Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 5th day of the 49th week, the 7th day of the 12th month, the 341st day of this babbling experiment, and: International Civil Aviation Day Letter Writing Day National Cotton Candy Day National Fire Safety Council Day National Illinois Day National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day National Slime Day the start of Hanukkah [or Chanukah ] this evening after sundown and Voyager 1 is 22h 33m 01s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: " You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. " ~  Mark Twain It is an odd feeling when your work week ends on a Wednesday, because you keep trying to do Friday things when you get home.  And altho I didn't set my alarm, I woke up right around the same time as usual.  Oddly, when I tried to skip two alarms in a row with the Echo, she cancelled my future Thursday and Friday alarms, so I have to set those back up when I get home. Next week I will be traveling, so I have lots of preparations to make th...

 Today is the 4th day of the 49th week, the 6th day of the 12th month, the 340th day of 2023, and: Independence Day - Finland from Russia in 1917 International Day to End Femicide Miners' Day Mitten Tree Day National 'Cook for Christmas' Day National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women National Gazpacho Day National Microwave Oven Day National Pawnbrokers Day National Pfeffernusse Day Put On Your Own Shoes Day Special Kids Day ST Nicholas Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 32m 56s of light travel time from Earth, or 24,334,000,000 km / 15,121,000,000 miles / 162.67 AU Quote of the day: " Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. " ~  Freya Stark, British-Italian explorer and travel writer  In our family, while Grandmom Hughes was living, Thanksgiving was the holiday that meant if possible, you came home.  Christmas was more ... negotiated.  When I was little, my parents alternated eac...

Today is the 3rd day of the 49th week, the 5th day of the 12th month, the 339th day of 2023 [ you really had better get a wiggle on for your holiday shopping ], and: AFL-CIO Day Bathtub Party Day Columbian International Day of the Reef Day of the Ninja International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development  Krampusnacht National Blue Jeans Day - me?  I was wearing gray sweat pants all day National Comfort Food Day National commute with Your Baby Day National Sacher Torte Day Repeal Day - celebrating the end of Prohibition in the US World Soil Day World Trick Shot Day the moon is at the last quarter as of 12:51AM EST Quote of the day: " Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock ." ~  Sigmund Freud  Except far too often, violent and angry rhetoric incites others to pick up the rocks or flag poles or guns and do the harm the speaker intends. Yes I have been reading the news - and between the  GOP vision of what America...

Today is the 2nd day of the 29th week, the 4th day of the 12 month, the 338th day of 2023, and: Alpha Phi Alpha Day Cabernet Franc Day Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day International Cheetah Day National Cookie Day International Day of Banks - hard to imagine a viable financial systems without banks, and yet   most banks let this day pass without noting it  National Dice Day National Dystychiphobia Day - dystychiphobia is the fear of being involved in an auto accident  (there, I saved you a google search)  National Sock Day Santa's List Day Walt Disney Day Wear Brown Shoes Day - blew this one, I was working from home and barefoot all day Wildlife Conservation Day Quote of the day: " Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. " ~  HL Mencken And by posting that quote, you can see that I am still reading the news, although I try not to share it much these days because even the most innocuous story seems to end up with some ...

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Today is the 7th day of the 48th week, the 2nd day of the 12th month, the 336th day of 2023, and: Bike Shop Day Business of Popping Corn Day Chester Greenwood Day Coats & Toys for Kids Day Earmuff Day Global Fat Bike Day International Day for the Abolition of Slavery International Spirit of the Game Day National Fritters Day National Mutt Day National Play Outside Day National Rhubarb Vodka Day Play Basketball Day Safety Razor Day SKYWARN Recognition Day Special Education Day World Pear Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 32m 35s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day: "Why is there an end of the year? Because the calendar imposes numerical order on time. There is a natural fitness in the celebration of the New Year, a holiday of numbers imposed on things, with lists, as well as with Advent calendars and songs like 'The Twelve Days of Christmas. ' " ~  Elif Batuman, American author, academic, and journalist Today I was in the cloud for most of the morning.  Litera...

 Today is the 6th day of he 48th week, the 1st day of the 12th month, the 335th day of 2023, and: Antarctica Day Bartender Appreciation Day Basketball Day Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day Civil Air Patrol Day Clark Kent's Birthday Data Innovation Day Day with(out) Art Eat a Red Apple Day Faux Fur Friday International Maratheftiko Day  International Sweater Vestival Meteorological Winter National Christmas Lights Day National Cookie Cutter Day National Fried Pie Day National Peppermint Bark Day National Pie Day National Salesperson Day Playboy Day Rosa Parks Day Wear a Dress Day World AIDS Day Quote of the day: " If we do not alter with the times, the times yet alter us. " ~  Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide-and-Seek WORK:  Okay it must be the full moon because the strangest issues are coming out of the woodwork and demanding a great deal of time and patience to handle HOME:  the water was turned off all day for repairs to another building.   And ...