Im having my flag rasing ceremony.. my tribute to september 11 and listen to "patriotic" music, Im also having a prayer vigil probley around a white candle. I have a CD called "God Bless America".. Ill see if i can post pics here by URL just to show yall God Bless America!

I'm working. On a government contract.

I am spending way too much time on America's Debate and putting off grading papers.

Like most Mondays, I'm at work enforcing obscure, and likely unconstitutional, Federal laws...

Paralegals don't get Pres. Day off unless you want to take the paycut and work for the government.

But nice thing is - it's slow today so I've got plenty of time to check in here

I drove back from my college reunion, in a big RV with a bunch of friends. It was fun, and the roads were crowded.

I sent my fiance off on a train home and felt a bit empty for the rest of the day.

I dressed up as James Buchanan and went bar hopping.

You do that every Monday, Hugo.

I played D&D. And, uh, I celebrated Washington and the neutrality proclamation we've been upholding.

That's nice, BH. You played the movie Dumb and Dumber
in honor of GWB. Perfect way to celebrate President's Day.

If GWB gets re-elected, next year you can watch the
movie Dumberer and Dumberer, in honor of all the people
who voted for him a second time.

Actually two Mondays a year I dress up as Warren G. Harding and go teahouse hopping.

Hugo, if you ever want to dress up as Lincoln,
I have some very authentic-looking beards I'd be happy to
contribute to the cause!!

And, if you want to go as GWB I know a doctor who
could perform the lobotomy.

I've got class and a meeting. Hurray!

You have a Presidents' Day????!!

For all the similarities, America really is a different country!

FYI, President's Day is "officially" a celebration of George Washington's birthday. Washington was born on February 22 (or, possibly, February 11) and his birthday has been celebrated annually since 1796 and eventually became a national holiday. Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, some states made his birthday, February 12, a holiday as well.

In 1968, legislation was passed which rationalized a number of federal holidays (shifting a lot of them to Mondays to effect long week-ends rather than interrupting weeks). It was decided to celebrate Washington's birthday on the third Monday of every February. As Lincoln was not similarly honored, the day popularly became known as President's Day, honoring whichever presidents happen to take anyone's fancy. I'm probably one of the few here who remembers getting two presidential days off school in February (in some states) rather than one.

But, yes, our countries are very different, Julian - the Queen of England gets two birthdays every year, whereas all US presidents share only one. Oh - and we don't have a holiday to simulatneously commemorate our most notorious traitor and the sublimation of religious minorities.

I went to school. My school district is anti-american so they would rather have us learn stuff instead of celebrate veterans day or presidents day. It's probably because we have 3 days off next week for the rodeo which I believe has something to do with cow-persons.

I pondered the unfairness of life. Why can a Milliard Fillmore be President and not a J. Danforth Quayle?

Ahh Danny, we barely knew ye.

So is it Presidents Day today then or tomorrow, or last week even? I've been sitting about watching the news and browsing the internet instead of doing all the homework that is building up around me.

I don't know when either of the Queens birthdays are, or even when St Andrews day is (Novemeber I think, can't narrow it down much farther!) so I don't get to be patriotic

Have a/Hope you had a nice holiday everyone across the pond. And its Easter soon too, so more holidays