Daily Holidays - March 14

[Sherman A1]

National Potato Chip Day National Potato Chip Day is March 14, and what better way to celebrate than digging into a bag of one of the world's most addictive snacks?

If you've had your share of the original, or the idea of munching through another bag of sour cream and onion makes you yawn, here are 10 wacky flavors you should try (if you dare). http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/food-and-recipes/national-potato-chip-day-10-weird-potato-chip-flavors-you-can-get-in-the-united-states-1.10046307

Pi Day appy birthday, Einstein! But this is also Pi Day, and a very special Pi Day at that.

Why so special? The date is 3/14/15, the first five digits in the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

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And—get ready for this—at 26 minutes and 53 seconds after 9 a.m., we will pass a date and time represented by the first 10 digits of ?. Very exciting! If you miss it, there will be one more chance at 9 p.m. After that, you’ll have to wait another 100 years for that auspicious moment to happen again, assuming that we will still be writing our Julian calendar dates as we do in America. It ought to be a great moment for conspiracy theorists; they are missing a terrific opportunity to warn us about cables snapping on suspension bridges, oil rig draw-works no longer pumping in Texas, and countless highway accidents when the mechanisms of rack and pinion steering freeze. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/03/pi_day_2015_ten_digits_represented_on_march_14_at_9_26_53.html

International Ask A Question Day http://www.questionday.com

International Day of Action for Rivers Every year on the International Day of Action for Rivers, thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world's rivers and those who struggle to protect them.

The website linked below includes links to educational and environmental groups that provide curriculum, tips, and other resources for educators relating to rivers, dams, and people. Links are arranged by education level and then by topic: The Water Cycle, Rivers and then by topic: The Water Cycle, Rivers and Biomes, Rivers and People, and Protecting Rivers. http://eeinmississippi.org/net/calendar/details.aspx?s=108146.0.0.37931&c=5376006

International Fanny Pack Day The name "fanny pack" is derived from the way they were traditionally worn facing the rear above the buttocks, for which "fanny" is a slang term in the United States. Despite the name, many users do not wear fanny packs on their rear because they are easier to pickpocket and harder to access. In the Anglosphere outside of North America, other names are used since the word "fanny" means vulva, rather than buttocks, in those countries.

Many observers consider the fanny pack a sure mark of an out-of-place tourist, evoking the traditional tourist stereotypes known around the world, or regard them as an item worn by unfashionable or older people. Musician "Weird Al" Yankovic mocks the wearing of fanny packs in his song "White & Nerdy."

The handiness and ease of opening of fanny packs has also resulted in them being used as holsters for handguns in the USA. Many manufacturers make fanny packs that are designed for concealed carry.[1] Some military and law enforcement units also utilize fanny packs to carry additional equipment, such as first aid, night vision, markers, etc.

Calling them "belted satchels" or "hands-free bags," several designer labels sought to bring the accessory back into vogue in early 2011, by offering stylish and expensive designs selling for as much as $1995.[2][3][4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_pack

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/march14.html

[betsuni]

1. M.F.K. Fisher on potato chips, from "Last House":

"Most of our vices are relatively harmless to other people, two-or-four-legged, that is, I doubt that I taint more than my own liver when I happily, indeed voluptuously, tweak open a cellophane packet of salt-encrusted, preservative-loaded, additive-flavored, crispy-crunchy, and machine-made potato chips. ... It seems logical, or at least convenient in a somewhat Jesuistical way that I have earned this latter-day respite from my early dedication to the pursuit of The Perfect. I have tasted the best, I argue, and therefore am justified in solacing my last years with no matter how unreasonable facsimilies, since the the best is unattainable. ... Occasionally ... I put some substitute for the Perfect Potato Chips in a little wooden bowl (this is all somewhat dubious and fetishistic from a Freudian or perhaps Jungian or even est-ian point of view) and eat it before lunch. ... The ersatz potato chips are as good."

[bigwillq]

2. I love potato chips.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. Boulder Chips and Maui Chips

[femmocrat]

4. Happy Pi Day!

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