Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Opposite Day, so say the opposite of what you mean. Ice cream is horrible! I love getting tons of homework! I want to clean the toilets! Don’t forget to say, “Just kidding, it’s Opposite Day,” or you might confuse a lot of people! Just don’t give opposite answers on tests!

Did you know it’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day? The engineers who invented bubble wrap first tried to sell it as wallpaper, then greenhouse insulation. It wasn’t commonly used for packaging until 1961. But I’ll bet people were popping it from the very beginning! Have a popping party! The sound’s only annoying if you’re not participating.

Some very hairy kids showed up at Morningside Elementary School last week. They were a couple of goats! The goats had wandered into the school, after escaping from a nearby property. They were escorted back home. The human kids, could use a perfect excuse that day, and say “A goat ate my homework.”

What do you want to be, when you grow up? Perhaps you’d like to be a candyologist! A Canadian company called Candy Funhouse, is hiring candyologists to taste-test their confections. They’ll pay people $30-per-hour, to sample and review some of their 3000 delicious treats from home. Sounds like the perfect job.

Did you know there’s a crater on Mars, that looks like a happy face? The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera, took photos at different times over the years. The blobby areas that look like eyes, a nose, and a smiley mouth, are all growing, due to thermal erosion. Mars is happier than ever!

Today is Compliment Day. A compliment is when you say something nice to someone. You could tell them you like their shirt, or that they’re really good at soccer. Give your compliments to the chef after your next meal, or make a stranger’s day by telling them they have a nice smile. It’s easy!

Today is Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day. Pretend you’ve found a hunk of gold, in the 18 48 California Gold Rush! Your impression might make people laugh, for Belly Laugh Day! After all that prospectin’ and laughin’, you’ll need a hearty snack. It’s Peanut Butter Day, so dig into a jar, with a celery shovel!

A geode is a rock with a hollow cavity, filled with crystals. Miners in Uruguay recently found a heart-shaped geode, filled with purple amethyst crystals. Now, a geologist has found another incredible geode in Brazil. The blue agate and crystals form a face, that looks just like the smiling, googly-eyed Cookie Monster!

While you’re sitting around doing nothing, your body is hard at work. It’s making 3.8 million cells, every second! Your blood cells are constantly dying, and being replaced with new ones. So are the cells in your gut, and your skin. Feed your body healthy foods, so it has the energy to produce 330,000,000,000 cells-per-day.

If you look at any social media today, you’ll probably see an old guy looking cold, sitting everywhere. That’s Bernie Sanders, a US Senator from Vermont. He wore his favorite coat and mittens to the Presidential Inauguration, and people love his comfortable style. His mittens were handmade, from re-purposed wool sweaters and recycled plastic!