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9/1/26 - Welcome to September! Who Could Be Britney, Raygun, and Threesomes
Tuesday 9/1/26 Happy September! Celebrate: American Chess Day Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day Chicken Boy's Day Ginger Cat Appreciation Day National Acne Positivity Day National Burnt Ends Day National Cherry Popover Day National Forgiveness Day National Gyro Day National No Rhyme or Reason Day Pink Cadillac Day Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day World Letter Writing Day -- It's official!!! Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” achieves a landmark 20th week at No. 1 on the B
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12 hours ago3 min read


8/30/26 - Phubbing, Tennis Balls, and What Is Universally Hated?
Monday 8/30/26 Celebrate: Eat Outside Day Love Litigating Lawyers Day Motorist Consideration Monday National Matchmaker Day National Trail Mix Day We Love Memories Day – The Weekend Box Office 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $22.2M Fifth Weekend on Top. 2. Coyote vs. Acme $15.5M 3. The Odyssey $14.3M 4. Insidious: Out of the Further $10.1M 5. The Dog Stars $8.0M -- ‘Phubbing’ in public is new trend everyone is doing without even realizing, and doing it is likely to make you mi
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2 days ago4 min read


8/28/26 - Optimus Prime, Sunday Scaries, and What Hydrates Best?
Friday 8/28/26 Celebrate: Crackers Over the Keyboard Day Forgive Your Foe Friday International Read Comics in Public Day National Bow Tie Day National Cherry Turnovers Day National Power Rangers Day National Thoughtful Day Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day Radio Commercial Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day Red Wine Day Saturday According to Hoyle Day - game rules Chop Suey Day Individual Rights Day Lemon Juice Day More Herbs, Less Salt Day National Sport Sampling Day Nati
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5 days ago4 min read


8/27/26 - Tim Curry, Lunar Eclipse Tonight, Screens Have Changed Our Lives
Thursday 8/27/26 Celebrate: Just Because Day Kiss Me Day National Banana Lovers Day National Petroleum Day Tarzan Day Thoughtful Thursday World Rock Paper Scissors Day -- Tim Curry, the actor celebrated for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and Pennywise the Clown in the 1990 version of "It," has died. He was 80. Throughout his more than five-decade career, Curry endeared himself to family audiences playing patriarch Gome
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6 days ago4 min read


8/26/26 - Thank you, Dolly!!! Be Likeable and Eat Like A Roman
Wednesday 8/26/26 Celebrate: Make Your Own Luck Day Musical Yoga Day National Cherry Popsicle Day National Dog Day National Got Checked Day National McChicken Day National Toilet Paper Day National WebMistress Day Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday -- Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Dolly in 1976 and 2001 Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, revealed the news in an Instagram video the same day. Parton shared an update on her healt
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7 days ago3 min read


8/25/26 - Betting, Marketing, and Clean Up Your AI!
Tuesday 8/25/26 Celebrate: Kiss and Make Up Day National Banana Split Day National Park Service Founders Day National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day National Whiskey Sour Day Touch-A-Heart Tuesday -- On social media, someone said: “We just installed our new dishwasher, and this thing is WiFi enabled. It’s got its own app, and now I have to name the appliance. My husband didn’t seem too thrilled with ‘Dishco Inferno,' so I’m taking suggestions.” The comments: Lord of the Rinse Dish
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Aug 253 min read


8/24/26 Junk Drawer, Chicken and Waffles, and End of the World Date (again?)
Monday 8/24/26 Celebrate: Can Opener Day International Strange Music Day National Knife Day National Peach Pie Day National Waffle Day Pluto Demoted Day - The International Astronomical Union voted to reclassify Pluto as a "dwarf planet," officially shrinking our solar system down to eight major planets and triggering a quarter-century of playground debates. Shooting Star Day Vesuvius Day Weather Complaint Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $39.0M (fourth
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Aug 244 min read


8/21/26 - The Tumblehair and Stop Maxxing
Friday 8/21/26 Celebrate: National Brazilian Blowout Day National Kool-Aid Day National Men's Grooming Day National Senior Citizens Day National Spumoni Day - While spumoni is a beloved Italian classic, food historians note that it is actually the direct ancestor of the famous American Neapolitan ice cream (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry), which adapted the layered concept when it arrived in the U.S. National Sweet Tea Day (yuck) Poet's Day Saturday Be an Angel Day Nation
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Aug 213 min read


8/20/26 - Frugal, Resume Lies, and Another Gen-Z Insult
Thursday 8/20/26 Celebrate: International Day of Medical Transporters International Hawaiian Pizza Day National Accessible Air Travel Day National Bacon Lover's Day National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Hazy IPA Day National Lemonade Day National Radio Day Virtual Worlds Day World Mosquito Day – With people living longer, plastic surgery among those 65 and older continues to grow. Each year, the 65+ crowd in the US has over 90,000 surgical procedures and over 600,000 mini
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Aug 203 min read


8/19/26 - VMA Nominations, Columbia House, and Potato Chips
Wednesday 8/19/26 Celebrate: Black Cow Root Beer Float Day - which in many locations is simply another name for a root beer float—a drink consisting of root beer and vanilla ice cream. They are sometimes called chocolate cows or brown cows when chocolate ice cream is used in place of vanilla. In some locations, a black or brown cow is made with cola instead of root beer. In other locations, root beer and ice cream are mixed together, instead of the ice cream sitting on top. I
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Aug 194 min read


