November 2011
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Holidays 11.30
Bonificio Day (Philippines) Cities For Life Day Computer Security Day Ham & Roast Beef Night Independence Day (Barbados; from UK, 1966) Independence Day (Yemen; from UK, 1967) International Computer Security Day [Last Workday] Judge A Book By Its Cover Day Mousse Day National Methamphetamine Awareness Day Perpetual Youth Day Regina Mundi (South Africa) Squirrel Hunt Day St....
Nov 30th
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“And Tib my wife, that as her life, loveth well good ale to seek. Full oft she...”
–  John Still, Bishop of Bath & Wells, 1543-1608
Nov 30th
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Holidays 11.29
Dita e Çlirimit (Albania) Electronic Greetings Day Feast of Great Expectations Festival of the Sons of Saturn International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (UN) Lemon Cream Pie Day National Chocolates Day Newspaper Day Pay A Blogger Day Square Dance Day Throw Out Your Leftovers Day [Tuesday after Thanksgiving] Unity Day (Vanuatu)
Nov 30th
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“Make the long night shorter, Forgetting not, Good stout old English Porter.”
–  R. H. Messenger, Give Me the Old
Nov 29th
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Holidays 11.28
Cyber Monday [Monday after Thanksgiving] Feast of the Miraculous Medal French Toast Day Gone-ta-Pott Day Independence Day (Albania; from Ottomans, 1912) Independence Day (Mauritania; from France, 1960) Independence Day (Panama; from Spain, 1821) International Aura Awareness Day Make Your Own Head Day Red Planet Day Zibelemarit (Onion Market Day; Berne, Switzerland) [4th Monday]
Nov 28th
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“This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let’s...”
–  Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not
Nov 28th
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“Then here’s to the heartening wassail, wherever good fellows are found, be...”
–  Ogden Nash & Sue King, A Drink With Something In It
Nov 27th
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Holidays 11.26
Alice in Wonderland Day Cake Day Day of the Covenant (Baha’i) Festival of Big Talk Festival of Shadow Economies Holodmor Remembrance Day (Ukraine) [4th Saturday] Independence Day (Mongolia; from China, 1921) International Aura Awareness Day Islamic New Year’s Day [1st of Muharram] National Flossing Day Small Business Saturday [Saturday after Thanksgiving] Sojourner Truth...
Nov 27th
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“To stare too intently at a glass of beer, or sniff it too obviously, in a bar or...”
–  Michael Jackson
Nov 26th
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“Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried...”
–  A.E Housman
Nov 25th
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Holidays 11.24
Beer & Turkey Day Brumalia begins (Roman feast of Bacchus) [11.24-solstice] Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day Christkindlesmarkt begins (Stoudt’s; Adamstown, Pennsylvania) Day of Mourning (Native American) [4th Thursday] D.B. Cooper Day Evolution Day Festival of Silence National Espresso Day National Opt-Out Day Sardines Day St. Pumpkin’s Day Thanksgiving [4th...
Nov 24th
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“To give thanks is a matter of joy; it should not be confined by excessive...”
–  Michael Jackson
Nov 24th
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Holidays 11.23
Big Help Day Cashew Day Cutty Sark Day Doctor Who Day Do What the Heck You Want Day (Oklahoma) Eat a Cranberry Day Feast of Qawl (Speech; Baha’i) Fibonacci Day Giorgoba (St. George’s Day; Georgia) Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan) National Espresso Day Niiname-Sai (Japanese Grain Festival) Repudiation Day (Maryland) TARDIS Day Thespius’ Day (Greek Mischief Ghost) Tie...
Nov 24th
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“Nothing ever tasted better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with...”
–  Hugh Hood
Nov 23rd
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Holidays 11.22
Alice’s Restaurant Massacre Day Cranberry Relish day Day of the Albanian Alphabet Go For A Ride Day Independence Day (Lebanon; from France, 1943) National Roast Turkey Day National Stop the Violence Day Start Your Own Country Day
Nov 22nd
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“Thought of giving it all away, to a registered charity. All I need is a pint a...”
