Canadian days of note

I'm proselytizing Talk Like A Pirate Day here.

Somehow a giant 2009 calendar appeared in our lab. Stephanie was bored the other day (and yearning for a holiday) so she colored in all the days we get off (in green). Stupid Canada has no holidays between New Year's and Easter! Fortunately, we get Good Friday and Easter Monday off, so at least I have a 4 day weekend next month to look forward to…

Then, she still didn't feel like working (writer's block, you know), so she colored in and labeled everybody's birthdays (in pink). This caused quite a stir as we discussed how old everybody is. I'm the baby. Yay. I like being the baby.

Actually, the whole birthday thing was stimulated by the holiday on May 18. Nobody knew what it is (it turns out it's Victoria Day, which is kind of a catch-all Sovereign's Birthday day, where we celebrate the birthday of most Kings/Queens of England that have reigned between Victoria and now, regardless of when they were actually born. Weird.), so I remarked that May 18 is Mt. St.Helen's day, which I know because it erupted 3 days after I was born. Everyone was appalled at how young I am. Mike thought I was serious and brutally pointed out that the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's is not celebrated with a holiday, not even in Canada. I know that! But it did erupt on that day...

So then I decided to take a more active role in the frivolity (who am I kidding, I was already active) by labeling and coloring in (in blue) talk like a pirate day (September 19). This came up because we had a piratical discussion (with the boss even) a few days earlier. It actually wasn't me who started that one, but Joanne (the boss's first mate), who, for whatever reason, was imagining me with a peg leg.

Crazy goings on!

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