Another weekend has passed, so how was yours?
Although we got some time on the ballroom floor, we were also dealing with my mother-in-law’s return to the hospital – thus a reason why I’m behind on my reading.
Meanwhile, Saturday was cool and damp …. but we get several days of improvement before a cold snap arrives later this week … which also means I must tackle the leaves while the temps are reasonable and before the next load falls.
Here are some celebration notes for your personal calendar.
- (Week) Food & Drug Interactions Awareness Week, Character Counts Week, Chemistry Week, Forest Products Week, Friends of Libraries Week, Massage Therapy Week, Nuclear Science Week, Kraut Sandwich Week
- (Mon) Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, Babbling Day, Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day, Info Overload Day, Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day, Reptile Awareness Day
- (Tues) Nut Day, Stuttering Awareness Day
- (Wed) Boston Creme Pie Day, Mole Day, Swallows Leave Capistrano Day
- (Thurs) Bologna Day, Black Cat Day, Food Day, United Nations (UN) Day, World Development Information Day
Here are two humorous bits to start your week – one for the daring and one for all. Did you celebrate No Beard Day last Friday? On the flip side of the coin, one can find people with beards doing weird things. Sure makes we wonder if this also serves as to kickoff Food & Drug Interaction Week.
Meanwhile, enjoy this domino effect from Mouse. Have a good week!
A Frank Angle 
Well I certainly celebrate ‘no beard day’, every day, even though according to your video, they can save on the washing up. 😀
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Sylvia,
Cheers to you had having a beard!
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Weekend report: had a GREAT day today. We hiked at a nearby state park, much upping and downing and fancy footwork. SO MUCH FUN! And for dinner I made chicken shepherds pie, and afterward we enjoyed a nice malbec.
Making it even better, Jim vacuumed and swept the floors today. Not much sexier than a man doing housework… 🙂
Have a great week, Frank!
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Unless the housework is done commando style. 🙂
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😉
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I’ve done that.
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Watch out. You have an image to protect. Unless, of course, you are looking for a change. 🙂
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LOL …
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Melanie,
Cheers to your outdoor activity! Chicken shepherds pie sounds yummy …. and I also shop and cook. 🙂
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Yes, very very sexy! 🙂
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😀
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Hi
We enjoyed a nice walk today in a local state park. It’s one of our favorites. We will post a few pix soon.
I hope your mother in law is going to be ok.
• Monday is Reptile Awareness day? These special events sneak up on you. What to wear?
• Wednesday is Mole Day you say. I need to clarify whether that is the garden and yard variety, or the chemistry variety. It makes a big difference how I celebrate.
• I didn’t celebrate No Beard Day. I kept mine on. Although, I commented to Melanie this morning that I was getting to look kind of gnarly. It needs a trim about every 3 weeks. She thought I said snarly. Anyway, for dinner we poured some Gnarly Head Malbec from Argentina. It was very good.
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mole? or molé? I could go for that. Oh, here’s another thing: Jim was going to take me to lunch on Saturday, but the restaurant was closed. Guess he owes me one…
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I took you to the quilt store. It was closed, too. Darn!
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… nope … he owes you two …. one for interest.
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Jim,
Given 10/23, only people who know need to celebrate. As for your reptile outfit, I recommend being an iguana standing still on a street corner.
Cheers to the Malbec! … and thanks for the best wishing for my MIL.
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Thanks (again) for lifting my spirits on this Sunday evening! Somehow I see a connection between Info Overload Day and Babbling Day on Monday leading to Nut Day on Tuesday. It should be a fun week!
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Patti,
Oh … now there’s a great connection that I didn’t see! Thanks!!!!
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Ah, marching band! And THAT is exactly why Son had a marching band alto saxophone and a good one. Of course, it WAS the GOOD one he dropped just before performing at a jazz contest his senior year. They won anyway…
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Melanie,
Marching band damages its share of instruments, but dropping a sax before a jazz contest? Ouch!!!
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I swear to God, Frank, sometimes I think you make up these titles–Nut Day?!
Loved the marching band video. Someday, remind me to tell you about me, a giant pair of cymbals, and a marching band (actually it is in my book) which I guarantee will make you laugh a month of Sundays. 🙂
So sorry to hear about your mom-in-law. Wishing her all the best. Take care, my friend.
(P.S. After seeing your cruise pictures, WW has made some demands of what he wants as a Christmas present. . .)
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E-Tom.
Surely you didn’t crash the cymbals with something of yourself between them!
Cheers to WW now wanting to cruise! … and thanks for the MIL best wishes.
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LOL! How did you guess? It would only happen to me. 🙂
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Oh my … funny that I guessed it! … and I hope you saw my response that included bling in your other comment
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Sorry to read about your mother-in-law, Frank. Glad you were able to find some time for dancing. I spent most of the weekend writing – and will do so for the week as well. Some of those “days” are pretty crazy. My family is going to wonder why I’m only feeding them bologna for supper on Thursday. 😉 You have a good week, too, Frank!
