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pruning-the-minds-garden · 2 years ago

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For the ask game:

1, 5, 15 the first (actually 14, misnumbered), 20, 35, 44, 50, 57, 68, 83 - obviously only as far as you're comfortable. Feel free to skip any you might not want to do!

Bonus: not 27+28 - what are two things that annoy you about the gender binary XD

1. What have you eaten today?

Well it's 7 AM right now and I've not quite gotten around to eating anything just yet, but I should get on that...

5. What is your favorite scent?

I don't have a very strong sense of smell (only one nostril works at all, and that one has never worked very well - long story), so I'm not very scent-oriented outside of when I'm in the kitchen. But, I am told that scents like oak, moss, amber, some jasmines, darker florals, stuff like that are really nice. Since I am a sucker for operant conditioning as much as the next human so people responding well to them on me makes me respond well to them on me.

I don't go for the out and out "masculine" scents, though - your "leather" and "motor oil" and "cordite" and stuff like that, things deliberately designed and marketed to sound "tough and manly." Ick. No. I have no desire to smell like that.

[14.] Which do you prefer: a museum, a night club, the forest or a library?

Well, a night club is definitely at the bottom of the list. It's loud and crowded and that's definitely not my scene. The number of clubs and club-like scenes I've been to in my entire life can be counted on one hand.

Aside from that, those all sound lovely. Take your pick, really. I spent a substantial chunk of my childhood just walking through a national forest and boating around a huge lake that my grandmother had a house on the shore of, and she took me to museums and libraries because that's the kind of person she was and I am. Whenever I go to a new city I visit those places. Heck, I go re-visit old museums periodically and regularly support local libraries, also.

20. Are you holding on to something you need to let go of? If so then what?

Many, many things. I've an appointment with a therapist this evening to talk about some of them.

35. What jewelry are you wearing right now, and where did you get it?

I don't often wear jewelry. I find the sensory experience very unpleasant. Even wearing a wedding ring I find to be rather jarring. Obviously I do it because it's a symbol of fidelity and loyalty and respect (though at the end of the day it's just a piece of metal and those things remain true whether it's there or not), but it's still a bit... unpleasant. I don't have bracelet or watches or pendants/necklaces or earrings or anything like that, for that reason. Though, I have bought many fine pieces of jewelry with cool stories. My favorite is the first ring I bought for my now-wife, then-girlfriend. Hit me up in DM and I'll tell it to you. ;-)

44. What do people call you?

Mark is my name, though also MG or Minds. :-)

50. Favorite fruits?

I like Bananas, Rainier Cherries, Honeycrisp Apples, and Strawberries

57. What would your dream house be like?

Oh gosh that's a long description. My literal dream house, as in one that has consistently appeared in my dreams, is a cottage that is built some distance away from a lake that is itself inside a valley surrounded on all sides by misty mountain peaks. There is a small stream - and by small I mean, like, I can cross it with two or three steps - going to the lake and there is also a dock jutting out into the lake. The house is made of light grey mossy stone, with a bay window on the side facing the lake, and on the inside there are a lot of books and a fireplace. The temperature is not quite warm but also not uncomfortably chill, and the mist in the air is thick enough that the sun isn't quite clear in the sky, ever. Going inside the house it is a fairly simple affair, with my needs tended to but not a whole lot more.

Not exactly practical and it leave a whole lot out that I'd want in the real world - internet access, a car, my spouse, etc - but it's a good start.

68. Describe your hair.

It's past my shoulders, wavy, and dirty blonde. I haven't cut it in about four years. I put it into a pony tail sometimes when I am going to work (I work in a science lab) or my wife braids it for me. Because I never learned how to braid it as a kid I don't have the muscle memory to do it for myself, and I have trouble doing it in a reasonable amount of time in the mornings. Also...

83. Do you like when people play with your hair?

Lord yes I love it. That is one of the best parts about having long hair. Please for the love of all that is holy play with my hair I'll melt.

27.5 What are two things that irritate you about the [gender binary]?

I'll give one general thing, and one thing that's specific to my own experience of it.

The general thing: the sexualization of very young children, even infants. "Oh look, Timmy has a girlfriend!" "Oh look, he's gonna be such a heartbreaker!" -- ma'am, that's a barely sentient potato you're talking to and it wants a nipple for a completely different reason than you're implying. Used to be, we put white dresses on infants - all infants - until they got to a certain age, simply for ease, and I think that's really not so bad an idea. This whole aggressive gendering of everything is kind of insane. People think it's cute, but I really do not find it to be cute at all, and I think we should just let kids be kids and not try to fit them into the cognitive boxes we carve out for adults from the time they are 6 months old just for our own amusement.

The specific me thing: I'm not able to cry. I'm AMAB, and was raised with the idea that to cry is to show weakness, that "real men" don't do that, etc etc... and now I find, as I near 40, that even as I accept and proclaim that I'm not a real man thankyouverymuch, that when times get tough and I struggle with emotional periods in my life when I know it would be better to allow myself to feel the sadness I'm feeling... I just can't. I'm like a bathtub without a drain. I can feel the emotions building up, and then something in me just goes "no," and pushes that down. It is frustrating as hell.