–  Paul McCartney, Band on the Run
Nov 22nd
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Holidays 11.21
Anchor Christmas Day [Monday before Thanksgiving] Day of the Revolution (Mexico) [3rd Monday] False Confessions Day Gingerbread Day National Adoption Day National Day of the Bible [Monday before Thanksgiving] National Stuffing Day Nostalgia For the Future Day North Carolina Statehood Day (#12; 1789) Pumpkin Pie Day (Dec. 25th, too) World Hello Day World Television Day
Nov 22nd
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“Water is good for only two things: floating ships and making beer.”
–  Anonymous
Nov 21st
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Holidays 11.20
Absurdity Day Africa Industrialization Day (a.k.a. Ban Ki-Moon; UN) Alascattalo Day (humor appreciation day) Bill of Rights Day Black Awareness Day (Brazil) Day of National Sovereignty (Argentina) Family Volunteer Day [Saturday before Thanksgiving] Gettysburg Address Remembrance Day GOHARD (Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day) Name Your PC Day National Peanut Butter Fudge Day ...
Nov 21st
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“Beefsteaks and porter are good belly mortar.”
–  Scottish proverb, 1760
Nov 20th
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“A glass of bitter or pale ale, taken with the principal meal of the day, does...”
–  Dr. S. Carpenter, England, 1750
Nov 19th
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Holidays 11.18
Have Sex With A Guy With A Mustache Day [ website ] Independence Day (Latvia; from Russia, 1918) Independence Day (Morocco; from France & Spain, 1956) Married To A Scorpio Support Day Mickey Mouse Day Ned Ludd Memorial Machine-Smashing Festival Occult Day Push Button Phone Day Vertieres Day (Haiti) Vichyssoise Day William Tell Day World Fellowship Day
Nov 18th
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“And so, you see, ‘twas beautiful ale, and I wished to value his...”
–  Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd
Nov 18th
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Holidays 11.17
Baklava Day Beaujolais Day [3rd Thursday] Creative Alienation Day Electric Greeting Card Day Great American Smokeout [3rd Thursday] Guinness World Records Day Here To Go Day Homemade Bread Day International Students Day Lhabab Duchen (Buddhist) Malabo Festival (Equitorial Guinea) National Black Cat Day National Unfriend Day Polytechneio (Greece) Shogi Day (Japan) Struggle for...
Nov 18th
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“The troubles of our proud and angry dust, are from eternity, and shall not fail....”
–  A.E. Housman
Nov 17th
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Holidays 11.16
Birth of the Blues Day Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer; Bavaria, Saxony) Button Day Educational Support Professionals Day GIS Day Have a Party with Your Bear Day Icelandic Language Day International Day For Tolerance (UN) National Fast Food Day National Library Button Day National Moms and Dads Day Oklahoma Statehood Day (#46; 1907) Resident Aliens’ Day
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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“They told me this story while we were waiting for an up-train. I supplied the...”
–  Rudyard Kipling, The Three Musketeers, 1887
Nov 16th
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Holidays 11.15
American Enterprise Day America Recycles Day Day of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium Don’t Try To Do Everything Yourself Day Dynasty Day (Belgium) Festival of Total Submission George Spelvin Day I Love To Write Day Independence Day (Palestine; unilaterally declared, 1988) King’s Feast (Belgium) National Bundt Day National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day National...
Nov 16th
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“In the Belgian Reinheitsgebot the three sole beer ingredients that you may use...”
–  Peter Bouckaert
Nov 15th
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WatchWatch
From Andrew Sullivan, via my wife; Christopher Jobson is wowed: A new rotoscopic animation by Seoul-based Studio Shelter (previously) in which every single frame is a different character in a different style, frequently switching mediums between pencils, pens, markers, and even paint. What a perfect and wonderful way to capture the frustrations and rewards of drawing through the medium itself. I...
Nov 15th
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Holidays 11.14
American Teddy Bear Day Day of the Colombian Woman Equorum Probatio (Old Roman calvary parade) International Girls Day Inuit Asking Festival (Eskimo) Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day Moccas (Celtic Pig Godess Festival) National Spicy Guacamole Day Operating Room Nurses Day Pickle Day Spirit of NSA Day (Nat’l Speakers Ass’n) World Diabetes Day (UN) World Orphans Day
Nov 15th
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“I have fed purely upon ale; I have ate my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.”
