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1 – International Day of Older Persons: David Bowie once said that ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been. Do you agree?
2 – World Architecture Day: Are you a keen observer of architecture, or do you mostly notice it when you see architectural oddities, e.g. a particularly ugly building, or a very unusual house design — that sort of thing?
3 – Virus Appreciation Day: OK, so it's been almost three years since Covid rocked the world. Is there ANYTHING you appreciate about that particular virus — well, maybe not the virus itself, but the impact it had on workplace arrangements, or social norms, etc.?
4 – Improve Your Office Day: Whether it's your home office or your at-the-office office, what changes would improve your office experience?
5 – Global James Bond Day: Are you a Bond fan (either books or films or both)? Who is your favourite Bond actor? Do you have a favourite Bond theme song?
6 – Mad Hatter Day: Mad Hatter Day celebrates the Mad Hatter, from Alice In Wonderland and is the perfect opportunity for you to bring out your daft side. Do you have a silly side? Is there anything or anyone who always manages to get you acting silly?
7 – World Space Week: October 4-10 is World Space Week. How does the exploration of space benefit society? Do you think the money spent on space exploration could be better spent on the myriad problems here on Earth?
8 – International Podiatry Day: Do you try to reguarly take care of your feet, or do you tend to neglect them until something crops up -- dry, cracked heels, ingrown toenails, blisters, corns, etc.? Have you ever been to a podiatrist (or chiropodist depending on where you live)? Do you get pedicures regularly?
9 – Canadian Thanksgiving Day: Canadian Thanksgiving is associated with the European tradition of harvest festivals. Does your country celebrate the yearly harvest with a festival or other form of commemoration?
10 – Shift10 Day: SHIFT10 Day was created to encourage shoppers to shift 10% of their spending into their local economies to support local businesses, farmers' markets, and other alternatives to big box stores. Do you try to shop locally as much as possible or do the ease and convenience of big box stores and online juggernauts like Amazon win out more often than not?
11 – International Post Card Week: Did you ever trade or collect postcards? When was the last time you received one? When was the last time you sent a post card to someone?
12 – World Sight Day: How good is your eyesight? When did you last have an eye exam? Would you ever consider lasik surgery to improve your vision?
13 – Train Your Brain Day: Do you do any exercises aimed at (or claiming to) help keep your brain sharp and improve your memory?
14 – Dessert Day! Who doesn't love dessert? Is a dessert a regular part of your evening meal, or more of a special occasion sort of thing? Or do you mostly indulge in dessert when you eat out? Do you have a favourite dessert to make? Do you have a favourite dessert to order when eating out?
15 – Mushroom Day: Do you like mushrooms? Do you have a favourite type of mushroom? In what dishes are you most likely to use mushrooms?
16 – Liqueur Day: Amaretto! Grand Marnier! Kahlua! Creme de Menthe! A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit. Distillers flavor the spirit with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers, or nuts. They may have fallen out of favour due to the increasingly broad selection of spirits available in seasonal, fragrant, and often curious flavors (vodkas and rums in particular), but they haven't disappeared. Have you ever had a liqueur? Do you have a favourite?
17 – Mulligan Day: Commonly used in games such as golf, the term ‘mulligan’ derives from the 1920s when Canadian golfer David Mulligan made a mistake during a game and retook his shot. Since then, to ‘call a mulligan’ means the chance to try again. Is there anything in your life you'd like a second chance at?
18 – International Legging Day: Do you wear leggings? If yes, do you wear them mostly when exercising, or do you wear them outside of the gym?
19 – Free Speech Week: There is a lot of talk about the so-called "cancelling" of individuals who are known for espousing controversial views. Would a better way of framing it be "accountability" rather than "cancelling", with the emphasis being on the reality that free speech isn't consequence-free?
20 – Information Overload Day: We've all likely suffered from this at some point in time, if not almost daily. What do you do to limit the flow of information coming to you? Do you put your phone on "Do Not Disturb"? Log out of your email client? Avoid social media? Read a book or go for a walk instead of watching the news?
21 – International Walk to School Month: Did you walk to school as a child? Are parents today too over-protective to let their children walk to school?
