#sf fleet week

[hanniewinnix]

And if webgott fleetweek in san francisco AU?

[fakenerdboy]

The blue angels said slava ukraini

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

F-35B Lightning Takes Flight: Soaring Over Golden Gate for Fleet Week 2024!

[pikapika-ch3ww]

October 13. 2024

Coord to go to fleet week in SF.

Met another Lolita there so that was nice 😊

[lesbiradshaw]

Monica Barbaro for the Blue Angels during SF Fleet Week ‘22

[ayhanokcal]

It was fleet week in SF this weekend, so took out my camera after a long while and tried to take a couple close up photos using my 75-300mm lens

It was challenging to keep everything in focus and have a fast enough shutter speed. It was a sunny-ish day, so kept my aperture at f9 - f10 to avoid having a shallow depth of field while maintaining 1/200s to 1/400s shutter speed

Always super cool to see F22 Raptors and F35 Lightning IIs use their afterburners

[fingerlickin]

gratitude 🪸

(practice is: name a minimum of three things you feel grateful for that day/ per day, absolute basics ‘i had food to eat’ are fine)

•it’s fleet week in sf and I worked a wedding at cavallo point just behind/under the golden gate today. we were setting up the arch and jets and like ww2 planes were flying over. they do a commercial jet flying over the bridge and low over the bay which was wild. this one fighter jet? zoomed over so low and curved it gave me chills. it then got too foggy for the blue angels to do their finale- such a perfect sf experience- the Pacific Ocean is churning out there and the shining second summer comes October but guess what it ends today. it’s such a wild waste of resources and it made me feel so thankful that I’ve never heard that bewildering immense sound and known my city was being destroyed and people were going to die. the skill of operating a plane like that is just cool to think about too.

•this milk warming and frothing device my friends have at their house, such a little luxury!!

•hobie the pug I’m watching being so happy when I got home. He was literally snorting and furiously humping a blanket and a pillow like a freaking gremlin for like two hours when I got here yesterday (even after a walk!!) but today he’s mellowed and I’m very glad for that

•it is perfect temperature out right now 9pm, sitting on some outdoor furniture smoking a cig drinking some sauvignon blanc, completely overcast so it’s warm but there’s a tiny lil breeze trying to push thru

•pumpkins!!!! so many wonky beautiful kinds and we just put them everywhere this time of year it’s so fucking endearing of us

[green-eyes-and-orange-ties]

Sunday Mornings ☀️

Thought process a little convoluted on this one- I was thinking if the effects of Sebastian's touch take 24hrs to wear off, then Angelo would always need 24hrs before going into work on Monday. But he would still be able to feel things Sunday, just not Seb.....

"We should get- " Angelo was interrupted by Sebastian's noises of protest.

"Hmm?" Angelo sounded as though he was thinking on it, when really he'd already conceded. "Make your case, Fen." Angelo felt Sebastian's cheeks flush at the mock formality, and allowed himself a small smile.

"I ... I don't want too."

"Okay then." Not an argument that many could use against Angelo, but then Sebastian wasn't just anyone. He felt Sebastian's smile against his bare chest as Sebastian gleefully pretended to wriggle further into the covers, against Angelo. That's not fair.

Sebastian sighed and his entire body relaxed. Angelo felt himself stop. Stop breathing, stop moving, his heart stopped (or at least in the moment it felt like it). 

This was his favourite. Sebastian half asleep in the morning. It took most all of Angelo's concentration to keep his breaths regular. How could I ever get used to this? The young man's weight fully surrendered. Every slightest adjustment and twitch felt together.

"Ange?"

"Yes?"

Breathing again, he swirled Sebastian's hair. It gave the impression of lazy and absent minded, it was anything but. Angelo watched each strand flick round, watched how the warm light gave it colours that weren't there. He tried to feel each individual hair as it passed between if fingers, tried to memorize the sensation for when-

"Do you have to go to work tomorrow?"

"Unfortunately." Every Sunday the same.

"Sunday's are the worse." Sebastian burrowed further under the covers again as if that would stop the inevitable. Angelo felt all of it. Unfair.

Sunday's were the worst.