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Maddie,
An author has to do what an author has to do …. but make sure you get them high-quality bologna. …. thanks for the MIL wishes.
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Every day is Info Overload Day for me Frank. My weekend was the usual: too short! I hope your MIL recovers.
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Lame,
Beware: Overload Day every day can drive one to be like Milton!
I can’t recall, do you see this my version of The Onion: NYC Tree Decorator Uses Bag Lady as Ornament
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No, I missed that. Good one Frank. Milton HATES those tree bagging posts.
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It was on one of my satire of readers posts … but you must have been breaking … and glad to hear that Milton will appreciate this headline. 😉
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I break a lot due to Information Overload.
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It happens.
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So help me, I saw Character Counts day, and my first thought was it had something to do with twitters 140character limit.
I don’t remember the last time I completely shaved off my beard.
Hope everything goes well with your Mother In Law.
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Guap,
Good point about Character Counts Day: Sponsored by Twitter.
In honor of your beard, hope you watched the first video. Thanks for the best wishes for my MIL.
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We had a nice weekend. I’m looking forward to Reptile Awareness Day. Darwin will be so proud! 🙂 And I’m very glad to consider Friends of Libraries Week, too. I did go to the library this weekend!
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Debra,
How did I know you would comment about Friends of Libraries week? 😉 … and cheers to Darwin and the little one for their big day!
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Nut day appeals Frank – hope everything goes OK for your mother in law
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GFB,
Many thanks for the MIL wishes … but I think Nut Day has to do with the food – not psychotics …. and the beard video could be your kind of humor …. Thanks for the MIL best wishes.
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The pile up is just hilarious…
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Bulldog,
As a former marching band member, I can never recall any pile up like that!
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I’m sorry to hear about your mother-in-law, Frank. I hope all goes well and wish you a good Monday and week! 🙂
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Marina,
Many thanks. We are hoping so leaves the hospital today for the rehab therapy facility … She’s weak, but has a good demeanor.
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How passed this weekend, I didn’t understand but it was a long holiday for us beginning from 13th Oct. till yesterday…. It was one of our religious holiday. Thank you dear Frank, have a nice day and week, love, nia
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Nia,
A long weekend and you let it fly by! 😦 … but I imagine you still made the best of it! 🙂
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I am sorry to hear your mother-in-law in hospital. I wish her to get well soon. Love, nia
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Many thanks for the best wishes for my MIL!
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Weekend here was uneventful, I left the house just to walk the beast and for a run on Saturday.
I’ll celebrate the Boston Creme (donut) day.
Best wishes for your mother in law.
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Leo,
Low-key weekends have a place .. and I hope you enjoy your donut! (I like that idea!!!!) … and thanks for the best wishes for my MIL.
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Celebrating that the floor contractors are gone. New flooring for the back room, mud room area and laundry room. Big improvement. Now if it just doesn’t rain this week for the house painters. The realtor will be checking in on our progress. A good amount to report, thank goodness.
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Hey Georgette … cheers for the successes as house projects are disruptive!
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I am always so sad to see the weekend gone…but I am sure dancing always improves your mood, at least it does mind. Happy Monday!
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Pride,
Absolutely dancing helps … plus we’ve met many good people!
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You started my week with a laugh, Frank! The video of those poor tuba players had me sympathizing and howling with laughter all at once. My brother played tuba in marching band – he was a small guy at 13 and played a lightweight fiberglass tuba. A strong wind caught the tuba bell and carried my brother through the air about 4 feet out of formation! Fortunately, he didn’t trip the rest of the tuba line 🙂
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Lynn,
Cheers to another tuba story! … I kept waiting the first time I saw that video … and then … pow! Had to laugh … and it seems nobody was hurt.
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Sending positive thoughts for your mother-in-law, Frank. My weekend was productive. Got some writing done and stayed close to home. And that seven tuba pileup was hilarious!
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Cathy,
Cheers to your productivity .. .and thanks for the best wishes for my MIL.
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you had me at pumpkin cheese cake
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Rich,
And I just made some pumpkin oatbran muffins … but they don’t compare to the cheesecake.
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i make a pumpkin cheese pie in which i mix in a block of cream cheese. that and blueberry pie are standards for thanksgiving.
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Just another example why You Da Man!
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Just trying to keep up with you.
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Hi Frank!
We had a nice full weekend.
Sorry to hear about your mil. Hope she gets better soon.
Boston cream pie day on Wed? I will have to stop at DD & pick one up on my way to work!
And – speaking of Boston – YAY Red Sox!!! We are so waiting for the World Series to start on Wed.