22 – Colour Day: National Colour Day focuses on the impact colour has on each of us. Beyond having a favourite colour, are there colours that evoke specific feelings or memories in you? Colours you avoid or dislike because they remind you of something you'd rather forget, or give off "bad vibes"? Is there a colour that immediately brightens your mood, or calms you? Do you decorate your home with lots of bright colours? How important is colour in your life?
23 – iPod Day: Have you ever owned an iPod (or other portable media player)? Do you remember those first songs? Do you still listen to them? What have you become in the days that have past, and do you smile with nostalgia or cringe with embarrassment as you remember your favorites from ages gone by?
24 – United Nations Day: Is the UN still an important international player? Do you think the UN Security Council membership should be expanded?
25 – International Artist Day: do you have any art in your home -- paintings, sculptures, etc.? Do you ever visit art galleries? Do you dabble in any type of art yourself?
26 – Mincemeat Day: Have you ever tried mincemeat (pie, or tarts)? Do you like it? Do you have an old family mincemeat recipe that gets dragged out in time for the holidays season?
27 – Cranky Co-Workers Day: Do you have (or did you have if no longer working) any chronically cranky co-workers? Or maybe you were the cranky co-worker? When was the last thing you let yourself be cranky, and to voice your thoughts about something that annoyed you?
28 – International Animation Day: What is your favourite animated film or TV series?
29 – Internet Day and Cyber-security Awareness Month: Today is both national Internet day and Cyber-security Awareness Month. Are you, or do you try to be, fairly vigilant about how you use the internet, and keeping yourself safe online? Do you tend to use the same password across most sites? Have you ever suffered a malware infection?
30 – Haunted Refrigerator Night: Sometimes you forget about certain things that are in your fridge. And while you may have forgotten about them, they certainly haven't forgotten about you. Instead, they sit lurking in the back of the refrigerator waiting for you to delve into its darkest corners and unleash the disgusting rotten mess that lurks within those Tupperware sarcophagi. Is there anything lurking in the deepest recesses of your fridge that you're afraid to look at or deal with?
31 – Magic Day: Have you ever seen magic performed live? Have you ever tried to learn a few tricks yourself?
--
1 – I hope not. I don't really like who I am right now.
2 – I adore neat architecture. Looking at buildings is something I do a lot when I travel. I've been known to walk down a street and take pictures of all the doorknobs.
3 – I haven't had my yearly 3-months-of-continuous-coughing bronchitis in three years. I am never going back.
4 – My home office is a pretty comfortable setup. Although right now I could do with it being a little warmer.
5 – My sister was a big James Bond fan and we used to see the new movies as soon as they came out. I'm not as much, I think the genre is dated. They could do something really interesting with it, but they just haven't, I guess because they're scared to lose the traditional fans.
6 – I laugh at everything. Even stuff that's not funny.
7 – I don't think it has to be one or the other. I do think space exploration shouldn't be left to a handful of rich people.
8 – My girlfriend got me into pedicures and now I'm addicted.
9 – My country celebrates Canadian Thanksgiving?
10 – I've never hear of that. I would love to drop more money into small stores and local businesses, but so many of them make it so hard to find anything - honestly I want to give you my money, help me out here!
11 – My sister sends postcards to the Old Man. I always buy them when I travel and then never get around to sending them.
12 – I have always had shit vision and got laser surgery about a decade ago.
13 – The best thing for your brain is supposed to be physical exercise, which I do.
14 – Desert is rare for me, I don't really have much of a sweet tooth. My absolute favourite desert is a cheese plate and glass of wine.
15 – I love mushrooms of all kinds.
16 – So many. I like most of them, but find the really sweet ones cloying. Same with the cream-based ones, although they are good in the occasional coffee.
17 – All. Of. It.
18 – Mostly exercising. If I'm wearing a skirt, which is rare but it does happen.
19 – I roll my eyes every time some media outlet publishes a fluff piece about people who complain they've been cancelled. If they're so fucking cancelled why do I still have to hear their wittering?
20 – I don't get information overload, I get bad news overload. I have started asking the gf for fluff watching only when we get together because I don't have the spoons to deal with anything difficult right now.
21 – Yes and yes.
22 – I like jewel tones. Hate pastels.