For all the hope and warmth that Sunday's started with, the 24hr 'SF Detox' (as Sebastian called it) of having to spend the day apart together was the cruelest of life's gimmicks to date. Feeling everything except for Sebastian was worse than feeling nothing at all.

The sun was warm but inconsistent and all too often fleeting. The rain was novel at first but the brain has a funny way with associations. Apollo and Zeus were close, soft warm fur. Games with them were definitely easier when their teeth didn't hurt though. He didn't mind Sebastian's teeth. Angelo's flushed at the thought alone.

He had to have his 'augments' at work though. Soon he'd have to wait til next weekend to feel Sebastian's weight against him again. Weeks were long and slow now. Angelo spent them in pointless meeting after pointless meeting, all of which could have been emailed. He watched time eek by at a mockingly slow pace, all the while wanting to crawl out of this skin he couldn't even feel.

Of all the sensations he missed owing to his 'augmentations'; Sebastian Fen was the one that he missed most.

[fly-underground]

six hundred and eighty: 2023

so the weekend i saw yuan and had so much fun in SF, was the last weekend cory was alive. that’s when i wore this outfit, which i remember thinking i’d capture in a picture and post here. but then everything changed. that was the weekend of october 7th. so when cory died peacefully in his home, thousands of palestinians were being killed in theirs. they still are. what a bizarre, sick time. a time not to celebrate, but to grieve and lament and witness.

2023 has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year—and i mean that sincerely, but i also don’t. there were good things too. not just the shiny, post-to-the-gram things like promotions and vacations, but ordinary good things we learn to take for granted.

i saw the sun rise again and again. i ate good food, some of which i cooked. i got to see a lot of the people i love in person. i talked to some of them on the phone. i read more books this year than i read in the previous two years combined. i listened to great music and watched great (and terrible) movies.

there were some moments where i felt, surprisingly, like it would all be okay. this incredible lightness that must be love, god, whatever. i want to bottle that feeling and drink it like water, like my entire life depends on it. i think it does.

in january, i went on a handful of first dates with men and women. that's when i met E, and at first it was great. by march, when i got my first wisdom tooth extracted, i noticed her distance. but it was fleeting, only when she had guests from out of town, or when she went out of town, when work piled up, when life was happening, so i ignored it. by may, we were exclusive, which i largely orchestrated and i thought i'd feel better by then. i didn't. i flinched when my phone would buzz. i wanted to hear from her and also never hear from her. by july, i had everyone i love telling me to end things. so i did. baby's first initiated break up. it was a clean break. i felt good and strong and also foolish. i remember my hands shook the day after and i was so out of it, that i had a small accident.

i turned 31 this year, but i was 30 when this all happened and i hated it. i hated how small i felt, lonely, like i needed to ask for less. here were the things i asked for: to text me more than every 3 or 5 or 8 days. that was it. if you have to ask for that, it's probably not going to work anyway.

also in february, i got covid for the second time and got glass in my eye and had to go to the ER and then it was all okay. but that's how delicate the body is. i did a reading for valentine's day, my first of the year!

in march, i went home for amit's birthday. and also in march, i saw VIRAHA at the harvard bookstore. people were buying the books, what a joy!

in april, i wrote more and also not enough.

in may, my mom came to boston for mother's day and then i went to austin for a work trip. at this point, there was something wrong with my hearing and i got it resolved in October.

in june, i did my first in-person reading in YEARS at the cantab poetry lounge via the boston poetry slam. my mom was there and tanner was there and disha and annie and it was such an incredible feeling, i wish i could share it with you all. i felt so present and grateful for my life. to read my poems and have people listen with rapt attention. that's magic.

in july, yes that break up but also i went outside a lot and had long talks with the people i love.

in august, tanner and i went to utah and that was such a strange joy, to see that part of the country. right after, i went home to see my people who i hadn't seen since march. liz and vivian and max.

in september i turned 31, a magical day that i made possible that tanner attended without complaint. and then right after, the death of a friend's parent, i was back in new york. that was the last time i saw cory. i started therapy a few weeks later, for my OCD and depression and generalized anxiety.

in october, yes i saw yuan in SF and then i saw her again when i went home when cory died. and we all sat in the living room that was once his.

