No mention of "The aliens think Loyalty Day is stupid" or "The aliens are afraid of psychic parrots."
Or of armed killer dolphins or marauding killer chimps.
But he does mention
Serenity.
So it's all good.
Canada is issuing a coin celebrating... a robot arm. No, really. Not just any robot arm, but the Canadarm, a robot arm... in space!
Does this mean Lori might get a money shoutout? Or does she have to move to Canada first?
Does this mean Lori might get a money shoutout? Or does she have to move to Canada first?
It means that she can go to her congressperson and say, "Where's
my
coin, dammit!?!
Reminds me of TAL. "The American Space Shuttle with its Canadian Arm."
Oh! Possibly cereal. It's also, I had forgotten, Law Day. That Eisenhower was busy.
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Is there a Chocolate Day? There totally should be.
According to google, which is always right, as you know:
American Chocolate Week--March 14-20
National Chocolate Day--October 28
National Chocolate Day--December 28
National Chocolate Day--December 29
National Milk Chocolate Day--July 28
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day--November 7
National Chocolate Mint Day--February 19
National Chocolate Chip Day--May 15
National Chocolate Eclair Day--June 22
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day--December 16
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day--March 24
National Chocolate Custard Month--May 1-31
National Chocolate Pudding Day--June 26
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day--June 7
National Chocolate Milkshake Day--September 12
Every day is, in fact, national chocolate day.
P.S.: for people that's uses it, which I think consists of Jessica, Bloglines seems to be effed up where it's not showing the feeds but it's helpfully marking them as read anyway.
Is there a Chocolate Day? There totally should be.
It was replaced in the US by Broccoli Day, after rumors of Wonka's Communism surfaced....
Chocolate is a vegetable? That's a liberal interpretation.
But! Chocolate Day, and it's not yet past.
I haven't seen the Colbert speech yet, but even this tiny little excerpt, courtesy of Salon, is making me melty:
I stand by this man. I stand by this man because he stands for things. Not only for things, he stands on things. Things like aircraft carriers and rubble and recently flooded city squares. And that sends a strong message, that no matter what happens to America, she will always rebound -- with the most powerfully staged photo ops in the world.
I so desperately need this t-shirt.