Birthday Learnin'

Last year we learned that Ann Richards, Lily Tomlin, and Gloria Estefan were all born today, my birthday, September 1st. Every time I think about that, I do a little dance.

This year we will learn about holidays.

According to My Daily Plan-It, which is a terrible name for a website, September 1st is Emma M. Nutt Day, named for the first telephone operator. Coincidentally, Emma is the actual name of Janice, the telephone operator in my voice mail at work. Thanks for the tip, DragonHawk.

September is also:

• Biscuit Month (I can get behind that.)
• Children's Good Manners Month (I'd settle for good phone manners, if we can't do it all in one month.)
• Fall Hat Month (Fuck! I only have one hat, and I wear it year round. Also, in Texas, September is not fall.)
• International Gay Square Dance Month (No.)
• National Rice Month (I just bought a 20 lb. bag of brown rice, and that's all I'm prepared to do for rice until early 2006.)
• National Subliminal Marketing Month (Make up your own joke for this one, I can feel the opportunity but I got nothin'.)
• Pain Awareness Month (I'd prefer pain non-awareness month, as I think I might get more sleep, but maybe it's an equal time thing.)