Food Loverâs Market had a special of 4 cross aunts for R25 today. Somehow I had the self control to not eat them all at once.
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Good morning! 
Itâs Sunday, 31 January 2021 (W4/D31)
Today is:
Itâs yaD drawkcaB, or as itâs known in the standard world, Backward Day. The day where the world gets turned upside down and inside becomes outside, day becomes night, and we start at the end. Well, at least in concept. Please donât attempt to do anything dangerous backwards! Like driving in reverse. Or wiring a plug backwards!
Backward Day isnât just a day of silliness, but of mental revolution.
It was created by Megan Scott and Sarah Miller back in 1961. On the 29th of January, they were thinking about making arts and crafts while they were busy on the Miller family farm milking the cows. This is when they had an idea. Later on in the evening, they sat down together and wrote down some rules. It was not long before the idea got out and reached all of the people in the town. When the two women were walking around two days later, on the 31st of January, they noticed that everyone was doing things backwards.
Celebrating Backward Day is easyâdo things backwards, or sdrawkcab, but only if itâs safe to do so, and you arenât going to cause harm to yourself or anyone else.
- Wear your outfit backwards or inside out, and if you can, talk and write backwards.
- Go to bed in the morning and start working in the evening, have dinner in the morning and breakfast in the evening, and have dessert first during all your meals.
- Talk to people with your back towards them. Just make sure you let them know you are celebrating Backward Day, so they donât think you are rude.
- Say goodbye to people when you meet them, and hello when you depart.
- Go out the back door
- Add coffee to your milk.
- Add ice cream to your chocolate.
- Do your work in reverse order.
- Answer the phone with âGoodbyeâ.
- Write your name backward.
- Write an entire sentence backward.
- Watch a movie in reverse.
- Read a book starting with the last page.
Have a fantastic yadnuS! 
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Backward Day shouldnât be confused with the recently observed Opposite Day (25 January).
On Opposite Day you might start your day with a cold shower as opposed to your normal hot shower. On Backward Day we reverse the order of things, so weâd end our day with our shower.
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What if you shower in the morning AND evening?! 
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Walk in and out of the shower backwards.
Rinse first, then soap up 
Condition first, shampoo after.
Towel off in reverse to how you normally do.
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Good morning!
Itâs Monday, 01 February 2021
(W5/D32/8.8%/333 rem)
Today is:
Snakes alive, itâs Serpent Day! And whilst me and Indy Jones and millions more are not huge fans, today is about highlighting the significant role serpents play in human culture and history, and their ecological importance. Itâs also about helping folks like me overcome our fears, if only for a moment or two.
The difference between Serpent and Snake? When used as nouns, serpent means a snake, whereas snake means a legless reptile of the sub-order serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue.
The serpent is an animal that has been used to symbolize evil across a lot of cultures and religions. However, it has also been associated with fertility and medicine as well. There are a lot of tales and legends that refer to the serpent. Of course, these are not merely mythical creatures. In fact, there are more than 3,000 species of snakes across the Earth. The green anaconda is the heaviest, the reticulated python is the longest, and the Barbados thread snake is the smallest, at roughly only four inches. Serpent Day is designed to raise awareness about the serpent.
The symbology typically associated with the serpent include vengefulness and vindictiveness, medicine and poison, guardianship, and fertility and rebirth. In modern times, the serpent can be associated with political propaganda and modern medicine. Serpent Day gives you the opportunity to delve deeper into this creature and find out more about what it means for different people all over the world, as well as the role that it has played in history too.
You donât need to go out and start cuddling with cobras to acknowledge Serpent Day. You could spend time learning a little more about serpents from behind the safety of your screen. This Google overview even allows you to get up close and personal with a 3D version of a ball python. Visit the 3D view on your mobile and youâll be able to bring the python into your room at life size using AR. Itâs pretty damn freaky!
Alternatively, you could spend some time learning about the significant symbolization and mythology associated with the serpent.
This makes for fascinating reading, as the serpent has been a prominent figure different religions and mythology from Christianity to Tribal African, from Ancient Greece to Native America, from Norse to Aboriginal.
However you decide to celebrate the legless beasts, make it a marvelous Monday.
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See that is just a nope
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See, I donât get the 3D or AR option. I clicked onthat link and just took me to a search result of âsnakeâ. Perhaps due to using Firefox.
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Even more likely⌠I realize now that clicking the View in 3D link opens the AR snake in the Google app. Do you have that installed on your phone? Maybe the link only shows up if you have the Google app installed?
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Look out kitty!
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I have that and use it regularly. Hmm⌠will try this out with Chrome and see what happens.
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Worked in the Google Now app. 
Son thought it was quite cool.
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Good morning!
Itâs Tuesday, 02 February 2021
(W5/D33/332 rem)
Today is:
Everyone loves the sound of a guitar, itâs true, but those who discount the ukulele based on its size just donât understand how amazing a little sound can be. Itâs got a lovely, soft little voice that fills you with joy, and thereâs hardly a person who can keep their hands off them, even if they havenât a clue how to play.
Thankfully, thereâs no obligation that you actually know how to play ukulele on Play Your Ukulele Day (although it is a bonus if you do!) Just pick up and play it all day long!
The holiday was first celebrated in 2011. Since its inception, the holiday is celebrated all around the world under the slogan bring the world together, four strings at a time.
A ukulele, also sometimes called a uke, is a four-stringed instrument that was first popularized in Hawaii in the late 19th century. The instrument was a version of the machete (machete de braga), a four-stringed instrument native to the Madeira region of Portugal. It is thought that the ukulele was created by Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii.
The word ukulele in Hawaiian means jumping flea. It is thought that the instrument was so named because of the way the players fingers jumped around the strings.
Any uke players around? Drop a link to your YouTube channel or SoundCloud account and let us hear.
Have a totally tuneful Tuesday!
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Glad to hear it worked eventually and that Beo Junior got a kick out of it. Realized now that if you search for the animal from inside the Google App (not through a browser) thereâs quite a lot of animals there that have been given the 3D treatment.
@Wyvern, if you search for âleopardâ in the app you wonât have to see the snake:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=African%20leopard
Then pull up the other animals at the bottom of the screen.
Lots of doggos, some aquatic animals, a bunch of big mammals, and some birds too. And sound! Kakked myself when the leopard roared as I was taking that screenshot as I wasnât expecting sound after the very quiet snake yesterday.
The kiddos will love putting the giant panda on their bed, or the Shetland pony in the bathtub.*
I say âthe kiddos will loveâŚâ but I actually meant âI lovedâŚâ
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the pug was cute 
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George Formby was the original television ukulele superstar:
After its resurgence as an instrument of note recently, thereâs now even TED âtalksâ given using itâŚ
And entire YouTube channels dedicated to teaching you how to play it:
And thatâs without going anywhere near Hawaiian ukulele tunes:
My personal favourite ukulele star is comedian Kate Micucci. Here she is with a special guest player:
And with her Garfunkel & Oates partner Riki Lindholme. These clips are all most probably language NSFW, but thatâs part of what makes this comedy duo so funny - the sweet, innocent, joyful music and their hilarious, but sometimes vulgar, lyrics.
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Hahaha thank you!
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