in november, my mom turned 69 and we had a great time celebrating despite all our grief. and then michael came over to build some ikea furniture, which i'm sharing here because it's so nice! who does that? we had thanksgiving and it felt both good and empty. when i came back to boston, tanner and i had to stay in a hotel because of carbon monoxide issues at our place. and then—

december, where i went to mexico with my team for our retreat and then i came home and the carbon monoxide was resolved. and tanner and i had some fun there, before we came down to new york for christmas with my family and he met vivian, liz, max. we did all the new york city things and it seemed to lighten everyone's spirits—which were down, because man this year! then he went back home and before i could join him, there was a mystery not covid, apparently the flu illness that took over my family. so now i'm writing this on the acela back to boston. i'll get in before 2023 bows out.

i have no idea who is still reading this, but if you are: thank you. if you're future me, hello from the past. i hope 2024 is full of joy, love, light, easy wins. less death, less aching, less pain. it feels like a good year, like the moment before something wonderful happens in a movie and everyone, even the characters on screen, is holding their breath—with hope

[mccareer]

2024 SF Fleet Week Medical Exchange explores civilian, military medical readiness, innovations, advancements

https://www.med.navy.mil/Media/News/Article/3934676/2024-sf-fleet-week-medical-exchange-explores-civilian-military-medical-readines/

[nj-stone]

10-11-2024, Sunset in the Sunset District SF, CA. Great day for the Blue Angels on Fleet Week. No matter how many times I've seen them I am still thrilled. I watched it live on YouTube KPIX. Have a great weekend. Stay safe and be well ❤.

[sunnyworldwidelogistics]

Shipping from China to Mexico: Freight Forwarder Handles Delays Due to Bad Weather Without Missing Deadlines

Shipping from China to Mexico: Freight Forwarder Handles Delays Due to Bad Weather Without Missing Deadlines

A few weeks ago, I received a shipping inquiry from Carlos, a client in Mexico. His company imports furniture, and this time he needed to ship 4.5 CBM/700 KG of office furniture from Ningbo to the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico. Carlos hadn’t worked with us before, so he was cautious about choosing a freight forwarder China to Mexico.

"Your price doesn’t seem competitive," Carlos mentioned over the phone, sounding hesitant. "I need to think about it and see if there’s a better option."

I understood his concerns, which are common when customers don’t know us yet. When they start comparing us to other freight forwarders China to Mexico, price is often the only thing they focus on. So, I explained in detail that shipping to Mexico, or anywhere else, isn’t just about the transportation fee. It also involves booking space, customs clearance, warehousing, and much more. To reassure him, I highlighted some of Sunny Worldwide Logistics' strengths: we’ve been in business since 1998, and all our employees have 5-10 years of experience, making them capable of handling any unexpected incidents. We also have our own logistics fleet in Shenzhen, which gives us greater control over the process. “Additionally, we have our own warehouse, which allows us to fully manage and control the logistics chain,” I added.

Carlos listened carefully and said he would think it over. A few days later, he messaged me: “Alice, I did some research and heard your on-time departure rate within China is 99%, even more reliable than SF Express. I’d like to try your services.”

Once the cooperation was confirmed, we immediately started planning the logistics in detail. First, we secured a suitable cargo space for Carlos’s specific size requirements. Our team, with strong ties to the shipping lines, was able to lock in a spot and confirm the sailing date. We then handled all the necessary documents, including the bill of lading, and ensured everything was correct before successfully completing the customs clearance. The cargo was loaded on time.

However, after the shipment was on its way, we received notice from the shipping line that due to severe weather, the vessel would be delayed by two days. This made Carlos very anxious, as his company had planned a large furniture exhibition the day after the cargo was supposed to arrive.

“The delay will cause major problems for us,” Carlos wrote in an email. “We need a solution.”

We quickly took action. Thanks to our membership in several logistics associations, including WCA, we could reach out to reliable agents. I contacted a local port agent and explained the situation, asking for their help. Once the cargo arrived at the port, they prioritized unloading and expedited the customs clearance process. We also coordinated with a trucking company to pre-schedule the truck, ensuring that as soon as customs cleared the goods, they would be delivered to Carlos’s location without delay.

In the end, even though the cargo arrived a day late, our efficient handling ensured that it reached Carlos’s warehouse in time for the exhibition. Carlos was very grateful for our quick response and professionalism. "You’re not just any freight forwarder China to Mexico. You really care about your clients," Carlos said.