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brookston · 1 year ago

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Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

Hidulphus (Christian; Saint)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 192 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 24 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 22 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 12 Lux; Fiveday [12 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2023

Moon: 32%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 21 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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mariacallous · 2 years ago

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Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan offered his “lesson number one about America” in his farewell address to the nation: “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” The same is true in China. One of the first steps of the Maoist revolution was forced collective dining, but reform and opening up of the country revolutionized Chinese households’ dinner options with an array of diverse delicacies from Dutch cheese and Norwegian salmon to Mexican avocados and Rainier cherries.

Tang Renjian, China’s minister of agriculture and rural affairs, accounted that, every day, China’s 1.4 billion people consume a staggering 700,000 tons of grain, 98,000 tons of edible oil, 1.92 million tons of vegetables, and 230,000 tons of meat. The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) understand that “to the emperor, the people is heaven; to the people, food is heaven,” as the traditional saying goes, and they have prioritized food security as a prerequisite to maintaining power, especially after the calamitous famines of the Maoist era. For decades, coupons were necessary to buy any food—a system not fully ended until 1995, although largely dead in the cities by the mid-1980s. Despite China’s emergence as the world’s factory, the country’s No. 1 central document, the first policy statement issued by the top authorities each year, has centered on food security and the three issues of agriculture, the countryside, and farmers since 2004.

This year is no exception, as the Central Committee of the CCP and the State Council jointly released the highly anticipated No. 1 document for 2023 on Feb. 13. The document, which carries enormous weight, sets forth two critical priorities: safeguarding national food security and protecting farmland. While previous No.1 documents touched on these issues between 2004 and 2012, it was not until 2013, when Xi Jinping assumed leadership, that the annual No. 1 document established a consistent and resolute focus on food security and farmland preservation.

The 2013 No.1 document marked Xi’s first policy statement as China’s top leader and laid out his roadmap for enhancing China’s food security. At its core was ensuring China’s national food supply to strengthen food self-sufficiency. The document called for a robust supervision system to improve China’s food safety. It also unprecedentedly urged the need to “implement the most stringent farmland protection system and promote the development of high-standard farmland.”

Xi’s steadfast prioritization of food security is not misplaced, as China’s political system remains vulnerable to food insecurity. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, collective grievances aggravated by disruptions in the food supply and lockdown-induced food shortages sparked a wave of protests in more than a dozen cities, with demonstrators demanding, “We want food, not COVID tests.” Such public expressions of dissent have been rare in China since the mass Tiananmen protests in 1989. Given such alarming circumstances, Xi has underscored that China’s growing dependence on imported food presents a national security concern, even though China so far has been able to feed its 1.4 billion people.

Since taking office in 2013, Xi has stressed that “the rice bowls of the Chinese people must always be held firmly in our own hand and filled mainly with Chinese grain.” His approach to safeguarding national food security rests on achieving self-sufficiency by increasing domestic supply. At the Central Economic Work Conference in December 2022, Xi reiterated the importance of bolstering China’s capacity to ensure food security and self-sufficiency.

Xi is correct to recognize that preserving farmland is an indispensable factor in the quest to achieve food self-sufficiency. China has experienced alarming levels of farmland loss and deterioration in recent years. The most recent land use survey showed that China’s total arable land decreased from 334 million acres in 2013 to 316 million acres in 2019, a loss of more than 5 percent in just six years. Shockingly, more than one-third of China’s remaining arable land (660 million mu, a traditional unit of land measurement in China and equal to roughly 109 million acres, slightly larger than Montana) suffers from problems of degradation, acidification, and salinization.

The land has been eroding faster in recent years. The annual net decrease of arable land has risen from about 6 million mu (about 988,421 acres) from 1957 to 1996 to more than 11 million mu (about 1.8 million acres) from 2009 to 2019. This means that between 2009 and 2019, China lost farmland equal to about the size of South Carolina. China’s diminishing farmland is also losing productivity due to over-cultivation and excess use of fertilizers. China’s fertilizer usage in 2018 was 6.4 times that of 1978, but grain yield in 2018 was only 2.2 times that of 1978.

As in many other countries, such as the United States and India, a major cause for China’s farmland deterioration has been its land-intensive industrialization and urbanization over the past three decades. Farmland has been expropriated to meet the strong demand for land to support the expansion of manufacturing, infrastructure, and urban development. Competing interests for land use have resulted in arable land being expropriated for more lucrative development projects. In the contest for land use among food growers, cash-crop planters, and property developers, profit maximization often trumps the needs of food farmers, especially when imported foods are much cheaper than locally grown options.

Satellite monitoring data shows that grain planting accounts for about 70 percent of China’s existing arable land, while the remainder is used for growing cash crops, gardens, forestry, or left fallow. Several Chinese researchers, such as scholars from Anhui and a team from China Agricultural University and China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, have independently reached the same conclusion that by the time China achieves an urbanization rate of 70 percent by 2030, the country is likely to lose about 20 million mu (about 3.3 million acres) of high-quality arable land..

In March 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China jointly issued “General Rules for Well-Facilitated Farmland Construction,” which set quantifiable criteria for high-quality farmland for different Chinese regions. The Chinese government aims to develop 1.2 billion mu of high-quality farmland (about 198 million acres) by 2030, an area larger than Texas. The government plans to increase investment in high-standard farmland to an annual average of 3,000 yuan per mu nationwide, which requires a yearly investment of at least 75 billion yuan for 2023-2030. However, current investment significantly falls short at only 1,458 yuan per mu, less than half of the target, due to local government fiscal difficulties and declining central government subsidies.

