Today is Prešeren Day, a public holiday in Slovenia. This holiday commemorates the death of France Prešeren (1800 – 1849), a Slovene poet who is regarded as the greatest Slovene classical author. The day also serves as a time to reflect on all Sloven cultural achievements. You can read one of his poems HERE.
Bada Bing!
I read the nutrition facts on a box of cookies. I found out I need to eat 83 cookies to get 100% of my daily protein.
I got drunk last night and decided to do my own taxes. I’m getting back four million dollars this year!
If you’re 40+, it’s time to leave the young girls alone and get a woman that understands the signs of a stroke.
For her birthday, I took my wife to an orchard and we stood there looking at the trees for half an hour. Not the Apple Watch she was expecting apparently.
A lot of people don’t realize that the actor that played Wilson in Castaway is the same actor from the volleyball scene in Top Gun.
The English language is so crazy with silent “K”s. One silent K in “knot”. Two silent K’s in “knuckle”. Three silent K’s in “republican”. Four silent K’s in “knickknack”.
I, for one, like Roman numerals.
*airhorn sound* *second airhorn sound *Me: This isn’t deodorant!
Person giving me directions: You can’t miss it. Me: You wanna bet.
I wasn’t planning on going for a run today. But those cops came out of nowhere.
Parenting!
Here’s another great music video from the eighties. This one is iconic – great design and choreography.
Today is Constitution Day in Mexico celebrating the adoption of the constitution in 1917 after the Mexican Revolution.
Modern Dating
What cats do best:
I didn’t find any good birthdays today but I did see some good videos. MTV launched in 1981 and VH1 a few years later and, in many ways, the eighties were the height of the highly-produced music video…like this one.
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