Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Holiday Confusion

Today is Old Rock Day. According to Holiday Insights, Old Rock Day is supposed to be an opportunity to enjoy and appreciate old rocks and fossils.

But I wonder, do they mean old rocks and fossils of the earthy, geological kind:




or old rocks and fossils of the, erm, chronologically-challenged, homo sapien kind?


To add to the confusion, it's also I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day. Now, one could see this day as an opportunity to vent one's pent up frustrations - which could be many, in this economic climate. But I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day also conjures up a Blast From the Past: a certain hair band with a hit sporting a similar-but-not-quite-orthographically-correct title.

So I wonder, could we combine the two days?

Let's do:





Don't you just love "the holidays?"

Rock on!