Cindy Adams threw out a few of these in an article last week and my reaction was, “WTF?”

In case you’re desparate for reasons to celebrate, here are a list of holidays that fall during the month of May.

Date Your Mate Month

National Barbecue Month

National Bike Month

National Blood Pressure Month

National Hamburger Month

National Photograph Month

National Recommitment Month

National Salad Month

Older Americans Month

If you’re more into a weekly-celebration schedule:

Nurse’s Week - first week of month

Wildflower Week - week two

National Bike Week - third week

National Police Week - third week of month

Emergency Medical Services Week - fourth week of month

And finally, if you’re completely off your rocker and have no life:

1 May Day

1 Loyalty Day

1 Mother Goose Day

1 Save the Rhino Day

1 Space Day -

2 Baby Day

2 Brothers and Sisters Day

2 International Tuba Day 

3 Lumpy Rug Day

3 World Press Freedom Day

4 Bird Day

4 National Candied Orange Peel Day

4 Renewal Day

5 Cinco de Mayo

5 National Hoagie Day

5 Oyster Day

6 Beverage Day

6 National Teachers Day

6 National Tourist Appreciation Day

6 National Nurses Day

6 No Diet Day

8 Iris  Day

7 National Tourism Day

7 School Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse’s Week

8 No Socks Day

8 V-E Day

8 World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day

9 Lost Sock Memorial Day 

9 Military Spouses Day the Friday before Mother’s Day 

10 Birth Mother’s Day - Saturday before Mother’s Day

10 Clean up Your Room Day

10 International Migratory Bird Day

11 Twilight Zone Day

12 Astronomy Day

12 Fatigue Syndrome Day

12 International Nurses Day

12 Limerick Day

13 Frog Jumping Day

13 Leprechaun Day

14 Dance Like a Chicken Day

14 National Receptionist Day

15 Police Officer’s Memorial Day

15 National Chocolate Chip Day

16 Love a Tree Day

16 National Bike to Work Day

16 National Sea Monkey Day

16 Wear Purple for Peace Day

17 Armed Forces Day -

17 Pack Rat Day

18 International Museum Day

18 No Dirty Dishes Day

18 Visit Your Relatives Day

19 Boy’s Club Day

20 Be a Millionaire Day

20 Pick Strawberries Day

21 National Memo Day

21 National Waiters and Waitresses Day

22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day

23 Lucky Penny Day

24 International Jazz Day

24 National Escargot Day

25 National Missing Children’s Day

25 Tap Dance Day

26 Sally Ride Day

27 Sun Screen Day

28 Amnesty International Day

29  ???????  - Here’s a day waiting to be claimed!!

30 Water a Flower Day

31 National Macaroon Day

31 Save Your Hearing Day

31 World No Tobacco Day

Seriously, who comes up with this shit? I have issues with many of them, but it’s a tie for first place between National Candied Orange Peel Day and Lumpy Rug Day.

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So, there’s a new website out there - Eats.com - whose mission is to be “The nation’s leading restaurant information portal providing an interactive community for young foodies and the restaurants we frequent.” (Source) Happy hour and speed-dating events are so passe; it’s now all about meeting people based on your passion for culinary delights. The website caters to many major cities. You can rate and review restaurants, communicate with other “eaters,” write your own blog, and upload photos of you favorite foods. It’s like the foodie version of Facebook or Myspace.

The Post writes, “With so many New Yorkers doubling as culinary experts…it’s not surprising that the singles scene is similarly food-obsessed.” The paper also says that, “if you don’t know your sunchokes from your ramps, then go back to Jersey.” Umm, guess I’m hightailing it to NJ….?? Whatev Post, no need to be so snobby.

I’m kind of skeptical to refer to it as a “dating Web site” like the article does. Eats.com does not refer to itself as a dating website, nor does it have the normal “success” stories associated with matchmaking. It seems to me to be what I said before - a Facebook/Myspace-like site with a common interest: food. I personally am not that impressed with the site. Considering the acclaimed review it got in the Post, you’d figure they’d at least have some upcoming events posted. Alas, under Featured Events: No events schedules. You can, however, read a blog by Mona entitled, “Detox Diary,” in which she details the side affects of her green morning drink, as well as her bladder problems. Ew.

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It really reminds me of an old-school video game graphic. I love it. Unfortunately someone else does not; it was already removed from 9th Street.

(Courtesy of Annamarie via Nick Gray.)

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CNN’s Richard Quest was arrested in Central Park around 3:30 a.m Thursday of last week. (How did I miss this story until now??) He was found with drugs in his pocket (a small bag of meth), a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals (what??) and a sex toy in his boot. The arresting officer was able to ID the drug based on his previous experience in drug arrests, and the fact that Quest said, ” I  have meth in my pocket.” Ha. I’m kind of grateful the officer didn’t know what the rope was for…I’d have to question his “previous experience” if he did. Quest’s attorney issued this statement: “Mr. Quest didn’t realize that the park had a curfew.” I’m not so sure the curfew issue is what we’re all really interested in…

CNN’s website said that Quest’s “dynamic and distinctive style has made him a unique figure in the field of business and news broadcasting.”

Apparently his ”dynamic and distinctive style” carries into his personal life in the form of drugs and sex toys. 

Thanks to the Post, as usual, for these scintillating details and ingenious picture headline.

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According to Gothamist.com, the Empire State building glowed green for Earth Day on Tuesday. It will be yellow on May 5th in honor of Project Sunshine, a non-profit org that offers children with medical problems free educational, recreational, and social programs. But the real meaningful light-up (hellooo sarcasm) will be today, in the lovely array of pink, purple and white in honor of Mariah Carey.

 

No, she didn’t cure cancer or donate millions to feed starving children in Africa. The reason is titled “Honoring a great New Yorker: Mariah Carey breaks records with E=MC2 album release”.

 Are you kidding me? (Boy do I regret downloading “Bye Bye” now.) This for the woman who reportedly cancels interviews because she’s “not a morning person,” brings 100 pairs of shoes with her on trips, and requires 11 bodyguards at a restaurant so no one can watch her eat? And like lighting the Empire State Building won’t add to  her ginormously inflated ego? What’s next? We erect a statue of the diva in Central Park? Oy.

*****This is so weird. About an hour after I wrote this, I was on my way to do a little shopping in the 34th Street area when lo and behold, who do I see getting out of a car with an entourage? None other than Ms. Mariah Carey herself. She (appropriately) was entering the Empire State Building and (predictably) wearing a shade of pink and purple. The irony of it all!! I didn’t bother to stop and try to get a picture. I had shopping to do!! 

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Today’s Weird but True:

A five-star hotel in China has dressed its window cleaners in Spider-Man costumes to avoid scaring guests.

“Nobody wants to see a person suddenly appear outside their window, so we thought of dressing them as movie characters, which should be fun and harmless,” said a spokesman for the Shanghai Sheraton.

Right…because suddenly seeing Spiderman outside your window isn’t scary…

(Ironically, this is a picture of a Spiderman window-washer in NYC…we’re always the first to start a trend.)

Source

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