You may note an obsession on this blog about "National Days." They're fun and often innocuous little diversions. Because today is April 4 (4/4 or 4x4) today is called Jeep Day. I've owned a couple of different Jeeps in my life, my favorite being a Jeep Wrangler soft top in the late 1990's. I really … Continue reading Today’s Date is 4×4 so it must be Jeep Day!
Month: April 2026
International Pillow Fight Day as an Alternative to Real Fighting
The First Friday in April is International Pillow Fighting Day. I last posted about this day during the pandemic. Now that we have active wars in Ukraine and Iran including conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, I wonder if we could find a way to substitute pillow fights instead of shooting wars. Crazy dream, I know, … Continue reading International Pillow Fight Day as an Alternative to Real Fighting
International Fact Checking Day
The day after April Fools Day is International Fact Checking Day. Todays media landscape if filled with deliberate lies, falsehoods, exaggerations, and misinformation. Yes, I listen to some social media but always try to back it up with my own research and other reading. I can't tell you who to trust (though I highly recommend … Continue reading International Fact Checking Day
April 1 is National 1 Cent Day even though we no longer make the penny. No Joke!
I'm sure you are aware of April Fools Day today. Did you also that the US Mint no longer makes the penny. After many years about the cost of producing the coin versus the value of the finished product. In November the US Mint was ordered to stop producing the penny any longer. Some retailers … Continue reading April 1 is National 1 Cent Day even though we no longer make the penny. No Joke!
Walter Thinnes 
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