–  George Farquhar, The Beaux’ Strategem
Nov 14th
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“What do you say to a beer? I say, ‘You come here often?’”
–  Walter Breidenstein
Nov 13th
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Holidays 11.12
Birth of Bahu’u’llah Chicken Soup For the Soul Day Exotic Dancer’s Day Lord Mayor Day (London, UK) [2nd Saturday] National Gaming Day National Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day Old Teutonic Yule Festival Order of Fools
Nov 12th
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“What the sober man has in his heart, the drunken man has on his lips.”
–  Danish proverb
Nov 12th
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Holidays 11.11
Armistice Day (Belgium, France, New Zealand) Beggar’s Day (Netherlands) Bonza Bottler Day Carnival begins (a.k.a. Fasching or Karneval; Germany, Netherlands) Death/Duty Day Einherjar (Asatru) Eleven Eleven Eleven Day (Netherlands) Feast of Dionysus Independence Day (Angola; from Portugal, 1975) Independence Day (Poland; from Austro-Hungary, Prussia & Russia, 1918) ...
Nov 11th
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“Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.”
–  Frederick the Great
Nov 11th
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“Good beer is the basis of true temperance.”
–  The Daily Express, 1919
Nov 10th
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Holidays 11.9
Chaos Never Died Day Couch Beachcombing Day Dia de los Natitas (Day of the Skulls; Bolivia) Fluffy Towel Appreciation Day Go To An Art Museum Today Day Independence Day (Cambodia; from France, 1953) Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass; Austria, Germany) National Nibble Day National Scrapple Day No Cookies Day Schicksalstag (Fateful Day; Germany) Sprat Day (UK) Tag der Erfinder...
Nov 10th
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“Bad beer is like bad art — if you endure enough of it, eventually you forget the...”
–  Stephen Greenleaf
Nov 9th
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Holidays 11.8
Abet & Aid Punsters Day Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day Dunce Day Feast of Pamphleteers Harvey Wallbanger Day Mania Festival (Old Roman) Montana Statehood Day (#41; 1889) National Ample Time Day National Cappuccino Day National Parents As Teachers Day Octave Day of All Saints (Anglicanism) Personal Liberty Day (Chicago celebration of Prohibition’s repeal) World Orphans...
Nov 8th
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“I’ve always believed that paradise will have my favorite beer on tap.”
–  Rudyard Wheatley
Nov 8th
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Holidays 11.7
Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Feast of Stolen Fire Hug a Bear Day International Tongue Twister Day Job Action Day Magazine Day National Notary Public Day October Revolution Day (former U.S.S.R.) Recreation Day (Australia) [1st Monday] Republican Elephant Day
Nov 8th
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“One mouth doesn’t taste the beer.”
–  Bantu proverb
Nov 7th
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Holidays 11.6
All Saints’ Day (Denmark) [1st Sunday] Do Tater Tots Ever Grow Up? Day Fala Day Festival of Total Submission Finnish Swedish Heritage Day International Day For Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War & Armed Conflict (UN) Marooned Without a Compass Day National Nachos Day National Notary Public Day Saxophone Day St. Leonard’s Day (patron of porters) United...
Nov 6th
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“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
–  Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Nov 6th
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Holidays 11.5
All Saints’ Day (Sweden) [Saturday after 10.30] Bonfire Night Book Lovers’ Day Colon Day (Panama) Day of the First Shout For Independence (El Salvador) Feast of No Return Gunpowder Day Guy Fawkes Night (UK) National Doughnut Day National Service Day [1st Saturday] Ottery St. Mary Tar Barrels (Devon, UK) Sadie Hawkins Day [1st Saturday]
Nov 6th
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“Better thin beer than an empty jug”
–  Danish proverb
Nov 5th
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Holidays 11.4
Day of Love (Egypt) King Tut Day Ludi Plebii begins (a.k.a. Plebian Games until 17th; Ancient Rome) Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day Mischief Night (UK, Australia, NZ) National Candy Day National Chicken Lady Day National Men Make Dinner Day St. Americus’ Day (patron of America) Unity Day (Russia) Use Your Common Sense Day Victory Day (Italy) Waiting for the...
Nov 4th