Happy Curling Is Cool Day! Originating in 16th Century Scotland, Curling, began as a bunch of drunk Scots throwing odd shaped rocks called loafies around on frozen lochs. That's fucking awesome. Now the sport is played out on carefully prepared ice, with super polished 42lb. granite stones, and all in the comfort of indoor arenas. Let's take Curling back to its roots and head outside with a shitty old broom, pick up some loafies, and find a section of ice that might be strong enough to hold. Problem. I live in the southwest and finding water in its solid state could prove to be near impossible. Bummer, dude. Hmm...I'll figure something out. Give Curling the love it deserves today and if you do have a frozen water source nearby you should already be out there hunting for stones.
Happy Play Tennis Day! "You can't be serious, man. You CANNOT BE SERIOUS!" Deal with it, McEnroe. So, it's Play Tennis Day... Maybe some little known facts about Tennis can make it more interesting because most of Tennis history is, well, lame. The ancient form of Tennis began in 12th Century France where two players would face off, much like today's game, but without rackets and strike a horse testicle back and forth with the palm of the hand. (Fucking French.) It wasn't until the 16th Century that rackets were added and not until the mid 19th Century that the horse testicle was replaced with an early form of today's Tennis ball. (Thank you, England.) Before Lawn Tennis became popular several other playing surfaces were tested including: hay wetted with animal urine (to keep it packed down), dirt wetted with animal urine (to keep it packed down), cobblestone wetted with animal uri...HEY. What the hell? This is getting out of hand. One final fact: The Tennis court, instead of a net, used to be divided by a small stone wall but after several players were killed diving for short volleys it was decided a change was in order. The original form of the modern net was made of woven sheep intestines wetted with animal urine. Go play tennis today and be thankful animal parts are no longer present on the court.
Happy Diesel Engine Day! That's a lot easier to say than Happy Compression-Ignition Engine Day! On this day in 1892 Rudolf Diesel obtained the patent for his engine design (that's why we're celebrating) but did not produce a working prototype until 1897. Soon after this though Rudolf's engine became extremely popular with many companies licensing his design and the rest is glorious, grease monkey history. Any suggestions on how I should celebrate today? Hmm...Poison stlye photo shoot of me in a mankini on the hood of a diesel truck? No. Build a diesel engine by myself? Not if you want it to, you know, work. Post all of the cheesy diesel engine and semi truck videos and photos I can find? That's a big 10-4, good buddy. Convoy! Cheers!
P.S. Holy shit. I'm a month into my holiday quest already and still sane. I'm not going to lie and say everyday has been a glorious success but they haven't been failures either. There is only so much you can do some days within reasonable guidelines and still be a responsible adult. I don't like to fail and I think many people might be surprised I've made it this long. I'm determined and excited to keep going, kicking as much ass as possible, and bringing cheer to as many as I can. As always. Cheers!
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