Saturday 3/16/24
Sunday 3/17/24
Celebrate:
Saturday
Black Press Day
Curlew Day
Everything You Do I Right Day
Freedom of Information Day
International Sports Car Racing Day
Lips Appreciation Day
Maple Syrup Saturday
National Artichoke Heart Day
National Corndog Day
National Curl Crush Day
National Panda Day
National Quilting Day
Play the Recorder Day
St. Urho's Day - originated in Northern Minnesota in the 1950s. The day spread through Minnesota amongst Finnish communities.
Sunday
Buzzard Day - The day the Buzzards return to Hinkley Ohio.
Camp Fire Girls Day
Corned Beef and Cabbage Day
Doctor-Patient Trust Day
Submarine Day
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A record 62% of consumers, or 162 million Americans, are planning to celebrate. Maybe by: Wearing green . . . making a special dinner . . . going to a party or a bar . . . decorating their home . . . or hosting a party.
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St. Patrick's Day is on Sunday. And if you end up partying a little too hard and feel terrible on Monday morning, here are four tips on how to call out sick from work without raising too many eyebrows.
1. Keep it brief. Less is more here . . . tell your boss as little as possible without sounding evasive. Giving a bunch of details isn't really necessary, and the more specifics you add, the more suspicion it can cause.
2. Acknowledge bad timing. Your boss knows it's a Monday . . . and the day after St. Patrick's Day . . . so NOT mentioning it would be suspicious. And unless you spent all week bragging about how wasted you're going to get this weekend, you should be fine.
3. Only tell people who need to know. Follow your company's policy, but generally, you should only need to tell your boss and any coworkers who might be affected by your absence.
4. Offer to do makeup work. You might get stuck doing it, you might not. But it'll make you look better in the end.
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There's a big problem with car thefts up in Canada . . . and not just from parking lots and public streets. It's apparently armed thieves breaking into people's homes, and demanding their keys.
And the police in Toronto have some unusual advice. At a recent community meeting, one constable said, "To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your [key] fobs at your front door . . .
"They're breaking into your home to steal your car. They don't want anything else."
In the meeting, he seemed to be speaking to mostly elderly folks, which makes some sense . . . like, okay, avoid a violent confrontation . . . but still, how is this the best option?
There's also a video that's going viral in Canada, of someone who left a sign on their car saying, "Dear Mr. Robber, please do not break my car window. The door is open. Have a great day." There are water bottles on the seat inside.
I know people in Canada are polite, but this MUST be fake.
How about keeping a big bat near the front door.
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In a new poll, 65% of Americans say they celebrate by eating traditional and "Irish-inspired" foods on St. Patrick's Day.
Of those festive people, 40% like corned beef and cabbage . . . 28% might have fish and chips . . . 27% would do corned beef on rye . . . and 24% are into having a Reuben sandwich.
Other popular dishes are: Shepherd's pie . . . soda bread . . . Irish stew . . . pastrami on rye . . . "bangers and mash" . . . and colcannon, which is mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale.
Some people are looking to expand the options by adding "less traditional" foods, like carne asada and spaghetti.
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St. Patrick's Day is this Sunday. So Ree Drummond from Food Network put together a list of movies to celebrate.
Here are 10:
1. "Far and Away" (1992)
2. "P.S. I Love You" (2007)
3. "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" (1959)
4. "The Banshees of Inisherin" (2022)
5. "Perrier's Bounty" (2009)
6. "The Boondock Saints" (1999)
7. "Wild Mountain Thyme" (2020)
8. "The Luck of the Irish" (2001)
9. "Belfast" (2021)
10. "Finian's Rainbow" (1968)
They left off Troll 2 because of the green milk.
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Do you ever round up at stores and donate your change to charity? It adds up. A report found campaigns like that brought in $749 MILLION in 2022. And that's just the ones that raised at least $1 million.
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Turns out you CAN teach an old dog new tricks: A woman in her 80s recently passed away in Dallas. And a neighbor named Lisa Kanarek . . . who barely even knew her . . . ended up adopting her elderly dog named Gaia.
Gaia spent most of her life inside or in the woman's backyard. But Lisa started taking her on more and more walks . . . realized she really loved kids . . . and she's now working as a therapy dog. Her first gig was at a children's hospital. She also helps cheer people up in hospice.
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