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5/5/26 - Cinco de Mayo, 80s TV Moms, and Comic Strips
Tuesday 5/5/26 Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars Day part 2) Today is Cinco de Mayo!!!! It commemorates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, during the Franco-Mexican War. Noted today, but not really celebrated in Mexico. The holiday is pretty much an American one. Childhood Depression Awareness Day Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day International Midwives Day Museum Lover's Day Nail Day National Cartoonists Day National Concert Day National Enchilada Day N
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22 hours ago2 min read


5/4/26 - May The 4th Be With You! Most Rewatched Movies, and The Kentucky Derby!
Monday 5/4/26 Star Wars Day - May the Fourth Be With You! The sound designer for the original films, Ben Burtt, didn't use synthesizers. He used "organic" sounds that listeners hear every day: The Lightsaber: The iconic hum is a combination of the idling motor of an old movie projector and the interference caused by a broken microphone cable being brought near a TV set. Vader’s Breathing: Burtt recorded himself breathing through a Dacor scuba regulator. Chewbacca’s Voice: The
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2 days ago3 min read


5/2/26 - Enjoy Your Weekend!! Lots To Celebrate!
Saturday 5/2/26 Sunday 5/3/26 Celebrate: Saturday Free Comic Book Day Heroes Your Mom Threw Out is having an event, more here. Baby Day Beer Pong Day Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Brothers and Sisters Day Childhood Stroke Awareness Day HerbDay International Drone Day International Scurvy Awareness Day Join Hands Day National Auctioneers Day National Fire Day National Homebrew Day National Life Insurance Day National Play Your Ukulele Day National Scrapbooking Day National Star
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4 days ago1 min read


5/1/26 - Rabbit Rabbit, Kentucky Derby, and The Liberty Bell(s)
Friday 5/1//26 Celebrate: Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day Couple Appreciation Day CSS Reboot Day Executive Coaching Day Frequent Flyer Day Global Love Day International Sauvignon Blanc Day International Space Day International Tuba Day International Workers' Day Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Day (school zone) Law Day Lei Day Loyalty Day May Day Mother Goose Day National Chocolate Parfait Day National Purebred Dog Day xNational Salad Day New Homeowners Day No Pants Day Phone in S
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5 days ago3 min read


4/30/26 - Bugs Bunny, Seagulls, and Mayo is an Instrument
Thursday 4/30/26 Celebrate: Adopt a Shelter Pet Day Day of the child Hairstyle Appreciation Day International Jazz Day National Animal Advocacy Day National Bubble Tea Day National Honesty Day National Military Brats Day National Mr. Potato Head Day National PrepareAthon! Day Spank Out Day Thank You Thursday National Oatmeal Cookie Day - they can make your day miserable if you don't look close enough and expect a Chocolate Chip Cookie. Why can't Chocolate Chips be in the Oatm
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6 days ago4 min read


4/29/26 - What Moms Want, Tiramisu, and Great Dinner Parties
Wednesday 4/29/26 Celebrate: Denim Day International Dance Day International Guide Dog Day International Noise Awareness Day National Peace Rose Day National Rugelach Day National Shrimp Scampi Day Stop Food Waste Day Viral Video Day We Jump the World Day World Wish Day Zipper Day - Before the zipper, there was "Automatic Continuous Clothing Closure" (patented by Elias Howe) and the "Clasp Locker." They were essentially a series of tiny, complicated hooks that were expensive,
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7 days ago4 min read


4/28/26 - Soundtracks, Vitamin C, and Dinosaurs
Tuesday 4/28/26 Celebrate: Biological Clock Day Clean Comedy Day Great Poetry Reading Day International Pay It Forward Day - The goal today is to inspire 10 million acts of kindness worldwide. Whether you buy the coffee for the person behind you in the drive-thru or just hold the door with a smile, one small gesture can change someone's entire week. National Blueberry Pie Day National Cubicle Day National Kiss Your Mate Day National Superhero Day School Bus Drivers' Day World
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Apr 283 min read


4/27/26 - AMA Nominations and It's Monday, Have Some Coffee
Monday 4/27/26 Celebrate: Babe Ruth Day International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day International Design Day Marine Mammal Rescue Day Matanzas Mule Day Morse Code Day National Devil Dog Day National Gummi Bear Day National Prime Rib Day National Tell a Story Day National Tapir Day -- Weekend box Office 1. Michael $97.0M best start for a biopic 2. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie $21.2M 3. Project Hail Mary $13.2M 4. Lee Cronin's The Mummy $5.6M 5. The Drama $2.6M -- Here we
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Apr 273 min read


4/25/26 - Coked Up Salmon, Snakes On A Plane Sequel (maybe), New Mac & Cheeses
Saturday 4/25/26 Sunday 4/26/26 Celebrate: Saturday Astronomy Day DNA Days East Meets West Day Eeyore's Birthday Hairstylists Appreciation Day Independent Bookstore Day International Financial Independence Awareness Day International Marconi Day National Crayola Day National Day of Puppetry National Go Birding Day National Mani-pedi Day National Plumber's Day National Prescription Drug Take Back Day National Rebuilding Day National Sense of Smell Day National Telephone Day Na
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Apr 253 min read


4/24/26 - Arbor Day and TV Moms
Friday 4/24/26 Celebrate: Childcare Professionals Day National Hairball Awareness Day National Historic Marker Day National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day New Kids on the Block Day World Day for Laboratory Animals World Meningitis Day – National Arbor Day While Earth Day (April 22) focuses on the general environment and climate, Arbor Day is all about one specific action: planting and caring for trees. The holiday started in 1872 in Nebraska. A journalist and politician named J. Ster
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Apr 243 min read


