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It’s Saturday, March 17, 2018, and we’re nearing the beginning of Spring. It’s St. Patrick’s Day! As always, they’ll be dyeing the Chicago River Green, but it’s raining and sleeting, and so the celebrants will have to hie to the pub, which they’d do anyway. Naturally, today’s official food holiday is “National Eat Like the … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue
The snow has abated here, at least for a while, and while it’s clear on this Fat Tuesday, February 13, 2018, it’s still cold: 11° F (-12° C). It’s also National Italian Food Day, and World Radio Day, celebrating the powers of wireless (not computers!) Remember that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and if you haven’t got swag … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
Professor Ceiling Cat (Emeritus) here: I’m back for a week doing the Hili dialogues, but will then repair to Paris for a week and a half. Let’s all have a round of applause for Grania, who took over this onerous duty when importuned. Honey is still not back, though Sir Francis continues to guard the … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s March 13: not a Friday but a Tuesday. It’s also Chicken Noodle Soup Day. (Ecch: what about International Matzo Ball Soup Day?) It’s also National Elephant Day in Thailand. I’m off to Madison today (see my events for the FFRF here), so posting will be light to almost nonexistent until Saturday. Grania, though, has agreed to … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue (and Leon monologue)
It’s the last day of February: Wednesday, the 28th. And that means I have my bi-annual tooth cleaning this morning, so posting will be light. It’s National Souffle Day, and there’s a snowball’s chance in hell I’ll have one (I can’t remember ever eating one in the U.S., though I do in France). It’s also … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue
Well, it’s Friday, October 27, 2017, and precisely the 300th day of the year. What better way to celebrate by having a spud on National Potato Day? More important, in the UK it’s Black Cat Appreciation Day. Matthew sent the official tweet from Cats Protection: Today is #BlackCatDay please give these guys that #FridayFeeling and … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
First things first: I saw a raccoon and a bunny on my way to work today, but they moved too fast for me to photograph (you’ll have to take my word for it). Plus it was too dark, but no so dark I couldn’t make out procyonids and lagomorphs. Good morning on Tuesday, the cruelest … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, and all the ships at sea. It’s Thursday, September 7, 2017, and, depressingly another cold and drizzly day in Dobrzyn. If the sun shines in Poland in September, you couldn’t prove it by me. But Hurricane Irma is causing much worse, with reports of devastation in the … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue
