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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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HAPPY LIFE DAY!

It's that day of the year again, my chums: March 25th. Or, Life Day, as it is known to the wookies.



It's a personal holiday of mine. A couple of significant events in my life have occurred on this day. It is a day to honor new and bold beginnings.

Some Life Day Trivia:


On March 25, Sauron was defeated and his ring was destroyed, thus bringing about the start of the Fourth Age. Afterwards, it became New Year's Day for the Gondorans. And also on this day Sam and Rosie Gamgee gave birth to their first child, Elanor, whose name means "Sun Star".


In the real world, John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mt. Rushmore, was born, as was Bela Bartok, David Lean, Howard Cosell, Gloria Steinem, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and Sarah Jessica Parker.


This year the official animal of Life Day is the white tiger.


This is the White Tree of Gondor, official emblem of the nation of Gondor, and ergo, this year's selection of Life Day heraldry.


A long time ago, wookies on the planet Kashyyyk celebrated Life Day on March 25th. Because of the "Star Wars Holiday Special", everyone thinks Life Day is celebrated around Christmas time. This is patently false. And that's all I'm going to say on the subject.


On Life Day, the wookies light candles together in their homes and are spiritually transported to the starry heavens where they wear long red robes and walk solemnly to a sacred place. Somehow C3-PO and R2-D2 can travel there too, even though they're robots. Hey, Wookies don't judge. Anyway, Princess Leia gets high on something and sings the Life Day song (to the tune of a slow version of the Star Wars theme), and it goes a little something like this:

    We celebrate a day of peace.
    A day of harmony.
    A day of joy we can all share together joyously.
    A day that takes us through the darkness.
    A day that leads us into might.
    A day that makes us want to celebrate the light.
    A day that brings the promise that one day, we'll be free to live, to laugh, to dream, to grow, to trust, to love, to be.

Then she says:

"This holiday is yours but, we all share with you the hope that this day brings us closer to freedom, and to harmony, and to peace. No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. I hope that this day will always be a day of joy in which we can reconfirm our dedication and our courage. And more than anything else, our love for one another. This is the promise of the Tree of Life."



Happy Life Day, Everybody!

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Today is March 25th. Today is a holiday of boldness and new beginnings. On this date, Sauron was defeated, the Ring was Destroyed, and Gondorans celebrate a New Year, I kid you not.

Today is also the wookie holiday Life Day.

In honor of Life Day, I will now boldly make this the first archived document.

In honor of Life Day, I will now boldly make a new "jots" or "random things" (or whatever this is called).

In honor of Life Day, I will now boldly display my favorite photograph of the moment, even though I've already displayed it earlier (further down the page).



In honor of Life Day, I will now boldly sing the Life Day song (to the tune of a slow version of the theme to "Star Wars").

    We celebrate a day of peace.
    A day of harmony.
    A day of joy we can all share together joyously.
    A day that takes us through the darkness.
    A day that leads us into might.
    A day that makes us want to celebrate the light.
    A day that brings the promise that one day, we'll be free to live, to laugh, to dream, to grow, to trust, to love, to be.


This is the promise of the Tree of Life.

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