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On September 2, 1945, on board the U.S.S. Missouri, World War II was officially declared over. President Harry S. Truman and Japan’s Emperor Hirohito signed the Potsdam Surrender Declaration, on a simple table placed on the battleship’s deck, in Tokyo Bay. To be sure, the end to the conflict with Japan came as welcome news [...]
May 2nd is Fire Day. I recently showed you some really cool clouds, and during that research, discovered a really cool, and very rare atmospheric phenomena… Time to share! Fire rainbows , or circumhorizontal arcs, are the rarest things you’ll ever see in the skies. Well, except for affordable First Class seats. If you see [...]
April 29th is Greenery Day – time to recommit yourself to the beautification of the world around you by planting things everywhere. Preferably in places you own. For most of us, this means laying in some new sod, casting some overseed, or simply spray-painting the dead stuff out front, because your neighbor refuses to make [...]
April 20th is Volunteer Recognition Day — a day for us to realize that while we are spending our off hours at home enjoying a good dinner or relaxing in front of the television, someone, somewhere in our community is putting in a few extra hours to lift up others in need. It’s not about [...]
April 19th is Garlic Day. Whenever I head up to the San Francisco Bay area, I pass through the small town of Gilroy, garlic capital of the world. Oh my God, the whole town smells like an Olive Garden restaurant! They farm it in every nook and cranny of land, and are fiercely proud of [...]
Happy 81st Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse officially celebrated his birth with the screening of the cartoon Steamboat Willie on this day, back in 1928. As usual, when discussing what day it is, I had to put some thought to how the remembrance and/or celebration of this popular character’s storied life can be tied to [...]
You just wrapped up your first week of Twitter, said hello to the world, quietly squeaking inside over your very first follower, discovered the joys of that reply button, and publicly thanked each and every new follow and @mention you received. As the week progressed, you discovered the naughty Follow Bots and how to block [...]
Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven, blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the Angels. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Early Stories Surrounding the Forget-Me-Not Nov. 10th is National Forget-Me-Not Day. One of the many stories surrounding the origin of the Forget-Me-Not name is that during the Medieval Ages, a knight picked [...]
We’ve been awaiting (or dreading) their arrival, and now they are finally here. I’m not talking about the Beiber-Kardashian babies – no, I’m going to take a little bit of time to discuss the Lists feature on Twitter and how you might want to think about using (and when not to use) it. When I [...]
Written in commemoration of Face Your Fears Day… “And therefore as a stranger give it welcome. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet, Act 1 Her eyes are what I will always remember – empty, deep, sad sockets, through which I could see the small [...]