What Day Is This?
August 31st Now & Then
Today is actually September 1st, but most people refuse to admit it.- In 27 B.C., after Augustus Caesar arranged to bury the hatchet in his granduncle Julius, Augustus became emperor and, naturally, wanted his own month.
- So Augustus chose Sextillus, the month following July. But since Sextillus had only 30 days, he stole today from September and called it August 31st. And here we are, over 2,000 years later, still screwed up.
The World Championship Goat Barbecue is this week in Brady, Texas. Goat barbecuing is a lot of fun -- except for the goat.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was formed on this day in 1873 and soon became the world's most famous police force. But the Mounties aren't as popular as they used to be. Today, Eastern Canadians don't want their policemen to smell like horses.
- And Western Canadians don't want their horses to smell like policemen.
The National Old-Time Country Music Festival is this week in Avoca, Iowa. You know it’s "old-time" country music when you notice the snuff juice dribbling down their chins onto their fiddles.
- And you suddenly smell something funny when they start pattin’ their feet really fast.
Love & Learn
The Alert Consumer - Frequent fliers facing crowds, security, delays.
Motorcycles: Triumph Scrambler - New Scrambler's retro look belies a host of modern improvements.
Fall Movie Preview - Upcoming movie previews, including Hollywoodland, The Black Dahlia, Everyone's Hero, The Painted Veil, The Last Kiss and others, including holiday films.
Working Together to Bring Back Our Inner Cities - A new breed of urban mayors appears to be bringing a new attitude and approach to revitalizing ailing inner cities and making the black community a bigger player in that process.
Shallow Thoughts
My favorite athletes are racehorses. They never give interviews.
But remember, nudity is only skin deep.
Today is actually September 1st, but most people refuse to admit it.- In 27 B.C., after Augustus Caesar arranged to bury the hatchet in his granduncle Julius, Augustus became emperor and, naturally, wanted his own month.
- So Augustus chose Sextillus, the month following July. But since Sextillus had only 30 days, he stole today from September and called it August 31st. And here we are, over 2,000 years later, still screwed up.
The World Championship Goat Barbecue is this week in Brady, Texas. Goat barbecuing is a lot of fun -- except for the goat.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was formed on this day in 1873 and soon became the world's most famous police force. But the Mounties aren't as popular as they used to be. Today, Eastern Canadians don't want their policemen to smell like horses.
- And Western Canadians don't want their horses to smell like policemen.
The National Old-Time Country Music Festival is this week in Avoca, Iowa. You know it’s "old-time" country music when you notice the snuff juice dribbling down their chins onto their fiddles.
- And you suddenly smell something funny when they start pattin’ their feet really fast.
Love & Learn
The Alert Consumer - Frequent fliers facing crowds, security, delays.
Motorcycles: Triumph Scrambler - New Scrambler's retro look belies a host of modern improvements.
Fall Movie Preview - Upcoming movie previews, including Hollywoodland, The Black Dahlia, Everyone's Hero, The Painted Veil, The Last Kiss and others, including holiday films.
Working Together to Bring Back Our Inner Cities - A new breed of urban mayors appears to be bringing a new attitude and approach to revitalizing ailing inner cities and making the black community a bigger player in that process.
Shallow Thoughts
My favorite athletes are racehorses. They never give interviews.
But remember, nudity is only skin deep.
posted by Joe Hickman at 2:21 PM
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