23 – I used to have a Walkman. I only ever listen to music at the gym because I am paranoid and need to be able to monitor my surroundings.
24 – I'd probably re-organize it if I were the boss. The hard part would be doing it in such a way that the member states wouldn't just walk.
25 – We have a bunch of stuff hanging on the walls - prints, paintings, small sculptures. Mostly made by friends or purchased while travelling. I would love to do more art, but urgh, time.
26 – Not a fan.
27 – I am definitely the cranky co-worker.
28 – You know I genuinely can't think of anything right now? I think the last animated thing I watched was The Dragon Prince. Oh wait, I stayed with a friend for a week last winter and we binged Bojack Horseman
29 – I'm probably medium level secure about shit like that - less careful than I should be, but usually pretty good at avoiding the obvious pitfalls
30 – The housemate is more daring about food than I am, so as far as I'm concerned there is always scary shit in my fridge
31 – Well I used to be in a coven, so technically I guess I have both seen magic and performed magic. I don't think that's what the question is getting at though.
**
I don't blog much about current events any more. I find the state of the world so distressing I just don't want to talk about it. I write letters, I sign petitions, I call government officials and I try to avoid despair.
I did post this petition link around in a few places for the Canadians, a call on the federal government to call on Israel for a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
**
Toronto went from mid-20's temperatures on Friday to like, 2. People further away from the lake have been getting dustings of snow. My house is freezing. I don't want to run the furnace until it's cleaned because it's caked with cement dust, and that shit's nasty. So I'm holding off until the cement mixing isn't happening in the basement any more. I sleep under a pile of blankets and wear a hoody everywhere.
The builder is behind schedule of course. To the surprise of nobody.
**
I am very happy that Old Man got his booster the day I was with him, because the residence went into outbreak status four days later. He's fine. I don't know how many people constitutes an outbreak, but they instituted masking for visitors and cancelled the activities. And they spread people out for meals. This seems to have worked since no new people have come down with it, so of course I'm telling everybody on the staff who will listen to keep the mask rules for visitors.
They won't of course. We are not a species that learns from our mistakes.
1 – International Day of Older Persons: David Bowie once said that ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been. Do you agree?
2 – World Architecture Day: Are you a keen observer of architecture, or do you mostly notice it when you see architectural oddities, e.g. a particularly ugly building, or a very unusual house design — that sort of thing?
3 – Virus Appreciation Day: OK, so it's been almost three years since Covid rocked the world. Is there ANYTHING you appreciate about that particular virus — well, maybe not the virus itself, but the impact it had on workplace arrangements, or social norms, etc.?
4 – Improve Your Office Day: Whether it's your home office or your at-the-office office, what changes would improve your office experience?
5 – Global James Bond Day: Are you a Bond fan (either books or films or both)? Who is your favourite Bond actor? Do you have a favourite Bond theme song?
6 – Mad Hatter Day: Mad Hatter Day celebrates the Mad Hatter, from Alice In Wonderland and is the perfect opportunity for you to bring out your daft side. Do you have a silly side? Is there anything or anyone who always manages to get you acting silly?
7 – World Space Week: October 4-10 is World Space Week. How does the exploration of space benefit society? Do you think the money spent on space exploration could be better spent on the myriad problems here on Earth?
8 – International Podiatry Day: Do you try to reguarly take care of your feet, or do you tend to neglect them until something crops up -- dry, cracked heels, ingrown toenails, blisters, corns, etc.? Have you ever been to a podiatrist (or chiropodist depending on where you live)? Do you get pedicures regularly?
9 – Canadian Thanksgiving Day: Canadian Thanksgiving is associated with the European tradition of harvest festivals. Does your country celebrate the yearly harvest with a festival or other form of commemoration?
10 – Shift10 Day: SHIFT10 Day was created to encourage shoppers to shift 10% of their spending into their local economies to support local businesses, farmers' markets, and other alternatives to big box stores. Do you try to shop locally as much as possible or do the ease and convenience of big box stores and online juggernauts like Amazon win out more often than not?
11 – International Post Card Week: Did you ever trade or collect postcards? When was the last time you received one? When was the last time you sent a post card to someone?
