Curious Events Day, In the News, and Enjoy

Curious Events Day - The thought of today being Curious Events Day certainly piques ones curiosity!


Why does this day exist? Who created it? What curious events are held today? The questions are many; the answers are for you to provide!


If you have an active, questioning mind, this is your day. It encourages you to create and sponsor a curious event. The topics are broad and seemingly endless—from philosophical issues to the nature of life as it exists at the bottom of the sea. The only requirement is that the event be curious in nature and evoke participants' curiosity.

In the News - Ripped from the underbelly of the Web!

Fans Accost Matt Schaub At His Home

NJ Town Requires Beggars to Get Permits

Passenger with No Flight Experience Lands Plane When Pilot Becomes Ill

Drunk Driver Led Cops on Chase So He Would Have Enough Time to Finish His Big Mac

Kentucky High Schools Ordered Not to Conduct Postgame Handshakes

Enjoy - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!

Skyscraper Day, Teriyaki Mushroom Burgers, Asian Chicken Salad, and Relax!

Skyscraper Day - Skyscraper Day is a day to appreciate and admire the world's tallest skyscrapers.


Skyscrapers are truly engineering and architectural marvels. In many crowded cities, space is in short supply, and real estate prices are ever increasing. Building "up" becomes more and more logical. As technical capabilities in construction improved, skyscrapers have become taller and taller. In addition, there is a certain prestige to have one of the tallest structures in the world in your city.

Here are the world's tallest buildings:

Teriyaki Mushroom Burgers - Laura produced some incredibly tasty teriyaki mushroom burgers Sunday afternoon. She made patties using 85% lean beef, to which she added minced garlic, minced Jalapeños, and several spices and seasonings.

While the patties grilled, Laura sautéed sliced, poached mushrooms in teriyaki sauce. She poured the mushrooms atop the patties and placed Swiss cheese atop them.

She also produced an excellent batch of oven fries.

She placed the patties atop fresh Kaiser rolls from a local deli. There was no need to add condiments! The burgers were incredible.

Asian Chicken Salad - Yesterday was Labor Day. While many traveled great distances and placed themselves in peril on crowded roadways, Laura and I stayed home and produced an enormous quantity of Asian Chicken Salad. Laura poached sliced mushrooms and prepared the noodles. I did the slicing, dicing, chopping, and mincing. Laura combined the ingredients, added seasonings, extra-virgin olive oil and Oriental rice wine vinegar, and slowly stirred everything together.

This is a recipe I developed many years ago and with which I have brought intense pleasure to a great many.

Laura took a quantity to work with her this morning. She is gifting it to a co-worker. This afternoon, when she arrives at our home, she will travel to the home of a member of our home church (Harvest Christian Center) who is recovering from an injury at home. Laura will bless her with an offering of this delicious treat.

The balance shall be savored by us throughout the week. Asian Chicken Salad is excellent as an entrée or as a side dish. It is extremely healthful and very low in sodium, fat, and cholesterol. It is also very time- and labor-intensive to produce. If you wish to make some, you will find the recipe on this blog under the Recipes link on the left.

Relax! - Relax and enjoy these videos!

National Relaxation Day

Today is National Relaxation Day - It is not only fun to relax; it is actually vital to a healthy lifestyle! Life is stressful! Have you seen the news lately? There are always so many things to do and never enough hours in the day. We prioritize and compartmentalize and organize, and we try to use every minute of the day to accomplish our tasks.

Our bodies and our minds need time to rest, to recover from a day's events, and to recuperate so we can feel energized and ready to begin a new day. While those workaholics among us may see it as slacking off, it is actually a great way to be more productive. So sit back and relax and take some time to honor National Relaxation Day.

Today Is Hammock Day - Relax!

Today is Hammock Day - Summer is in full swing. It is time to slow down and to relax. During the Dog Days of summer, there is no better place to slow down and relax than on a hammock.

Hammock Day is appropriately celebrated right in the middle of the Dog Days of summer (July 3 though August 11th.

Hammock Day exists to enjoy summer as it should be enjoyed. People celebrate Hammock Day by spending as much time relaxing on it as possible. Getting out of your hammock to get a snack or your favorite summer beverage is okay. But it is not a day for work. Cutting the lawn is forbidden on this day.

Today Is Free Slurpee Day - Enjoy the Day!

Today Is Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven - Mark your calendars, America: Monday, July 11, is Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven!

To commemorate its 84th birthday, the convenience store chain plans to give away 5 million free Slurpees to hot, thirsty people at over 8,600 locations in North America in an event officially known as 7-Eleven Free Slurpee Day.

According to the company, they sell enough Slurpees each year to fill 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The free Slurpee tradition began in 2002 with 7-Eleven's 75th birthday. 7-Eleven is part of our social fabric, a concept uniquely American yet shared with the rest of the world at over 41,000 global locations.

Friday Fun

Friday Fun - This week has been a very somber week for this blog. Stories of gun control, same-sex marriage, etc., have unduly taxed me, and I declare today to be a day filled with chortles. Therefore, I suggest that you dress casually, relax, and enjoy Friday Fun!