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  • Insert Holiday Here…

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    Yes… Yes… I know. The next blog up is supposed to be Food. It’s Really Not That Hard… I’ve caught all manner of grief about the “cliffhangerness” of the $750.00 story… Well, suck it up and quit complaining. It’s coming…

    HOWEVER…

    Well… You saw THAT coming, right? I know I did…

    As it happens, March 26 is way more than just a two and a six in a square on a sheet of paper. Never mind that the two and six would only add up to eight, which is way less than 26. Unless you then multiplied the sum by three and added two. But this isn’t supposed to be a math lesson. It’s actually supposed to be a March lesson, sans drums, hares, and, well, marching…

    Suffice it to say, March 26 is a couple of things besides just a date on a page:

    1. Earth Hour Day – if you don’t know about Earth Hour day, then go here and find out: EARTH HOUR – We here at La Casa De La Pelirrojas will be on candle power this evening to show our support. Feel free to join us (in the whole candle power thing, not showing up at our house. Do that and we might have to shoot you…)
    2. National Make Your Own Holiday Day – Srsly. (Details)

    Soooo, since March 26th, every year, is National Make Your Own Holiday Day, the staff of Brainpan Leakage – the staff in question being Moi… and… well… E K, because she’s the supervisor and I have to do what she tells me to do… But anyway, here at Brainpan Leakage we… I… she… us… Whatever… thought it might be a good thing to toss some ideas out there for folks, just in case they are having problems coming up with a holiday…

    POSSIBLE HOLIDAYS FOR NATIONAL MAKE YOUR OWN HOLIDAY DAY

    National Make Your Own Porn Day (Be sure to share)

    National Do Whatever E K Says Day (24/7/365 for me already)

    National Read A Rowan Gant Investigations Novel Day

    National Chuck A Woodchuck Day

    National Simonize Your Car Day

    National Eat Sushi Day

    National Hit Someone In The Face With A Pie Day

    National Just Say No To Microsoft Day

    National Velvet Day

    National Eat Some Vienna Sausages Day

    National SPAM On A Stick Day

    And… You know me… The list could go on, and on…

    So there you have it. It’s National Make Your Own Holiday day, so make yourself a holiday and celebrate it every way you can. But when the festivities are over, remember to turn out the lights, shut off the TV, and maybe just read a book by candlelight. Because no matter what holiday you invent, it’s still Earth Hour day, and we’ve only got one Earth – it has to last us a while…

    Besides. You’ll save some cash by not using all that electricity, and then you can afford to run out and buy some more books by that M. R. Sellars guy…

    More to come…

    Murv

  • Space, The Final Frontier…

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    On this day (February 20) in 1962,  John Glenn became the fifth human being to go into space, and the first American to orbit the earth. The journey, lasting 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds was accomplished aboard a Mercury space capsule that had been shot upward into the heavens atop an Atlas 6 rocket. The capsule was dubbed Friendship 7.

    I have a model of it. Two, in fact.

    Why?

    Because I almost ended up being named John Glenn Sellars.

    Why?

    Because right about the time Glenn was making history, I was coming into the world.

    Yes. Today is my 49th birthday, so I am taking the day off from blogging (Unless I get a wild hair. You just never know…)

    At any rate, if you REALLY want to get me something, here’s what you can do: Call 10 of your friends and convince them to buy at least one copy each of my books. Paperback, e-book, I don’t care. And if you don’t own my books already,  shame on you. You need to go buy them for yourself as well. Tell your friends that they also need to call 10 of their friends and do the same thing – including telling them to call 10 of their friends, and so on…

    Maybe that sounds selfish and mercenary of me, but hey, it’s my birthday. Give me a break.

    More to come…

    Murv