Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 5th day of the 9th week, the 29th day of the 2nd month, the 60th day of 2024, and: Bachelor's Day Digital Learning Day International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day International Underlings Day Leap Day National Frog Legs Day National Surf and Turf Day National Time Refund Day National Toast Day Rare Disease Day Saliolum Superman's Birthday - well at least Action Comics #149 said it was  ON THIS DAY IN.... 1504 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies 1692 - First people are accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts - Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, a West Indian slave 1712 – February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar. 1908 - Dutch scientists produce solid helium 1912 – The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks 1960 - Hugh Hefner opens his first Play...

 Today is the 2nd day of the 9th week, the 26th day of the 2nd month, the 57th day of 2024, and: Carnival Day - during Lent??? Carpe Diem Day For Pete's Sake Day  - when my mother was born, her father had been hoping for a son, who would've been named Peter, so she ended up with the nickname "Pete".  She hated it, especially when Aunt Mary tried to make it more feminine by calling her "Petey".    Letter to an Elder Day Levi Strauss Day - marks the birthday of the man, born in 1829, who created the ubiquitous jeans in 1873.     Museum Advocacy Day National Cupcake Day National Customized Wheel and Tire Day National Personal Chef Day National Pistachio Day National Set a Good Example Day - the sixth precept in The Way to Happiness   Play More Cards Day - Grandmom Hughes and I used to sit and play gin rummy for hours while just chatting.  I haven't played it since she died, but should see if I can get my granddaughters interested  Tell a ...

 Today is the 6th day of the 8th week, the 23rd day of the 2nd month, the 54th day of 2024, and: Curling is Cool Day Diesel Engine Day Hockey Jersey Day International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day International STAND UP to Bullying Day Iwo Jima Day - celebrating that famous flag raising National Banana Bread Day National CSA [ community supported agriculture ] Day National Hospitality Workers Day National Rationalization Day National Skip the Straw Day National Tile Day Play Tennis Day Tootsie Roll Day World Understanding and Peace Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 07s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: " If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don' know what you are doing ." ~  W Edwards Deming - American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer. Back in 1995, I was tasked with finding out what Judy, who had been with C&F Bank for over 20 years and was retiring, actua...

 Today is the 5th day of the 8th week, the 22nd day of the 2nd month, the 53rd day of 2024, and: Be Humble Day Bus Driver Appreciation Day Cat Day [ in Japan ]   Digital Learning Day  European Day for Victims of Crime Founding Day for Saudi Arabia   George Washington's Birthday - now celebrated in conjunction with Lincoln's Birthday on the third Monday of February  Independence Day - Saint Lucia from the UK in 1979 Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day National California Day National Chili Day National Cook a Sweet Potato Day National Margarita Day National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day National Wildlife Day Play More Cards Day Recreational Sports & Fitness Day Scouts Founder's Day Supermarket Employee Day Tex Avery Day The Great American Spit Out - this is part of Through With Chew Week   Walking the Dog Day Woolworth's Day - the birth 145 years ago of the type of stores that we used to call "Five and Dimes".  There used to be one with...

 Today is the 4th day of the 8th week, the 21st day of 2nd month, the 52nd day of 2024 [with only 307 shopping days until Christmas], and: Card Reading Day Hockey Stick Salute Day International Mother Language Day National Grain-Free Day National Sticky Bun Day Single Tasking Day World Kombucha Day The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23 The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27 and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 11s of light travel time from Earth  Quote of the day: " Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. " ~ PJ O'Rourke  - American political satirist and journalist  Ain't it the truth -  there isn't a parent in the world who at some point when faced with a crying baby or toddler didn't shake their heads in bewilderment and mutter something along the lines that there should've been an instruction manual.  Raising kids means that you are embarking on a...

 Today is the 7th day of the 7th week, the 17th day of the 2nd month, the 48th day of 2024, and: Champion Crab Races Day Independence Day - Kosovo [ AKA the Republic of Kosovo ] in 2008 from Serbia My Way Day  - Frank Sinatra would be very flattered   National Airboat Day National Cabbage Day National Café au Lait Day National Indian Pudding Day National PTA Founders Day  National Public Science Day Random Acts of Kindness Day Red Sock Day - awareness of leg health and Peripheral Artery Disease Skate Shop Day Who Shall I Be Day  - you can take this one seriously as in making life choices, or you can take it playfully.  I think it is a great day to live a Second Life .... World Human Spirit Day World Pangolin Day World Whale Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 19s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: " Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. " ~  Mark Twain [ AKA Samuel Langhorne Clements ] - American writer, humorist, essayist,...

