Holidays
Thanksgivings of Yore
You still have enough time in the next two weeks to rearrange your life so that your holiday mirrors the Eisenhowerian perfection on display here
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 14, 2009 -
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Category: Family, Holidays, Television, 1950s
Happy Halloween!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 31, 2009 -
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Category: Holidays, Movies, Documentaries, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Alternate History of VJ Day
If the history books had been written a little differently, the iconic shot of a woman getting plastered straight from the bottle might be gracing your "Greatest Generation" tributes.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 20, 2009 -
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Category: Holidays, War, 1940s, Women, Alcohol
Christmas in July
For those of you who can't wait till December, maybe you want to attend North Carolina's Christmas in July celebration.Read more about the tradition here.
Although the video below reports on an event in Nashville, it should give you some sense of what you'd face while dressed as the Grinch in ninety-degree heat.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 15, 2009 -
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Category: Holidays, Regionalism
Love Day
Here's their home page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 10, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Holidays, Humor, Overpriced Merchandise, Cartoons
Towel Day: May 25
For those of you who are not already aware, May 25 is Towel Day, a celebration of the life and literature of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
If you want to see some pictures of froods in the know, they have their own group on Flickr
Posted By: fyshstyxx - Sun May 24, 2009 -
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Category: Aliens, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Holidays, Literature, Science Fiction, Writers
Colored Easter Chicks
Apparently, if you inject dye into a living chicken egg, the chicks emerge colored.Read how to do it here.
Happy Easter!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 11, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Easter
Fishmen
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 27, 2009 -
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Category: Gods, Holidays, Horror, Humor, Parody, Literature, Music, Regionalism, Video, Body Fluids
Happy Cheese Parings Day
Let's take a moment to remember Thor Bjørklund, the Norwegian inventor of the cheese slicer. From Wikipedia:And on this day, in 1925, he received a patent for the cheese slicer. According to blather.net, "27 February ever since has been celebrated as osteskorperdagen, 'cheese-parings day', the biggest holiday in the Norwegian calendar, when everyone gorges themselves on thin slices of cheese in the cold, icy streets."
Sounds to me like a good way to spend the day.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 27, 2009 -
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Category: Food, Holidays, Inventions, Patents
Flirty Love Notes
Valentines Day is this weekend. MSN Lifestyle has some tips for "flirty love note openers":Won’t you come out to play?
Let’s get it started.
Let’s misbehave.
You turn me on
Love me tender.
Meet me in the bedroom, pronto.
Let me smooch you all over.
I have a craving for you.
Let me show you my bedroom skills.
Come here, you sexy thing.
I want you. And I get what I want.
Be mine, baby.
Wanna turn in early with me?
7pm: Seduction time.
I'm wearing your favorite stillettos...
Slow dance with me.
Sit, stay, watch me dance.
Hearts today, heat tonight.
Let’s steam up the windows
It seems to me that many of these openers are just begging to be completed in an appropriate fashion, and I'm hoping the Weird Universe readers won't let me down.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 11, 2009 -
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Category: Holidays
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