Welcome to Friday once again! This is the first Friday of April, which is, as many of you know, Autism Awareness Month. I'm sure there will be many diaries on this important issue on DKos (and if not I'll add my own later) so while I wanted to mention it, I also wanted to let you know of the other fun little holidays that are occurring this month.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
3 Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day (I guess it's a good thing Caedy is off today anyway huh?)
3 National Walk to Work Day - first Friday of month
Of course if you live a great distance from work, or are very very small, I suggest you drive at least partway or maybe take public transportation!
3 Tweed Day
4 Hug a Newsman Day
4 Walk Around Things Day
4 School Librarian Day
4 Tell a Lie Day (Pinocchio's favorite!)
5 Easter (A not so little holiday for many)
5 Go for Broke Day
6 Dyngus Day always the Monday after Easter - apparently this is a Polish festival at which they dump water on women. I don't get it.
6 Plan Your Epitaph Day - a little morbid if you ask me
6 Sorry Charlie Day
7 Caramel Popcorn Day - Most likely created by a popcorn maker, or an Ecard company.
7 No Housework Day
7 World Health Day
8 All is Ours Day
8 Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
Bit loves this whole series of videos and her pictures come out very nicely :).
9 Name Yourself Day
9 Winston Churchill Day
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
10 Golfer's Day
10 National Siblings Day
Sources: Brainy Quote
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