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Go big or go home illustration. a split panel artwork showing contrast between extremes: a rocket blasting off with flames and smoke on one side, and a person snoozing peacefully in a recliner with a cat on their lap on the other.

“Go Big or Go Home: either launch a rocket or take a nap with the cat —it's your call.”

Book of Daze: Go Big or Go Home Day

It is difficult to say precisely when “Go big or go home” wriggled out of the primordial ooze of marketing slogans and frat-house chants, but… Read More

In this middle name day illustration, a pudgy boy in a schoolyard wears a green shirt labeled "Horace Moisture Puddington" as three other kids laugh and point at him.

Spare a thought for Horace Moisture Puddington, patron saint of playground ridicule.

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Book of Daze: Middle Name Day

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Somewhere between the christening font and the DMV counter lies the cruelest prank ever played on humanity: the middle name. Ostensibly created as a dignified… Read More

Surreal illustration of a person painting a landscape using a Paint by Numbers canvas, where the numbered sections extend into the real world—floating pink clouds, numbered hills, and a winding river blur the boundary between art and reality.

Local man attempts to paint his way out of reality—accidentally numbers the clouds, his regrets, and the concept of free will.

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Book of Daze: Paint by Numbers Day

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Paint by Numbers Day begins with the illusion of precision. One awakens not to possibility, but to a grid–an invisible scaffolding imposed upon the chaos… Read More

Unsubscribe Day illustration a serene monk levitates in lotus position with a laptop on his knees, glowing “unsubscribe” confirmation radiating behind him like enlightenment.

Stop clinging.

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Book of Daze: Unsubscribe Day

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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together on unsubscribe day to cast off the chains of obligation and reclaim our inboxes, our sanity, and perhaps… Read More

Invisible AI Friend Day intage of a smiling wireframe AI figure sitting at a wooden desk across from a young man in a green sweater, who gestures as if in conversation. A laptop with chat messages open and a coffee mug sit between them.

When your closest confidant is a wireframe with better recall than your family and fewer opinions than your cat.

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Book of Daze — Invisible AI Friend Day

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Welcome to Book of Daze – Invisible AI Friend Day, a day of observation for every person, place, thing, or idea that bears observing and… Read More

When the stakes are low but the shame is high:

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Book of Daze Strip Poker Day

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Book of Daze Strip Poker Day celebrates humanity’s enduring faith in the illusion that nudity is both a weapon and a prize. Gathered around a… Read More

Before Wi-Fi, there were knuckles in the dirt and marbles on the line

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Book of Daze Play Marbles Day

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Welcome to Book of Daze Play Marbles Day, the holiday that reminds us that childhood once involved dirt, scraped knees, and glass spheres instead of… Read More

A surreal Clock Strikes None illustration of a melting wall clock face beginning to be enveloped in mist.

When time called in sick.

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Book of Daze Clocks Strike None Day

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ðŸ•°ï¸At precisely 4:32 a.m. the Bureau of Unscheduled Moments issued a silent advisory: all clocks are now considered decorative until further notice. The bureau cited… Read More