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February 10, 2015

Plimsoll Day
This day is specifically for ship safety awareness.
What is Plimsoll Line on Ships?
A really interesting, out of the box, metaphor for the Plimsoll line. “A Woman’s Plimsoll Line” (this article specifically addresses pornography and sexual addiction and the effects of it on a marriage but other things could just as easily 'capsize' a woman.)
Apparently plimsoll is also a shoe!

Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Ah, Roswell. The biggest contributor to this holiday. There is a whole ET culture out there.
Global centers for sharing ideas and interrelationships, Extraterrestrial Cultural Centers International (ECCI)
Aliens like us? I don’t think so.
Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
Why an alien (extraterrestrial) culture might want to visit Earth
The only ET I ever was interested in...


Cream Cheese Brownie Day
Cream Cheese? Good. Brownies? Good.
Bake on friends.  Eat up!
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