The Squid Calendar

Today is July 13, Barbershop Music Appreciation Day!  I love barbershop music.  I love it in its purest and most kitschiest form (four guys in stripes and flat hats singing Glow Worm), and in more modern twists.

Barbershop Harmony! by tenger

By the way, today is also Embrace Your Geekness Day, so here is a video that fulfills both.  (Yeah, my geekness is screaming that it should say geekiness too, but it’s doesn’t so get over it.)

Today is National Pecan Pie Day! How sweet is that?!

Pecan Pie.

Say it again. Slower. Now say it like Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. Okay you’ve got it!

So now grab a hold of this Pecan Pie Recipe by The-Cooking-Mom, and start cooking!

Photo by museinthecity used with permission under CC 2.0.

Today is World Population Day.  Today we need to think for a bit on how the rise in population is effecting the earth and how we plan to provide for the masses.  We need to consider what changes we need to make now, so that we don’t overpopulate it.

Learn more about World Population Day.

I tried to find an amazing lens that addresses these issues, but could not find anything that fully satisfied me.  So instead, I’d like to introduce a great lens that takes a look at the world population and breaks it down so you can gain a better perspective on its composition. Are any of the statistics surprising to you?  If The World Were A Village of 1000 People… by lisadh

Photo by Markusram used by permission CC 2.0

On July 10, 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state admitted into the United States of America.  With it’s name derived from a Delaware Indian word meaning “land of vast plains”, Wyoming is a beautiful area.

Check out Wyoming’s Devils Tower by bethd821