Yet, however necessary it might be, Xi’s prioritization of food security and farmland protection does not and cannot come for free. Implementing restrictive farmland protection policies will inevitably reduce local governments’ fiscal capacity because revenue from land-use-right sales constitutes the majority of local government revenue—as it has done since fiscal reforms in the 1990s left regular tax income flowing toward the central government, not local authorities. In 2022, local governments’ land-related income fell for the first time in six years, primarily due to declined revenue from land-use-right sales.

According to China’s Ministry of Finance, local government revenue from land-use-right sales fell from a record high of 8.7 trillion yuan in 2021 to 6.68 trillion yuan in 2022, a reduction of 23.3 percent. Given that revenue from land-use-right sales remained as high as 51.29 percent of local government revenue, any further decrease in this revenue source will worsen their fiscal capability to finance public expenditures, including funding the development of high-quality farmland urged by Xi.

In addition, the massive nationwide spending on COVID controls in 2020-2022, which the BBC reported to be somewhere between 520 billion yuan and 1.56 trillion yuan, coupled with the decline in local government revenue, suggests that neither the central authorities nor local governments will have the fiscal capacity to increase expenditure on farmland protection without increasing their debt. Allocating money to finance farmland protection with debt proceeds is particularly challenging when the government has another more urgent priority: boosting economic recovery by encouraging Chinese households to expand their consumption.

Stripped of financial resources, local governments are more incentivized to boost land sales and increase revenue than to abandon selling farmland, especially when the immediate priority is to jump-start an economic rebound. To this end, in November 2022, the People’s Bank of China and China’s Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission jointly issued a set of 16 measures to revive the country’s distressed property market and help developers secure financing. This policy change suggests the party-state is once again betting on the property market’s recovery to restore growth.

Over the past two years, Chinese private property developers such as Evergrande and Vanke have pulled back from aggressive land purchasing due to stringent restrictions. While this reduced demand from private property developers should have helped alleviate the temptation to appropriate farmland for property development, much of the demand void has been filled by state-owned enterprises and government-backed developers or companies, such as local government financing vehicles (LGFVs). LGFVs allow local governments to raise off-balance-sheet debt through bond issuance to fund long-term infrastructure investment without increasing their on-the-book leverage ratio. A report by Haitong Securities, a Shanghai-based securities brokerage firm, showed that in 2022 more than 80 percent of the 100 largest land-purchasing companies were state-owned enterprises.

The share of LGFVs’ land purchases in local government land sale revenue increased to nearly 20 percent in 2022, up from 14.5 percent in 2021, suggesting that LGFVs likely have provided a false revenue source and exacerbated local governments’ off-balance-sheet debt problem. Similarly, The Wall Street Journal reported cases in Zhengzhou, Shenyang, and Suzhou where half to three-quarters of land sold by the city governments were bought by local government-controlled companies, many of which were set up just days or weeks after the announcement of the land auctions. In essence, local authorities are borrowing illicitly to fund their own revenue, mortgaging their financial and pastoral future in order to stay afloat. Boosting land sales through government-owned or government-controlled entities when demand from private developers is low provides a politically convenient channel for local governments to raise revenue at limited costs.

Investing limited fiscal resources in farmland protection, in contrast, does not generate immediate political and financial returns, making it a tough sell for local officials who are under pressure to deliver a rapid economic recovery. While safeguarding farmland is an important cause in the long term, and one backed from the top in Beijing in theory, it costs money from the pockets of local governments and subsidies from the central authorities. For local officials, the more pressing challenge consuming their attention and resources is to restore economic growth.

These cost-benefit calculations mean local officials are likely to revert to their most familiar playbook of increasing revenue by expanding land sales and converting farmlands to factories and houses to accelerate rural industrialization and urbanization. This immediate-term expansion in land sales implies that China could have an excess housing supply that may lead to another housing market crash in the next five to 10 years if demand for housing fails to catch up.

Limited domestic farmland availability combined with the pursuit of food security dictates that China would expand its overseas farmland investment and advance its strategy of farming out. The 2007 No. 1 document set farming and agriculture “going out” into the rest of the world as a national strategy for the first time, but the focus back then was exports. The 2016 No.1 document updated guidelines on international agriculture cooperation, focusing on agricultural investment and supporting Chinese companies’ overseas operations.

According to Land Matrix, a European land-monitoring organization, Chinese companies have gained control of 6.48 million hectares (16 million acres) in foreign territories, which is nearly the size of Ireland. This number dwarfs the combined 1.56 million hectares controlled by British companies, the 860,000 hectares held by U.S. companies, and the 420,000 hectares owned by Japanese companies. Chinese investment in U.S. farmland has already triggered concerns in Washington, even though China currently only holds less than 1 percent of foreign-owned U.S. farmland. Republican lawmakers have already drafted a bill to ban Chinese purchases of American farmland, while in states like Texas measures are even more advanced. China not only owns farmland in the United States but also in U.S. allies’ territory, such as the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

If China’s economic recovery and its continued growth are fueled by land sales and its property market, Xi’s prioritization of food security means Chinese entities will have to embark on more aggressive overseas land purchases. While the current theater of U.S.-China competition has been centered on the chips and semiconductors industry, a new front may emerge in the form of competition over farmland and agriculture technology. The party can survive setbacks in the chip war, but the stakes are much higher in the fight for food security. Failure on the food security front will threaten the survival of the regime.

