Jun 21, 2006 16:56
Today is the first day of summer or winter, depending on which hemisphere you're in. In the northern hemisphere summer began this morning at 8:26 (EDT); winter began in the southern hemisphere.
• Today is Stock Up on Antiperspirant Day.
• Today is Baby Boomers Recognition Day.
• Today is National Aimless Wandering Day.
• It’s National Peaches and Cream Day.
• Today is Cuckoo Warning Day. It will be a wet summer if the cuckoo is heard today.
• The annual Midnight Sun Baseball Game starts tonight at 10:35 p.m. in Fairbanks, Alaska, and will be played without artificial lights.
• • • • • [Note Nature: Today is Pee on Earth Day, a day to reduce toilet-flushing water and divert nitrogen from the waste stream. The observance started as Pee Outside Day in Stigomta, Sweden, where thousands of gallons of water are saved each year.]
And with that, I'm off to the movies. I'm going to go see KINKY BOOTS. heh.