February 2012
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Holidays 2.29
Bachelor’s Day Blue and Yellow Day Dark Day Galileo Day (a.k.a. Earth Moves Day or Rodaytion) International Underlings Day Ladies’ Privilege Day (women may propose marriage) Leap Day Leap Day William Celebration (on 30 Rock) Maha Siurratri (Hindu) National Surf and Turf Day Oswald of Worcester’s Day Rare Disease Day [Last Day of February] Repetitive Strain Injuries...
Feb 29th
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“It is impossible to write a compelling novel for men that does not feature...”
–  Esquire Magazine
Feb 29th
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Holidays 2.28
Action Line Day Burgsonndeg (celebrates end of winter; Luxembourg) Chocolate Souffle Day Day of Andalucia Floral Design Day Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th] IHOP National Pancake Day International Sword Swallowers Day Kalevala Day (Finland) Magha Puja (Buddhist All Saints Day) National Chili Day National Science Day (India) National Tooth Fairy Day Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan) Public...
Feb 28th
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“When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy...”
–  Aristophanes
Feb 28th
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Holidays 2.27
Blue Monday [1st Monday in Lent] Green Monday (Cyprus) [1st Monday in Lent] The Hop (Fairy Holiday) Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift) Independence Day (Dominican Republic; from Haiti, 1844) Majuba Day (Boers; South Africa) National Kahlua Day National Strawberry Day No Brainer Day Polar Bear Day
Feb 27th
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“Alcohol is a very necessary article … It makes life bearable to millions...”
–  George Bernard Shaw
Feb 27th
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Holidays 2.26
Bacon Day (Iowa) Bill Hicks Day Festival of Ayyám-i-Há (Baha’i) Festival of Mihr (God of Fire; Armenia) For Pete’s Sake Day Grand Canyon Day Pistachio Day Saviours’ Day (Nation of Islam) Sourdough Rendezous Tell a Fairy Tale Day Tournament of Hearts (Scotland)
Feb 27th
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“A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts.”
–  Steve Fergosi
Feb 26th
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Holidays 2.25
Chocolate-Covered Nuts/Peanuts Day Clam Chowder Day Colt Revolver Day Coronado Day (Mexico) Cuddle Day Feast of the Stinky Butts International Sword Swallowers Day Kitano Baiko-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Japan) Let’s All Eat Right Day National Chili Day National Don’t Utter a Word Day Open That Bottle Night [Last Saturday] Opera Day People Power Day Quiet Day St....
Feb 26th
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“If you don’t drink, then all of your stories suck and end with, ‘And...”
–  Jim Jeffries
Feb 25th
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Holidays 2.24
Dia de la Bandera (Flag Day; Mexico) Dragobete (Romania) Gregorian Calendar Day Independence Day (Estonia; from Russia, 1918) International Pancake Day Kissing Day [Friday after Shrove Tuesday] National Artist Day (Thailand) National Tortilla Chip Day Nippy Lug Day (Westmoreland, UK) [Friday after Shrove Tuesday] Regifugium (Flights of Kings; Old Roman) Voice of America Day Work Your...
Feb 25th
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“He that drinks fast, pays slow.”
–  Benjamin Franklin
Feb 24th
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Holidays 2.23
Banana Bread Day Curling Is Cool Day Defender of the Fatherland (Russia) Ember Day Fritter Thursday [Day after Ash Wednesday] International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day Iwo Jima Day National Chili Day National Personal Chef Day Tennis Day Terminalia (End of Old Roman Year) Vaudeville Day World Peace and Understanding Day
Feb 24th
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“It is not true that drink alters a man’s character. It may reveal it more...”
–  The Narrator, in Tom Jones
Feb 23rd
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Holidays 2.22
Ash Wednesday [1st Day of Lent, 46 Days before Easter] Be Humble Day Branch Day Celebrity Day (Scientology) Concordia (Old Roman Festival of Goodwill) Cussing Day [Ash Wednesday] Feast of Hastseltsi (The Red God, God of Racing; Navaho) Gentle Giant Day Girl Guides Thinking Day (UK) Inconvenience Yourself Day [4th Wednesday] Independence Day (Saint Lucia; from UK, 1979) National Cook a...
