Other Events
Peanut Butter Lovers Month
Celebration of America’s favorite food and #1 sandwich. Click here for fascinating information about peanut butter.
McDonald’s Ends Foam Packaging -- Anniversary
November 1, 1990. A momentous day in history, the day McDonald’s Corporation announced it would phase out it use of polystyrene plastic foam containers and use paper containers instead.
We appreciated the fact that they didn't rush into it — instead they "phased out" the change. If change has to happen (we usually prefer that change doesn't happen), we Dull Men don't like it happing fast.
National Split Pea Soup Week
Second week of November (November 10–16, 2008). To promote the use of split peas in split pea soup. It makes so much sense to use split peas instead of whole peas in soup. For more info email pulse@pea-lentil.com
Pursuit of Happiness Week
Second week of November (November 10–16, 2008). To remind everyone, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, that all men and women are "endowed by the creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." And always remember that "it’s okay to be dull."
Holland Tunnel Anniversary
November 13, 1927, the Holland Tunnel, running under the Hudson River from New York City to Jersey City, opened. The Holland Tunnel is one of our favorite tunnels. Because it doesn’t go to Holland. It goes to New Jersey, one of our favorite states.
We like tunnels. We like to tour them. And take pictures. Here is one of our best pictures of a tunnel:
Domino Day
November 14
Clean Out Your Fridge Day
November 15
National Flossing Day (U.S.)
Day after Thanksgiving (November 28, 2008)
Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds -- birth anniversary
November 28. Luke Howard was born on this day in 1772. He was a pharmacist, chemist, and meteorologist. He developed a system for naming clouds. Three principal categories of clouds: cumulus, stratus and cirrus. And compound names such as cirrostratus and stratocumulus, which accommodate transitions between cloud categories.
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