 Today is the 6th day of the 7th week, the 16th day of the 2nd month, the 47th day of 2024 [with only 312 shopping days until Christmas], and: Do a Grouch a Favor Day Elizabeth Peratrovich Day - member of the Tlingit nation and civil rights activist  Friday Fish Fry Day Independence Day - Lithuania from Russia in 1918 International Syrah Day Kyoto Protocol Day  - adopted in 1997 and became effective on this day in 2005, ratified by 191 countries and the EU [but not the US or China] National Almond Day National Buna Day National Caregivers Day National Innovation Day National Tartar Sauce Day National Woman's Heart Day No One Eats Alone Day  Tim Tam Day   the first quarter of the moon at 10:02 AM EST Quote of the day: " The home should be the treasure chest of living " ~  Le Corbusier - AKA Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern...

 Today is the 4th day of the 7th week, the 14th day of the 2nd month, the 45th day of 2024, and: Ash Wednesday Frederick Douglas Day International Book Giving Day International Kissing Day International Quirkyalone Day League of Woman Voters Day Library Lovers Day National Call in Single Day National Cream-filled Chocolates Day National Ferris Wheel Day National Have a Heart Day National Organ Donor Day Pet Theft Awareness Day Race Relations Day Read to Your Child Day Statehood Day for Arizona and Oregon  Valentine's Day World Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day World Sound Healing Day the moon is at waxing crescent at 30% of full OTD in 1990, sister ship Voyager 1 took its final 38 photos, a portrait of our Solar System. Included in this sequence is the famous 'mote in a sunbeam,' or 'pale blue dot' photo of the Earth, as described by Carl Sagan. At this point, V1 was 5,507,000,000 km or 3,422,000,000 miles from Earth. Turning off the Wide- and Narrow-field camer...

 Today is the 2nd day of the 7th week, the 12th day of the 2nd month, the 43rd day of 2024, and: Clean Out Your Computer Day - inside and out Cream Bun Day Hug Day International Darwin Day - celebrating the most well known advocate for the theory of evolution on his birthday 214 years ago International Epilepsy Day Lincoln's Birthday NAACP Day National Football Hangover Day - always the Monday after the Super Bowl is played National Freedom to Marry Day National Lost Penny Day National Plum Pudding Day National Poop Day Oatmeal Monday   [AKA Meal Monday ]  Oglethorpe Day -  [AKA Georgia Day] commemorating his arrival in what was to become Savannah, Georgia in 1733 Paul Bunyan Day - born in Bangor, Maine this day in 1834 Red Hand Day - the international campaign to stop the use of children as soldiers  Safety Pup Day Shrove Monday and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 27s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: " I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be ...

 Today is the 6th day of the 6th week, the 9th day of the 2nd month, the 40th day of 2024, and: Chocolate Day Gwyl Mabsant International Winter Bike to Work Day National Cut the Cord Day - celebrated since 2020 National Develop Alternative Vices Day National No One Eats Alone Day National Toothache Day Pizza Pie Day Read in the Bathtub Day The Inbox Day the earliest day that People's Sunday [ the first Sunday of Lent ] or Clean Monday [ the first Monday of Lent ] can occur, while March 15th is the latest.  [ Of course that would put Ash Wednesday as the 4t h] the New Moon 6 PM EST and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 32s of light travel time from Earth, or 24,365,000,000 km / 15,140,000,000 miles / 162.87 AU  Quote of the day : " Do not become annoyed when faced with difficulties. To do so merely adds difficulty to difficulty and further disturbs your mind. By maintaining a mind of peace and nonopposition, difficulties will naturally fall away. " ~  Master Sheng-Yen, “ Non...

 Today is the 5th day of the 6th week, the 8th day of the 2nd month, the 39th day of 2024 [ with only 320 shopping days left until Christmas ], and: Boy Scouts Day Fat Thursday Giving Hearts Day Laugh and Get Rich Day National Giving Hearts Day  National Iowa Day National Kit Flying Day National Molasses Bar Day National Potato Lover's Day Opera Day Parinirvana Day [also celebrated on the 15th]  Propose Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 33s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: ~ from Bilbo Baggins, as written by JRR Tolkien in the " Fellowship of the Ring " I have always like that quote from Bilbo - and I love the very puzzled faces of the hobbits in the movie, accurately reflecting Tolkien's comment that most of them were trying to work it out to see if it came out to be a compliment.  It seems to reflect the wonderful ambivalence of living around other people and just trying to get along.   It definitely reflects the way I feel about the upco...

 Today is the 3rd day of the 6th week, the 6th day of the 2nd month, the 37th day of 2024, and: African American Coaches Day Canadian Maple Syrup Day International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation International Eggplant Day Lame Duck Day National Chopsticks Day National Frozen Yogurt Day Pay-A-Compliment Day Play Monopoly Day Ronald Reagan Day - ain't no way I am celebrating anything to do with the president who decimated the middle class and ensconced trickledown economics into government policy  Safer Internet Day Wear Orange Day - Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Voyager 1 is 22h 34m 36s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: " There are years that ask questions and years that answer ." ~ Zora Neale Hurston - american author, anthropologist, and filmmaker  I used to do this all the time -- I have had blogs, both professional and personal. And the WIKI site that I maintained for many years became a valued resource for professional ban...