22 | September | 2014 | M'chelsMusings

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Have you ever noticed how some bloggers are less serious than others??? Yeah, I’m one of those. I do have the one or two serious posts in a while, and a few will be coming up shortly. However, here is why I’m less serious than other writers/bloggers. And by no means is this to offend any of my friends and fellow blogger/writers. 🙂 I love ya’ll equally, well okay some more than others… but whatever. LOL

I am a very serious person when I need to be, I have served my country in War and Peace. Which makes for some uber stressful moments. I have a very serious job that I do five days a week between eight and ten hours a day, and some times on call for twelve hours on the weekends. Another very very stressful job. One that I don’t really want to change. 🙂 I have suffered five TIA’s, which lead to a few strokes, which well I’m an overachiever, led to a heart attack, while I was doing my job. My boss still can’t figure out how I completed the work I did that day. LOL I’m tenacious- which is a much nicer way of saying I’m stubborn.

I started blogging back in 2000. And I did so as it was a stress reliever after some horrible incidents in my personal life. It is still a better coping skill than hitting, punching and/ or using substances. Plus I love to read and write. Thank you, Mom for reading to me in the womb and continuing on. The way my parent’s would discipline me, take away my books and ask the librarians to tattle on me, if I wasn’t really doing homework. LOL Yes, really really. I’m also a bit of a smart ass. No really! Haven’t you noticed?

I just feel that I have my own little niche and that is that I’m silly, goofy and occasionally serious when need be. But I’d prefer to keep my posts light and fun. Just felt I should mention that to all the lovely new followers I have. As I’m unfollowing a few of the older bloggers on here that have gone from lighthearted to *facepalm* what are they thinking…. some but not all bloggers have degrees in writing… and if they really wanted to be an investigative reporter… than. Ya know??? LOL 😀 sorry, JMO!

Monday, the 22nd of September, 2014 is the 265th day in 2014 and in the 39th calendar week.

Tolkien Week 2014
September 21-27, 2014

Tolkien Week is observed as the calendar week containing September 22, which is always observed as Hobbit Day.

Tolkien Week honors J.R.R. Tolkien and his son and editor, Christopher J.R. Tolkien, and celebrates the Middle-earth cycle: The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth.

General Events:

Hobbit Day 2014
September 22, 2014 in the World

Hobbit Day is observed on September 22, 2014. Hobbit Day is the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien’s popular set of books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In the books both Bilbo and Frodo were said to be born on September 22, but of different years. Bilbo was born in the year of 2890 and Frodo in the year of 2968 in the Third Age (1290 and 1368 respectively in Shire-Reckoning.) Tolkien Week is the week containing Hobbit Day. The American Tolkien Society first proclaimed Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week in 1978.

Where is Hobbit Day?
Worldwide

Elephant Appreciation Day
September 22, 2014 in the World

Elephant Appreciation Day is celebrated on September 22, 2014. Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae. Elephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. The largest living terrestrial animals, male African elephants can reach a height of 4 m (13 ft) and weigh 7,000 kg (15,000 lb). These animals have several distinctive features, including a long proboscis or trunk used for many purposes, particularly for grasping objects.

African elephants are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), while the Asian elephant is classed as endangered. One of the biggest threats to elephant populations is the ivory trade, as the animals are poached for their ivory tusks. Other threats to wild elephants include habitat destruction and conflicts with local people. Elephants are used as working animals in Asia. In the past they were used in war; today, they are often put on display in zoos and circuses. Elephants are highly recognisable and have been featured in art, folklore, religion, literature and popular culture.

Elephants exhibit mirror self-recognition, an indication of self-awareness and cognition that has also been demonstrated in some apes and dolphins. Elephants are popularly thought of as having an excellent memory. This could have a factual basis; they possibly have cognitive maps to allow them to remember large-scale spaces over long periods of time. Individuals appear to be able to keep track of the current location of their family members. Scientists debate the extent to which elephants feel emotion. They appear to show interest in the bones of their own kind, regardless of whether they are related.

Where is Elephant Appreciation Day?
Worldwide

World Car Free Day
September 22, 2014 in the World

World Car Free Day is celebrated on September 22, 2014. A Car-Free Day encourages motorists to give up their cars for a day. Organized events are held in some cities and countries. The event promotes improvement of mass transit, cycling and walking, and the development of communities where jobs are closer to home and where shopping is within walking distance. The events, which vary by location, give motorists and commuterists an idea of their locality with fewer cars.

