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--- thl_observances_calendar [2026/02/05 04:06] – [January] thehomeland
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 | 07 | Sven Day | Ensnare the attentions of someone named Sven, and let them know they're being thought of kindly today.  |
 | 08 | Mint Mark Day | Find a coin and look for the "mint mark" (a small single letter usually near the year) and learn about what that means. If you find a US quarter with a W mint mark, don't spend it! |
-| 09 | Meekakitty & Nanalew Day | Watch a music video made by YouTubers Meekakitty or Nanalew, such as [[|Wizard Love]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaAWdljhD5o|Sail]]. |
+| 09 | Meekakitty Nanalew Day | Watch a music video made by YouTubers Meekakitty or Nanalew, such as [[|Wizard Love]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaAWdljhD5o|Sail]]. |
 | 10 | Bouncing Diana Day | Anniversary of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Diana|Project Diana]] which bounced radio waves off the moon and received the reflections. Transmit, "Luna, are you there?" over a radio transmitter, to celebrate. |
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+| 11 | History of Smelly Markers Day | Find out whether your country has fun-scented markers, and who first brought/invented/imported them there. |
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+| 12 | Electrolyte Science Day | Consume a drink which is marketed to contain electrolytes, and find out why those are useful. |
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+| 13 | Beaker Surname Day | Discover the distinction between different kinds of the lab equipment called beakers, and learn about the people whose surnames describe those types. |
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+| 14 | Billfold Cleanout Day | Examine the state of your wallet/billfold to discern whether it needs to be cleaned out or replaced. |
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+| 15 | Christmas Ornament Retirement Day | For those who haven't taken down their Christmas tree yet, evaluate whether it is time to retire each ornament, or whether to allow each one to graduate to the next year. |
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+| 16 | Single Oatmeal Flake Garnish Month | From January 16th to February 16th, vow to place a single oatmeal flake as a garnish atop one item of one meal per day, do so, and see if you can keep your streak successfully across every day noted. |
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+| 17 | Flip Phone Judgment Day | If smartphones became unusable or outlawed, which current-gen flip-phone would you choose? |
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+| 18 | Stagger Usage Day | Research reasons people stagger, and games which use the term "stagger" and why those games call it so. |
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+| 19 | Point and Gasp Day | Point at something surprisedly and sharply inhale to attract someone's attention to something mundane, today, and then explain yourself to someone who notices your odd behavior thereof. |
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+| 20 | Design A Coin Day | If you had your pick over the design of a physical currency coin, what would you emblazon upon it? |
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+| 21 | Swap Places Day | Find two inanimate objects you see every day, and trade their positions with one another, and leave them so until someone notices. If they don't notice until this same day next year, you must swap them back and are exempted from participating this year. You may still participate anew, even if exempted, if you wish. |
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+| 22 | Urn Types Day | Research the subject of urns, used for storing human remains, and choose one you find to be the cleverest or otherwise most impressive. |
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+| 25 | Incredulous Expression Day | Furrow your brow, scrunch your nose, open your mouth and incredulously utter to the effect of "You have GOT to be kidding me" today, regarding something any politician ever said. |
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+| 26 | Cinderblock Weight Unawareness Day | Guess how heavy you think a cinderblock weighs, and then try to pick one up. Avoid finding out how much it does actually weigh. |
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+| 27 | Utter An Ard Day | Choose a word which contains the suffix -ard to mean a person, and use that word in a spoken-aloud sentence today. Offend no one in doing so. |
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+| 28 | W Mint-Mark Day | Research why the US Mint produced a quarter dollar coin with a W mint mark on it, and be on the lookout for one today. If you find one, never spend it for the rest of your life. |
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+| 29 | O Quoter, Where Art Thou Day | Select a line or quote from the film [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F|O Brother, Where Art Thou]] and say it completely non sequitur sometime today, in the presence of others. If they are taken aback, explain nothing. |
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+| 13 | Stevie No Day | At some point during the day, speak aloud disappointedly, "Stevie! Noooo!" to mourn the day [[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUtFDpCjv8F/|Stevie Wynne Levine]] announced her upcoming departure from YouTube empire Mythical. |
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+| 20 | THL's birthday | The site was re-named "the homeland" sometime in April 1997 of unknown specific date, and the 20th seems like as good a day as any to mark it. |
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+| 01 | Koopersmith Day | Celebrating the achievements of fellow "holidate" maker/Eventologist Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. |
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+| 19 | Pejorative Pete Day | Include "Pete" in any pejorative phrase you utter today, such as "goldurnit, Pete, how could you?" even if it is not directed at any specific Pete present. In remembrance of the day Destiny 2 was announced to end live-service updates, enraging the gaming community, stemming from actions largely attributed to a former CEO that few people liked. Bonus points for including, "You and your stupid car collection; unbelievable." |
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+| 08 | Pom Resurrection Day | To commemorate the day I learned a UK pal named "Pom" died (and went around to repeat said sadge to others), but soon learned the one who died was not Pom, so I had to go report she had been resurrected and explain my dipsy donkus mistake. To honor this day, think of someone you have not contacted in 2-3 months, and imagine learning they have been resurrected and congratulate them non-sequitur, to their confusion. |
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+| 22 | International Legacy of DOS Day | MS-DOS 6.22 was the final stand-alone version of DOS released before Windows took over. Celebrate by standing alone somewhere. |
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+| 23 | NATiONAL ALL CAPS BUT LOWERCASE i DAY | A day to celebrate people who, when writing in all capital letters, use lowercase only for the letter i. |
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+| 31 | Primitive Spongebob Day | Anniversary of the 1999 [[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/SB-129|episode]] featuring Spongebob Squarepants with his dumbfounded protruding bottom lip expression. |

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