In keeping with our first holiday for the week, I have half a mind not to post this until tomorrow or beyond, as today is Fight Procrastination Day, and I feel like going against the tide on this one.

I figured I better be timely about this holiday, though, for any of you who should be so inclined to actually put the practice of fighting procrastination to work. As for me, I’ll do it later.

Jumping into Sept. 7, this is the date we are called on to celebrate Neither Rain Nor Snow Day. While this one does mark the 1914 opening of the New York Postal Service, the words inscribed on said building are not the motto of the United States Postal Service. That figures.

It’s actually more akin (very closely akin) to the Pony Express motto. And the Pony Express was not a government-funded mail/courier service, which in and of itself explains a lot.

Pardon Day is Sept. 8. It is actually the date when Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. Pardon me if I don’t fight procrastination.

Sept. 10 could be a fun day if you’re bent on the creative side. It’s Swap Ideas Day – a day which should be pretty self-explanatory, assuming you have any ideas worthy of swapping. Let me know, if so.

We’ll wrap things up with No News is Good News Day, which is Sept. 11. For best results, lock yourself in your room and talk to no one. My problem with this day is the fact that if there is no news, there can’t be good news – because there isn’t any news, be it good or bad. There is simply no news, which, I guess could be construed as a good thing, but it’s certainly not news. Because there is… no news…

Until next week, get your party on!