffernutter anniversary.

I used to eat these all the time back in the day. I met a couple kids from California and they had never had one before. I brought over a jar and went to town on some official fluffernutters. If you want to go all out use chunky peanut butter and artisian bread. Fluffernutters are not very healthy but they sure taste good. Not recomended for people with peanut allergies or diabetes. One of those foods that have somehow gained legitamcay as actual food but in reality are more like candy bars. Turns out cookiecrisp really is not good for breakfast.