September 2011
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Holidays 9.28
Ancestor Appreciation Day Corned Beef Hash Day Crush A Can Day Earth Overshoot Day Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia) Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India) French Community Day (Belgium) Independence Day (Mexico; Date Recognized, 1821) Maskal Day (a.k.a. Finding of the True Cross; Ethiopia) National Chocolate Milk Day National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS...
Sep 29th
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Holidays 9.27
Ancestor Appreciation Day Corned Beef Hash Day Crush A Can Day Earth Overshoot Day Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia) Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India) French Community Day (Belgium) Independence Day (Mexico; Date Recognized, 1821) Maskal Day (a.k.a. Finding of the True Cross; Ethiopia) National Chocolate Milk Day National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS...
Sep 28th
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Holidays 9.25
Crab Meat Newburg Day Feast of Nmmu (Sumerian Goddess of Primeval Sea) Feast of Nariwiinyapah (God of Immortal Water) Gold Star Mother’s Day [last Sunday] Join A Cabal of International Bankers Today Day National Comic Book Day National Food Service Workers Day One-Hit Wonder Day Origin of Life Day Salute the Sun Day (China) Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct....
Sep 26th
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“Buy a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, waste a lifetime!”
–  attributed to Bill Owens, among others, but it’s Bill’s birthday today
Sep 26th
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Holidays 9.24
Bluebird of Happiness Day Cherries Jubilee Day Dating Day Family Health & Fitness Day USA Feast of Maiso (pre-existent Mother Goddess; Brazil) Festival of Nafulectu Dilxiln (Black Big Spider; San Carlos Apache, Arizona) Festival of the Latest Novelties Fidelity Day Fish Amnesty Day Heritage Day (South Africa) Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau; from Portugal, 1973) ...
Sep 25th
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“O Beer! O Hodgson, Guinness, Allsopp, Bass! Names that should be on every...”
–  C.V. Calverly
Sep 25th
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Holidays 9.23
Autumnal Equinox Celebrate Bisexuality Day Checkers Day Dogs in Politics Day Feast of Carpo (Celtic Goddess of Autumn) Feast of Chukem (Deity of Footraces; Colombia) Festival of Papa, wife of Rangi (Maori; New Zealand) Festival of the Goddess Ninkasi (Sumerian Goddess of Brewing) Global Be(er) Responsible Day Great American Pot Pie Day Hug A Vegetarian Day Innergize Day ...
Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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“I know I’m drinking myself to a slow death, but then I’m in no...”
–  Robert Benchley
Sep 22nd
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Holidays 9.21
Biosphere Day Bleeding Hearts Club Day Dear Diary Day Do You Remember Day (the 21st night of September; Earth, Wind & Fire) Elephant Appreciation Day Feast of Kuodor-gup (God of Riches; Siberia) Feast of Nyamuzinda (God of Famine & Epidemics; Zaire) Feast of the Divine Light (Ancient Egypt) Get Out Of Town Day Hobbit Day Independence Day (Armenia; from USSR, 1991) ...
Sep 21st
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“He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.”
–  Kingsley Amis
Sep 21st
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Holidays 9.20
Birthday of the Sun (Inca) Feast of Orlog (Deity of Destiny; Scandinavia) Feast of Zywie (Goddess of Longevity; Poland) Get Ready Day Gibberish Day Independence Day (South Ossentia; from Georgia, 1990) [unrecognized] Make Your Own Junk Food At Home Day Rum Punch Day Women’s Friendship Day
Sep 20th
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“I know the truth is in between the 1st and 40th drink.”
–  Tori Amos
Sep 20th
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Holidays 9.19
Butterscotch Pudding Day Cosmetic Bridge Day Independence Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis; from UK, 1983) International Eat An Apple Day International Talk Like A Pirate Day [ website ] International Women’s Commerce Day Moscow Day (Russia) Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) [3rd Monday] Visit a Sick Friend Today Day Woman Road Warrior Day [3rd Monday]
Sep 19th
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“Dousing oneself in beer is a perfectly acceptable replacement for a shower.”
