March second, otherwise known as Read Across America Day, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss’s birthday, has been celebrated by elementary schools across America since 1998. Everyone knows Dr. Seuss … cartoonist, storyteller, and one of my heroes (along with Walt Disney, because that is how I do this adult thing). There isn’t a person who doesn’t have a favorite Dr. Seuss book (and if you don’t, you're dead inside). Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! There Is No One Alive Who Is Youer Than You For me, the first book I remember reading all the way through was Green Eggs and Ham, that silly book about Keep Reading >>>
My ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Moment And How It Changed My Life
When I was very young (around the age of 5 or whenever the hell it is you start having actual memories), I liked my December birthday. It’s Christmas Eve. Being close to a holiday that my siblings and friends were excited about made me feel special. My Mom used to jokingly call me ‘Kyle Christmas’ (my middle name is actually Christopher) and say that I was the best Christmas present she ever got (I think that’s still true…). As I got older, I started to like it less and less. I was an awkward kid and I didn’t have a lot of friends growing up. That didn’t change until late middle school, Keep Reading >>>
5 Reasons Why December Babies Rock
My birthday is December 5th. Just long enough after Thanksgiving and Black Friday that no one wants to go out and do something, and just enough into the month that there's sure to be a Christmas party on my birthday. There's some things about having a birthday in December that sucks: For the first ten years of my life I never had a "real" birthday party because my family was attending the National Finals Rodeo All of my friends forgot my Sweet Sixteen party because a shrew of a teacher decided to have a last minute exam and everyone hunkered down to study instead of coming to my Keep Reading >>>
It’s Just A Day, So Why Do Birthdays Seem So Scary?
I am 39. Today. Yeah, yeah, happy birthday to me. I'm not writing this for the wishes, but because of how much I've been freaking out over this silly number. 39. My very last year as a 30-something. There was a show called Thirty Something, once upon a time. There's never been a show called Forty Something. 39. Gulp. Like, super huge gulp. I'm freakin' out, man! Why are birthdays such a big deal, and how do we survive them? It's Just A Day, So Why Do Birthdays Seem So Scary? I remember my first birthday freak-out. It happened young for me. I turned 10. That's when I first realized I'd Keep Reading >>>
The Queen Wore An Outfit The Same Color As A Green Screen And The Internet Went Nuts
Queen Elizabeth is delightfully pretty in green in her birthday suit, but as many others have discovered the chroma-green coloring is Way easy to manipulate. Remember this weather forecaster? Well, here is Queen Elizabeth in her original outfit... Great, right? Now here she is after the internet had a royal field day with her outfit... Doge? How about an eggplant... Gamers will love this one! Elizabeth is...a punk rocker? My favorite though, is the Queen featuring Queen. Seriously, I'm not sure the internet has done anything as fantastic Keep Reading >>>
