{"id":1297,"date":"2014-03-14T05:30:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2014-03-13T19:00:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:00:04","slug":"celebrating-your-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating your day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"goofing-off-sized\"<\/a>Yesterday was National Goof-Off Day.<\/p>\n

That’s why I disappeared from the Internet.<\/p>\n

I bet you didn’t think there was a day named for just screwing off, did you?<\/p>\n

Not that I need one, it does come in handy at work when I do something stupid.<\/p>\n

Not that the boss understands.<\/p>\n

Goofing off is really a uniquely American thing.<\/p>\n

We all know instinctively it means is to pass the time through the most unproductive means possible.<\/p>\n

And still get paid.<\/p>\n

I strive for at least one episode daily.<\/p>\n

I am hugely successful.<\/p>\n

Scientific studies have shown that messing around actually makes a person more productive.<\/p>\n

Something else the boss doesn’t understand.<\/p>\n

But I’m waiting for the last day of the month – March 31st.<\/p>\n

\"funny-lady-sized\"<\/a>It’s national “She’s Funny That Way” Day<\/p>\n

A whole day dedicated to my wife, bless her soul.<\/p>\n

A day to honor the women in your life who make you laugh…or in my case, who make me shake my head and giggle inside.<\/p>\n

This is the lady who wants to put a bathroom in the dog’s daytime cage.<\/p>\n

The lady makes me laugh.<\/p>\n

If you prefer to pass that up, it’s also Terri’s Day, Take Your Parents to the Playground Day, Bunsen Burner Day, and National Clams on the Half Shell Day.<\/p>\n

Something for everyone.<\/p>\n

I have a couple of proclamations where the Mayor has named a day after me.<\/p>\n

I guess I did something good at one time or another.<\/p>\n

The Mayor of any city pumps these things out by the hundreds.<\/p>\n

A nice letter gets it started and back in the mail is something suitable for framing, courtesy of the PR department.<\/p>\n

Nice idea for a couple getting married.<\/p>\n

One was actually done for a couple getting divorced.<\/p>\n

I did wonder how they divided that one up.<\/p>\n

And if you are a big shot or having a real big shindig, just about any Mayor might possibly deliver it in person.<\/p>\n

And make a small speech.<\/p>\n

Politics is a funny business.<\/p>\n

That’s October 16th by the way.<\/p>\n

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