Posted May 17, 2019
It's The Journey That Counts!
Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "Wow! What a ride!"
​Weekly Anna-Gram
● Mother’s Day was lovely. I had a good time.
● Luciano is coming up on his 90th birthday in August. We’re planning a family parts. No gifts.
● Another shot in the eye next week.
​Anagrams for the Week
● A Telephone Girl = Repeating "Hello"
 ​Quotes for the Week
● "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome."
__ Isaac Asimov
 
● “Playing Solitaire is a non-smoking employee’s smoke break.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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 Observance Days 
May 22 is National Solitaire Day 
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On May 22, National Solitaire Day recognizes a card game that has been around for more than 200 years -- Klondike. Since 2012 the game has been played by over 242 million people and has become so popular that each year 33 billion games are played with over 3.2 trillion cards dealt!  
May 22 of each calendar year as the officially designated as National Solitaire Day, recognizing the day Microsoft first included Solitaire in Windows.
May is:
●  American Wetlands Month Link
● APS Awareness Month Link
● National Barbeque Month
● Tennis Month
● Women’s Health Care month
This Coming Week is:
● National Dog Bite Prevention Week: 17-23 
● National Medical Transcription Week:
   17-23  Link
● National New Friends, Old Friends Week:
   17-23
● National Stationery Week: 17-19
● National Heritage Breeds Week: 17-23 Link
● World Trade Week: 17-25
May 17 is:
● Morel Mushroom Day: 17-18
● World Hypertension Day Link
● World Information Society Day
● World Telecommunications Day
● World Neurofibromatosis Day Link
● Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day)
    The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark-Norway’s devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars.

Endangered Words
● brabble = a rather loud argument over something inconsequential.
● jollux = a term to refer to a fat person. (1780s slang) 
● curglaff = the sudden "I-want-to-scream!" reaction a person gets when plunging into ice cold ocean water. That physical shock is curglaff! It’s a Scottish term from the 1800s.

30 Amazing, Intriguing, Obsolete Words We Should Absolutely Start Using Again https://expresswriters.com/amazing-obsolete-words-in-the-english-dictionary/