The Squid Calendar

Today is National Anthem Day.  Learn a little about the Story Of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Today, being almost exactly a half a year from April Fools Day, is Mad Hatter Day.  Mad Hatter Day is always October 6th.  The date comes directly from the illustrations of the Mad Hatter by John Tenniel in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where he was always shown with 10/6 written on a card on his hat.

Host a Mad Hatter Party or Tea Party by Comfortdoc

Do you remember Kevin Skinner from America’s Got Talent? Today’s his day. In 2009, Mayor Arthur Byrn, of Mayfield, Kentucky, declared September 26th to be Kevin Skinner Day. If you love Kevin Skinner, then you celebrate it every year.

Also…September is National Chicken Month. How very appropriate!

Kevin Skinner Day: Sept 26th Mayfield Kentucky by Tipi

ARRRRRR!!! Scallywags hear this: It be Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Ahoy, me hearties, learn how to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day from LaraineRose, then sit back and listen to some Pirate Music for Swashbucklers.

Oh, no! Today is Friday the 13th! That’s unlucky, right? That’s what we’re told, and for people with triskaidekaphobia, the 13th is always unlucky. But why is 13 unlucky? Where does this superstition come from?

Learn about the unlucky 13 here: Triskaidekaphobia: The Fear of 13.

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 Go Barefoot Day – June 1, 2010. Since I cannot go barefoot at work, I’m going to celebrate by walking through the moss in the backyard…barefoot. Maybe I’ll even walk the neighborhood barefoot.

So, today, kick of your shoes and enjoy Going Barefoot – a Free Way to Enjoy Life by aidenw.

Photo by Nicholas_T used by CC 2.0

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.

March is National Umbrella Month.  I guess it is now time to prepare for the upcoming April showers.

Beautiful Umbrellas for any Occasion
NuBrella,The New Hands Free Umbrella
Cute Umbrellas for Kids
Gothic Rain Umbrellas

Look up – March is National Optimism Month.

Winston Churchill once said, “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Your approach to life guides you through it. So brighten your path with positive thinking.

Optimism – Pollyanna Was On To Something by WellFedArtist (whose name even shows she is optimistic).