Almanac of Miscellaneous Merriment

End of the Mid dle Ages Day May 29, 1453 is considered by many historians to be the end of the Middle Ages, (and therefore the Beginning of ...

World Turtle Day If you don't know how to celebrate World Turtle Day, perhaps Michael the Turtle can help.

It seems that my life is in jeopardy since I quoted an old bit of Devonshire weather folklore . Thunder in May Frightens the Summer away. ...

According to The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore , Thunder in May Frightens the Summer away. I just heard thunder's dooming boom. Bye, b...

Memo To: Almanac Readers From: Absent-minded Secretary Date: May 21, 2007 Subject: National Memo Day As it is currently National Memo Day, i...

Baby Niece looks worried that Baby Niece II might steal her center-of-attention-ness.

Twilight Zone Day For Twilight Zone Day, I would like to present real lawn furniture. The furniture created for the greenest of treehuggers...

Clean Up Your Room Day Today is Clean Up Your Room Day, and what perfect timing it is for clean up your room day, because today is the first...

Lost Sock Memorial Day Poor mismatched pair!

Day of Edgy "There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ... and only one for birthday presents...

According to The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore , May the 3rd is "Avoiding Day." This is a very unlucky day because it is believed...

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be... 02:03:04 05/06/07

Feast Day of St. Expeditus St. Expeditus (while no longer recognized by the Catholic Church) is the patron saint against procrastination, fo...

Cheese Ball Day That is, we are supposed to eat them, not be them.

Reading Harry Potter books always makes me hungry. In book IV, which I am reading because it is the assigned book for April as part of Edgy...

On this date in 1844, the New York Sun printed a story of the first transatlantic flight, which took only three days in Mr. Monck Mason'...

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Cerealia Somewhere about this time in April is the festival of Cerealia. Cerealia is a 5-8 day celebration of the Roman goddess Ceres . Cere...

Poetry & the Creative Mind Day If you like poetry, you should celebrate Poetry & the Creative Mind Day . If you want to celebrate po...

Tell the Truth Day It's Tell the Truth Day. Or is it?