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Life Day Special Edition

March 25th is my personal holiday which I nicknamed Life Day.

This year…

The official animal of Life Day was the sublime and benthic grimpoteuthis, otherwise known as the “dumbo octopus”.



They actually flap their elephant ears while they swim.

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The super-slick, six-sided hexagon was the official shape.



This was largely due to NASA bringing us word that there is a giant hexagon-shaped cloud on Saturn.

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The Queen of Lemons was the official mascot.



Here she is in 1920 giving a thumbs-up to my brother Colin’s birthday (another excellent day).

And speaking of floramorphic humans, I stumbled on this weird circus poster of the "Wonderful Albino Family":



And I photoshop’d it and changed the text all around:



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This is the official Life Day link to a weird web site:

A blog about all things involving fake wood

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And this is the official unintentionally humorous comic book panel:



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Hope you had a Happy Life Day!

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FYI: On this day the following real and fake events were said to occur:

Dante descended to the Inferno

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, was discovered

Britain abolished slavery

John Lennon and Yoko Ono started their Bed-In

The angel told Mary she was pregnant with God


The official animal of this year's Life Day is the binturong, or bearcat.
The bearcat is neither a bear nor a cat, it is a binturong. Note: it is frugivorous. And it smells of popcorn.


On this day, we honor the aviatrix.



We appreciate the juxtaposition of Pirates and Pioneers, this year's double-patches of official heraldry.



This is "Flight of the Witches" by Goya, this year's official Life Day work of fine art. It is one of the scariest paintings I've ever seen, but I like it a lot. In German, it is known as Hexenflug. Hereby, the official word of the day is hexenflug.     (it was going to be 'frugivorous" but I changed my mind)   Hexenflug can be used as a greeting or an exclamation. I would think if you were to see in real life the subject of this painting, yelling "Hexenflug!" would be an appropriate response. As would: crumpling up into a ball and praying you'll survive the night.


What should I do for Life Day?


You could play a game my friends and I like to call "Blindly-Draw-A-Boar". It's fun. We like it. You get some funny-looking boars out of it.



If you're me, you could get tested to become a green belt in kung fu.     (And no, I don't intend to pose as a black belt and wear my new green belt on my head like this gentleman, at least not where anyone else can see.)


You could read Alex's Ode to the Noble Binturong.


Hexenflug, neighbor!

Have a Happy Life Day!

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HOORAY FOR TODAY



Today, March 25th, is my personal holiday that I, for lack of a better name, call Life Day.

I celebrate it every year, just like the Wookiees do.

Happy Birthday to Henry II, Frank Oz and the chicken "Chicken Kentucky", who has the distinction of being the first partial birth in space.


This year the official animal of Life Day is the octopus.
It truly is the superhero of the deep.

    
We also honor on this day the precious few who have been inspired to adopt the semblance of the octopus to fight crime.

    
And what the hey, we'll even extend our appreciation to those who clearly do no such thing.


A silly man with no teeth, this year's selection of Life Day heraldry.



And I can't forget Ludo. He deserves a nod.


Have a Happy Life Day!

Thanks for celebrating it with me!

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