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January 27, 2015

Chocolate Cake Day
The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe {Ever}
The Chocolate Cola Cake
Flourless Chocolate Cake 
Chocolate Cake shooter (for adults only)
Chocolate Cake Martini (for adults only)

Punch the Clock Day
Since nobody really understands this day or what it is supposed to be about I thought I would just provide the random "punch the clock" info Google gives me!  :)
Punch the Clock is an album released in 1983 by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Punch the Clock is an idiom, a phrase for the workforce: The History of the Punch (Time) Clock
It's my guess that Punch the Clock day was created somewhere along the timeline of history as a way to recognize the developments in employee pay methods, etc.  By this year, 2015, the old time clocks must of us think of punching or remember punching have been replaced with computer based ones or electronic, digitized ones.  And at some point the time clock became a burden to the employee rather than an assistance to their paychecks being accurate.
Here are some opinion pieces about the relevance and use of "time clocks" these days:
If You Make Your Employees Punch the Clock, They'll Want to Punch You Instead
Pros & Cons of a Time Clock in the Workplace
Beyond The Punch-Clock Life: The Tyranny Of Modern Time II

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