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nobertsales · 4 months ago

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National Rainier Cherry Day

The sweet #RainierCherries have a thin skin with a creamy-yellow flesh. Cherries are a temperamental crop that is sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain. While cherries in general present growing challenges, Rainier cherries are unique. Their delicate skins require the cherries to be hand-picked. However, superior taste keeps producers and consumers coming back for more.

The Rainier cherry, named after Washington State's famous volcanic peak, was created in 1952 by cross-breeding the Bing and Van varieties. The cherry was developed by Dr. Harold W. Fogle of Washington State University in Prosser, Washington.

🍒 #NationalRainierCherryDay #FoodOfTheDay #NobertSales @NobertSales #Food #FoodSolutions #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #WeKnowFood #FoodConsultant #FoodDude

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brookstonalmanac · 4 months ago

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Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

All American Pet Photo Day

Bandoneon Day (Argentina)

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Forest Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

Hecate Asteroid Day

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Rhyming Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

National Tree Day (Mexico)

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Srebrenica Memorial Day (UK)

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

The 12th Planet, by Zecharia Sitchin (Conspiracy Book; 1976)

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

Independence & Related Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

2nd Thursday in July

Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo begins (Vernal, Utah) [2nd Thursday thru Saturday]

National Tree Day [2nd Thursday]

Oregon Trail Days begin (Geris, Nebraska) [2nd Thursday thru Sunday]

Oxegen Festival begins (Ireland) [2nd Thursday there Sunday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Turkey Rama begins (McMinnville, Oregon) [2nd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 11 (2nd Week of July)

Jim Thorpe Native American Games (thru 7.19)

National Parenting Gifted Children Week (thru 7.13) [3rd Weekend]

Festivals Beginning July 11, 2024

Big Stone County Fair (Clinton, Minnesota) [thru 7.14]

Capital Fringe (Washington, DC) [thru 7.21]

Corn Fest (Midland, Michigan) [thru 7.14]

CRAVE! Food & Drink Celebration (Spokane Valley, Washington) [thru 7.13]

Delta Chicken Festival (Delta, Ohio) [thru 7.13]

Dine Downtown San Jose Restaurant Week (San Jose, California) [thru 7.21]

Elsie Dairy Festival (Elsie, Michigan) [thru 7.13]

Gunnison Cattlemen's Days (Gunnison, Colorado) [thru 7.13]

Hot Dog Nite (Luverne, Minnesota)

Japan Expo (Paris, France) [thru 7.14]

King County Fair (Enumclaw, Washington) [thru 7.14]

Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament (Fort Peck Lake, Montana) [thru 7.13]

NOS Alive (Lisbon, Portugal) [thru 7.13]

Ortigueira International Festival of the Celtic World (Ortigueira, Spain) [thru 7.14]

Pohoda Festival (Trenčín, Slovakia) [thru 7.13]

Pula Film Festival (Pula, Croatia) [thru 7.18]

Salute! A Festival of Wine & Food (Lawrence, Kansas) [thru 7.13]

Schubertiade Vorarlberg (Hohenems, Austria) [thru 7.14]

Slugburger Festival (Corinth, Mississippi) [thru 7.13]

South Carolina Festival of Discovery (Greenwood, South Carolina) [thru 7.13]

South Carolina Peach Festival Gaffney, South Carolina) [thru 7.20]

Toledo Cheese Days (Toledo, Washington) [thru 7.14]

Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Yaga Gathering (Valkininkai, Lithuania) [thru 7.15]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Bobbie Louise Hawkins (Writerism)

Boris Grigoriev (Artology)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

E. B. White (Writerism)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Hidulphus (a.k.a. Hidulf; Christian; Saint)

H. M. Brock (Artology)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

John of Bergamo (Christian; Saint)

Kronia (Festival honoring Kronos (Father Time) and Rhea (Mother Earth); Ancient Greece; Everyday Wicca)

Marie Lu (Writerism)

Martin Wong (Artology)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 6 (Shamanism)

Molly Darton (Muppetism)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Roy Krenkel (Artology)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

Tinne (Celtic Book of Days)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alice’s Medicine Show (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Bats in the Belfry (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1960)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Bringing Home the Bacon (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

Child Psykolojiky (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

The Joke, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1967)

The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham (Novel; 1953)

Little Cheeser (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1936)

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Ordinary People, by Judith Guest (Novel; 1976)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 193 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 6 (Bing-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 5 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 4 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 13 Red; Fryday [13 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2024

Moon: 29%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 22 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

#Holidays

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worldrandom · 1 year ago

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national holidays

7-5

foreign slovaks day independence day in alergia mechanical penical day national apple turnover day national bikini day national graham crackers day national hawaii day national workaholics day work without your hands day

7-6

capital national day international kissing day national air traffic control day national fried chicken day national hand roll day thirsty thursday umbrella cover day world zoo day

7-7

global forgiveness day international peace and love day national day of rock and roll national dora day national father daughter take a walk day national koi day national macaroni day star festival tell the truth day

7-8

be kind again day international skinny dip day math 2.0 day national national blue berry day national chocolate with almonds day national freeeser pop day national ice cream sundae day national love your skin day national scud day national video game day

7-9

argentine independence day barn day call of the horizona day fashion day national dont pull a your eggs in one omelet day national sugar cokkie day

