| May
Is... |
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Better Sleep Month
. National Good Car Care Month
. National Photo Month
. National Salad Month
. National Egg Month
. National Barbecue Month
. Revise Your Work Schedule Month
. Date Your Mate Month
. National Hamburger Month
. Fungal Infection Awareness Month |
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| Jupiter,
Venus, Mercury, and Mars all visible within a roughly 6°
area of sky. |
| May
Trivia |
► The
month 'may' have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who
was identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea,
whose festival was held in May.
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In Japan, there is a so-called 'May sickness',
where new students or workers start to be tired of their new
schoolwork or jobs. (In Japan schoolyears and fiscal years start
on April 1st).
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May is a character in the Merchant's Tale part
of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. May is young woman who
marries a 60 year-old knight Januarie. The name is thought to
represent youth opposing her husband's old age. In the tale
she weds the old knight but has an affair with his squire, who
the Merchant indicates may be the true father of May and Januarie's
child. |
| In
The Bad Old Days... |
In my day, we didn't have hand-held calculators. We had to do
addition on our fingers. To subtract, we had to have some fingers
amputated.
-Jon Patrick Smith |
| In
Case You Didn't Know... |
| May
is brought to you in part by Communism. Go celebrate May Day
with all your friends on the Eastern Block, comrade!
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| Nailed!
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For the want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost;
For the want of a horseshoe a horse was lost;
For the want of a horse, the rider was lost;
For the want of a rider, the message was lost;
For the want of a message, the battle was lost;
For the want of a battle, the war was lost;
For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost;
And all for the want of a horseshoe's nail. |