12 – World Sight Day: How good is your eyesight? When did you last have an eye exam? Would you ever consider lasik surgery to improve your vision?
13 – Train Your Brain Day: Do you do any exercises aimed at (or claiming to) help keep your brain sharp and improve your memory?
14 – Dessert Day! Who doesn't love dessert? Is a dessert a regular part of your evening meal, or more of a special occasion sort of thing? Or do you mostly indulge in dessert when you eat out? Do you have a favourite dessert to make? Do you have a favourite dessert to order when eating out?
15 – Mushroom Day: Do you like mushrooms? Do you have a favourite type of mushroom? In what dishes are you most likely to use mushrooms?
16 – Liqueur Day: Amaretto! Grand Marnier! Kahlua! Creme de Menthe! A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit. Distillers flavor the spirit with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers, or nuts. They may have fallen out of favour due to the increasingly broad selection of spirits available in seasonal, fragrant, and often curious flavors (vodkas and rums in particular), but they haven't disappeared. Have you ever had a liqueur? Do you have a favourite?
17 – Mulligan Day: Commonly used in games such as golf, the term ‘mulligan’ derives from the 1920s when Canadian golfer David Mulligan made a mistake during a game and retook his shot. Since then, to ‘call a mulligan’ means the chance to try again. Is there anything in your life you'd like a second chance at?
18 – International Legging Day: Do you wear leggings? If yes, do you wear them mostly when exercising, or do you wear them outside of the gym?
19 – Free Speech Week: There is a lot of talk about the so-called "cancelling" of individuals who are known for espousing controversial views. Would a better way of framing it be "accountability" rather than "cancelling", with the emphasis being on the reality that free speech isn't consequence-free?
20 – Information Overload Day: We've all likely suffered from this at some point in time, if not almost daily. What do you do to limit the flow of information coming to you? Do you put your phone on "Do Not Disturb"? Log out of your email client? Avoid social media? Read a book or go for a walk instead of watching the news?
21 – International Walk to School Month: Did you walk to school as a child? Are parents today too over-protective to let their children walk to school?
22 – Colour Day: National Colour Day focuses on the impact colour has on each of us. Beyond having a favourite colour, are there colours that evoke specific feelings or memories in you? Colours you avoid or dislike because they remind you of something you'd rather forget, or give off "bad vibes"? Is there a colour that immediately brightens your mood, or calms you? Do you decorate your home with lots of bright colours? How important is colour in your life?
23 – iPod Day: Have you ever owned an iPod (or other portable media player)? Do you remember those first songs? Do you still listen to them? What have you become in the days that have past, and do you smile with nostalgia or cringe with embarrassment as you remember your favorites from ages gone by?
24 – United Nations Day: Is the UN still an important international player? Do you think the UN Security Council membership should be expanded?
25 – International Artist Day: do you have any art in your home -- paintings, sculptures, etc.? Do you ever visit art galleries? Do you dabble in any type of art yourself?
26 – Mincemeat Day: Have you ever tried mincemeat (pie, or tarts)? Do you like it? Do you have an old family mincemeat recipe that gets dragged out in time for the holidays season?
27 – Cranky Co-Workers Day: Do you have (or did you have if no longer working) any chronically cranky co-workers? Or maybe you were the cranky co-worker? When was the last thing you let yourself be cranky, and to voice your thoughts about something that annoyed you?
28 – International Animation Day: What is your favourite animated film or TV series?
29 – Internet Day and Cyber-security Awareness Month: Today is both national Internet day and Cyber-security Awareness Month. Are you, or do you try to be, fairly vigilant about how you use the internet, and keeping yourself safe online? Do you tend to use the same password across most sites? Have you ever suffered a malware infection?
30 – Haunted Refrigerator Night: Sometimes you forget about certain things that are in your fridge. And while you may have forgotten about them, they certainly haven't forgotten about you. Instead, they sit lurking in the back of the refrigerator waiting for you to delve into its darkest corners and unleash the disgusting rotten mess that lurks within those Tupperware sarcophagi. Is there anything lurking in the deepest recesses of your fridge that you're afraid to look at or deal with?
31 – Magic Day: Have you ever seen magic performed live? Have you ever tried to learn a few tricks yourself?