7-10

bahamas independence day dont step on bug day feast of st rosalia global energry independece day gospel day national kitten day national pinma colada day national pizza day in brazil national wyomming day pick blueberries day politicall flag day teddy bear picnic day comy river festival nude recreation week

7-11

all american pet photo day bowdlers day captive nations week cheer up the lonely day cow appreciation day pay of the flemish community international essential oils day naadam holiday national zelwven day national blueberry muffin day national free slurpe day national mojito day national rainier cherry day nationla swimming pool day national world population day shark week

7-12

amzon prime day battle of the boyne etch a sketch day mexico lawyers day nationla eat your jello day national pecan pie day night of nights paper bag dayt

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vancouverislandtotoronto2023 · 1 year ago

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At Yakima, I picked up Interstate 82 to Kennewick. The problem with Interstates is that you don't see the small towns, the farms, the communities, and the people, so you miss all the local flavourful of where you are. It is definitely faster and shorter, though. I opted to swallow the extra 150 km and get off at Kennewick and pick up US 12 to Walla Walla. Somewhere in there, I passed the Palisades and Mt Rainier.

The leeward side of Washington past the mountains is very dry and brown. Thanks to irrigation, however, it is a thriving fruit area with apples, cherries, and grapes. The top of the hills is not irrigated. The bottom is. The difference is stark.

Past Walla Walla I entered Oregon and headed SE on US 204 through the Umtilla National Forest. Beautiful and green and high and snowy. Thank God not on the road. This time, I got through.

BTW, when you see those red markers beside the highway, you know they get a lot of snow.

Over the mountains and ski hills of Umatilla, I headed for LA Grande, where I picked up Interstate 84 for the last leg of a very long day to Baker City. Much to my disappointment, Baker City is the highest point on the former Oregon Trail and a former gold rush town, not a city named after its bakers and its pastries.

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How Many States

The how many states poll I answered and reblogged reminded me of my 2022 summer trip and other car ride stories.

My introduction to long car/van/passenger vehicle rides was the three-and-a-half to four hour trips we used to make from my home to my cousins' home in NY State. We'd go three to four times a year, sometimes for as short a stay as Friday through Sunday. In the summer we'd stay longer, but rarely a full week. In retrospect I see this was likely due to the adults limited tolerance for one another.

When I was 12 my family drove from MA to Orlando, FL. We stayed overnight in Atlantic City, NJ, after spending the day at the Bronx Zoo. The next day I think we spent the night somewhere in Georgia after crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (idk why my mom chose to do that, she hated every moment of that stretch of road, but it is very cool). In Orlando we went to Disney and Epcot and the now-closed River Country (which I until-today thought was named after the Fort Wilderness campground which apparently used to contain the water park before it closed). On the way home we stopped in DC to see the cherry blossoms - and not much else. We were all very tired of not having our normal routines by then and I think my parents rushed the trip home out of exasperation.

We never took a longer car trip as a family after that :P

This past summer my partner R___ and I took the Amtrak from MA to WA. We had a sleeper cabin which was an awesome way to travel. I wouldn't have wanted to travel that far by seat alone, but having the option to stretch out, and lay down was delightful. I enjoyed the older model, single-level train of the first leg (lakeshore limited) better than the more modern, two-level train we took from Chicago onward - the LL cabin had a row of windows for each sleeping bunk, and a toilet tucked right into the cabin for middle-of-the-night peeing. The Empire Builder (train line from Chicago to Seattle) was clearly a newer train but from the upper bunk your only view was the inside of the cabin.

Because there was a layover of a few hours between the arrival in Chicago of the LL and the departure of the EB, and since my oldest friend C______ lives in Chicago, we decided to stay overnight one night and resume the journey the next day, which was an excellent decision in so many ways. From the logistics perspective, it meant that we never spent more than two nights in a row on the train, which was a bonus. Additionally it meant we had time to enjoy the Field Museum, a lovely dinner at the Duck Inn, and C and I stayed up late, late into the night talking about life, growing up, being grown up, and playing crokinole (my first time).

The highlight of the train journey was the happy accident that R and I took dinner in the dining car for exactly the right seating, completely unbeknownst to us. As we were enjoying our complementary freshly prepared meal and complimentary cocktail, the train arrived at the station for Glacier National Park, then proceeded to climb into the Rocky Mountains as the sun began to set. We were treated to the golden glow of the last hour of daylight illuminating fresh dustings of snow on pine-clad ridges and valleys climbing up the slopes as we ascended into the mountains (my first time approaching the mountains by land)

On the way home, we were driving a Penske moving truck. Our goals were to 100% Rt. 90, visit Bear Lodge (colonizer name: Devil's Tower), visit Deadwood, and (suggested by a friend) visit Wall Drug store. We left on a Friday evening, planning to drive about 4 hours before stopping. We had until the following Friday to return the truck at our end destination - plenty of time, we thought. We had previously driven a rental car from the end of Rt 90 in Seattle towards Mt Tahoma (colonizer name: Rainier), which saved us some headache in the moving truck, avoiding downtown traffic and a detour since our initial departure point was on the Olympic Peninsula. We picked up Rt 90 just before the exit we'd previously used to visit the mountain, and we were making good time, but then we had to stop.

