Well, apparently, today is no ordinary day.  March 21, 2025, it turns out, is National Crunchy Taco Day, World Vermouth Day, World Puppetry Day, International Color Day, Slytherin Pride Day, Red Nose Day, Credit Card Reduction Day, and National Healthy Fats Day, just to name a few.  Tomorrow, there will be another list just as long.  It seems there are no ordinary days left.

Indeed, the world seems so terrified of being bored, that it must always be celebrating or commemorating something.  I mean, I like tacos as much as the next guy, but really? 

Our friend G.K. Chesterton, on the other hand, writes in defense of the boring: “We might, no doubt, find it a nuisance to count all the blades of grass or all the leaves of trees; but this would not be because of our boldness or gaiety, but because of our lack of boldness and gaiety. The Bore would go onward, bold and gay, and find the blades of grass as splendid as the swords of an army. The Bore is stronger and more joyous than we are; he is a demigod—nay, he is a god. For it is the gods who do not tire of the iteration of things; to them the nightfall is always new, and the last rose as red as the first.”

The ordinary things are quite sufficient to amaze and enchant us each day.  Mark your calendar to commemorate the tiramisu and credit card reduction if you must, but don’t miss the everyday splendor of the blades of grass and the leaves of the trees.  Some may think you a bore—and Chesterton would say, “so much the better.”

Now, for the Friday Funnies:

A minister and lawyer were chatting at a party: “What do you do if you make a mistake on a case?” the minister asked. “Try to fix it if it’s big; ignore it if it’s insignificant,” replied the lawyer. “What do you do?”

The minister answered “Oh, more or less the same. Let me give you an example. The other day I meant to say ‘the devil is the father of liars,’ but instead I said ‘the devil is the father of lawyers’, so I ignored it.”

Have a wonderful day.