Feb 23rd
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“I gotta get a drink. Sobriety’s killing me.”
–  Frank Pierce, in Bringing Out the Dead
Feb 22nd
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Holidays 2.21
Card Reading Day Feast of Peace and Love (Old Roman) Feralia (Old Roman Spirits Festival) International Mother Language Day (UN) Remember the Funniest Thing Your Child Ever Did Day Shrove Tuesday [Day before Ash Wednesday] (a.k.a. … Brose and Bannock Day (Scotland) Carnival Carriacou Carnival (Grenada) Fasten Day (Old England) Fastens-een (Scotland) Fastnacht Day (Pennsylvania...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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“I don’t drink anymore. I don’t drink any less, either!”
–  Elsie, in While You Were Sleeping
Feb 21st
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Holidays 2.20
Bun Day (Iceland) [Shrove Monday] Cherry Pie Day Clam Chowder Day Family Day (Canada) [3rd Monday] Fastelavn (Denmark) [Shrove Monday] Hoodie-Hoo Day Love Your Pet Day Native Agents Day Presidents Day [3rd Monday] Princess Alice Day Rosenmontag (Germany) [Shrove Monday] Shrove Monday (a.k.a. Collop Monday, Hall Monday, Merry Monday, Rose Monday) [Monday before Ash Wednesday] Student...
Feb 21st
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“In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst twenty minutes of my...”
–  George Jones
Feb 20th
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“I have made an important discovery … that alcohol, taken in sufficient...”
–  Oscar Wilde
Feb 19th
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Holidays 2.18
Chaosflux (Discordian) Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day Drink Too Much Wine Day Festival of Women (Persia) Independence Day (The Gambia; from UK, 1965) Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day National Bun Day (Iceland) Tacita (Roman Silent Goddess)
Feb 19th
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“And that’s our task. Liberation. Freedom. Let’s toast to Lawrence....”
–  Henry Miller, Henry & June
Feb 18th
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Holidays 2.17
Cafe au Lait Day Feast of Shesmu (Egyptian God of the Wine Press) Fornacalia (Old Roman Bread Festival) Independence Day (Kosovo; from Serbia, 2008) Indian Pudding Day Minimum Wage Day My Way Day Random Acts of Kindness Day Who Shall I Be Day World Cabbage Day World Human Spirit Day
Feb 18th
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“Most chefs don’t drink wine at the end of the night; it’s too heavy....”
–  Wendy Littlefield
Feb 17th
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Holidays 2.16
Almond Day Bumper Car Day Do A Grouch A Favor Day Feast of Sticky Buns Independence Day (Lithuania; from Russia & German Empire, 1918) Kyoto Protocol Day
Feb 17th
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“Anybody who invites us to a party can’t be all that bad. And let’s...”
–  Tom Reynolds, in Never So Few
Feb 16th
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Holidays 2.15
Burger Lover’s Day Decimal Day (UK) Faunus (celebrates animals helping humans) Gumdrop Day Independence Day (Serbia; from Ottoman Empire, 1804) John Frum Day (Vanuatu) Lupercalia, last day (a.k.a. Februa; Pagan pastoral festival) Maple Leaf Day (Canada) Mustard Day National Lamb Day (New Zealand) Nirvana Day (Buddhism) Parinirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism) Remember the Maine Day ...
Feb 16th
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“Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes...”
–  Henry, in the film Barfly
Feb 15th
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Holidays 2.14
Arizona Statehood Day (#48; 1912) Beer & Chocolate Day Blessing of the Salmon Nets (Northumberland, UK) Cream Filled Chocolates Day Extraterrestrial Culture Day [2nd Tuesday] Ferris Wheel Day Gold Heart Day Heart to Heart Day International Quirkyalone Day Juno Februa’s Day (Goddess of Love) Library Lovers Day Lupercalia, Day 2 (Pagan pastoral festival) National Condom Day ...
Feb 14th
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“Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.”
–  Steve McCroskey, character in the film Airplane!
