A slice? Itâs not âSlice of Chocolate Cake Dayâ. Itâs Chocolate Cake Day
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But the diet wont let me have a whole cake 
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Classic! I actually met them when they toured SA in 1993. They stayed at the Carlton for a week. I was the Front Office Manager at the time and my then fiancée was the VIP Guest Relations Manager, so we got to spend a fair bit of time with them. Really nice guys. And their entire crew were too. I still have an autographed World Where We Live CD somewhere.
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Good morning! 
Itâs Thursday, 28 January 2021 (W4/D28)
Today is:
On January 28, 1958, the original LEGO brick system patent was filed by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, a Dane whose father founded the LEGO company. The company originally manufactured wooden toys and was named after the Danish saying âleg godtâ meaning âplay well.â
63 years and more than 400-billion bricks later, the plastic bricks synonymous with childhood (and later childhood too!) have helped build the Lego Group into a multi-billion dollar organization with one of the strongest and most recognizable brands on the planet.
Celebrate Lego Day with a little random building spree if you have some bricks, or finish that complicated Lego Set that youâve been putting off for so long, or spend some quality time playing with the kids and âtheirâ Lego.
If you donât have Lego that you can call your own, there are a number of Lego-themed movies and a large number of Lego games and franchise collaborations for you to while away this Lego Day. So yeah, no excuses.
(And for the love of all that is special about Lego, please donât be American and refer to them as âlegosâ. There is no plural for Lego. You âplay with my Legoâ regardless of how many bricks and elements you have. You donât âgo play with my Legosâ in the same way that a Kiwi doesnât âgo play with my sheepsâ. )
Have a casually constructive day! 
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has anyone watched Lego masters. Wow that show it hectic
I like the Lego masters AU
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International Lego Day challenge:
Go for a barefoot jog, and really trod down on a Lego peice.
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I love Lego! So this is a great day!
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Bahahaha. Thatâs hilarious!
Fails the challenge though, heâs supporting too much of his own weight on the hand rails.
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Agreed, but still, judging by the bloke in the background blocking his ears, the jogger is probably still screaming like an injured kitten 
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It hurts me just to watch that video. Like watching someone get punched in the nuts.
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Good morning!
Itâs Friday, 29 January 2021 (W4/D29)
Today is:
In 2002, Jodi Jill created National Puzzle Day as a way to share her enjoyment of puzzles. As a syndicated newspaper puzzle maker and professional quiz maker, Jill developed classroom lesson plans especially for the observance.
Itâs not clear whether she chose todayâs date for her Puzzle Day celebration because it also is the day when the Rubikâs Cube - the most popular puzzle toy of all time - made its commercial debut in 1980.
Puzzle Day recognizes how exercising our brains with puzzles is just one of its many benefits.
Whether itâs a crossword, jigsaw, trivia, word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku, puzzles put our minds to work. Studies have found that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain. And spending time daily working on puzzles improves memory, cognitive function, and problem-solving skills.
Word searches and crossword puzzles have the obvious benefit of increasing vocabulary and language skills. Sudoku, a puzzle sequencing a set of numbers on a grid, exercises the brain as well. By testing memory and logical thinking, this puzzle stimulates the brain and can improve number skills.
Puzzles also offer social benefits. When we work on these brain teasers with someone, we improve our social interactions. Whether we join a group or play with our children, those interactions keep us socially active and teach our children social skills, too. Even working them quietly together provides an opportunity to focus the mind in a meditative way that isnât forced.
Of course, you can keep it computerised as well, like our friend @Entity is doing over on his Twitch channel at the moment, and take on any one of the very many challenging puzzles games available. Or just keep it simple with a few rounds of good old expert level Minesweeper or Solitaire.
Whatever you do, make it a puzzletastic Friday!
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I love puzzle games, and even play them on my phone - just jigsaws
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Allow me to introduce all the puzzle game fans to this free gem:
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Good morning!
Itâs Saturday, 30 January 2021 (W4/D30)
Today is:
If there is a better way to start the weekend than with a warm, soft, flaky, fresh from the bakery croissant and a good coffee I donât know what it is. Happy Croissant Day!
Synonymous these days with France and Parisienne cafés, the humble crescent-shaped pastries are actually believed to have originated in Austria.
The legend of how the croissant came to be is that in 1683, the Turkish Empire laid siege on Vienna, Austria. The Turks made several attempts to conquer the city by force, but were unsuccessful, so decided to try underground tunnels.
The bakers of Vienna, who worked in the basement storerooms, heard the sound of digging and alerted the cities army.
For their vigilance, the bakers received high honours and thanks for their assistance in outwitting the Turks. In celebration, they baked their bread in the shape of a crescent moonâthe symbol of the Ottoman Empire. After the Turks were defeated, it became custom to serve morning coffee with the crescent-shaped pastry!
The legend continues to say that over a hundred years later, Marie Antoinette introduced the pastry to the French who dubbed it a âcroissantâ.
A more believable and documented origin story though tells of an Austrian military officer, August Zang. In 1839 he opened a Viennese bakery in Paris introducing France to Viennese baking techniques and baked goods. The bakery, Boulangerie Viennoise, was quickly imitated and its Austrian kipfel became the French croissant. And the rest is, as they say, history.
However it came to be, whoever lays claim to its creation, shouldnât really matter. Today we just eat and enjoy croissants and be thankful for their existence.
Saturday!
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Ermagurd! I lurve kwasunt.
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When my daughter was very young âcroissantâ was one of those words she struggled to pronounce properly, so we started to refer to them as âGrumpy Debbiesâ for a while - they were âcross auntsâ.
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