8/18/26 - Shorts at Work, Prop Bets Everywhere, and Mosquito Drones
Tuesday 8/18/26 Celebrate: Helium Discovery Day Mail Order Catalog Day National Bad Poetry Day National Fajita Day National Ice Cream Pie Day Never Give Up Day Pinot Noir Day Serendipity Day -- Still kind of warm...did you wear shorts to work today? Women in Japan don't want men wearing shorts to the office. They call it Leg Hair Harassment. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike introduced "Tokyo Cool Biz" in April, but four months on, a rift has emerged. But women in offices in Toky
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Aug 184 min read


8/17/26
Monday 8/17/26 Celebrate: Baby Boomers Recognition Day Balloon Airmail Day National #2 pencil Day National Black Cat Appreciation Day National I LOVE My Feet Day National Meaning of "Is" Day National Nonprofit Day National Pineapple Juice Day National Thrift Shop Day National Vanilla Custard Day Stay Home with Your Kids Day World Eggplant Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $70M the second-fastest film to join the $2 billion club after 2019’s “Avengers: En
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Aug 172 min read


8/14/26 - Snow Rooms, Bananas, and The Funeral Mystery Woman
Friday 8/14/26 Celebrate: Color Book Day National Creamsicle Day National Financial Awareness Day National Navajo Code Talkers Day National Tattoo Removal Day National Wiffle Ball Day Social Security Day Saturday Break the Monotony Day Chant at the Moon Day I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day International Geocaching Day International Homeless Animals' Day National Back to School Prep Day National Best Friends Day National Check the Chip Day (for your pets) National Failures Day
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Aug 144 min read


8/13/26 - Left Handers Day, Car Colors, and The LPGA is Coming Back
Thursday 8/13/26 Celebrate: National Filet Mignon Day National Prosecco Day National Bowling Day National Garage Sale Day – International Left-Handers Day Global meta-analyses show that roughly 10.6% of the global population is left-handed, and ambidextrous individuals represent about 1%. Males are about 23% more likely to be left-handed than females. Left-handers are overrepresented in high-speed, one-on-one sports like baseball, tennis, fencing, and cricket. For example, ar
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Aug 133 min read


8/12/26 - GenZ Insult, Broken Bones, and Showering During a Thunderstorm
Wednesday 8/12/26 Celebrate: Baseball Fans Day IBM PC Day International Youth Day National Julienne Fries Day National Middle Child Day National Sewing Machine Day Truck Driver Day Vinyl Record Day World Calligraphy Day World Elephant Day -- The Weeknd is here to stay. While there was a time when the Grammy winner thought he might drop his stage name, not anymore. “I tested retirement a little bit, and I don’t like the way it feels,” the artist told his concert audience Satur
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Aug 124 min read


8/11/26 - Back to School, Fat Marmots, and Lots of Ducks!
Tuesday 8/11/26 Celebrate: Annual Medical Checkup Day National Panini Day National Raspberry Bombe Day National Raspberry Tart Day Play in the Sand Day Son and Daughter Day Presidential Joke Day - 1984, Ronald Reagan was doing a soundcheck for National Public Radio, in preparation for his weekly radio address. Without knowing that his microphone was on and recording, he parodied the opening remarks of his prepared speech by saying, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell y
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Aug 113 min read


8/10/26 - Super Flush, Go To The Woods, and S'Mores
Monday 8/10/26 Celebrate: International Vlogging Day National Duran Duran Appreciation Day National Lazy Day National S'mores Day National Shapewear Day National Spoil Your Dog Day Smithsonian Day Victory Day or VJ Day World Lion Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $145.0M the third-best domestic second weekend ever. 2. The Odyssey $31.5M 3. One Night Only $5.7M 4. Super Troopers 3 $4.0M 5. Toy Story 5 $3.9M -- 'Tis the season to test toilets at NFL and ma
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Aug 102 min read


8/7/26 - Food Trends (one is ok..the other ..no), No Gravity, and Overdue Library Book.
Friday 8/7/26 Celebrate: Beach Party Day International Beer Day National Lighthouse Day National Sea Serpent Day Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day Professional Speakers Day Purple Heart Day Raspberries 'n Cream Day – Saturday Celebrate Your Lakes Day Global Sleep Under the Stars Night International Cat Day National Bowling Day National CBD Day National Dollar Day National Frozen Custard Day National Garage Sale Day National Mochi Day National Model Aviation Day National
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Aug 73 min read


8/6/26 - Pumpkin....TOO SOON, A Long Organ Concert, and Sardine Manicures.
Thursday 8/6/26 Celebrate: Balloons to Heaven Day Corporate Baby Name Day Farmworker Appreciation Day Hiroshima Day (also No Nukes Day) Mom's Equal Pay Day National Fresh Breath Day National Gossip Day National IPA Day National Root Beer Float Day Wiggle Your Toes Day – Skywatchers are preparing for a rare double celestial event on August 12, when a total solar eclipse coincides with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Because the eclipse aligns with a dark New Moon phase,
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Aug 63 min read


8/5/26 - Hot 100 Record, Chinamaxxing, and Spider-Man is Just Huge!
Wednesday 8/5/26 Celebrate: Green Peppers Day International Traffic Light Day - 1914, what is considered to be the first electric traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue. National Oyster Day National Underwear Day Work Like a Dog Day – Today in Music History - 2023 - For the first time since 1958, country songs claim the top three spots on the Hot 100: #1 "Try That in a Small Town" by Jason Aldean #2 "Last Night" by
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Aug 54 min read

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