MOvember is a month long celebration in NOvember, where men and women raise awareness and funds for men’s health. Men grow a moustache (a “Mo” ) for the 30 days of November to draw attention to men’s health causes – such as prostate and testicular cancers and male mental health.
Men and Women who support MOvember: MO Bros or Sistas, can register at MOvember.com.
Most People are familiar with the “Guy Fawkes” masks (used by the Anonymous Group) but do you know much about
the “Guy” ? Guy Fawkes was one of a group of 14 that plotted to blow up the House of Lords on November 5, 1605.
There were 36 Barrels of Gunpowder in the cellar below where the King would be sitting in Parliament. Guy was caught red-handed just hours before the Gunpowder Plot was scheduled to take place.
On Guy Fawkes day people celebrate the foiling of the plot (Guy was apprehended and met a very bad end). On Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Night …. Effigies of Guy are burned in Bonfires and sometimes there are Fireworks.
This day is Celebrated in the UK and places with a British past like Australia and New Zealand. Parts of Canada still celebrate – like Newfoundland.
Time to “Fall Back!” Don’t Forget about the end of Daylight Savings! Set your Clocks back at 2 AM Sunday.
Today there will be a Ceremony on Parliament Hill (In Ottawa – the Capital of Canada ) to Celebrate the Canadian Navy! In Honour of all the Hard Work that Canadian Sailors do ….we have a New Free Printable:
It is a 2 Page PDF (2 Game Boards and Instructions). Great for Travel ! – Print a few Copies up and put them in the Car (It is nice if they are printed onto thin card or printed on office paper then glued to thin cardboard.
Where in the World is Sock Monkey? Sock Monkey is Lazy and not a Good Employee.
Here is the Proof:http://partyfunbox.com/blogs/news/7545788-happy-spring-everyone
But he loves to Travel! Would you like Sock Monkey to visit you?? Let us know in the comments section (not your address please – JUST your city and country – we will email the person – that Sock Monkey chooses – for an address later). Sock monkey will pick the destinations.
We will send Sock Monkey to a volunteer who needs to do 2 things:
1. Take a Picture of Sock Monkey enjoying his vacation (and send it to us)
2. Send Sock Monkey to the next Volunteer (within a week if at all possible). We will send the address.
And so on and so on … (I’ll post the pictures).
Socky is about 1 ½ ounces in weight so the postage will be minimal. However to compensate the volunteers for putting up with this annoying monkey – we will mail you a few little (lightweight) surprises as a thank you after he is again on his way!
Anybody Keen? … Where is that silly monkey?
#TravellingSockMonkey
The Following is from Wikipedia:
The first Sweetest Day was pronounced as October 8, 1921 in Cleveland. The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s October 8, 1922 edition, which chronicles the first Sweetest Day in Cleveland, states that the first Sweetest Day was planned by a committee of 12 confectioners chaired by candymaker C. C. Hartzell. The Sweetest Day in the Year Committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to “newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor” in Cleveland, Ohio.[3] The Sweetest Day in the Year Committee was assisted in the distribution of candy by some of the biggest movie stars of the day including Theda Bara and Ann Pennington.[3]
There were also several attempts to start a “Sweetest Day” in New York City, including a declaration of a Candy Day throughout the United States by candy manufacturers on October 8, 1922.[4] In 1927, The New York Times reported that “the powers that determine the nomenclature of the weeks of October” decreed that the week beginning on October 10, 1927 would be known as Sweetest Week.[5] On September 25, 1937, The New York Times reported under Advertising News and Notes that The National Confectioners Association had launched a “movement throughout the candy industry” to rank Sweetest Day with the nationally accepted Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and St. Valentine’s Day.[6] In 1940, another Sweetest Day was proclaimed on October 19. The promotional event was marked by the distribution of more than 10,000 boxes of candy by the Sweetest Day Committee.[7] The candy was distributed among 26 local charities. 225 children were given candy in the chapel at the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children on October 17, 1940.[7] 600 boxes of candy were also delivered to the presidents of the Jewish, Protestant and Catholic Big Sister groups of New York.
It appears that this Holiday is observed mostly in the Mid-West United States (especially Cleveland) on the 3rd Saturday of October… even though we aren’t in the Mid-West … it is an excuse to eat Candy!
While Last week (October 4th-10th) was World Space Week … This week has a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse!
The eclipse will happen the night of October 18th until the Morning of the October 19th.
The Full Moon will pass through the outer bright rim of Earth’s shadow. It will be a more subtle effect than a total or partial lunar eclipse, which occurs when the Moon enters the dark inner core of the Earth’s shadow.
If you reside in the Americas (East Coast), Europe, Africa, or in most of Asia (the beginning of the eclipse will be visible in Eastern Asia) you should notice a slight shading on the lower southern part the Moon around 7:51 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Friday night’s Penumbral Eclipse will be 3 hours and 59 minutes long and 76.5% of the Moon will be immersed in the penumbra at the peak.
For that Space-themed Birthday Party we have a Great Free Printable! a 6 Page PDF file with 12 Different Space Bingo Cards! Print the Cards on thin Cardboard, or print on paper and glue to thin card. (Cut one card up so that you can call out the Images that will result in your BINGO winner!
It is National Chestnut Week!
While Chestnuts are Great for Eating! Horse Chestnuts are mildly poisonous.
Even though you can’t eat them Horse Chestnuts are great for a Fantastic Autumn Game…. Conkers!
It’s a game from my childhood (in Nova Scotia) that I remember very fondly.
In 2012 The people of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia Canada started the
North American Conker Championships! (Held this year on October 19)
Check out their website for the rules…