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January 23, 2015

National Pie Day (additional information)
Next month is Pie Month, is today a warm-up?  :)
Do you have a favorite pie? A savory one and a sweet one? Then enjoy them today!
Pie pops up a lot in this year of holidays so I'm going to let you find your own today, I've given suggestions for other days. :)

Handwriting Day
Well, how's your handwriting these days?  Thanks to technology and computers mine is horrible! I have to really slow down and take my time if I want my actual handwriting to be legible.
Has technology ruined handwriting?
Does Handwriting Still Matter In A Digital World?
The Dying Art of Handwriting
Computers may dominate our lives, but mastery of penmanship brings us important cognitive benefits, research suggests
It may be obvious which side of the "argument" I agree with. :)
Today try to handwrite as much as possible. Or purpose to handwrite a text longer than a sentence or two. Does it feel foreign? If so you probably need to use handwriting a little more and the computer a little less.

Measure your Feet Day
Not sure why today is one to measure feet, and contrary to popular myth the size of the foot doesn't indicate the size of any other body part. Ha!

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