January 28: Kazoo Day, Blueberry Pancake Day!

by Katybeth Jensen on January 28, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ Jan 28 Thank you Mary Lee for the beautiful Charlotte sunrise pictures! ★~ Today’s Quote: The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves. W C Fields quotes ★~  Kazoo Day: My sweet mother plays the Kazoo. Really! She used to [...]

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January 27: Chocolate Cake Day, Sir Thomas Crapper Day

by Katybeth Jensen on January 27, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 27 ★~ Today’s Quote: No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.  Lewis Carroll ★~ Chocolate Cake Day: Cakes have a rich culinary history. In Greece, cakes (or “plakous”) were heavy and flat, and people served them with nuts and honey. The Romans made cakes that were more like [...]

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January 26: Australian Day, Peanut Brittle Day, Pistachio Day

by Katybeth Jensen on January 26, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 26 ★~ Today’s Quote:  Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan ★~ Australian Day: Our El Morno Saucy Aussie has left for Philip Island, Australia, an island with no Internet, so we are going to have to do our best to celebrate with her in spirit. [...]

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January 25: Opposite Day, Irish Coffee Day!

January 25, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 25 ★~ Today’s Quote: Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. Robert Burns ★~ Opposite Day:  Today isn’t National Opposite Day, so don’t celebrate by doing the opposite of what you mean to do and saying the opposite of what [...]

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January 24: Compliments Day, Belly Laugh Day, Peanut Butter Day

January 24, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 24 ★~ Today’s Quote:  “A compliment is verbal sunshine.” ~ Robert Orben ★~ Compliments Day: You light up my life…make the plain magnificent, the ordinary extraordinary…bring light to a dark world, make the dull shiny, make my heart sing…you are the fairest of them all and my sunshine, my [...]

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January 23: Chinese New Year, Measure Your Feet Day, Pie Day

January 23, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 23 ★~Today’s Quote: A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. James A. Garfield ★~ Chinese New Year: The Year of The Dragon Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year!  The traditional Chinese Lunar Year 4710 begins at sunset on the day of the [...]

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January 22: Answer Your Cat’s Question, Blonde Brownie Day

January 22, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 22 ★~ Today’s Quote: I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.  Hippolyte Taine ★~ Answer You Cat’s Question Day: Today, be prepared to answer the questions: Why is a slobbered-on ball more appreciated than the mice I drop at your feet? [...]

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Update! Boiling MAD! Animals Petition: Charge Kyle Voissem with a felony!

January 21, 2012

Boiling Mad!! Sign the Petition and Charge Kyle Voissem with a Felony January 27: Update from Erica and Jared:   ”The judge ended up charging Kyle with a felony. Since it got increased to a felony instead of a misdemeanor, he has to go through a new arraignment. Not sure when that will be. And the [...]

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January 21: Hug Day, Squirrel Appreciation Day, New England Clam Chowder Day

January 21, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ January 21, 2012 ★~  Today’s Quote:  There’s something in a simple hug That always warms the heart, It welcomes us back home And makes it easier to part…. ~Johnny Ray Ryder, Jr., “A Simple Hug” ★~ International Hug Day: According to University of North Carolina researchers, one extra 20-second hug [...]

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SOPA and PIPA Bill Dropped By Congress!

January 20, 2012

We told Congress…and they listened. WOOOHOOO! Thank you to everyone who stopped by Odd on Wednesday, January 18th to protest SOPA and PIPA and to find out more. Because we sent e-mails to our senators and representatives, and informed others, we’ve won for now: Congress dropped SOPA and PIPA today. On January 18th, 13 million [...]

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