I know I wrote a post about this a long time ago, but I can’t remember if I posted the actual video. Who cares, it’s awesome, AND it’s ‘repeat season’.
The actual documentary is supposed to be released later this year. I can’t wait!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Day 684: National Doughnut Day
Most of the holidays I’ve profiled on this site have very little documentation. Who knows if the Holiday even exists? But that is half the fun, right?
However, today I have the great pleasure of presenting a little known American Holiday with a noble tradition: National Doughnut Day
Wikipedia:
National Doughnut Day started in 1938[1] as a fund raiser for the Chicago Salvation Army. Their goal was to help the needy during the Great Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers.
Soon after the US entrance into World War I in 1917, the Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The mission concluded that "huts" that could serve baked goods, provide writing supplies and stamps, and provide a clothes-mending service, would serve the needs of US enlisted men. Six staff members per hut should include four female volunteers who could "mother" the boys.
(The canteens/social centres that were established by the Salvation Army in the United States near army training centers were called "huts".)
About 250 Salvation Army volunteers went to France. Because of the difficulties of providing freshly-baked goods from huts established in abandoned buildings near to the front lines, two Salvation Army volunteers (Ensign Margaret Sheldon and Adjutant Helen Purviance) came up with the idea of providing doughnuts. These are reported to have been an "instant hit", and "soon many soldiers were visiting Salvation Army huts". Margaret Sheldon wrote of one busy day "Today I made 22 pies, 300 doughnuts, 700 cups of coffee."
A legend has spread that the provision of doughnuts to US enlisted men in World War I is the origin of the term doughboy to describe US infantry, but the term was in use as early as the Mexican-American War of 1846-47.
NOTE: Last year Krispy Kream AND Dunkin’ Donuts participated by giving away free doughnuts!!!! You can thank me later!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Day 683: Dance Mobs, My New Obsession
This is from a Belgium Train Station.
From Liverpool Street Station
Philippines
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Day 682: Learning to Speak Serbia
This guy is terribly funny… however, this video contains strong language… be careful.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Day 681: Flip a Coin Day
“Heads or Tails? It was Julius Caesar who started the practice of flipping a coin to make decisions. His own head was on one side of every Roman coin, so "heads" determined the winner in each flip. People thought "heads" meant that Caesar agreed with the decision. The coin flip was used in serious litigation involving property, marriage and even criminal guilt. Just think how many lawyers would be out of a job if we went back to this method today!”
To celebrate, I propose we all use a coin to decide all of our decisions today! Or at least one… leave a comment and share what you used the coin for!
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