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It’s Mardi Gras! No one needs to disrobe, it’s much too cold, we’ve got plenty of beads, and all the parades have been cancelled due to Covid (unless you like to disrobe in public and then, it’s between you and your maker.) Today is also know as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, which heralds theContinue reading “Bon temps roulez, mes amis –”

February 16, 1899 –Félix François Faure, President of France and the owner of the most audacious mustache in the late 19th century, died suddenly from a massive heart attack in his private offices while in the act of some sort of sexual congress with the notable courtesan, Marguerite Steinheil on this date. Apparently when FaureContinue reading “A really big petite mort”

It’s the Fifth day of the Lunar New Year Many stores open on this day after the Lunar New Year holiday. Some store owners put a table in the front of company’s main entry. They prepare fruit, flower, candy, tea, candles and animal sacrifices on the table to worship the God of Wealth. Some evenContinue reading “all taboos are broken”

Today, the Fourth day of the Lunar New Year . It is the day to welcome the kitchen god, the god of fortune and other gods. Families should stay at home to prepare abundant fruits, burn incense and light candles to welcome the gods, asking to be provided with ample food in the new year.Continue reading “Food, Glorious Food”

Today is sometimes know as Chigou’s Day and Chigou literally means “red dog“. Red Dog is the name of the God of Anger, who brings bad luck to people. The third day of the Chinese New Year is an ominous day, so there are many other things people are forbidden to do according to theContinue reading “It’s the third day of The Lunar New Year”

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others. If you’re drink your Valentine Day cocktail alone, opine upon this – When Rome was first founded, wild and bloodthirsty wolves roamed the woods around the city. They often attacked and mauled and even devoured RomanContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”

Some believe the second day is also the birthday of all dogs and remember them with special treats. The God of Wealth presides over a vast bureaucracy with many minor deities under his authority. A majestic figure robed in exquisite silks often he is pictured riding a black tiger, a golden yuanbao (ancient ingot usedContinue reading “It’s the second Day of the Lunar New Year Celebration”

The Lunar New Year starts today, and it’s the Year of the Ox, but which one? In Chinese astrology, each year is associated with a Chinese zodiac animal sign and one the Five Elements: Gold (Metal), Water, Wood, Fire, or Earth. Both the sign and element of your birth year are said to affect yourContinue reading “Guo nian hao”

It’s Peppermint Patty Day – No, not this one (her real name btw is Patricia Reichart): This one It’s minty chocolatey goodness.

February 10, 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, (whose first language was German, was taught English and French, and became virtually trilingual, though her mastery of the conjugation of the past-participles irregular verbs in English remained incomplete which was luckily not on the English Monarchy exam), married her first cousin, Prince Albert ofContinue reading “And this is why the World lurked towards a World War”