Every Thursday is Fat Thursday in my house!
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We just wonât mention the other six days of the week in my house.
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Do they all happen to start with fat?
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Start with fat, continues with fat, ends with fat.
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Today isâŚ
FRIDAY.
Nuff said.
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Good morning! 
Itâs Friday, 12 February 2021 (W6/D43/322 rem)
Today is 
International Darwin Day 
Darwinâs theories have been absolutely fundamental to the understanding of life and the species of the world as we know it today.
Charles Robert Darwin was born on this day in 1809, in Shrewsbury, England, and received his education at University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He grew to become a naturalist and geologist who would eventually impact the thinking of people all over the world.
Darwin was fascinated by the number and variety of fossils from around the planet, as well as the species in their great diversity. So he set out on a five-year voyage on the Beagle to sail around the world and study life in all of its unique and varied forms, making particularly important discoveries in the Galapagos islands.
Darwinâs theories presented the ideas that some species originated from other species, and that even man itself had a shared ancestor with the primates. While his theories were originally rejected by the scientists of his day, they were slowly accepted as more and more data was collected and more species were discovered.
DNA research seemed to push his theories even further, as scientists started to see the connections between species in the very genes that composed them.
People have been celebrating Darwinâs birthday for many years, but it came about as an actual day back in the 1990s. It was meant by the founders to not only celebrate Mr. Darwin, but also various other scientific achievements made by humanity.
Enjoying Darwin Day can take all sorts of twists and turns, small or large, alone or with a group, depending on personal preference. Consider these ideas and make some fun and educational plans for how to celebrate Darwin Day:
- Visit a natural history museum or natural exhibition (ideally, virtually if possible) or breakout the books at home.
- Hold a Darwinian-inspired art celebration (paint, draw, write poetry about our natural world)
- Watch any of the many Darwin documentary movies (Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life comes highly Reddommended if you can âfindâ a copy)
- For some light relief, review the annual Darwin Awards an unofficial honour bestowed on those humans that, contrary to what Darwin thought, seemingly have not evolved.
Have a happy Friday friends 
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Attenborough voice: Based on speech patterns, it seems this specimen has not evolved beyond its teensâŚ
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I literally head it in his voice in my head⌠
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Sharrap old man!
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I canât help but think of /r/wallstreetbets who refer to themselves as apes (which is among the least offensive terms they use for themselves).
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Itâs Saturday, 13 February 2021 (W6/D44/321 rem)
Today is World Radio Day 
Itâs been over 130 years since the word radio was first used to describe Hertzâs wave experiments. Now, 130 years later, the radio remains one of the most important inventions for communications on a global scale.
Radio has been recognized as having such a profound impact on the world that the Spanish Radio Academy put in a formal request to the UN to have 13 February declared âWorld Radio Dayâ. In September 2011 the proposal was ratified and UNESCO officially proclaimed that it be established the following February.
So it was that the first World Radio Day was celebrated on 13 February, 2012. UNESCO describes the radio as âa powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constituting a platform for democratic discourse.â
World Radio Day 2021 (WRD 2021) celebrates radio as part of humanityâs history by following the various developments in our society and adapting its services. As the world changes, so does radio. Thus, during the Covid-19 pandemic, radio made it possible, for example, to ensure continuity of learning, to fight against misinformation, and to promote barrier gestures.
âNew World, New Radioâ is, therefore, an ode to the resilience of radio. It is a tribute to its capacity for perpetual adaptation at the rate of societal transformations and listenersâ new needs. Accessible anywhere and anytime, radio reaches a broad audience. It presents itself as an arena where all voices can be expressed, represented, and heard hence why radio is still the most consumed medium worldwide today.
Whether you tune in on your mobile, dig out your old battery powered boom box, or turn on a good old fashioned âwirelessâ radio today, do it. To cross-quote Leary: Turn on, tune in, drop out!
Have a super Saturday
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Itâs Sunday, 14 February 2021 (W6/D45/320 rem)
Today is Valentineâs Day 
Contrary to its modern commercialised face, Valentineâs Day has a long and storied history, and has been recognised as a Saints Day since 496AD. So before you give me kak for choosing it for todayâs Today Is⌠post, letâs learn a little love .
