Day 282 - day #3 of a three day weekend

 Today is the 2nd day of the 41st week, the 9th day of the 10th month, the 282nd day of writing every day, and:

  • Columbus Day
  • Curious Events Day
  • Fire Prevention Day
  • Independence Day - Guayaquil [Ecuador] from Spain in 1820 and Uganda from the UK in 1962
  • Indian Foreign Service Day
  • Indigenous Peoples' Day
  • International Beer and Pizza Day
  • Leif Erikson Day
  • National Kick-Butt Day
  • National Moldy Cheese Day
  • National Nanotechnology Day
  • National Online Banking Day
  • National Pro-Life Cupcake Day
  • National Sneakers Day
  • Native American Day
  • Nautilus Night
  • PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day
  • Scrubs Day
  • Submarine-Hoagie-Hero-Grinder Day
  • Takayama Autumn Festival 
  • Thanksgiving [Canada]
  • World Post Day
  • World Post Card Day

Quote of the day:
"Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America."
~ James Joyce, Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic

Nobody talks about "discovering" Africa or Europe or Asia, so why everyone assumes that just because someone landed on the shores of the Americas, they "discovered" it always amazes me.  

OTOH, I appreciate the federal holiday and being among those who get a three day weekend as a result

The three days have zoomed by with many things left undone.  I did get the laundry finished, and the bed was completely stripped, everything washed, and reassembled with the winter blankets in place - today will be spent in putting everything away.  I spent much time in world, doing this and that.  My son and his roommates and I spent our weekly three hours in Baldurs Gate 3.   I talked to Kit.  I caught up with the new seasons of Loki and the Great British Baking Show, and continued my leisurely perusal of  rewatching Sherlock - which is actually more TV than I have consumed in a very long time.

Triscuit, on the other hand, perfected the art of truly sun bathing

Happy Monday!



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