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6/22/26 - Manly Smells, #1 Fast Food, and M&M's
Monday 6/22/26 National Chocolate Eclair Day National HVAC Tech Day National Onion Rings Day Stupid Guy Thing Day Take Your Cat to Work Day World Rainforest Day -- James Burrows, the legendary TV director/creator, has died at the age of 85. Burrows got his start in television relatively late at age 35 in 1974, directing episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and “Laverne & Shirley.” He co-created “Cheers,” directing 243 of the 273 episodes, as well
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Jun 223 min read


6/18/26 - Juneteenth, Clean Your Stuff, and Summer Weekend Time with New Movies
Friday 6/18/26 Celebrate: Juneteenth - Although Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1, 1863, it was not until after the war was over that slaves became free in Texas, possibly because the Proclamation could not be enforced there, or because news of the Proclamation had not been spread there. The war ended in April of 1865, but word did not reach Texas until the following month, and it was not until June that the Confederate Army in the area
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Jun 193 min read


6/18/26 - Albums, Perfect Burger, and Monster Wolves!
Thursday 6/18/26 Celebrate: Autistic Pride Day Go Fishing Day International Panic Day International Picnic Day International Sushi Day National Career Nursing Assistants' Day National Cheesemakers Day National Dump the Pump Day National Splurge Day National Wanna Get Away Day Recess at Work Day World Tapas Day -- 1948 – Columbia Records began the widespread manufacturing of the 33-RPM long-playing record. This revolutionary new format offered up to 23 minutes of music per sid
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Jun 183 min read


6//17/26 - Veggies, Turn-Off Clothing, and Cake Picnics!
Wednesday 6/17/26 Celebrate: Global Garbage Man Day Islamic New Year National Apple Strudel Day World Crocodile Day World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – Today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day According to data from the USDA Economic Research Service, Americans consume far more potatoes and tomatoes than any other vegetable. 1. Potato - 49 lbs per capita consumption a year! 2. Tomato - 31 lbs. (tomatoes are botanically fruits, however, legally and culinarially,
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Jun 173 min read


6/16/26 - Orange, Bye Bye Grammar Rule, and We Watch A Lot Of Star Wars
Tuesday 6/16/26 Celebrate: Fresh Veggies Day National Cannoli Day National Cherry Tart Day National Fudge Day National Tortilla Day National Vinegar Day No Orange Clothes Day Wish Fulfillment Day World Refill Day World Sea Turtle Day -- Anne Schedeen, the actress who starred as matriarch Kate Tanner on NBC's 'ALF' (1986-'90), has died. She was 77. Schedeen made her onscreen debut in a 1974 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, going on to appear in episodes of McCloud, The
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Jun 163 min read


6/15/26 - Lava in Your Mouth, Couch in the Road, and Get Kids Reading This Summer!
Monday 6/15/26 Celebrate: Fly a Kite Day Global Wind Day Justice for Janitors Day Magna Carta Day National Electricity Day National Kiss a Wookiee Day National Lobster Day National Megalodon Day National Smile Power Day Native American Citizenship Day Nature Photography Day Own Your Share of America Day Ride To Work Day Worldwide Day of Giving -- Weekend Box Office 1. Disclosure Day $44.0M 2. Obsession $19.0M - continues to do unprecedented business with $19 million in its fi
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Jun 153 min read


6/12/26 - Birds, Puns, and The 60s!
Friday 6/12/26 Crowded Nest Awareness Day Ghost in the Machine Day International Cachaca Day - Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice, and it is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Brazil. International Falafel Day Little League Girls Baseball Day Loving Day Magic Day National Automotive Service Professionals Day National Jerky Day National Marriage Day National Peanut Butter Cookie Day - don't forget the criss/crossed fork marks Red Rose Day Su
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Jun 123 min read


1986 - The Thin Red Line - Glass Tiger
40 Years Ago - 1986 Glass Tiger released their debut album The Thin Red Line. "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" with Bryan Adams on backing vocals. Peaked at #2, #30 AC, #17 Mainstream Rock. "Someday" made #7 and #4 AC. "I Will Be There" charted #34 and #21 Mainstream Rock.
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Jun 111 min read


6/22/26 - Pizza, Bad Driving, and Job Hugging
Thursday 6/11/26 Celebrate: Corn on the Cob Day Cousteau Day King Kamehameha Day National German Chocolate Cake Day National Making Life Beautiful Day Pizza Margherita Day -- Pizza check in!!!! According to a 2026 survey: • Pizza is a $45 billion industry in the U.S. with 3 billion pizzas sold per year. • 93 percent of Americans eat at least one pizza per month. • Friday night is the biggest night of the week for eating pizza. • 36 percent of all pizza orders get pepperoni on
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Jun 112 min read


6/10/26 - Celebrating Lots, Unit Price Shopping, and Find The Beaver!
Wednesday 6/10/26 Alcoholics Anonymous Founders' Day National Frosted Cookie Day National Herb and Spice Day National Iced Tea Day Ball Point Pen Day A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro, ball pen, or dot pen, is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a hard ball at its point, i.e., over a "ball point". Biro comes from the name of the guy who invented it, Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian newspaper editor who was frustrated in the time he was wasting filling up founta
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Jun 102 min read


