The Squid Calendar

National Tartan Week is for celebrating Scottish Heritage.

Tartan is the pattern, seen on Scottish kilts, of overlapping vertical and horizontal lines.  We American’s like to call that pattern plaid.

National Tartan Week builds to its biggest moment: National Tartan Day.

Learn more about National Tartan Week from PatinKC.

So, break out the bagpipes and drums!

Today is Qingming Festival day, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear Bright Festival, or Ancestors Day. This is a traditional Chinese festival during which celebrants honor their ancestors.

Learn more about Tomb Sweeping Day from drs2biz.

Happy Easter, everyone! There are just so many Easter lenses to feature today, I don’t know where to start.

I decided, with the new Cupcake Club up and going, I’d feature RMS‘s The Cutest Easter Cupcakes Ever.

And, with the relatively new linchpin: Easter is Jesus’ Story: He’s Alive!

Holy Saturday is the last day of Holy Week, and the day before Easter.  Saturday is the day Jesus lay in the tomb.

Let’s take a look at the stations of the cross that describe the events of Holy Week and Easter. This lens by SemperFidelis shows sculptures in Amarillo, Texas that depict the stations of the cross:
Images Of Jesus The Christ Stations Of The Cross Pictures

Good Friday is celebrated by millions of Christians worldwide.  Good Friday is the day of Holy Week that represents the a day Jesus died on the cross.

Good Friday in Philippines by cannedguds
7 Last Words of Jesus on the Cross by faithfuljim

Good Friday Superstitions

And look forward to next year’s Southampton Passion 2011.

It’s the start of April, and of course, with that comes April Fool’s Day. I absolutely love this day. It’s one of my favorite silly holidays. Today, do your best to pull one over on someone. It’s harder to pull an April Fools joke than to pull a prank any other day of the year – they are sort of expecting something. However, when you’re successful, it is all the more satisfying.

Here are some tips on Mastering The Office Prank.