WLBOTT Corporate Holidays

Floating Holidays

• Icarus Day

Calendar Context-sensitive Holidays

• National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day [last Monday in January]
• Pupusa Day [2^nd Sunday in November] (A holiday in El Salvador)
• 3^rd Monday of each month: Somebody’s got a case of the Mondays (and here)

January

• Jan 1^st: Copyright Law Day and Public Domain Day, and the beginning of National Bath Safety Month
• Jan. 2^nd: Swiss Cheese Day

February

• Feb. 5^th: World Nutella Day
• Feb. 17^th: Random Acts of Kindness Day

March

• Mar. 11^th: birthday of Flaco Jiménez. ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
• Mar. 29^th: World Piano Day (don’t forget harpsichords!)

April

• Apr. 1^st: Celebration of the Austin Lounge Lizards (mandatory fun for all WLBOTT employees)
• Apr. 2^nd: Anniversary of the release of “2001: A Space Odyssey“.
• Apr. 21^st: Anniversary of the closing of Threadgill’s Restaurant
• Apr. 26^th: Malaria Trump’s birthday and National Hairball Awareness Day

May

• May 25^th: Towel Day – A tribute to Douglas Adams, author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

June

• Jun. 13^th: International Celebration of Federal Indictments (here, and here)
• Jun. 14^th: Birthday of Junior Walker and National Pop Goes the Weasel Day
• Jun. 21^st: Midsommar (incredibly creepy)
• Jun. 27^th: Helen Keller Day. WLBOTT supports Helen Keller International, where their Vitamin A Program saves lives and prevents blindness on a large scale. This is one of the top-rated NGOs for effectiveness, and has undergone extensive vetting and research by Peter Singer (The Most Good You Can Do) and GiveWell.

July

• Jul. 1^st: Canada Day
• Jul. 2^nd: Day after Canada Day. Folklore has it that this is the best day to collect beer bottles for their deposit, to supplement a meager weekly allowance.
• Jul. 2 1/2: -40° Day. This day of Canadian/American Unity (celebrated exactly half way between Canada Day and Independence Day) marks the point where the Fahrenheit and Celsius thermometers meet in perfect harmony.
• Jul. 15^th: St. Swithin’s Day

August

• Aug: 6^th: commemorates the first day Google indexed our site (2023)
• Aug. 15^th: National Relaxation Day (may be extended into a 12-day weekend, based on the needs of the business)
• Aug. 17^th: Margaret Elaine Hamilton‘s birthday
• Aug. 24^th: Eliza Gilkyson‘s birthday
• Aug. 31^st: WLBOTT Founders’ Day

September

• Sept. 7^th: The Coming of the Ship
  And in the twelfth year, on the seventh day of Ielool, the month of reaping, he climbed the hill without the city walls and looked seaward; and he beheld his ship coming with the mist.
• Sept: 8^th: Aasha Bhosle‘s birthday. Ina Mina Dika. God bless you, Aasha – May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
• Sept. 15^th: National Linguine Day / National Double Cheeseburger Day / National Felt Hat Day (Employees may celebrate at most one)
• Sept. 19^th: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
• Sept. 24^th: Ian Tyson‘s birthday

October

• First cool front to move thru central Texas
• Oct. 4^th: National Kale Day (this holiday is optional)

November

• Nov. 2^nd: WLBOTT Welcomes Newcomers to Planet Earth
• Nov. 5^th: Guy Fawkes Night
• Nov. 7^th: Anniversary of the patent for the “gem” style paper clip.
• Nov. 11^th: Kurt Vonnegut‘s Birthday
• Nov. 12^th: Neil Young‘s Birthday
• Nov. 17^th: Pipi Longstocking’s Birthday
• Nov. 22^nd: St. Cecilia’s Day

December

• Dec. 10^th: Dewey Decimal System Day
• Dec. 13^th: National Violin Day
  More. More. More. More. More. More. More.
• Dec. 26^th: Boxing Day

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