R's guts had decided to rebel (I think this is about when they coined the phrase "the bowelrog has awoken") and we spent the next three nights in the hospital in Nowhere Lake, WA. I may rant another time about the emotional journey which was being in this area, but for now I'll just say that we escaped that place with mostly pleasant memories on Independence day. We were now almost three days behind schedule, but determined to make up the time on the road.

We decided immediately that we had to skip Bear Lodge and Deadwood to meet our timeline. We also agreed that skipping those reinforced our dedication to earning the Rt. 90 100% complete badge. Unfortunately, this meant Wall Drug was still on the table - we stayed just long enough for me to eliminate a bowelrog of my own and for R to get low-key stressed out about the WAY TOO MANY FUCKING PEOPLE milling around before we jumped back on the road.

After leaving WA we stopped in Sheridan Wyoming. On Tuesday we only drove about 500 miles, stopping somewhat early in preparation for The Push. We had decided to push for 1000 miles on Wednesday, starting early and staying up late, but pushing on all the way to our home time zone, close enough to get the rest of the way home in one shorter drive on Thursday. We drove from Mitchell South Dakota to [incomprehensible] Ohio.

Did you know that in OH Routes 80 and 90 merge, as 90 dives south to get around the Great Lakes? Did you know that OH traffic signs on 80 have been allowed to deteriorate to such a degree that the characters on them don't really reflect light in a useful way? Did you know that since Rt. 80 is the 'primary' route at that point, that to stay on 90 you need to take an exit ramp?

I didn't know any of that until I was approximately 50 miles past the turn off. We spent another tenish miles deciding whether we should just follow GPS to the hotel we were aiming for, or whether we were going to turn around, drive 50 miles the wrong direction, and take 90 through Cleveland as we had originally planned. Ultimately, "I never want to come back to Ohio, and especially not just to complete a hundred miles of 90 I'll never have another reason to return to" won out. We turned around, head 50-60 miles back down 80, passed the exit for 90 and turned around again, then switched drivers and drove on through Cleveland and another stretch of highway until we reached Madison. (Incomprehensible earlier because I literally had no idea where we were by then. I had to look up my hotel reservation history to confirm that detail. I'm impressed that we made it that far - I had a memory that maybe we'd stopped slightly before we intended to because of the gods damned tireds.

From Madison to Buffalo to Syracuse to Albany and on to home we managed another 500 miles, which was still exhausting because we had not enough rest or sleep or relaxation this week, but we did it. Two amazing friends drove approximately 2 hours each way just to meet us at the storage unit where we unloaded the truck, which we managed to do that same night. Then we slept, and then we returned the truck on time and full of gas! (except for one minor hiccup where I had to go fill the tank after the guy had started my paperwork and technically got back after noon but he didn't ding us for it!)

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murderousink23 · 1 year ago

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07/11/2023 is National Maritime Day 🚢🇨🇳, All American Pet Photo Day 🐰🐹🐶🐶🦜🇺🇲, National Blueberry Muffin Day 🇺🇲, National Cheer Up The Lonely Day 🇺🇲, National Mojito Day 🇺🇲, National Rainier Cherry Day 🇺🇲, World Population Day 🇺🇳

#national maritime day #all american pet photo day #national blueberry muffin day #national cheer up the lonely day #national mojito day #national rainier cherry day #world population day

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ami-ven · 2 years ago

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Happy National Rainier Cherry Day!

#national rainier cherry day #rainier cherries #national days of stuff #holiday

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brookston · 4 months ago

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Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

All American Pet Photo Day

Bandoneon Day (Argentina)

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Forest Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

Hecate Asteroid Day

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Rhyming Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

National Tree Day (Mexico)

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Srebrenica Memorial Day (UK)

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

The 12th Planet, by Zecharia Sitchin (Conspiracy Book; 1976)

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

Independence & Related Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

2nd Thursday in July

Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo begins (Vernal, Utah) [2nd Thursday thru Saturday]

National Tree Day [2nd Thursday]

Oregon Trail Days begin (Geris, Nebraska) [2nd Thursday thru Sunday]

Oxegen Festival begins (Ireland) [2nd Thursday there Sunday]

Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Turkey Rama begins (McMinnville, Oregon) [2nd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 11 (2nd Week of July)

Jim Thorpe Native American Games (thru 7.19)

National Parenting Gifted Children Week (thru 7.13) [3rd Weekend]

Festivals Beginning July 11, 2024

Big Stone County Fair (Clinton, Minnesota) [thru 7.14]

Capital Fringe (Washington, DC) [thru 7.21]

Corn Fest (Midland, Michigan) [thru 7.14]

CRAVE! Food & Drink Celebration (Spokane Valley, Washington) [thru 7.13]

Delta Chicken Festival (Delta, Ohio) [thru 7.13]

Dine Downtown San Jose Restaurant Week (San Jose, California) [thru 7.21]

Elsie Dairy Festival (Elsie, Michigan) [thru 7.13]

Gunnison Cattlemen's Days (Gunnison, Colorado) [thru 7.13]

Hot Dog Nite (Luverne, Minnesota)

Japan Expo (Paris, France) [thru 7.14]

King County Fair (Enumclaw, Washington) [thru 7.14]

Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament (Fort Peck Lake, Montana) [thru 7.13]

NOS Alive (Lisbon, Portugal) [thru 7.13]

Ortigueira International Festival of the Celtic World (Ortigueira, Spain) [thru 7.14]

Pohoda Festival (Trenčín, Slovakia) [thru 7.13]

