I meant to write on Saturday to wish you all a sensational International Sword Swallowers Awareness Day but Reid and Ken and I got so busy doing nothing that I forgot. I certainly didn’t want to miss the opportunity to say, “Happy Square Root Day.” It’s a rare occasion, definitely the sort that you want to share with your family and friends. If you’re wondering, it’s square root day because the month’s number and the date are the square of the year. We won’t have another one until April 4, 2016. Following the Square Root Day recommendations in Wikipedia , we’ll be having root vegetables with our supper. Ken is excited about this completely non-commercial holiday. I think he is sad that I didn’t tell him early enough that he could have baked a cake – square of course. (Okay, that may be overstating things. His “excitement” may have been exasperation at my ability to find such special days.)