This shipment to Mexico had its challenges, but in the end, everything went smoothly, and Carlos’s exhibition wasn’t affected. It’s through handling these kinds of details that we demonstrate our professional service capabilities.

At Sunny Worldwide Logistics, we have our own dedicated warehouse at Yantian Port—one of only three among Shenzhen’s 60,000 logistics companies. We also own an 1800-square-meter office, ranking us among the top three in our industry, and have our own fleet, something only 10% of companies can claim. Feel free to contact me if you need assistance. Want to know more about me? Check out my diary!

[brookston]

Holidays 4.5

Holidays

Accelerate ACL Awareness Among Young Women Day

Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanthi (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, India)

Bell Bottoms Day

Children’s Day (Palestine)

Chungmyung Day (North Korea)

Day of the Palestinian Child

Easter Island Day

First Contact Day (Star Trek)

45 ACP Day

405 Day

German-Americans Day

Global Crowdfunding Day

Go For Broke Day

Golden Rule Day

Guy Fieri Day (Ferndale, California)

International Calm Day

International Day of Conscious (UN)

International Dimetrodon Day

International OCNDS Awareness Day

International Poppers Day

Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

Lady Luck Day

Make Your Children Laugh Day

National Biomechanics Day

National Body Care Day

National Dandelion Day

National Flash Drive Day

National Gold Star Spouses Day

National Maritime Day (India)

National Nebraska Day

National Read a Roadmap Day (a.k.a. Learn to Read a Roadmap Day)

National Self Care Day

National Star Phone Certification Day

National Wear Blue for Child Abuse Prevention

Origin of the Species Day

R.E.M. Day

Sikmogil (Arbor Day; South Korea)

Talk Talk Day

Veto Day

Western Hemisphere Ports Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Molasses Day

National Caramel Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Peeps Day

1st Friday in April

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Hospital Admitting Clerks Day [1st Friday]

International Infection Preventionist Day [1st Friday]

International Kids Yoga [1st Friday]

National Volleyball Day [1st Friday]

National Walk to Work Day [1st Friday]

Orphan’s Day (Egypt) [1st Friday]

Poet in a Cupcake Day [Friday of 1st Full Week]

Student Government Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 5 (1st Week)

American Crossword Puzzles Week [thru 4.7]

Independence & Related Days

Pangasinan Province Day (Philippines; 1850)

Festivals Beginning April 5, 2024

Blessing of the Fleet (Darien, Georgia) [thru 4.7]

Bonita Springs Food Truck and Music Festival (Bonita Springs, Florida) [thru 4.7]

Boudin Festival (Scott, Louisiana) [thru 4.7]

Coliseum International Music Festival (Minsk, Belarus) [thru 4.6]

Culinary Cabaret (Franklin, Massachusetts)

Lake County Fair (East’s, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Pig Cookie’ Contest (Newport, North Carolina) [thru 4.6]

626 Night Market (San Diego, California) [thru 4.7]

Spring SF Restaurant Week (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.14]

UNwineD (Panama City, Florida) [thru 4.6]

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum VII (Pagan)

Æthelburh of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Albert of Montecorvino (Christian; Saint)

Anthony Horowitz (Writerism)

April Showers Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Arthur Hailey (Writerism)

Becan of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Booker T. Washington (Musicology)

Derfel Gadarn (Christian; Saint)

Easter (Christian) [original date; 33 C.E.]

Ethulburga of Lyminge (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Kuan Yin (Chinese Goddess of Healing, Mercy, Compassion & Forgiveness; Everyday Wicca)

Fortuna Publica (Festival of Good Luck; Ancient Rome)

Bring Fairies’ Welcome Party (Shamanism)

Gerald of Sauve-Majeure (Christian; Saint)

Hero (Positivist; Saint)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Artology)

Jules Dupré (Artology)

Juliana of Liège (Christian; Saint)

Maria Crescentia Höss (Christian; Saint)

Mariano de la Mata (Christian; Blessed)

Nones of April (Ancient Rome)

Pandita Mary Ramabai (Episcopal Church (USA))

Passover begins (at Sundown; a.k.a. Pesach; Judaism) [Nisan 15]

