Hold the Fish

Today is a Crazy Day for sure!

It’s Pizza With The Works

Except Anchovies Day. 

That can’t be seen

 as being anything except crazy!

I still haven’t learned

to like the taste of anchovies!

I am giving up trying –

after hearing about today!

I never have to pretend

to want to learn

to like them again!

I am having some time

in the dark ages,

with my internet connection

at my house slowing down

to painfully slow!

Painfully!

I can’t open any webpage,

unless I’m ready to wait ten minutes.

I can’t research crazy, weird,

strange facts

when my internet is so slow!

I’m a four-or-five-pages-open-and

working-at-once-computer user!

I will have to look into

the problems and work them out –

and then, I’ll be back

blogging about crazy days!

Until then… I’m having Pizza!

Happy Day

McHappy Day

$3.66 million…

That’s this year’s Mchappy Day target!

For 30 years,

families have been lucky enough

to have their accommodation arranged

while they have

very sick children in hospital.

Australia has 13

Ronald McDonald

Homes Charity (RMHC).

 More than 100,000 families

have been helped by RMHC.

Sadly, 1 in 8 Aussies

have either stayed

in one of the houses or

knows someone who has.

These houses were first created

 in memory of McDonalds’ creator,

Ray Kroc.

He wanted to give something back

to the community.

McDonalds covers the costs

of administration and management.

The RMCH closest to me,

is at Randwick.

The Randwick House has 28 bedrooms.

There’s a communal kitchen

 and dining room –

with a pantry of staples.

There’s a toy room for the kids

 and a brand new teenager’s room.

A team of staff run the House.

Many of the things that are done

around the House,

are done by volunteers.

Today is McHappy Day.

Today, Big Macs

are being sold everywhere…

and, two dollars from each Big Mac

sold today will go to the

Ronald McDonald House Charities!

 If you never eat McDonalds,

today is the day to have a Big Mac!

If you really don’t like Big Macs,

you can buy a Helping Hand.

All money raised from the

purchase of Helping Hands

will go to the Houses!

Can’t get to a McDonalds?

Easy!

You can buy a Helping Hand on-line.

I’m “one in eight”.

I know someone who is sleeping

 in a Ronald McDonald House tonight!

I don’t eat McDonalds…

but, today…

I will have a Big Mac

and buy a Helping Hand.

Last year, we did this…

never realising how much

we were helping our future selves.

Today is an easy, easy way

 to make a huge difference!

RMHC Randwick

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Dracula!

 

 

Vampire Day

Ok, not Vampire Day…

but, it is the anniversary

of the birthday of Bram Stoker.

I’ll take you back to 1847…

Dublin, Ireland.

Mathilda gave birth to Bram.

(Ok, they called him Abraham.)

Poor Bram was a sickly little kid.

Confined to his room

and barely able to walk,

he spent hours reading books.

By 1864, he was back

 in good health

and headed to college.

He studied maths

and earned many awards for athletics.

 By 1870,

he graduated with honours.

He started a “side job”,

writing reviews

for theatre productions.

In 1878, he took on

the manager’s role

at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

 He performed this role

for 30 years.

In 1886, Bram wrote his first novel.

In 1897, Bram wrote Dracula…

perhaps the first novel

about vampires.

(Ok, there was an earlier one –

but surely Bram

can be called the Vampire King!)

For a long, long time

“Dracula” had little company

among Gothic Horror Vampire books.

 (Though Count Dracula

has lived on Sesame Street

since 1972!

But, did Count Dracula

ever drink blood?)

Now, vampire books are everywhere!

And, with the Cullens,

Bill and Eric becoming such

celebrity vampires,

I’m imagining that Vampire Stories

 are here to stay!

Bram died in London in 1912.

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This is a special day

for yesterday.

Today is

Chaos Never Ends day,

but I’ve celebrated the day

with such gusto

that things have been too chaotic

 for me to post about that!

Rays Unknown

 

 

What IS that?

That was my first thought

on seeing this picture.

A curious imagination

thought aliens must have finally

 been proved to exist!

But, no....

Today is X-Ray Day

More history, by the sounds of that.

 1895.

Germany.

Wilhelm Roentgen

accidentally discovered a “new” ray.

 Not knowing what it was,

he named it “X” ray…

which is the name

we still use today.

After discovering the ray

and figuring he knew

what it would do,

he asked his wife

to be the first person

to be x-rayed.

I guess she was pretty brave!

The world’s first x-ray

was of her hand

and her huge wedding ring.

Imagine a world without x-rays!

 

Stress Awareness Day

 

Stress Awareness Day

 

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Lately, I’ve had some stress.

I’ve had a little more sweat –

 and I think I could actually smell

 the fear in my sweat. I

 had stomach rumblings

and felt hesitation

at having to leave

the safety of my car.

I’ve avoided eye contact,

yet the whole time

have been darting my eyes

 to check that I’m safe.

That’s stress.

I’m aware of it.

I don’t like it.

I’m done being aware of it now!

 

A little stress is a good thing –

research shows us this.

But, too much stress…

unhealthy.

So, recognise the stress

and do whatever it takes

to get yourself

out of the stressful situation.

 

Perhaps, you could celebrate

today’s other Crazy Day:

Tongue Twister Day

Get your tongue around these:

Which wristwatches

are Swiss wristwatches? 

 

Many an anemone

sees an enemy anemone.

A tutor who tooted the flute

tried to tutor two tooters to toot.

Said the two to their tutor:

"Is it harder to toot,

Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

The sixth sick sheik's

sixth sheep's sick.

 

I give up! 

 



What's So Special About Today?

6th November

finds me a little stumped.

I can’t seem to find a crazy day…

and I can’t find

an interesting Special Day

I haven’t already posted about.

What to do!!?

I did learn that today

is the 311^th day of the year 2012

(This being a leap year).

Scarily,

that leaves 55 days of the year.

In those 55 days,

I have to get myself ready for Christmas.

 I have to finish off my working year.

I have to get ready

to attend the end-of-year functions.

I have to get ready

to say goodbye to 2012

and to welcome in 2013.

Only 55 days!

On another note,

I have been wondering…

2013…

how will the people

who are afraid of the number 13

cope with 365 days of 13?

Anyway…

a lot to do

and only 55 days of the year

 left to do them!

 

Best get busy!

Oh, and...
Today is the day Australia stops,
apparently.
Today, the Melbourne Cup is run.
 

What Do You Do?

Job Action Day

I guess there is a focus

 on your job and whether

it is challenging enough

or satisfying enough...

whether it suits you...

The webpage for today

looks a little too serious

for my mood today, so...

A strange job…

So, you could be paid

to stand in line for someone

who doesn’t want to wait.

Professional Queuer

would be your job title.

I hope you’d get double time

for overnight-sleep-in-line gigs.

How about Chocolate Tasting?

Could you do this?

How about a Snake Milker?

In Australia…

that would require a lot of bravery!

Beer Taster?

Not for me,

but I imagine a lot of people

would be pushing each other

aside for this position.

Ahh, Luxury Bed Tester…

I could go for this one.

Pet Food Taster?

Shudder.

Not interested!

Watching Paint Dry?

Someone needs to watch

and determine how long

it takes for paint to dry…

 how else would they know

how long it is

before you can apply the next coat?

There’s no end to the ridiculous

things you can get paid for!

Maybe, follow today’s idea…

check you are in the right place,

with the right income

and the right opportunities.

If your current job

isn’t right for you…

perhaps you might consider

being a

Crocodile Enclosure Cleaner…