Also called Saint Valentineâs Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, Valentineâs Day originated as a Western Christian feast day honouring two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love throughout the world.
There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer.
Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailerâs daughter a letter signed âYour Valentineâ as a farewell before his execution; another addition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.
The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in AD 269.
The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the âlovebirdsâ of early spring.
In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as âvalentinesâ).
Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In Italy, Saint Valentinesâs Keys are given to lovers âas a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giverâs heartâ.
Valentineâs Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.
However (or if, you cold, cynical soul!) you decide to express your love with your Valentine today, may it be a wonderful day!
Have a love-filled Sunday
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Noice. Weâre going to Nitida wine farm to enjoy a Valentine picnic with cheeses and cured cold meats.
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Itâs Monday, 15 February 2021 (W7/D46/319 rem)
Today is Annoy Squidward Day
And now for something completely frivolous - itâs Annoy Squidward Day!
Annoy Squidward Day exists as a consequence of a Season 1 episode on the animated series of Spongebob Squarepants. The episode (s01e12), which originally aired in March 2000, is called âEmployee of the Monthâ.
Squidward, the easily irritated friend of Spongebob, is a character in the show who works as a cashier at the local restaurant. In this particular episode, Squidward is so irritated that when someone asks him what day it is, he sarcastically replies, âAnnoy Squidward Day?â This causes the cheery, yellow Spongebob to laugh and respond, âNo silly, thatâs on the 15thâ, pointing to the calendar he is holding to prove his point. The calendar shows Squidwardâs face on the 15th. He then says, âTodayâs the beginning of the judging for Employee of the Month.â
In the ârealityâ of the Spongebob world of Bikini Bottom, the day was meant to be saved for the Employee of the Month Award, when Mr. Krabs would announce the best employee of that particular month at his restaurant. The presumption is that Squidward had already been selected for the award.
The humor in having an âAnnoy Squidward Dayâ is that Squidward is pretty constantly being annoyed by Spongeboband Patrick anyway. This is just a day where they try extra hard to annoy him.
Celebrate the day with all things Spongebob. Watch âEmployee of the Monthâ and other episodes of Spongebob Squarepants. Maybe even track down a Spongebob movie to watch, or spend some quality gaming time with gang in Bikini Bottom on your PC or console.
If youâre really into the âannoyâ part of the day, spend it annoying those around you. Flood the family WhatsApp chat and the office intranet discussion board, with Spongebob gifs, jokes, and memes. Change everyoneâs MEW avatar to something Spongebob related (just please, for the love of all that is holy, save @Mottamorts avatar somewhere before you do!). Or just be generally annoying - poke the person next to you constantly, throw paper clips at the colleague across from you, sing âI know a song that gets on everybodyâs nervesâ all day. You get the idea. Be creative, but be safe!
Have a happy Monday!
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lol, I do have a copy just in case.
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Yeah. In case. For research. And science.
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It wont be me today!
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Itâs Tuesday, 16 February 2021 (W7/D47/318 rem)
Today is Do a Grouch a Favour Day
Another rather unusual day to observe today - Do a Grouch a Favour Day is one of those weird informal holidays of unknown origin that are actually not so silly as they might seem at first sight.
Young or old, even normally cheerful and optimistic people occasionally have grouchy moods that may be caused by bad weather, lack of sleep, relationship problems, issues at work, money problems, global pandemics, etc. They might try to hide it, but it does not mean that they do not need cheering up. Occasionally, the grouch may even be ourselves.
On Do a Grouch a Favour Day, take a closer look at people around you, and if someone seems to be in a grumpy mood, do something nice to cheer them up. The idea is to try to brighten their day by doing them a simple favour. That youâll boost your personal karma points score at the same time is a bonus!
It doesnât have to be a big thing. Donât try and take on and solve everyone elseâs problems. Just do a small, simple kindness that may make them smile, even if only briefly. You can buy a grouch flowers, treat them to lunch, invite them for a walk or to the movies. Listening to their problems is also a good way to cheer a grouch up.
And remember, if you really want to reduce the grouch levels in the world around you, you donât need to wait for February 16 to roll around once a year. Donât wait for an excuse to do someone a favour, just do it!
Have a grouch-free Tuesday!
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You heard the man.
Everybody do something nice for me today.
grumbles
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