March 15 - Middle of Aliens

 Ides of March - we were always told to beware them.  It wasn't just some play - but Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day in 44BC.

Ides of March meant the 74th day which relates to March 15th - or it meant the first new moon of a month.  I always thought it meant the 'middle of March'.

It's also a day that the "International Flying Saucer Bureau" has decided to call as World Contact Day.

The idea is that all the members would 'telepathically' send a message to space.

March 14 - Smart folks commonly know it as pie

How many can you do?

3.14159265358946267338238... at least that's what I remember, but I always order the put the 4626 and it's not 733 it's 793... anyways, that number is important and if you put the numbers as 3 / 14 that's the Imperial way to say March 14th.

Which is today, so today is known as Pi Day.

Interestingly enough it's also sometimes celebrated on July 22, which is 22/7 ... which is the rough approximation of pi.

Also on this day - the 2nd Monday of March - Canada celebrates Commonwealth Day.

Well, as much as Canadians 'celebrate' anything.

It's also Albert Einstein's birthday (he would have been 143), and also the day that Stephen Hawking passed away in 2018.

March 11 - Hitchhiker's Plumbing Pandemic

 So, in more recent history, it as officially on this day in 2020 that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

What's come after, we're all well aware of.  Fingers crossed everybody!

It's also the day on Douglas Adams was born in 1952.  He unfortunately died May 11 in 2001.

He's one of my favourite authors with his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.  Such a good read.

Now in terms of reading, I often have to read up to make sure I know how to fix a leaky toilet or sink... so it's good to celebrate World Plumbing Day.

Definitely a good skill to actually know or just to respect so you know when you should hire out.  Somethings you don't want to skip on.

March 10 - Mario and his Pipe

 A day near and dear to my heart is International Bagpipe Day.

Celebrating a bunch of different types of bagpipes, we had learned about it a few years back and started to go about town and just play for a wide array of people and places... just because.

We even made a face-hole poster for folks to get their photo taken with it.  Some day we can get back to that.

Also, with it being "MAR 10" it's kinda looking like "MARIO", so it's unofficially known as Mario Day, specifically by Nintendo.

Who usually has a sale.

March 9 - A doll that teaches about cigars

 It was on this day that Ruth Handler debuted her new doll at the Toy Fair - the Barbie - in 1959.

I learned that Barbie's name is actually Barbara Millicent Roberts.

In Lebanon they celebrate today as Eid Al Moalim - Teacher's Day,

It was also this day in 1996 that George Burns passed away.

He had just passed his 100th birthday back in January (surprising as he was almost always seen with a cigar).  His career spanned many decades.

March 8 - Women Inspiring Women

 March 8th since 1975 is known as International Women's Day from the United Nations.

2022's theme is Women Inspiring Women.

Be inspiring today!

March 7 - Patent for Outlaw Pancakes

 On this day in 1761 a certain Scot was born who became a bit of an inspiring outlaw.  So much so that Liam Neeson even got to play him in a movie, I'm talking about Rob Roy MacGregor

Also known as just Rob Roy.  You can celebrate with the Rob Roy cocktail - 4.5cl of Scotch / 2.5cl vermouth with a little bit of bitters.  It always kinda bugged me that in the Roby Roy movie with Liam there was a lot of Irish pipes in it.

Another famous Scot is Alexander Graham Bell, and on this day in in 1876 he was granted the patent for the telephone.

Ma Bell became such a thing that suddenly everybody would get them in their own homes vs the previous method of morse code transceivers were only in specialized locations.

Now a patent tells you specifically what some plan will make and who did it.  

Today I'm learning that there's a difference between flapjacks and pancakes.  Good to know as it's National Flapjack Day in the US.

Apparently, a pancake uses batter and is 'fried', whereas a flapjack is made from oats, sugar and butter.  But I think that's the difference between US and UK

I think colloquially they mean the same thing.