Still warm days but unusually chilly nights!
We’re approaching harvest time!
New television shows appear after a summer of re-runs!
Birds are packing for the long trip south for the winter!
Families are adjusting to the idea of school days in full swing again!
Better get your final cook-outs scheduled!
Join Jerry and his Kids for their annual telethon!
Can you smell FOOTBALL in the air?
Tailgates become one of the favorite place to eat out!
Take a moment to remember the tragedy of 9-11 and those we lost.
Farewell to those lazy-hazy days of what was summer! Hope you enjoyed yours!
Monthly Celebrations and Observances
- Baby Safety Month
- Better Breakfast Month
- Cable TV Month
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Classical Music Month
- Fall Hat Month
- International Square Dancing Month
- Kids Good Manners Month
- Library Card Sign-Up Month
- Little League Month
- Read-a-New-Book Month
- Self-Improvement Month
- Subliminal Marketing Month
- Women of Achievement Month
- National Blueberry Popsicle Month
- National Catfish Month
- National Chicken Month
- National Courtesy Month
- National Good Manners Month
- National Hat Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- National Honey Month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month
- National Piano Month
- National Rice Month
- National School Success Month
- National Sewing Month
Weekly Celebrations and Observances
- Week 1 – Child Accident Prevention Week
- Week 2 – Hispanic Heritage Week
- Week 3 – Constitution Week
- Week 3 – National Child Care Week
- Week 3 – National Flower Week
- Week 3 – National Dog Week
Daily Celebrations and Observances
- 2 National Blueberry Popsicle Day
- 2 VJ Day
- 3 Skyscraper Day
- 4 Newspaper Carrier Day
- 4 Teachers’ Day
- 5 National Cheese Pizza Day
- 6 Read-a-New-Book Day
- 6 Fight Procrastination Day
- 7 Labor Day
- 8 International Literacy Day
- 9 Teddy Bear Day
- 10 Swap Ideas Day
- 12 National Video Games Day
- 12 National Chocolate Milk Shake Day
- 13 National Grandparents Day
- 13 Positive Thinking Day
- 13 National Peanut Day
- 13 Uncle Sam Day
- 13 Defy Superstition Day
- 13 Fortune Cookie Day
- 13 National Pet Memorial Day
- 14 National Cream-Filled Donut Day
- 16 National Play-Doh Day
- 16 Mexican Independence Day
- 16 Step Family Day
- 16 Working Parents’ Day
- 17 Constitution Day
- 17 Citizenship Day
- 17 National Apple Dumpling Day
- 18 National Cheeseburger Day
- 18 POW/CIA Recognition Day
- 19 National Butterscotch Day
- 19 Rosh Hashanah (starts)
- 20 Rosh Hashanah (ends)
- 20 National Women’s Friendship Day
- 20 National Punch Day
- 21 Miniature Golf Day
- 21 International Peace Day
- 21 World Gratitude Day
- 22 Business Women’s Day
- 23 Checkers Day
- 24 National Cherries Jubilee Day
- 25 Native American Indian Day
- 25 National Comic Book Day
- 28 National Good Neighbor Day
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There is nothing permanent except change.
I guess you can expect most anything today. The soft-drink king is apparently attempting to get into the milk business. Yes, MILK. COKE is currently test marketing a sweetened fizzy milk beverage called “VIO.”
Every day we see another example that causes us to wonder what people were thinking at the time they made certain decisions or choices. In fact, some of the things I read I honestly have trouble believing. Let me share a few examples:
Flagpole Sitting
While the economic scene continues to be reported as bleak at best, that’s not necessarily so for everyone. Take retail for instance. The retail industry has reported more store closings from coast to coast in the past two years than ever before. However, 7-Eleven, the world’s largest chain store with 35,900 stores in 17 countries, has announced plans to open an additional 200 stores in the U.S. this year. By the way, to give an idea of how large it is—McDonald’s has only 31,062 stores.
One might question this growth strategy at a time when the entire country appears to have fallen victim to recessionary madness. However, consequences of this madness aren’t all negative for all parties. Falling real-estate values have made long-term leases very attractive to landlords, and many have been eager to strike bargains with 7-Eleven and other similar retailers.
Dollar General has announced plans to open 450 new stores in 35 states while Big Lots has 45 new stores on the drawing board for the coming year. The target for all of these retailers: price-conscious, bargain-hunting shoppers forced to live within a strict budget as the national media warns of greater challenges on every front.
In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.
I’m at the point right now that I’m beginning to feel as though we’ve just scratched the surface of Obvious Questions. Today’s questions bring our total to 310 and still counting! As the number of questions increase, so, too, do the number of unanswered questions!
Bear with me on this one. It may just make a major difference in your future. Would you like to be a millionaire … several times over? If so, don’t be too quick to judge in the future. You just may pass up an opportunity to achieve stature you never believed possible!
The main character would be a sea sponge, but in shape and color his body more closely resembles a kitchen sponge. His name would be SpongeBob SquarePants, and he lives in a pineapple under the sea! Perfectly logical, right? Look at this photo of SpongeBob. Does anything about this character make sense?
His neighbor and best friend is a pink and highly idiotic starfish named Patrick Star, who lives under a rock.
Remember CB radios? Breaker! Breaker! Well, before CB radio, there was ham radio. It started in the early 1900s and developed a tremendous following over the years. If you’ve ever seen a movie about the sinking of the Titanic, you’ll remember the crew sending an SOS to other ships requesting rescue. The radio they used will give you an idea of what a Ham radio looks like.
This particular day he decided to listen to a Saturday morning swapnet. In searching for the program, he came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whomever he was talking with something about “a thousand marbles.” He was intrigued and stopped to listen to the conversation.
Instead, he went upstairs and woke up his wife up with a kiss. “C’mon honey, I’m taking you and the kids to breakfast.”
You may know this man as one of the nation’s most successful country music artists of the 20th century. He also enjoyed great popularity in early Rock & Roll, R & B, and Pop music. Until the year 2000, he held the record for the most Number One singles of any country act, with 55 Number One chart hits! Others know him not only as a singer and entertainer, but also as a songwriter and producer.
Of course, I’m talking about Harold Lloyd Jenkins who passed away in 1993 at the age of 60. Doesn’t ring a bell? If not, that’s understandable as Harold didn’t record under his real name. He didn’t think it was marketable … and he was probably right. However, he struggled to come up with what he felt would be marketable. He received many suggestions but few, if any, which he approved of.