Pula Film Festival (Pula, Croatia) [thru 7.18]

Salute! A Festival of Wine & Food (Lawrence, Kansas) [thru 7.13]

Schubertiade Vorarlberg (Hohenems, Austria) [thru 7.14]

Slugburger Festival (Corinth, Mississippi) [thru 7.13]

South Carolina Festival of Discovery (Greenwood, South Carolina) [thru 7.13]

South Carolina Peach Festival Gaffney, South Carolina) [thru 7.20]

Toledo Cheese Days (Toledo, Washington) [thru 7.14]

Winnipeg Folk Festival (Winnipeg, Canada) [thru 7.14]

Yaga Gathering (Valkininkai, Lithuania) [thru 7.15]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Bobbie Louise Hawkins (Writerism)

Boris Grigoriev (Artology)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

E. B. White (Writerism)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Hidulphus (a.k.a. Hidulf; Christian; Saint)

H. M. Brock (Artology)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

John of Bergamo (Christian; Saint)

Kronia (Festival honoring Kronos (Father Time) and Rhea (Mother Earth); Ancient Greece; Everyday Wicca)

Marie Lu (Writerism)

Martin Wong (Artology)

Millennial Fairy Olympics, Day 6 (Shamanism)

Molly Darton (Muppetism)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint & Widow)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Roy Krenkel (Artology)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

Tinne (Celtic Book of Days)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alice’s Medicine Show (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Bats in the Belfry (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1960)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Bringing Home the Bacon (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1941)

Child Psykolojiky (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1941)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

The Joke, by Milan Kundera (Novel; 1967)

The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham (Novel; 1953)

Little Cheeser (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1936)

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Ordinary People, by Judith Guest (Novel; 1976)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 193 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of Week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 6 (Bing-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 5 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 4 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 13 Red; Fryday [13 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2024

Moon: 29%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 22 of 94)

Week: 2nd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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emilreloaded · 5 years ago

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Okay, I've been tagged a few times now, so what the heckies. If I tagged you at the end of this and you'd rather I not do that, terribly sorry, feel free to disregard this.

rules: Stuff your rules. I'm combining a couple of these into one post. It's gonna be a long one.

tagged by @should-be-sleeping @garbagepail

Name: Emil

Nickname: Shunk, TV's Jack Blastum

Gender: im a very manly man probably

Zodiac sign: The Archer

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Current time: 1425

Languages: English and i used to speak German but it's been 20 years...

Nationality: American and Finnish (for reallies, it makes business travel both interesting and painful)

Fav season: Winter.

Fav flower: Yellow Star Tulip, snapdragons, and roses (because roses are the only plant i can ever keep alive in my garden).

Fav scent: Wet concrete. Not, like, concrete that has been sprayed with water, but the actual sauce that hardens into concrete.

Fav colors: Fuschia. Magenta. Pink and purple.

Fav animal: uhhhh axolotls are cute but idk much about them. I like most animals for a variety of reasons.

Fav fictional characters: in no particular order, Naomi Nagata and her goofy husband Jim (the show is great but the books are amazing), Connie Maheswaran, Taako, GlaDOS, Mark Watney, Elma York, Tiny Tina. Hmm. There's a definite trend there. Look, it's not like I *only* consume science fiction prominently featuring women, but the men in stories tend to be empty vessels for the ostensibly male reader/viewer to wear like a skin suit, and they're not very interesting.

Favorite food: Rainier cherries. Every time I buy a pound or two or five, I end up eating them all in one sitting and spending the rest of the day in the bathroom but it's soooo worth it.

Favorite artist: Goldcoyote or Dappermouth on Tumblr; traditional media I'm partial to Van Gogh.

Song stuck in my head: the metal cover of "toss a coin to your witcher" and it's driving me nuts because it's not even a song, it's just two lines

Last movie watched: Aniara. It's incredibly depressing, but very relevant.

Last thing googled: venture brothers doctor killinger

Other blogs: they're all defunct now and I'm just as happy to leave them as relics to an age gone by.

Do I get asks: No, but if we're mutuals, feel free to message me directly!

Reason for your url: oof. Okay. So, I grew up in an insular community and, in spite of my mother's best efforts, had some very ...problematic preconceptions about the world. After moving away for seven years or so, I had a breakdown trying to reconcile who I was and how I felt with the ideology I had lived with for the first twenty-five years of my life. I stopped digging ditches for a living (not a criticism, btw, it was honest work but I was bored), went back to school, and made a point of improving myself. "Be the change you want to see" and all that. Sooooo. Reloaded.

Average sleep: The error bars on this number are more than 50% but 5.5hrs-ish.

Lucky number: 2

Dream job: Homesteading and helping to coordinate a co-op with some friends.

Dream trip: I want to hike/bicycle across North America. La Paz to St. John's, down to Miami, up to Nome, and eventually back to wherever home is (obviously there's gonna be a ferry trip or two in there).

Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: I drink so much goddamn coffee because it's free at work. But I love them all.

Cat or dog person: Both! But only cats atm.

# of blankets you sleep with: Two, plus sheets.

Blog established: 2010. Started using it in earnest 2012.

Following: 361 tumblrs and a few twitters.

followers: Fewer than I'd like, more than I deserve.

Instruments: I play the piano. Poorly.

Favorite song: “Wish You Were Here," Pink Floyd.