The 1994 Car Free Day Call set out a challenge for a city, neighborhood or group: Spend one carefully prepared day without cars, study and observe closely what exactly goes on during that day and reflect publicly and collectively on the lessons of this experience and on what might be prudently and creatively done next to build on these. Car-Free days are held in many U.S. cities, in Europe and in Japan.

Where is World Car Free Day?
Worldwide

American Business Women’s Day
September 22, 2014 in the USA

American Business Women’s Day is observed on September 22, 2014. American Business Women’s Day is an American holiday. September 22 marks the 1949 founding date of the American Business Women’s Association, the mission of which is “to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership; education, networking support and national recognition”. This holiday was recognized in 1983 and 1986 by Congressional resolution and a proclamation issued by President Ronald Reagan. It commemorates the important legacy and contributions of the more than 68 million American working women and 7.7 million women business owners.

Where is American Business Women’s Day?
Nationwide USA

National White Chocolate Day
September 22, 2014 in the USA

It’s National White Chocolate Day! White chocolate was invented by the Nestlé company in Switzerland. The first white chocolate bar debuted in 1930.

Despite its long history, for many years the confection we know as “white chocolate” was not officially chocolate at all. White chocolate does not contain cocoa solids—one of the main ingredients in traditional chocolate. In 2004, ten years after chocolate manufacturers filed the first petition, the FDA finally relaxed its definition of “chocolate” and accepted white chocolate into the family. According to the regulations, true white chocolate must contain at least 20% cocoa butter, 14% total milk solids, 3.5% milk fat, and less than 63% sugar.

Pick up a scrumptious white chocolate truffle or a package of white chocolate covered pretzels to celebrate!

Where is National White Chocolate Day?
Nationwide USA

Natural Events:

Autumnal Equinox
September 22, 2014 in Northern Hemisphere

The first day of autumn is in 2014 on September 22 (according to the astronomical definition). It is also called the autumnal equinox, fall equinox or the beginning of autumn. Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between summer and winter usually in September (Northern Hemisphere) when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier.

The equinoxes might be expected to be in the middle of their respective seasons, but temperature lag (caused by the thermal latency of the ground and sea) means that seasons appear later than dates calculated from a purely astronomical perspective. According to United States unofficial tradition, autumn runs from the day after Labor Day through Thanksgiving, after which the holiday season that demarcates the unofficial beginning of winter begins.

Association with the transition from warm to cold weather, and its related status as the season of the primary harvest, has dominated its themes and popular images. Many cultures feature autumnal harvest festivals, often the most important on their calendars. Still extant echoes of these celebrations are found in the mid-autumn Thanksgiving holiday of the United States and Canada, and the Jewish Sukkot holiday. In the Northern Hemisphere, autumn is also associated with the Halloween season.

Autumn in poetry has often been associated with melancholy. The possibilities of summer are gone, and the chill of winter is on the horizon. Skies turn grey, and many people turn inward, both physically and mentally. Furthermore, autumn has a strong association with American football, as the regular season begins during September and ends with playoff competition in December or January, in the winter season

Note: The date September 22, 2014 is calculated for Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5). The exact date for autumnal equinox can vary in other time zones.

Where is Autumnal equinox?
Worldwide Northern Hemisphere

Historical Events on 22nd September:

66 – Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.

1499 – Switzerland became an independent state.

1529 – Cardinal Thomas Wolsey stripped of office as Lord Chancellor of England

1656 – All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)

1692 – Last (8) people hanged for witchcraft in US (Salem Mass) 20 hanged overall

1699 – People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter

1784 – Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK

1792 – French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping French King of his powers

1861 – Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians

1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

1908 – Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

1913 – The first batch of Indian passive resisters, consisting of 12 men and 4 women (including Mrs. Kasturba Gandhi) are arrested at Volksrust and imprisoned in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

1934 – An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.

1946 – Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband

1964 – “Man from U.N.C.L.E,” premieres on NBC-TV

1965 – India & Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect

1968 – Iraq adopts constitution

1979 – Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean

1980 – Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway

1985 – Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed

1985 – France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior

1986 – 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm

1993 – Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin

1997 – Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.