6/8/26 - Office Etiquette and Bots!
Monday 6/8/26 Celebrate: Best Friends Day Betty Picnic Day Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day Name Your Poison Day Thomas Paine Day Upsy Daisy Day World Brain Tumor Day World Oceans Day -- Weekend Box Office 1. Scary Movie $55.0M 2. Masters of the Universe $29.3M 3.Backrooms $25.9M 4. Obsession $25.6M 5. The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act $11.6M -- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso" star Anthony Head dies at 72. His family said the British actor, best known for playin
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Jun 82 min read


6/6/26 - Let's Digital Detox!
Saturday 6/6/26 Celebrate: Atheist Pride Day D-Day Drawing Day Drive-In Movie Day National Applesauce Cake Day National Black Bear Day National Bubbly Day National Cheer Coach Day National Churro Day National Eyewear Day National Family Recreation Day National Gardening Exercise Day National Higher Education Day National Hunger Awareness Day National Learn to Row Day National Pineapple Day National Prairie Day National Trails Day National Yo-Yo Day Russian Language Day Turtle
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Jun 63 min read


6/5/26 - Belmont Stakes, Big Movie Weekend, Condiments
Friday 6/5/26 Celebrate: Apple II Day Festival of Popular Delusions Day Hot Air Balloon Day Hug an Atheist Day National Attitude Day National Gun Violence Awareness Day National Ketchup Day National Veggie Burger Day Sausage Roll Day World Environment Day National Gingerbread Day - because why wait till the holidays. Good all year, but who eats it now? In the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the idea of decorating gingerbread cookies to look like the dignitar
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Jun 53 min read


6/4/26 - Hurricanes, No Bananas, and Languages
Thursday 6/4/26 Celebrate: Hug Your Cat Day National Cheese Day National Clean Beauty Day National Cognac Day National Moonshine Day Old Maid's Day Shopping Cart Day - you shouldn’t have to be bribed to return your cart!!! I try to park by a cart return area so it’s easy! -- Forecasters with NOAA’s National Weather Service are predicting a below-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 t
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Jun 43 min read


6/3/26 - Father's Day, Happiness Equation, and Eggs
Wednesday 6/3/26 Celebrate: Global Running Day Impersonate Authority Day Love Conquers All Day National Chocolate Macaroon Day National Egg Day National Itch Day National Tailors' Day Repeat Day World Bicycle Day World Cider Day World Clubfoot Day – Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy-winning R&B artist memorable for his work on the hit Disney songs “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World,” died Tuesday. He was 75. Across his music career, he released some 20 albums, with
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Jun 34 min read


6/2/26 - Wordle, Quarter, and Who's the Tech King?
Tuesday 6/2/26 Celebrate: American Indian Citizenship Day I Love My Dentist Day National Bubba Day National Leave the Office Early Day National Rocky Road Day National Rotisserie Chicken Day Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day - As everyone knows, Cobras hate fudge, and the mere mention of the word gets snakes to gag and slither away. So at Noon face South and yell it! Does it work? Have you ever seen one? Maybe! -- If you’ve ever wondered how many people still pl
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Jun 22 min read


6/1/26 - Happy June!! Graduation Caps
Monday 6/1/26 Celebrate: Dare Day Dinosaur Day Don't Give Up The Ship Day Flip a Coin Global Day of Parents Heimlich Maneuver Day International Children's Day National Thank God It's Monday Day National Go Barefoot Day National Hazelnut Cake Day National Nail Polish Day National Olive Day National Pen Pal Day New Year's Resolution Recommitment Day Oscar the Grouch Day Say Something Nice Day Stand For Children Day Wear a Dress Day World Milk Day -- Rabbit Rabbit!!!!! June is
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Jun 12 min read


5/30/26 - Full MicroMoon, Jellyfish Stings (don't), and Stamps
Saturday 5/30/26 Sunday 5/31/26 Celebrate: Saturday Loomis Day - Mahlon Loomis was an innovator in wireless communications. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It Day National Creativity Day National Mint Julep Day Water a Flower Day Sunday National Autonomous Vehicle Day National Macaroon Day National Meditation Day National Smile Day Save Your Hearing Day Speak in Complete Sentences Day What You Think Upon Grows Day World No Tobacco Day World Parrot Day – There's a full moon Sunday (
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May 303 min read


5/28/26 - Hamburgers, Breakfast Foods, and Speling (why I'm not in the contest)
Thursday 5/28/26 Celebrate: Amnesty International Day International Hamburger Day National Beef Burger Day National Brisket Day The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day -- Question for the ladies: Would you visit a barber to shave your legs? In the early 1970s, an unusual grooming trend briefly emerged: barbers offering to shave women’s legs. The trend was inspired in part by the popularity of miniskirts and hot pants. One Iowa barber, Al Thompson, even turned it into a side busi
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May 283 min read


5/27/26 - Otters, Fashion Trends, and AI Helps
Wednesday 5/27/26 Celebrate: Cellophane Tape Day National Grape Popsicle Day National Gray Day National Senior Health & Fitness Day Nothing to Fear Day Old-Time Player Piano Day Sunscreen Protection Day -- Parents are turning to AI to help them navigate daily challenges. According to a new survey, 81 percent of parents have used AI to help with parenting tasks, with 43 percent using it weekly and 15 percent using it daily. Among these parents, two-thirds report that AI has r
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May 273 min read

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