– — Pirate Law Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day
Sep 19th
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Holidays 9.18
Aging Awareness Day Cheeseburger Day Festival of Inner Worlds Independence Day (Chile; 1st Gov’t Junta, 1818) International Day of Prayer & Action for Human Habitat [3rd Sunday] Kasteilet (Dividing of the Cheese; Switzerland) National Chocolate Day National Neighborhood Day [3rd Sunday] National Play-Doh Day National Respect Day National Women’s Friendship Day...
Sep 19th
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“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where...”
–  Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Sep 17th
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Holidays 9.16
Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day Citizenship Day (f.k.a. “I Am An American” Day) Collect Rocks Day Constitution Day Guacamole Day Independence Day (Mexico; from Spain, 1810) Independence Day (Papua New Guinea; from Australia, 1975) International Day For the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN) Malaysia Day Mayflower Day National POW/MIA Recognition Day [3rd Friday] ...
Sep 16th
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Holidays 9.15
Battle of Britain Day (UK) Chicken Lovers’ Day Engineer’s Day (India) Felt Hat Day Greenpeace Day Independence Day (Costa Rica; from Spain, 1821) Independence Day (El Salvador; from Spain, 1821) Independence Day (Guatemala; from Spain, 1821) Independence Day (Honduras; from Spain, 1821) Independence Day (Nicaragua; from Spain, 1821) International Day of Democracy...
Sep 15th
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Holidays 9.14
Cream-Filled Doughnut Day Eat a Hoagie Day Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia) Formation of the Earth Day Hindi Day (India) Holy Cross Day (aka Holy Rood Day) Hug A Crabby Stranger Day International Cross-Culture Day National Anthem Day Nutting Day Pig’s Face Feast Wo-Zha-Wa Festival
Sep 14th
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“There are only two times when I drink beer, when I’m alone and when I’m with...”
–  Anonymous
Sep 14th
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Holidays 9.13
Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland) Defy Superstition Day Epulum Jovis (Old Roman) [Ides of September] Fortune Cookie Day International Chocolate Day Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva) National Celiac Awareness Day National Peanut Day National Urban Eden Day Positive Thinking Day Programmers’ Day [256th day] Scooby Doo Day ...
Sep 14th
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“We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the...”
–  Charles Bukowski
Sep 13th
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Holidays 9.12
Burlesque Day Chocolate Milkshake Day Defender’s Day (Maryland) Diocletian New Year Feast of Atabei (Goddess Mother; Tainos, West Indies) I’m On Top Of It Day Marathon Day Moon Festival (China) [15th of 8th Lunar Month] National Boss/Employee Day Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) Video Games Day World Rubber Day
Sep 12th
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“I’ve made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink...”
–  H.L. Mencken
Sep 12th
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Holidays 9.11
Auditor’s Day [2nd Sunday] Emergency Number Day Enkutatash (Ethiopia) Grandparent’s Day [Sunday after Labor Day] Hot Cross Bun Day Libraries Remember Day Make Your Bed Day National Day of Catalonia National Day of Service and Remembrance National Hug Your Hound Day National Pet Memorial Day [2nd Sunday] National Tricky Handshake Day New Year’s Day (a.k.a....
Sep 11th
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“Ah beer, my one weakness. My Achilles heel if you will.”
–  Homer Simpson
Sep 11th
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Holidays 9.10
Blame It On the Large Haldron Collider Day Farmers’ Consumer Awareness Day Federal Lands Cleanup Day [1st Saturday after Labor Day] Festival of the Poets (Japan) Godsall Day (Day of Rest in Southern Outer Tibet) Hot Dog Day International Drive Your Studebaker Day Knabenschiessen (Switzerland) [2nd weekend] National Employee/Boss Exchange Day National Lacemaking Day ...