4/23/26 - 2000s Collectables, Mother's Day is Coming, and A New Word For Hot
Thursday 4/23/26 Celebrate: English Language Day German Beer Day Impossible Astronaut Day International Creator Day International Nose Picking Day Lover's Day Love Your Thighs Day Movie Theatre Day National Cherry Cheesecake Day National English Muffin Day National Lost Dog Awareness Day Take a Chance Day National Picnic Day National Teach Children to Save Day Spanish Language Day World Book Night Take Our Daughters and Songs to Work Day Talk Like Shakespeare Day - he died to
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Apr 233 min read


4/22/26 - Earth Day, Hair Care, and Allergies
Wednesday 4/22/26 Celebrate: "In God We Trust" Day Administrative Processionals Day April Showers Day Chemists Celebrate The Earth Day Girl Scout Leader Day International Mother Earth Day National Jelly Bean Day – Earth Day - The theme this year is "Our Power, Our Planet." Created in 1970 because of a public concern over pollution. The first Earth Day was a national "teach-in" on college campuses, modeled after protests against the Vietnam War. The date was chosen to fall bet
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Apr 223 min read


4/20/26 - Dude! It's 4-20, Patriots Day and Marathons, and Sandwiches
Monday 4/20/26 1971 - Five friends at San Rafael High School in California coined the term "4:20" as a euphemism for smoking pot. (maybe) April 20th becomes a popular day to spark one up, as does 4:20 pm. Note that the Boston song "Smokin'" clocks in at 4 minutes, 20 seconds, and if you multiply the title numbers in Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 And #35," you get 420. Celebrate: Chinese Language Day Doge Day - the cryptocurrency Lima Bean Respect Day National Cheddar Fries
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Apr 204 min read


4/18/26 - What Strange Super Power Would You Like?
Saturday 4/18/26 Sunday 4/19/26 Celebrate: Saturday Adult Autism Awareness Day Husband Appreciation Day International Amateur Radio Day International Day for Monuments and Sites National Animal Crackers Day National Lineman Appreciation Day National Transfer Money to Your Daughter's Account Day National Velociraptor Awareness Day Newspaper Columnists' Day Pet Owners Independence Day Pinata Day World Circus Day Sunday Bicycle Day Go Fly a Kite Day Image for Humorous Day Humoro
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Apr 182 min read


4/17/26 - Haiku Day, Posture, and Restaurant Breads
Friday 4/17/26 Celebrate: Bat Appreciation Day Blah, Blah, Blah Day Ellis Island Family History Day International Ford Mustang Day Malbec World Day National Cheeseball Day National Crawfish Day National Kickball Day Nothing Like a Dame Day International Haiku Poetry Day a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three unrhymed lines with a 5, 7, 5 syllable structure, often focusing on nature or a specific moment in time. It doesn't even have to rhyme. Five, seven, th
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Apr 172 min read


4/16/26 - Shopping is Good, Password Rage, and Madonna
Thursday 4/16/26 Celebrate: Day of the Mushroom Foursquare Day Get to Know Your Customers Day International Pizza Cake Day National Ask an Atheist Day National Bean Counters' Day National D.A.R.E. Day National Eggs Benedict Day National Healthcare Decisions Day National High Five Day 'National Librarian Day National Orchid Day National Stress Awareness Day National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day Save The Elephant Day Take Action for Libraries Day Teach Your Daughter to Volunte
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Apr 163 min read


4/15/26 - Tax Day, Hurricane Names, and Vitamin D
Wednesday 4/15/26 Celebrate: Anime Day Jackie Robinson Day McDonald's Day Microvolunteering Day National Banana Day National Bookmobile Day National Glazed Spiral Ham Day National Griper's Day National Laundry Day- The average American family does 300 loads of laundry per year. National Rubber Eraser Day National That Sucks Day School Librarians' Day Take a Wild Guess Day World Art Day -- Have a sinking feeling today? April 15 marks National Titanic Remembrance Day, honoring
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Apr 152 min read


4/14/26 - Grits, Puffnstuf, and R&R Hall Inductees!
Tuesday 4/14/26 Celebrate: Children with Alopecia Day Dreams of Reason Feast Day Ex-Spouse Day Holocaust Remembrance Day International Be Kind to Lawyers Day International Moment of Laughter Day Look Up at the Sky Day National Dolphin Day National Library Workers Day National Pecan Day Pan American Day Pathologists' Assistant Day Reach as High as You Can Day National Grits Day Explorers on Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1584 expedition were the first Europeans to record eating grits. T
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Apr 143 min read


4/13/26 - Cobbler, Egg Color, and Taxes
Monday 4/13/26 Celebrate: National Make Lunch Count Day National Peach Cobbler Day Scrabble Day Thomas Jefferson Day - our third president from 1801 to 1809 – Today is National Peach Cobbler Day. Cobblestones (you're gonna break a heel) A trending Reddit thread this morning is debating the official definition of a cobbler. Some insist it must have a biscuit-style topping, while others argue for a "cake-like" batter. What's the difference between Cobblers, Buckles, Crisps an
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Apr 134 min read


4/11/26 - Spring Weekend..Get Your Taxes Done
Saturday 4/11/26 Sunday 4/12/26 Big, get your Taxes done weekend!!!! Hope you already have it done so you can enjoy the weekend! Celebrate: Saturday Baby Massage Day Barbershop Quartet Day International Louie Louie Day National Cheese Fondue Day National Eight-Track Tape Day National Pet Day National Ranch Water Day Slow Art Day Submarine Day World Parkinson’s Disease Day Sunday Big Wind Day Drop Everything and Read Day Good Deeds Day International Day of Human Space Flight N
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Apr 111 min read

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