In one of my earlier posts about designated day creep, I cited evidence of a trend wherein the number of special days we mark in the union movement is growing at a dizzying rate. It’s possible you scoffed. It’s possible…
I have to admit the one year moratorium on special day statements wasn’t my first idea about how to handle the burgeoning busy work of creating statements to mark the progress of the calendar. My first thought was a sort…
The publication of my manifesto For a moratorium on commemorative day statements was met with strong emotions. Snide grins. Giggles. Acerbic smirks. Sighs. Resignation. But I have heard in my various conversations online and off the braying, grating cacophony of…
I think what pushed me over the edge is the UN’s International Day of Happiness. When I saw it I hoped I’d been pranked and that it wasn’t real. Alas it is.