Let’s go Red Sox 🙂
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RoSy,
Glad to hear you had a good weekend … and thanks for the best wishes for my MIL. Now that the series is set, whenever someone asks who I want to win, I say the Reds … to which I hear “They aren’t in it” … then I say, “Then I don’t care.” 😉 Just my quirk way of being a loyal fan. Enjoy the pie!
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LOL – I know what you mean. When our temas are out – we say – it’s the end of the season.
Gotta’ stay true to our teams 🙂
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Yep … and I am very much that way. … One exception is when I’m rooting against the short hate listed teams
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LMAO!!!
I am so with you on that too!!!
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Come NCAA Basketball tournament, it’s ABK … Anybody But Kentucky. … I could win the Lottery, offer my nieces and nephews free college at the school of their choice … well, if Kentucky, they are on their own … not a dime!
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I celebrate no beard day every day–could not grow one if I wanted to! Although there was that unfortunate time when a girlfriend convinced me to try and grow one and that was rather unfortunate….
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Cyclist,
Cheers to your celebration and knowing your limits … well, except for that one time! A click of the glasses to you.
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Lots of luck lifting all the leaves – elevate lumps with laughter?…it’s Babbling Day! (tomorrow we stutter from all the bubbling efforts.)
Fun as always, Frank. Thanks
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Mouse,
Love your sense for quips. Good news is that I ride the mower that chews the leaves … then I add the baggers for a sweep … and over and over again through late November-early December … but today I will use a leaf blower for some prep from the beds. I’ve babbled enough.
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Wishing the best for your mother in law, too, Frank! Funny clip…have a great week!
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Hood,
Many thanks for the best wishes for my MIL. Glad you like the video, but I think Chuckie would like the one about the beard that you had to click.
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The beard thing is disgusting! LOL. Chuckie would love it.
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Yeah Chuckie … Show him, and his reaction could be a post!
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Frank, so sorry to read about your mother-in-law being back on hospital.
Always worrying – but she are in good hands, best place to be when we don’t feel good.
You, Americans are just priceless … you have a day for everything, need something to celebrate every day. The black cat day .. just brilliant .. I wonder if there is one for Ginger Cat Day too. America, keep on celebrating !!!!
Bowl O’Beard Ramen – that is ugly … I think about that every time I see Ramen noodles on a menu. *smile
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Viveka,
Glad to know you appreciate the celebrations. Officially, some are national and others international .. but hey … I make them for all!
Many thanks for the best wishes for my MIL … and hooray for you watching the bearded one!
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Frank, I have for years said we should a common support day for all cancers … not only for breast and prostate cancer, because cancer is cancer.. and it will hit every 3rd person.
This morning I found out that one of our Swedish TV channels will have a big charity gala for on Monday and the money goes against all cancers. That is something to celebrate.
Also with all your problems over there … problems over here – you need something to celebrate every day. I wish you a great Tuesday.
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Viveka,
Wonderful news and (of course) a worthy cause. We have the American Cancer Society … but yes, then organizations for specific cancers. …. Cheers to the TV station for the benefit efforts!
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The Pink Ribbon .. is just for breast cancer and prostate cancer – and the whole world is all in pink now .. but the all other cancer is forgotten. Yes, good on Channel 4!!!!
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Yes … pink is a very dominant color at the moment … and for me, I celebrated Proctober with an exam … and yes, all cancers deserve publicity, research, and support.
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Sorry, for my ignorance …but I have to ask what Proctober is. Not even Google could give me a clue.
The thing is … that will they ever catch up the cancer research … seems such battle – and when they have found some kind of medicine or treatment for one kind, another pops up.
Anyhow in my will .. everything I leave behind will go to the cancer research.
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Proctober is because some encourage prostate exams in October, but I don’t think that term gets a lot of use. … Cheers to your decision!
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prayers and healing rays going out to your mom-in-love and gotta run to tell the mole it has a party day coming up this week. 🙂 and that ramen bowl guy – clever but rather nasty. hope he washes his bowl out well.
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Sun,
Cheers for you stepping up to the challenge to see the beard guy … and many thanks for the positive thoughts and rays for my MIL.
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Aaand it’s Orgasm Awareness Month..a month of fun for men.
ahem.
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Jules,
Oh my …. how did I miss that one! Great addition!!! … an a good month for lucky women … and unlucky women who enjoy trying.
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I feel bad for the tuba players…then again, I always feel bad for the tuba players…
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Kayjai,
I know what you mean … interestingly, all seemed to get up OK.
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No beard day sounds superfluous with most of your countrymen shaving every day throughout the year. What you ought to have is a ‘nature week’ or month, in which all the men just forget about shaving.
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Shimon,
Good point, but here’s a related tidbit. A professional baseball team decided in February to not shave …. and they are currently playing in the World Series championship. Here’s a link to Google Images http://tinyurl.com/onrqu4u
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