Pizza Day (Pastafarian)

Robert Bloch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ruadhán of Lorrha (Christian; Saint)

Scuzzina (Muppetism)

Sunning of the Buddha (Tibet)

Ta’anit Bechorot (Firstborn Fast Day; Judaism) [14 Nisan]

Tigernach of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Unbidden Three Day (Fear, Jealousy & Love; Celtic Book of Days)

Vincent Ferrer (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Cold Food Festival [105th day after Dongzhi] (a.k.a. …

Hanshi Festival (China)

Hansik (South Korea)

Tết Hàn Thực (Vietnam)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat HaChodesh (שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ) [26-27 Adair II]

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Quds Day (Iran, other Islamic Nations) [Last Friday of Ramadan]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Nēmontēmi, Day 1 (of 5) [Aztec unlucky or fasting days, taking place between 4.5-4.18]

Premieres

Adventure Time (Animated TV Series; 2010)

Air (Film; 2023)

Amadeus (Film; 1985)

The Art of Vacationing (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

The Barnyard Concert (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Brockmire (TV Series; 2017)

Bullwinkle’s Battle Plan or Civil Defense (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 360; 1965)

Calamity in Kent, by John Rowland (Novel; 1950)

Carnegie Hall Concert, recorded by Chicago (Concert Album; 1971)

Carrie, by Stephen King (Novel; 1974)

Clowning (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Crystal Brawl (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1957)

Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss (Operetta; 1874)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (Disney Cartoon; 1940)

Double Trouble (Film; 1967)

Flying Oil, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Glee Worms (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

It Must Be Love (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Kiddin; the Kitten (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

The Little Mole (MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Live and Let Die, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1954) [James Bond #2]

Married… with Children (TV Series; 1987)

The Marrying Man (Film; 1991)

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory or Moose’s in the Col’ Col’ Ground (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 359; 1965)

Monkey Man (Film; 2024)

Moon Pilot (Film; 1962)

Moonraker, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1955) [James Bond #3]

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

One Dance, by Drake (Song; 2016)

Pete Kelly’s Blues (TV Series; 1959)

Plastered in Paris (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

Pretty Baby (Film; 1978)

Shazam! (Film; 2019)

A Single Happened Thing, by Daniel Paisner (Novel; 1955)

Something To Be, by Matchbox Twenty (Album; 2005)

Spinning Mice (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

The Sugarland Express (Film; 1974)

Super Mario Bros.: The Movie (Animated Film; 2023)

Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, by Charles Ives (Symphony; 1946)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, by Horace McCoy (Novel; 1935)

Tracy Chapman, by Tracy Chapman (Album; 1988)

The Tracey Ullman Show (TV Series; 1987)

Unicorn Store (Film; 2019)

Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

We Are the World (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Crescentia, Vinzenz (Austria)

Irena, Vinko (Croatia)

Miroslava (Czech Republic)

Irene (Denmark)

Ireene, Irene, Reena, Reene, Rena, Renate (Estonia)

Ira, Irene, Irina, Iro (Finland)

Irène (France)

Crescentia, Juliana, Juliane, Vinzenz (Germany)

Giota, Giotis, Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panagis, Panagos, Panagiota, Panayota, Panagioula, Panagoula, Pani, Panikos, Panos, Panousos, Pegie, Pegy, Takis, Tota, Toula, Yiota, Yiotis (Greece)

Vince (Hungary)

Cenzo, Eva, Vincenzo (Italy)

Mirjama, Vidaga, Vija, Virdžīnija (Latvia)

Irena, Rimvydas, Zenius, Zenonas, Žygintė (Lithuania)

Eiril, Eirin, Irene (Norway)

Borzywoj, Irena, Wincenty (Poland)

Agatopod, Teodul (Romania)

Miroslava (Slovakia)

Vicente (Spain)

Irene, Irja, Nanna (Sweden)

Chandra, Ethelburga, Irene, Irina, Tyler, Tylor (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 96 of 2024; 270 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 14 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 27 (Ji-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 26 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 26 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 6 Cyan; Sixday [6 of 30]

Julian: 23 March 2024

Moon: 13%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Archimedes (4th Month) [Pappus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 18 of 92)

