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Monday, March 31, 2008

FYI: The Days of April

Here is a list of all the special daily commemorations that occur each day in April. Days to look forward to enjoying some special treats include 2, 14, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26, and 29 April. Some days one should make to be more fun than usual are 3, 4, 5, 9,12, 13, 20, and 27 April. Strange days would be 8, 11, 15, 16, 19, and 23 April.

April 1 is One Cent Day


April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

April 3 is Tweed Day and Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day

April 4 is Tell-A-Lie Day

April 5 is Go For Broke Day

April 6 is Sorry Charlie Day

April 7 is No Housework Day

April 8 is All Is Ours Day

April 9 is Winston Churchill Day and Name Yourself Day

April 10 is Golfers Day

April 11 is Eight-Track Tape Day

April 12 is Look Up At The Sky Day

April 13 is Blame Somebody Else Day

April 14 is National Pecan Day

April 15 is Rubber Eraser Day

April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day

April 17 is National Cheeseball Day

April 18 is International Jugglers Day

April 19 is Garlic Day

April 20 is Look Alike Day

April 21 is Kindergarten Day

April 22 is National Jelly Bean Day

April 23 is Read Me Day and World Laboratory Animal Day

April 24 is National Pigs In A Blanket Day

April 25 is National Zucchini Bread Day

April 26 is Richter Scale Day and National Pretzel Day

April 27 is Tell A Story Day

April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day and Kiss-Your-Mate Day

April 29 is National Shrimp Scampi Day

April 30 is National Honesty Day

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Opening Day 2008

The real first day of Spring and New Years Day arrived for yours truly and many others with good session of snow outside that dropped about an inch or so before giving to sunny skies with winds across the northern Front Range. I awoke and ventured out to get my newspapers before settling for a quiet relaxing day and night at home. It is the first day of the 2008 baseball season and weather played havoc with the schedule in many places across the East and Midwest. The Rockies' opener in St Louis was washed out after they managed to get in a couple of innings, but it was all for naught. Rain also affected games in the Bronx, Chicago, and Cincinnati. The Brewers/Cubs game was delayed for an hour but it turned out to be quite enjoyable and was won by Milwaukee in ten innings. Detroit also lost in 10 to Kansas City; and Arizona beat Cincinnati on the riverfront. Bright sunshine was the order of the day in Southern California as the Dodgers opened with an easy win over the Giants. As day turned into evening, games televised were on the slate for the Angels and Twins in Minneapolis, where a blizzard was also going on; and in San Diego between the Padres and Astros. Sunday night's game in Washington debuting the new Nationals Stadium was quite entertaining, and going back to last week in Tokyo, the two games between the Red Sox and Athletics were good contests as well. So far the season is off to a great start. America's Pastime is back with six to seven months of enjoyment ahead.

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