July 2010
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Jul 30th
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“While beer brings gladness, don’t forget That water only makes you wet.”
–  Larry Leon Wilson, in The Spenders
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Holidays 7.29
Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day Festival of the Polymorphously Perverse National Chili Dog Day Pardon of the Birds (Quimperle, Brittany) St. Martha’s Day (patron of innkeepers) Thor’s Day (Norse)
Jul 30th
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“We often let time pass by without making any real use of it. Instead, look at...”
–  Garrett Oliver (whose birthday is today)
Jul 29th
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Holidays 7.28
Accountant’s Day Cheesecake Day Domhnach Chrom Dubh (Grain Festival; Ireland) Drive-Thru Day Independence Day (Peru) Kermesse (Brussels, Belgium) National Milk Chocolate Day Shampoo Outdoors Day
Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
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“As he brews, so shall he drink.”
–  Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour (1598)
Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Holidays 7.27
Cross-Atlantic Communication Day National Blunt Object Day National Scotch Day Take Your Houseplants For A Walk Day Walk On Stilts Day
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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“What the sober man has in his heart, the drunken man has on his lips.”
–  Danish proverb
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Holidays 7.26
All or Nothing Day Independence Day (Liberia) Independence Day (Maldives) New York Statehood Day One Voice Racial Desegregation Day
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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“The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk,...”
–  Nicholas Culpepper
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Holidays 7.25
Act Like a Caveman Day Cow Appreciation Day Furrinalia (Old Roman Goddess of Springs) National Hot Fudge Sundae Day Parents’ Day [4th Sunday]
Jul 26th
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Jul 25th
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“I’ve always believed that paradise will have my favorite beer on tap.”
–  Rudyard Wheatley
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
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“Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third...”
–  Raymond Chandler
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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Holidays 7.23
Gorgeous Grandma Day Hot Dog Day Hot Enough For Ya Day Mayhem New Year National Spongecake Day Soma No Umadi (Wild Horse Chasing; Japan)
Jul 24th
Jul 23rd
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“If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a...”
–  Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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Holidays 7.22
Festival of Boredom and Reveries National Squirt A Pigeon Day Pi Approximation Day Rat-Catcher’s Day Spooner’s Day
Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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“For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but...”
–  Xenophon, Greek historian (435-354 B.C.E.)
Jul 22nd
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Holidays 7.21
1st Day of the World (Egypt) Independence Day (Belgium) Make Your Own Pop Tart Day Monkey Appreciation Day National Junk Food Day Spooner’s Day
Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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“It was as natural as eating and to me as necessary, and I would not have thought...”
–  Ernest Hemingway (whose birthday is today)
Jul 21st
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Holidays 7.20
The Binding of the Wreaths (Lithuania) Cleat Dancing Day National POW-MIA Recognition Day Special Olympics Day
Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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“Treat our beer like the family dog — keep it comfortable and out of extreme heat...”
–  Printed on Western Reserve Brewing’s 6-packs
Jul 20th
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Holidays 7.19
Ancient Egyptian New Year Feast of Cranks Festival of the Puzzlebox Flitch Day (Bacon given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for 1 year; very few took home the bacon) Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day National Get Out of the Doghouse Day [3rd Monday] National Hug Your Kids Day Stick Out Your Tongue Day
Jul 20th
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“I have to think hard to name an interesting man who does not drink.”
–  Richard Burton
Jul 19th
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Holidays 7.18
International Brewers Day Anti-Bigot Day Railroad Day St. Anou, Bishop of Metz’s Day (patron saint of brewers; a.k.a. St. Arnulf, Arnould, St. Arnold) Sundae Sunday [3rd Sunday]
Jul 19th
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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“There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says ‘Good people drink good...”
–  Hunter S. Thompson (whose birthday is today)
Jul 18th
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Holidays 7.17
Cow Appreciation Day Crank Call Day Feast of the Clockless Nowever International Brick & Rolling Pin Throwing Contest (Stroud; Australia, Canada, UK, US) [3rd Sat.] National Woodie Wagon Day Toss Away the “Could Haves” & “Should Haves” Day Wrong Way Day
Jul 18th
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“A clay tablet dating around 4000 BC excavated in what is today Syria is...”
–  Zymurgy, 1998
Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Holidays 7.16
Atomic Bomb Day Closet Space Appreciation Day DC Day Festival of Convivial Tools International Juggling Day La Paz Day (Bolivia) National Ice Cream & Beer Day (mix some vanilla ice cream with your favorite Porter or Stout) World Snake Day
Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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“Cerevisiam Bibat! (drink beer for health)”
–  St. Hildegard von Bingen, 1150 CE
Jul 16th
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Holidays 7.15
Be A Dork Day Confuflux (Discordian) Dog Days end Feast of Rowana (patron of secret knowledge of the runes) Get To Know Your Customer Day [3rd Thursday] Respect Canada Day St. Swithin’s Day
Jul 16th