Book of Daze

Today is National Side Saddle Day, that noble observance in which we honor the brave riders—almost exclusively women—who once believed that dignity, modesty, and personal… Read More

Small Town America, who doesn’t love it … or at least the idea of it? Tree-lined streets with a church on every third corner; impish,… Read More

It’s a 1970s game show, a 1932 movie, and a late 1920s marketing ploy designed to bait people into using more matches. It’s three on… Read More

Do you remember what you were doing when George Harrison died eighteen years ago today? Of course not. Most people do not remember what they… Read More

What we casually refer to as Thanksgiving should properly be called You’re on Indian Land Day; but who wants to put up with drunken relatives, tryptophan poisoning, holiday… Read More

The never-ending resistance to the nanny state and to soccer moms everywhere is marked by small but sustaining victories. Folding, spindling, or mutilating where prohibited.… Read More

What better way to observe National Bogus Handicapped Parking Sticker Day than by having lunch at a tony restaurant with a confirmed handicapped-parking-sticker cheat? We’ll… Read More

Although we celebrate National Kick the Cat Day, we do not advocate kicking cats literally; and we hasten to assure you that no cats were… Read More