Feb 14th
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Holidays 2.13
Beer Magazine Day Blame Someone Else Day Borrowed Days (Scottish Highlands) Clean Out Your Computer Day Dream of Your Sweetheart Day Dump Your Significant Jerk Day Employee Legal Awareness Day Exorbitant Price Day Get A Different Name Day Idus Februarias Lupercalia begins (Pagan pastoral festival) Madly in Love With Me Day National Caffection Day Palindrome Day (2-13-12) Parentalia...
Feb 14th
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“You know, my grandmother always told me to take a nap before dinner to conserve...”
–  Edgar Holden, in No More Ladies
Feb 13th
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Holidays 2.12
Choes Day (Day of the Cups; Ancient Greece) Darwin Day Extraterrestrial Culture Day (New Mexico) Festival of Pitooyage (God of gaming & chance; Oaxaca, Mexico) Georgia Day Independence Day (Chile; from Spain, 1818) Man Day [Sunday before 14th] National Freedom to Marry Day Oglethorpe Day (Georgia) Plum Pudding Day Red Hand Day (UN) St. Julian the Hospitaler’s Day...
Feb 12th
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“Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.”
–  Buddha
Feb 12th
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“Bread is the staff of life. Beer is life itself.”
–  Tony Moore
Feb 11th
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Holidays 2.10
All the News That’s Fit To Print Day Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck (Malta) Fenkil Day (Eritrea) National Cream Cheese Brownie Day National Day of Action (UK) [Friday of Go Green Week] Palindrome Day (2-10-2012) Plimsoll Day SF Beer Week begins Try to Invent a New Jell-O Flavor Day Umbrella Day
Feb 10th
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“A man who doesn’t care about the beer he drinks may as well not care about...”
–  Michael Jackson
Feb 10th
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Holidays 2.9
Bagels and Lox Day Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day Feast of Apollo Feast of La’Ala’A (Upolu God of Wrestling; Polynesia) Fish Protection Day National Hooky Day National Stop Bullying Day Pizza Pie Day Read In the Bathtub Day Switch Off Thursday (UK) [Thursday of Go Green Week] Toothache Day
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which...”
–  Brendan Behan
Feb 9th
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Holidays 2.8
Boy Scouts of America Day Culture Day (Slovenia) Empire State Building Run-Up [2nd Wednesday] Ha-Ri-Ku-Yo (a.k.a. Mass for Broken Needles, day of rest for needles; Japan) Hold Onto Your Head Day Kite Flying Day Laugh & Get Rich Day Molasses Bar Day Narvik Sun Pageant Day (Norway) Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism) Prešeren Day (Slovenia) Science Fiction Day Waste-Not Wednesday (UK)...
Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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“It is worth stressing that a good beer is drunk first with the eyes and then...”
–  World of Beer, Jan/Mar 1990
Feb 8th
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Holidays 2.7
African-American Coaches Day [1st Tuesday] Ballet Day Fettuccine Alfredo Day Independence Day (Grenada; from UK, 1974) National Hangover Awareness Day National Run-For-Your-Life Day No Talk Day Safer Internet Day Send a Card to a Friend Day Travel Light Tuesday (UK) [Tuesday of Go Green Week] Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day
Feb 7th
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“The government that increases the price of beer cannot last longer than the next...”
–  Czech proverb
Feb 7th
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Holidays 2.6
Aldus Day Bob Marley Day (Jamaica) Bubble Gum Day International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (UN) Lame Duck Day Massachusetts Statehood Day (#6; 1788) Meat-Free Monday (UK) [Monday of Go Green Week] Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day National Frozen Yogurt Day Pay a Compliment Day Sami National Day (Finland, Norway, Sweden) St....
Feb 7th
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“For all its gushing popularity, beer sometimes gets the respect accorded a...”
–  Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune
Feb 6th
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Holidays 2.5
Bartender’s Cup British Yorkshire Pudding Day [1st Sunday] California Western Monarch Day Chama Cha Mapinduzi Day (Tanzania) Chocolate Fondue Day Homstrom (Switzerland) Lailatul Quadr (Night of Power) Move Hollywood and Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day National Popcorn Day [Super Bowl Sunday] Primrose Day Runeberg Day (Finland) St. Ives’ Feast (Cornwall, UK) [Sunday nearest February...
Feb 5th