rantings & ramblings
It’s Train Day – celebrating the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869. But I’m from the Birthplace of the American Railroad, so here’s this detail from a cigarette trading card of the Stourbridge Lion: first steam locomotive in the US and Glass Walker Totem of Respect in World of Darkness.
Today is clean up your room day. Beware! Among half-drunk cups of water and mismatched socks you may also find that Lego set you’ve been meaning to build, that book you’ve been meaning to read, or that craft you’ve been meaning to finish – and you can’t just throw out a good box . . . good luck!
athletic shirts and underwear have both gone tagless – why not your mattress, too? Celebrate your freedom by doing what it’s illegal for the manufacturer to do and rip them off!!
Today’s a day for tasty treats: time to give someone a cupcake and have a Coke – if you’re lucky you’ll get a Coke at the same time someone gives you a cupcake. Or maybe combine them both and make Coke cupcakes – although giving those away without eating them all would be incredibly difficult.
It’s Concert Day! Whether you prefer classic opera or classic rock, indie folk or pop punk, death metal or the delta blues – today’s the day to celebrate all the musicians and their teams that bring us the live music we so enjoy.
What are some of your favorite concerts, or who do you wish you could see?
My top two concerts would be Taylor Swift and the Flogging Molly/Interrupters double headliner.
Great Lakes Awareness Day celebrates the Great Lakes, as well as highlighting the issues they face and efforts to preserve them. Taken together, the five lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) make up the largest freshwater body on Earth. Now facing pollution and invasive species, over 140 federal programs support environmental restoration and management of the lakes.
“Keep the Great Lakes Great” is a slogan I could get behind.
Running In My Head 