Posted on 01/16/2025 6:06:05 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL NOTHING DAY Each year on January 16th, people across the nation recognize National Nothing Day.
#NationalNothingDay
The observance was created as a day to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything. (National Day Calendar only reports the Days, sometimes they may contradict themselves.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday of January which means that one-in-seven January 16thโs will fall on the same day as Nothing Day, effectively usurping the nature of Nothing Day.
While it may be a good day to celebrate nothing at all, we suppose putting nothing in a glass and setting it on a table might suffice for celebration. You might leave your diary page blank every January 16th. Don't mark anything on the calendar on the 16th, either. It would be interesting to see what would happen if you sent a blank email dated January 16th. How many replies would you get saying, "There's nothing here."
For people whose birthday lands on January 16th, wrap an empty box. That should elicit a nothing response appropriate for the celebration.
When asked, "What are your plans, today?" your response should definitely be, "Nothing." What else would your answer be on a day like today? Now that we think about it, "Nothing" works well as an answer when recognizing the day.
Q: What's for supper?
A: Nothing
Q: What are you reading?
A. Nothing. (Even though you're clearly reading something.)
Q. What's your homework assignment?
A. Nothing. (As you're working on your homework.)
Q. What are you drinking?
A. Nothing. (As you sip on the best non-fat latte ever.)
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL NOTHING DAY
NATIONAL NOTHING DAY HISTORY
In 1972, columnist Harold Pullman Coffin proposed National Nothing Day. The day has been observed in all its nothingness since 1973. The observance is sponsored by Coffinโs National Nothing Foundation, registered in Capitola, California.
Nothing FAQ
Q. Who should celebrate National Nothing Day?
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Q. What does National Day Calendar do on this day?
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Q. What should I give my brother for his birthday?
A.
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Notable Birthdays for January 16
John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875) - General and the 14th Vice President of the U.S.
Homer Burton Adkins (1892-1949) - Chemist considered the world authority on the hydrogenation of organic compounds.
Nat Schachner (1895-1995) - Chemist and author who was a significant advocate for the development of rockets for space travel.
Frank Zamboni (1901-1988) - Inventor of the modern ice resurfacer.
Ethel Merman (1908-1984) - Actress and comedian who is still referred to as the "undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage."
Carl Karcher (1917-2008) - Founder of Carl's Jr.
Francesco Scavullo (1921-2004) - Photographer famous for his celebrity photos.
Gene Feist (1923-2014) - Co-founder of the Roundabout Theatre Company.
Anthony Hecht (1923-2004) - Poet whose work focused around harsh reality, such as his many works about the Holocaust.
James Robinson Risner (1925-2013) - General and and a POW of the Vietnam War.
Dian Fossey (1932-1985) - Zoologist and anthropologist who studied gorillas.
Bob Bogle (1934-2009) - Rock guitarist and founder of the band the Ventures.
Ronnie Milsap (1943-Still Living) - Country music singer.
Jill Tarter (1944-Still Living) - Astronomer and biologist who studied extraterrestrials.
John Carpenter (1948-Still Living) - Director and screenwriter most commonly associated with horror and science fiction movies.
Anne F. Beiler (1949-Still Living) - Founder of Auntie Anne's.
Debbie Allen (1950-Still Living) - Actress and choreographer known for her role in Fame.
Red Badger (1955-Still Living) - Poster and Pundit on Free Republic.
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Memorable Events for January 16
1786 - Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom.
1883 - Civil Service is enacted by Congress.
2001 - President Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor.
1870 - Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S.
1919 - The 18th Amendment (prohibition of alcohol) is ratified by the U.S. states.
1939 - The newspaper comic strip Superman debuts.
1941 - Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor.
1941 - The War Department forms the first Black Army Air Corps squadron.
1942 - William Knudsen becomes the first civilian appointed General in U.S. Army.
1986 - The first meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force takes place.
So the speech last night was 12 hours too early. The exiting *resident typifies nothingness.
XLNT!....................
I love it!!
Does this mean I don’t have to sweep up the ashes from the mega fires on my back patio?
Just wait a while and the coming floods and landslides will wash them away!..............
No pun left undun.............
Half off on Egg McNothing breakfast sandwiches!
I wish! Adding water to the ashes turns them into concrete.
We are mandated NOT to use leaf blowers at this time, which is a very good method for scooping them up - b/c of the sustained poor air quality we’re having in So Cal.
So broom it is.
Hear don TV this morning that homeowners in the burned out areas are forbidden from cleaning up the debris, as it is now considered to be ‘HAZARDOUS WASTE’!...................
Should be a federal holiday.
Yep.
Channel 7 news, my local ABC affiliate - had a report on all the toxins in the air that are NOT picked up by the AQMD (air quality division) - their monitors don’t pick up arsenic, asbestos, chromium and cadmium, all of which are being released into the air.
We are inside still with five air purifiers running on full blast - one of my neighbors had to drive 75 miles to find one, they’re sold out everywhere. There was a layer of ash in my locked-down jacuzzi yesterday. It’s everywhere...
Truer words were never spoken.................
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(Some days are worth breaking the rules in order to celebrate.)
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Is always something, innit though?
Ayin (Hebrew: ืึทืึดื, lit.โ'nothingness', related to ืึตืื สพรชn, lit.โ'not') is an important concept in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy. It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew: ืึตืฉื, lit.โ'there is/are' or 'exist(s)'). According to kabbalistic teachings, before the universe was created there was only Ayin, the first manifest Sephirah (Divine emanation), and second sephirah Chochmah (Wisdom), "comes into being out of Ayin."[1]
There is no escape from the puns:
Ayin [ืึทืึดื] beginning with an alef sounds like ayin [ืขึทืึดื] beginning with the ayin, which is the letter ayin and the word "eye".
But then "ayin" with the alef permutes to ani [ืึฒื ึดื], meaning "I".
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Okay, why the cold stare? ๐
The ice have it! ๐ง
I should have mentioned that the letter “ayin” is the letter that has a value of 70.
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From and including: Sunday, January 16, 1955
To, but not including Saturday, November 12, 1955
Result: 300 days
You arrived 300 “Spirit of Elohim” [ืจืื ืืืืื] days ahead of the lightning strike on the Clock Tower.
I am 70 today.
Just ayin’................
One calendar I know celebrates that day, or night, as “The Night of the Lemur”.
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