Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 4th day of the 48th week, the 27th day of the 11th month, the 332nd day of 2024, and:  Ascension of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá Blackout Wednesday - AKA Drinksgiving or going binge drinking before turkey day.  Doesn't sound like a great idea to me because then you are dealing with family AND a hangover..  OTOH, if you are alone on the day, why not?    National Bavarian Cream Pie Day National Craft Jerky Day National Electric Guitar Day - just don't fall for rip-offs National Family Caregivers Day - pretty much everyone can rise to the occasion during an emergency.  The real heroes are fewer,  the ones that can be there day after day, knowing things are only going to get worse, without losing themselves or the love they have for the person needing care.    National Jukebox Day National Pins and Needles Day Pie in the Face Day Slinky Day Spitegiving - someone giving you a hard time about something?  Make a donation in their name to a c...

 Today is the 2nd day of the 47th week, the 18th day of the 11th month, the 323rd day of 2024 [ and with only 36 shopping days until Christmas, we had better get hopping ], and: Apple Cider Day Breaking Free from Nicotine Day European Antibiotic Awareness Day Independence Day - Morocco from France and Spain in 1956; Latvia from Russia in 1918 Married to a Scorpio Support Day  - so if your spouse was born between October 23rd and November 21st , know that you are supported  Mickey Mouse Day - on this day in 1928, Steamboat Willie , one of the first animated movies with sound, premiered.    Oddly enough, Mickey has been featured in two other shorts - Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho - but Walt couldn't find anyone who would distribute them widely.    National Apple Cider Day National Princess Day National Vichyssoise Day Occult Day Push-button Phone Day - up until 1963, all phones were rotary dial.  The Bell System introduced touch-tone servic...

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Today is the 6th day of the 45th week, the 8th day of the 11th month, the 313th day of 2024, and:  Abet and Aid Punsters Day Cook Something Bold Day HBO Day International Day of Remembrance Intersex Day of Solidarity National Ample Time Day National Cappuccino Day National Dance Day National Harvey Wallbanger Day National Parents as Teachers Day National STEAM Day Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day World Pianist Day World Town Planning Day World Urbanism Day X-ray Day and Voyager 1 is ~22h 59m 32s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day :  “ Grownups! Everyone remembers them. How strange and even sad it is that we never become what they were: beings noble, infallible, and free. We never become them. One of the things we discover as we live is that we never become anything different from what we are. We are no less ourselves at forty than we were at four, and because of this we know grownups as Grownups only once in life: during our own childhood. We never meet th...

photo posted by Warner Crocker  I am not okay My family is not okay My friends are not okay My country is not okay The world is not okay On Tuesday, November 5th, 52.4% of American voters [ 50.9% who voted directly plus 1.5% who threw their votes away ] chose a narcissist I find morally repugnant, spiritually aberrant, physically ailing, a pathological liar who is exhibiting all the traits of dementia, and his creepy running mate.    Many of the same people threatened violence, rejecting the outcome if their side didn't win.  The GOP started filing law suits claiming fraud even before Election Day.  The only election they would deem "fair" is one that they won.  Well they got it.   I don't want to hear the excuses - don't whine about messaging or the economy or qualifications. You had a clear choice between a government for all and a government for only for the wealthy, between democracy and fascism, between hope and dystopia.    A...

  Stonedown Lane October 31st, 2024