Friends,
Welcome to the 2011 edition of my birthday holiday season! As you no doubt recall, your birthday holiday season begins when you receive your first gift or attend your first birthday party and ends when the candles are blown out at your last party. It’s pretty simple, but it keeps the festive spirit of your own personal holiday going for days, maybe even weeks.
In addition to it actually being my birthday today and some rust belt state becoming giddy over a cheesesteak-stuffed rat bothering to come out of a hole, some other important observances are held today. For instance, Estonians celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Tartu today. In Iceland, it’s Bun Day. People in the Philippines reflect on their constitution today, which seems appropriate considering that it’s their Constitution Day. It is also World Wetlands Day. A day when all of the world’s lands become wet, which explains quite a lot.
If only tomorrow were International Snowplow Day.
– bob