Author: Lisa Mungovan

As you get dressed today, wear your favorite sports jersey. It’s Jersey Friday! Today is also Fountain Pen Day. It might be less convenient, but an old-fashioned fountain pen, with a refillable ink reservoir, makes your writing look elegant. Try using a calligraphy fountain pen for an even fancier style!

Today is Go Cook For Your Pets Day, so look up a healthy recipe for your little buddy. Continue being kind to animals by celebrating World Vegan Day, and the beginning of World Vegan Month. Vegans don’t eat meat or animal products. Have a dinner tonight that has no meat, fish, or dairy ingredients!

Today is Calzone Day, Vinegar Day, and Cinnamon Day. Calzones are like pizzas folded in half, so the toppings are inside. But vinegar and cinnamon probably wouldn’t be very good fillings. It’s also Author’s Day, so reed a story by your favorite author. Maybe it’ll inspire you to write a story also!

The Earth has imaginary lines marking longitude, that go up and down, and latitude, that go around. Every 15° longitude, is a meridian line, representing 1 hour of the Earth’s rotation. In 1884, officials from 25 nations met, and decided 0° longitude, the Prime Meridian, would run through Greenwich England.

Are there any piano players listening? How quick are your fingers on the keyboard? Thurzo Zoltan, a Romanian concert pianist, set a new world record, by hitting a single piano key with his fingers 500 times, in 30 seconds. Instead of a melodious tune, it sounded like a tiny jackhammer.

New Zealanders will soon wave goodbye, to a giant hand. For the last 5 years, a 16-foot-tall sculpture of a hand with a sad human face, created by artist Ronnie van Hout, has stood on top of a gallery in Wellington. On Saturday, the sculpture will travel to Australia. The hand will be missed.

Today is packed! It’s Increase Your Psychic Powers Day. Can you read my mind? If your psychic powers fail you, try sleight of hand instead, since it’s Magic Day! It’s also Carve A Pumpkin Day, Candy Apple Day, and Caramel Apple Day. My favorite trick is to make a few caramel onions too!

Knock knock. Who’s there? Boo. Boo who? Aw, don’t cry! It’s just Tell A Knock Knock Joke Day! It’s also Doorbell Day, so should we be telling Ding Dong jokes instead? And when you go trick-or-treating, should you ring the doorbell, yell “Trick-or-treat,” or say “Knock knock”. I’m so confused!

Today we celebrate Halloween. Many kids go trick-or-treating, where you go door-to-door to show off your costume, and get rewarded with candy. Or, you could hand out the candy, and eat all your favorites. Some people like to set up spooky decorations, or scare themselves at haunted houses. Whatever you do, have fun safely!

4 astronauts finally returned home, after an unexpected 8-month stay on the International Space Station. The space station was a bit crowded, while equipment failures and hurricanes kept the crew from returning on schedule. The astronauts are readjusting to gravity, after their extended float in space.