Sep 10th
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“‘Would you like some ice tea?’ she asks. ‘Unless you’ve...”
–  Raymond Chandler, in Double Indemnity, 1944
Sep 10th
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Holidays 9.9
Bonza Bottler Day California Statehood Day (#31; 1850) Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, MIchigan) [weekend after Labor Day] Chrysanthemum Day (Japan) Independence Day (North Korea; from Korea, 1948) Independence Day (Tajikstan; from USSR, 1991) Marathon Day National Steal au Poivre Day Santa Maria de la Cabeza (Saint Mary of the Head) Stand Up To Cancer Day Teddy Bear Day...
Sep 10th
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Holidays 9.8
Date Nut Bread Day Feast of Papa-Lea (God of Kava Drinking) Fiestas de Santa Fe begins with the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico) Independence Day (Macedonia; from Yugoslavia, 1991) International Literacy Day (UN) Jeûne Genevois (Geneva, Switzerland) [Thursday after 1st Sunday] National Literacy Day National Neighborhood Day National Pardon Day Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra)...
Sep 8th
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“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually...”
–  Clement Freud
Sep 6th
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Holidays 9.6
Another Look Unlimited Day Coffee Ice Cream Day Fight Procrastination Day Independence Day (Swaziland; from UK, 1968) National Do It Day Player Piano Day Read A Book Day St. Magnus of Fussen’s Day (patron saint of croups) Unification Day (Bulgaria)
Sep 6th
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Holidays 9.5
Be Late for Something Day Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska) [1st Monday] Jupiter Stator (Ancient Rome) Labor Day (U.S. & Canada) [1st Monday] National Cheese Pizza Day
Sep 5th
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Holidays 9.4
Anthracite Coal Miner’s Day Clear Day (Scientology) Eat An Extra Dessert Day Father’s Day (Australia, New Zealand) [1st Sunday] Joust of the Saracen (Italy) [1st Sunday] Macadamia Nut Day Newspaper Carrier Day National Wildlife Day Pffiferdaj (Day of the Strolling Fiddlers, or Fiddlers’ Festival; Alsace, France) [1st Sunday] Running of the Sheep (Montana) [1st...
Sep 4th
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“My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I’m lazy and find that...”
–  Tim Cahill, in A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg
Sep 4th
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Holidays 9.3
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land) Feast of San Marino Independence Day (Qatar; from UK, 1971) International Bacon Day [Sat. before 1st Mon.] National Championship Chuckwagon Races begin [Labor Day weekend] National Hummingbird Day [1st Saturday] National Lazy Moms Day Penny Press Day Skyscraper Day Welsh Rarebit Day Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw [Labor Day weekend]
Sep 4th
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“Smithers, this beer isn’t working, I don’t feel any younger or funkier.”
–  Mr. Burns, on The Simpsons
Sep 3rd
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Holidays 9.2
Beer & Can Day Bison-Ten-Yell Day Blueberry Popsicle Day Calendar Adjustment Day Democracy Day (Tibet) Good Society Day Independence Day (Transnistria; from USSR, 1990) [unrecognized] Independence Day (Vietnam; from France & Japan, 1945) National Beheading Day Old Timer’s Day Sedantag (Germany) Spalding Baseball Day V-J Day Wear Teal Day
Sep 3rd
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“I’m not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”
–  Noel Coward
Sep 2nd
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Holidays 9.1
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day Cherry Popover Day Creation Day Draft Horse Day Emma M. Nutt Day Feast of Macuilxochitl (5 Flower God; Mexico) Independence Day (Uzbekistan; from USSR, 1991) Knowledge Day (Russia) National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day Partridge Day Revolution Day (Libya; 1969) Tourist Day Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day Wattle Day (Australia)
Sep 2nd
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“No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness — or as good as drink.”
–  G.K. Chesterton
Sep 1st