Book of Daze: Avoiding Common Euphemisms in Writing Day
The calendar opens on Common Euphemisms in Writing day, when language is placed under a microscope. Euphemism Day is not so much a holiday as… Read More
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Book of Daze: Disappearing Act Day
We gather to celebrate disappearing act day, the yearly ritual of slipping sideways into the folds of unreality. The reasons for staging your own disappearance … Read More
Book of Daze: Do Not Push the Envelope Day
Pushing the envelope is as American as baseball, hot dogs, deep-fried Oreos, and elective surgery. It is also not for amateurs. The envelope, it is… Read More
Book of Daze: Skip Your Medication Day
Every year, like clockwork, our culture manufactures a new holiday to celebrate the triumph of impulse over reason. Thus we arrive at Skip Your Medication… Read More
Book of Daze: Misheard Lyrics Day
Every November 3 (or whatever date looks least credible on a calendar), we pause to celebrate the eternal struggle between sound and sense: Book of… Read More
Book of Daze: Truth-Adjacent Day
For at least two decades now, adjacency has wormed its way into the public discourse, gnawing holes in it like a caffeinated termite. What used… Read More
Book of Daze: Jitterbug Day
Let it be known throughout the land that October 25th is Book of Daze: Jitterbug Day, a sacred observance commemorating the only dance that can… Read More
Book of Daze: Unsent Email Day
At last, a holiday for the emotionally literate and professionally repressed: Unsent Email Day, a sacred observance for all who have typed their truth at… Read More