Very nice 
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We were without one kid last night so I showed my appreciation then, does that count?
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Good morning! 
It’s Wednesday, 27 January 2021 (W4/D27)
Today is:
It’s not just any old Cake Day. It’s the king of cake’s day, the boss of cakes day, the capo dei capi of cakes day. It’s Chocolate Cake Day.
Chocolate cake has been with us just over 150 years, having first come on the scene in 1764, when it was discovered that grinding cocoa beans between heavy stones produced cocoa powder, which could then become chocolate.
60 years would pass before Conrad Van Houten discovered a method by which he could mechanically extract fat from the cacao liquor which produced cacao butter. Long story short, this man is the reason that chocolate is actually affordable, and we all have him to thank for it!
The first verifiable recipe for chocolate cake appeared in Eliza Leslie’s 1847 cookbook. The actual formula, however, wasn’t quite what we’d recognize as a chocolate cake today. Leslie’s recipe called for chopped pieces of chocolate inserted into a plain sponge, instead of adding cocoa powder to the mix itself.
Have a wonderful chocolate cake filled day! 
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Are you saying I can cheat today and have a slice of chocolate cake?
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A slice? It’s not “Slice of Chocolate Cake Day”. It’s 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!
It’s 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 “leg godt” meaning “play well.”
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 you’ve been putting off for so long, or spend some quality time playing with the kids and “their” Lego.
If you don’t 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 don’t be American and refer to them as “legos”. There is no plural for Lego. You “play with my Lego” regardless of how many bricks and elements you have. You don’t “go play with my Legos” in the same way that a Kiwi doesn’t “go play with my sheeps”. )
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. That’s hilarious!
Fails the challenge though, he’s 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!
It’s 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.
It’s not clear whether she chose today’s date for her Puzzle Day celebration because it also is the day when the Rubik’s 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 it’s 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 isn’t 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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