--
1 – I hope not. I don't really like who I am right now.
2 – I adore neat architecture. Looking at buildings is something I do a lot when I travel. I've been known to walk down a street and take pictures of all the doorknobs.
3 – I haven't had my yearly 3-months-of-continuous-coughing bronchitis in three years. I am never going back.
4 – My home office is a pretty comfortable setup. Although right now I could do with it being a little warmer.
5 – My sister was a big James Bond fan and we used to see the new movies as soon as they came out. I'm not as much, I think the genre is dated. They could do something really interesting with it, but they just haven't, I guess because they're scared to lose the traditional fans.
6 – I laugh at everything. Even stuff that's not funny.
7 – I don't think it has to be one or the other. I do think space exploration shouldn't be left to a handful of rich people.
8 – My girlfriend got me into pedicures and now I'm addicted.
9 – My country celebrates Canadian Thanksgiving?
10 – I've never hear of that. I would love to drop more money into small stores and local businesses, but so many of them make it so hard to find anything - honestly I want to give you my money, help me out here!
11 – My sister sends postcards to the Old Man. I always buy them when I travel and then never get around to sending them.
12 – I have always had shit vision and got laser surgery about a decade ago.
13 – The best thing for your brain is supposed to be physical exercise, which I do.
14 – Desert is rare for me, I don't really have much of a sweet tooth. My absolute favourite desert is a cheese plate and glass of wine.
15 – I love mushrooms of all kinds.
16 – So many. I like most of them, but find the really sweet ones cloying. Same with the cream-based ones, although they are good in the occasional coffee.
17 – All. Of. It.
18 – Mostly exercising. If I'm wearing a skirt, which is rare but it does happen.
19 – I roll my eyes every time some media outlet publishes a fluff piece about people who complain they've been cancelled. If they're so fucking cancelled why do I still have to hear their wittering?
20 – I don't get information overload, I get bad news overload. I have started asking the gf for fluff watching only when we get together because I don't have the spoons to deal with anything difficult right now.
21 – Yes and yes.
22 – I like jewel tones. Hate pastels.
23 – I used to have a Walkman. I only ever listen to music at the gym because I am paranoid and need to be able to monitor my surroundings.
24 – I'd probably re-organize it if I were the boss. The hard part would be doing it in such a way that the member states wouldn't just walk.
25 – We have a bunch of stuff hanging on the walls - prints, paintings, small sculptures. Mostly made by friends or purchased while travelling. I would love to do more art, but urgh, time.
26 – Not a fan.
27 – I am definitely the cranky co-worker.
28 – You know I genuinely can't think of anything right now? I think the last animated thing I watched was The Dragon Prince. Oh wait, I stayed with a friend for a week last winter and we binged Bojack Horseman
29 – I'm probably medium level secure about shit like that - less careful than I should be, but usually pretty good at avoiding the obvious pitfalls
30 – The housemate is more daring about food than I am, so as far as I'm concerned there is always scary shit in my fridge
31 – Well I used to be in a coven, so technically I guess I have both seen magic and performed magic. I don't think that's what the question is getting at though.
**
I don't blog much about current events any more. I find the state of the world so distressing I just don't want to talk about it. I write letters, I sign petitions, I call government officials and I try to avoid despair.
I did post this petition link around in a few places for the Canadians, a call on the federal government to call on Israel for a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
**
Toronto went from mid-20's temperatures on Friday to like, 2. People further away from the lake have been getting dustings of snow. My house is freezing. I don't want to run the furnace until it's cleaned because it's caked with cement dust, and that shit's nasty. So I'm holding off until the cement mixing isn't happening in the basement any more. I sleep under a pile of blankets and wear a hoody everywhere.
The builder is behind schedule of course. To the surprise of nobody.
**
I am very happy that Old Man got his booster the day I was with him, because the residence went into outbreak status four days later. He's fine. I don't know how many people constitutes an outbreak, but they instituted masking for visitors and cancelled the activities. And they spread people out for meals. This seems to have worked since no new people have come down with it, so of course I'm telling everybody on the staff who will listen to keep the mask rules for visitors.
They won't of course. We are not a species that learns from our mistakes.