Events
Week of Events
Dog Days
Dog days bright and clear
Indicate a good year;
But when accompanied by rain,
We hope for better times in vain.
Lughnasadh, Northern Hemisphere
Lugh, many-skilled one,
I ask you to shine upon me.
Share your gifts with me,
and make me strong in skill.
International Childfree Day
“Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
(Stephen Colbert)
World Wide Web Day
"The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom."
(Jon Stewart)
Imbolc (Southern Hemisphere)
The serpent will come from the hole
On the brown Day of Bríde,
Though there should be three feet of snow
On the flat surface of the ground.
Single Working Women’s Day
"It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged."
(Tamara Mellon)
International Beer Day
“Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven!
Thus, let us drink beer!”
(Martin Luther)
Sandcastle Day
"History is a child building a sand-castle by the sea,
and that child is the whole majesty of man's power in the world."
(Heraclitus)
Wiggle Your Toes Day
"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art."
(Leonardo da Vinci)
Doll Day
It's fairly normal if you talk to your dolls and toys.
It's a little odd if they talk back.