Random fact: My neighbor has poison oak growing in one of those urban tree cutouts in front of their house.

Tagging (in no particular order, and don't feel obligated): @king-in-yellow ,@anotherdapta ,@frick-yes-dragons ,@zohbugg ,@cianm1301

#long post #blah blah blah

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brookstonalmanac · 1 year ago

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Holidays 7.11

Holidays

Advice to the Lovelorn Day

Bean Day (French Republic)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Bowdler's Day

Celebration of the Golden Spurs (Flanders)

Convenience Store Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina)

Day of the Fire Fighter (Mexico)

Day of the Five Billion (1987)

Drummer Appreciation Day

Duel Day

Eleventh Night (Bonfire Night; Northern Ireland)

Flemish Community Day (Belgium)

International EcoBrick Day

International Essential Oils Day

International Richard Cheese Day

Ker Puja (Tripura, India)

Maritime Day (China)

Naadam (Mongolia)

National All American Pet Photo Day

National Cheer Up the Lonely Day

National Culture and Senior Citizens Day (Kiribati)

National Day of Remembrance of Victims of Genocide by Ukrainian Nationalists on Citizens of the Second Republic of Poland (Poland)

National Essential Oils Day

National Journalist Day (Chile)

National Maritime Day (China)

National Polyphenol Day

National Recovery Day

National 7-Eleven Day

National Swimming Pool Day

Orangeman’s Day (Canada)

Reading Guilt Day

Relisha Rudd Remembrance Day (DC)

Robert the Bruce Day (Scotland)

711 Day

Straw Free Day (Colorado)

Swimming Pool Day

To Kill A Mockingbird Day

World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day

World Fringe Day

World Independent Living Day

World Massage Day

World Population Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Blueberry Muffin Day

Free Slurpee Day (7-11 Stores)

Hot Dog Night (Luverne, Minnesota)

International Raw Food Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherry Day

National State Fair Food Day

Ramen Day (Japan)

Vegetarian Food Day

World Chocolate Day (Russia)

2nd Tuesday in July

Alpenfest begins (Gaylord, Missouri) [2nd Tuesday thru Saturday]

Carnival Tuesday (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) [2nd Tuesday]

Cow Appreciation Day [2nd Tuesday]

Independence Days

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Polarveinn (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Benedict of Nursia (Christian; Saint)

Drostan of Dalcongaile (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Min (Ancient Egyptian harvest & fertility festival)

Feast of Theano (patron of vegetarianism)

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Imamat Day (Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims)

James, Bishop of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)

James McNeill Whistler (Artology)

Hidulphus (Christian; Saint)

Naadam begins (Three Games of Men Festival; Mongolia) [thru 7.15]

Next Generation Captain (Muppetism)

Olga of Kiev (Christian; Saint)

Pancho Villa Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Pius I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Solstitium VII (Pagan)

St. Stephen of Hungary (Positivist; Saint)

World Population Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Premieres

Alphas (TV Series; 2011)

Beechwood 4-5789, by The Marvelettes (Song; 1962)

Boyhood (Film; 2014)

Contact (Film; 1997)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2014)

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Animated Film; 2001)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1975)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (US Film; 2007) [#5]

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Film; 2008)

Honky Tonk Women, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1969)

Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Play; 1971) [1st Stage Performance]

Musashi, by Eiji Yoshikawa (Novel; 1939)

My Bodyguard (Film; 1980)

The Newlywed Game (Game Show; 1967)

Orange Is the New Black (TV Series; 2013)

Porky’s Pet (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

School for Scoundrels (Film; 1960)

Shall We Dance? (Film; 1997)

Sharknado (Film; 2013)

Snowpiercer (Film; 2014)

Sorry Not Sorry, by Demi Lovato (Song; 2014)

Space Oddity, by David Bowie (Song; 1969)

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (Novel; 1960)

Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh (Novel; 1993)

Wild Over You (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Benedikt, Olga, Oliver (Austria)

Oleg, Olga (Bulgariaa)

Benedikt, Dobroslav, Olga (Croatia)

Olga (Czech Republic)

Josva (Denmark)

Asko, Askur (Estonia)

Eleonoora, Elli, Nelli, Noora (Finland)

Benoît, Olga, Yolande (France)

Benedikt (Germany)

Evfemia, Evfimia, Olga (Greece)

Lili, Nóra (Hungary)

Benedetto, Emanuele, Fabrizio, Olga (Italy)

Leonora, Lore, Svens, Varaidotis (Latvia)

Kipras, Kiprijonas, Pijus, Šarūnė, Vilmantas (Lithuania)

Kjell, Kjetil (Norway)

Benedykt, Cyprian, Kalina, Kallina, Kir, Olga, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Pius, Placyd, Sawin, Wyszesława (Poland)

Eufimia (Romania)

Milota (Slovakia)

Benito, Olga (Spain)

Eleonora, Ellinor (Sweden)

Lusia, Olha, Olusia, Olia (Ukraine)

Alvia, Helga, Livia, Olga, Olive, Ollie, Oliver, Olivia, Quentin, Quincy, Quinn, Quintina, Quinton (USA)

Benoît, Alenka, Olga, Olya (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 192 of 2024; 173 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 24 (Geng-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 22 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 12 Lux; Fiveday [12 of 30]

Julian: 28 June 2023

Moon: 32%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Stephen of Hungary]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 21 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 21 of 31)

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