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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays - January 25
National Irish Coffee Day We have the cold, damp Atlantic weather and the creativity of a Limerick chef to thank for the invention of Irish Coffee. Without the chilly, wet air, its unlikely Joseph Sheridan would have dreamt up his sweet, boozy elixir originated and served, its said, to warm chilled transatlantic travellers when the weather turned miserable. http://www.nationalirishcoffeeday.comA Room of One's Own Day A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929,[1] the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled "Women and Fiction", which was published in Forum March 1929,[2] and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction.[3] The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_of_One's_Own
Opposite Day Opposite Day is an unofficial holiday, commonly observed whenever it is declared, where every action is modified so that meaning is negated. Once Opposite Day is declared, statements mean the opposite of what they usually mean. Usually, a person would say, "After this phrase is over, it will be officially opposite day," and then Opposite Day will be officially started. Opposite Day can also be declared retroactively to indicate that what was just asserted had the opposite meaning of what was originally intended (similar to the practice of crossed fingers to automatically nullify promises). Play has been compared to a children's "philosophy course",[1] and the game has been used as an educational aid and suggested as preparation for "standardized testing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite_Day
Soup Swap Day http://soupswap.com
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Daily Holidays - January 25 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Jan 2015
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)1. I love Soup!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. Me too!
I'm making ham pot pie (really like a thick soup) today. It's a snowy Sunday and a perfect day for soup!
C'mon over!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. Happy Birthday, Etta James.
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)4. Happy Birthday Robert Burns
Tonight's the night to celebrate with Haggis.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/burns-night
shenmue
(38,506 posts)5. Happy birthday, this cat
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