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!"
Posted January 12, 2019
Sorry for being a day late.
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  Observance Days 
January 13 is tomorrow so hold on to your britches and keep reading to find out what happens.
January is:
● National Codependency
    Awareness Month Link
● National Hot Tea Month
● National Skating Month
● National Blood Donor Month
● National Braille Literacy Month
● National Soup Month
This Coming Week is:
● Universal Letter Writing Week 
● Folic Acid Awareness Week 
● Pizza Week (starts 1st Sunday)
● Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17
● National Vocation Awareness
    Week: 11-17 Link
January 12 is:
● Kiss A Ginger Day (Red Heads)

Not much going on today, but tomorrow,  January 13 is:
● No Pants Subway Ride
  (No Trousers on the Tube Ride in UK) 
I’ve lived a protected life, I guess. I’d never heard of this.
“No Pants Subway Ride Day”, which was started by Charlie Todd [Improv Every-where] in New York in 2002, is now in its nineteenth year and is celebrated as annual event more than sixty countries all around the world. In the UK the event is called “No Trousers On The Tube Day”, since the word pants in the UK means underwear.
Imrov Everywhere is a comedic theater-art group that stages unexpected performances and pranks in public places. These perform-ances are intended to surprise and delight random strangers through positive pranks, and to surprise people, make them curious, and make them smile or laugh.
The purpose of the event is to surprise people, make them curious, and make them smile, and it certainly does that.
The premise is simple: 1) Dress in everyday clothing from the waist up, just don't wear pants; 2) Ride the set route; 3) Keep a straight face and behave naturally; 4) Don’t let on that you know the other people who are pants-less, except two or three you maybe be traveling with; 4) Be tasteful and hygienic – no thongs - the purpose is to amuse people, not offend them; 5) Carry a valid ticket, and 6) Oblige if any “person of authority” (police, Metro employees) asks you to put your pants back on.
Some participants don't seem to get the message about tasteful dressing and behavior.
Photo Credits in order of appearance right to left.
New York, New York - Photo by Luciana Golcman
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/events-festivals/no-pants-subway-rid
Unknown New York group
Berlin, Germany - Photo by Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters https://www.totallycoolpix.com/magazine/2015/01/no-pants-subway-ride-day-2015-around-the-world

Prague, Czech Republic – Photo by AP
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Annual-No-Pants-Subway-Ride-hits-cities-around-the-world-7352926
Sydney, Australia
https://www.weekendnotes.com/sydney-no-pants
Madrid Spain – Photo by AP
https://www.foxnews.com/world/no-pants-subway-ride-day-hits-trains-worldwide 
Prague, Hungary – Photo by David W Cerny /Reuters
https://www.totallycoolpix.com/2015/01/no-pants
New York Man lauging
Mexico City
https://www.i-am-bored.com/2017/16th-annual-no-pants
New York – Photo by Carlo Allegri /Reuters
Photo Source: https://www.totallycoolpix.com/2015/no-pants