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 16 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 4.5

Holidays

Accelerate ACL Awareness Among Young Women Day

Babu Jagjivan Ram Jayanthi (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, India)

Bell Bottoms Day

Children’s Day (Palestine)

Chungmyung Day (North Korea)

Day of the Palestinian Child

Easter Island Day

First Contact Day (Star Trek)

45 ACP Day

405 Day

German-Americans Day

Global Crowdfunding Day

Go For Broke Day

Golden Rule Day

Guy Fieri Day (Ferndale, California)

International Calm Day

International Day of Conscious (UN)

International Dimetrodon Day

International OCNDS Awareness Day

International Poppers Day

Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

Lady Luck Day

Make Your Children Laugh Day

National Biomechanics Day

National Body Care Day

National Dandelion Day

National Flash Drive Day

National Gold Star Spouses Day

National Maritime Day (India)

National Nebraska Day

National Read a Roadmap Day (a.k.a. Learn to Read a Roadmap Day)

National Self Care Day

National Star Phone Certification Day

National Wear Blue for Child Abuse Prevention

Origin of the Species Day

R.E.M. Day

Sikmogil (Arbor Day; South Korea)

Talk Talk Day

Veto Day

Western Hemisphere Ports Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Molasses Day

National Caramel Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Peeps Day

1st Friday in April

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

Hospital Admitting Clerks Day [1st Friday]

International Infection Preventionist Day [1st Friday]

International Kids Yoga [1st Friday]

National Volleyball Day [1st Friday]

National Walk to Work Day [1st Friday]

Orphan’s Day (Egypt) [1st Friday]

Poet in a Cupcake Day [Friday of 1st Full Week]

Student Government Day [1st Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 5 (1st Week)

American Crossword Puzzles Week [thru 4.7]

Independence & Related Days

Pangasinan Province Day (Philippines; 1850)

Festivals Beginning April 5, 2024

Blessing of the Fleet (Darien, Georgia) [thru 4.7]

Bonita Springs Food Truck and Music Festival (Bonita Springs, Florida) [thru 4.7]

Boudin Festival (Scott, Louisiana) [thru 4.7]

Coliseum International Music Festival (Minsk, Belarus) [thru 4.6]

Culinary Cabaret (Franklin, Massachusetts)

Lake County Fair (East’s, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Pig Cookie’ Contest (Newport, North Carolina) [thru 4.6]

626 Night Market (San Diego, California) [thru 4.7]

Spring SF Restaurant Week (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.14]

UNwineD (Panama City, Florida) [thru 4.6]

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Vernum VII (Pagan)

Æthelburh of Kent (Christian; Saint)

Albert of Montecorvino (Christian; Saint)

Anthony Horowitz (Writerism)

April Showers Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Arthur Hailey (Writerism)

Becan of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Booker T. Washington (Musicology)

Derfel Gadarn (Christian; Saint)

Easter (Christian) [original date; 33 C.E.]

Ethulburga of Lyminge (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Kuan Yin (Chinese Goddess of Healing, Mercy, Compassion & Forgiveness; Everyday Wicca)

Fortuna Publica (Festival of Good Luck; Ancient Rome)

Bring Fairies’ Welcome Party (Shamanism)

Gerald of Sauve-Majeure (Christian; Saint)

Hero (Positivist; Saint)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Artology)

Jules Dupré (Artology)

Juliana of Liège (Christian; Saint)

Maria Crescentia Höss (Christian; Saint)

Mariano de la Mata (Christian; Blessed)

Nones of April (Ancient Rome)

Pandita Mary Ramabai (Episcopal Church (USA))

Passover begins (at Sundown; a.k.a. Pesach; Judaism) [Nisan 15]

Pizza Day (Pastafarian)

Robert Bloch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ruadhán of Lorrha (Christian; Saint)

Scuzzina (Muppetism)

Sunning of the Buddha (Tibet)

Ta’anit Bechorot (Firstborn Fast Day; Judaism) [14 Nisan]

Tigernach of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Unbidden Three Day (Fear, Jealousy & Love; Celtic Book of Days)

Vincent Ferrer (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Cold Food Festival [105th day after Dongzhi] (a.k.a. …

Hanshi Festival (China)

Hansik (South Korea)

