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May 01, 2008
Happy May Day!
Today is Labour Day, or International Workers' Day in places around the world. In Israel, it's Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), it's Beltane for the Celts, and National Love Day in the Czech Republic. Here in the US, not only is it May Day (which brings its own bizarre spectacle to Chattanooga), but it's also Loyalty Day and Law Day!
Whew! Better take the day off!
UPDATE #1: it's also National Day of Prayer (thanks, Bob!) and National Day of Reason, which both fall on the first Thursday of May.
UPDATE #2: AND it's Mission Accomplished Day (thanks, Buck!).
Seriously, take the day off. With all this maypole dancing, praying, thinking and -- well, trying to figure out how to get our country out from under its misguided and incompetent leadership -- it's going to be a very busy day!
UPDATE #3: well, it turns out that this year, May 1st falls 40 days after Easter, so it's also (thanks again, Bob) Ascension Day (which jumps around on our calendar pretty wildly, since it follows Easter -- last year it fell on my mother's birthday).
And for the record, it's also a bunch of other stuff today, too. But, fun as all this is, I think I'll quit with the updates.
Posted by alice at May 1, 2008 10:47 AM
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and dont forget National Day of Prayer happens to be today as well.
Posted by: bobw at May 1, 2008 10:51 AM
It is also the 5th year anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. So many reasons to celebrate, so little time!
Posted by: Buck at May 1, 2008 10:59 AM
oh and if you're into the liturgical calendar, it's Ascension Day (40 days after Easter)
Posted by: bobw at May 1, 2008 11:12 AM
RSS Day, too. http://rssday.org
Posted by: joe lance at May 1, 2008 11:25 AM