Today is National Donut (or Doughnut) Day in the USA, which I think is pretty cool. Not because America has a national day for doughy round dietary disasters, but the reason for the day is interesting. Of course, there’s history attached to it. D’uh. The Salvation Army actually founded National Donut Day in 1938 to […]
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A week ago, I wrote a post about World Whisky Day. My father-in-law, who is a Glenfiddich aficionado, and who also likes Canadian Rye, demanded to know why I didn’t inform him of the event so he could properly mark the occasion. I also got a lesson on how Canadian Rye is made. Research for
Today is World Whisky Day, which is an excellent excuse to sip drop or two. A Hot Toddy, by the way, is hot whisky with honey in it — a purely medicinal version of the liquor, I’m assured! Whisky was invented by the Scots, and if it is produced in Scotland, it becomes scotch. There are
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I think this is the first year I have been blogging frequently enough to be able to do May the Fourth Be With You and Revenge of the Fifth on the next day, too. My geeky heart is all aflutter! Today is the Revenge of the Fifth Day, just in case you missed the news. I
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If you answered five, you may not be right. The BBC recently posted an article that outlines the possibility of many more senses we have that go uncredited. If everyone has these extra senses, does that mean everyone has ESP (Extra Sensory Perception)? You may go ahead and groan now.
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Seven years ago today, on March 11, 2011, I “relaunched” my blog, to mark the release of my very first indie book, Blood Knot. I’ve been writing blog posts ever since, with just the odd short break here and there to give myself some downtime. But that wasn’t the first day this site was launched. In actual
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I’m sure this has happened to you. You’re having a conversation with friends and everyone is chatting happily, the topics keep moving around, then you happen to say something that you think is completely innocuous. Suddenly, conversation stops and you can hear crickets chirping. Everyone is looking at you and you can feel yourself mentally
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There is no possible way I can let this day go past without a salute of some kind. Star Wars is the reason I’m writing (The full story is here and also here, if you’ve never heard it before). Also, as I mentioned in my earlier post today, May 4th became THE day to get
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It’s kinda hard to ignore this day, since it’s so closely aligned with Romanceland sentiments. Hope there’s someone special in your life to hug today! Have a great day. Cheers, t.
Tomorrow is Ice Cream for Breakfast day, so I’m giving you a heads-up today, so you can stock up. Is there a better excuse for ice cream than this? Enjoy!
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