Tết Hàn Thực (Vietnam)

Hebrew Calendar Holidays [Begins at Sundown Day Before]

Shabbat HaChodesh (שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ) [26-27 Adair II]

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Quds Day (Iran, other Islamic Nations) [Last Friday of Ramadan]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Nēmontēmi, Day 1 (of 5) [Aztec unlucky or fasting days, taking place between 4.5-4.18]

Premieres

Adventure Time (Animated TV Series; 2010)

Air (Film; 2023)

Amadeus (Film; 1985)

The Art of Vacationing (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

The Barnyard Concert (Disney Cartoon; 1935)

Brockmire (TV Series; 2017)

Bullwinkle’s Battle Plan or Civil Defense (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 360; 1965)

Calamity in Kent, by John Rowland (Novel; 1950)

Carnegie Hall Concert, recorded by Chicago (Concert Album; 1971)

Carrie, by Stephen King (Novel; 1974)

Clowning (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Crystal Brawl (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1957)

Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss (Operetta; 1874)

Donald’s Dog Laundry (Disney Cartoon; 1940)

Double Trouble (Film; 1967)

Flying Oil, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Glee Worms (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

It Must Be Love (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Kiddin; the Kitten (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

The Little Mole (MGM Cartoon; 1941)

Live and Let Die, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1954) [James Bond #2]

Married… with Children (TV Series; 1987)

The Marrying Man (Film; 1991)

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Gory or Moose’s in the Col’ Col’ Ground (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 359; 1965)

Monkey Man (Film; 2024)

Moon Pilot (Film; 1962)

Moonraker, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1955) [James Bond #3]

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

One Dance, by Drake (Song; 2016)

Pete Kelly’s Blues (TV Series; 1959)

Plastered in Paris (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

Pretty Baby (Film; 1978)

Shazam! (Film; 2019)

A Single Happened Thing, by Daniel Paisner (Novel; 1955)

Something To Be, by Matchbox Twenty (Album; 2005)

Spinning Mice (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

The Sugarland Express (Film; 1974)

Super Mario Bros.: The Movie (Animated Film; 2023)

Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting, by Charles Ives (Symphony; 1946)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, by Horace McCoy (Novel; 1935)

Tracy Chapman, by Tracy Chapman (Album; 1988)

The Tracey Ullman Show (TV Series; 1987)

Unicorn Store (Film; 2019)

Van Wilder (Film; 2002)

We Are the World (Song; 1985)

Today’s Name Days

Crescentia, Vinzenz (Austria)

Irena, Vinko (Croatia)

Miroslava (Czech Republic)

Irene (Denmark)

Ireene, Irene, Reena, Reene, Rena, Renate (Estonia)

Ira, Irene, Irina, Iro (Finland)

Irène (France)

Crescentia, Juliana, Juliane, Vinzenz (Germany)

Giota, Giotis, Panayotis, Panagiotis, Panagis, Panagos, Panagiota, Panayota, Panagioula, Panagoula, Pani, Panikos, Panos, Panousos, Pegie, Pegy, Takis, Tota, Toula, Yiota, Yiotis (Greece)

Vince (Hungary)

Cenzo, Eva, Vincenzo (Italy)

Mirjama, Vidaga, Vija, Virdžīnija (Latvia)

Irena, Rimvydas, Zenius, Zenonas, Žygintė (Lithuania)

Eiril, Eirin, Irene (Norway)

Borzywoj, Irena, Wincenty (Poland)

Agatopod, Teodul (Romania)

Miroslava (Slovakia)

Vicente (Spain)

Irene, Irja, Nanna (Sweden)

Chandra, Ethelburga, Irene, Irina, Tyler, Tylor (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 96 of 2024; 270 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 14 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 27 (Ji-Hai)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 26 Adair II 5784

Islamic: 26 Ramadan 1445

J Cal: 6 Cyan; Sixday [6 of 30]

Julian: 23 March 2024

Moon: 13%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 12 Archimedes (4th Month) [Pappus]

Runic Half Month: Ehwaz (Horse) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 18 of 92)

Week: 1st Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 16 of 31)

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SF Fleet Week 2018 by Dan Gildor

Via Flickr

Blue Angels at SF Fleet Week.