I always seem to find these kind of things a few days after they happen. Here are some people who posted about Dragon Appreciation Day. Just because I liked their posts.

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Walpurgis Night is the English translation of Walpurgisnacht, one of the Dutch and German names for the night of 30 April, so called because it is the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia. In Germanic folklore Walpurgisnacht, also called Hexennacht (Dutch: heksennacht; literally "Witches' Night"), is believed to be the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, a range of wooded hills in central Germany between the rivers Weser and Elbe. The first known written occurrence of the English translation "Walpurgis Night" is from the 19th century.

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Can you see yourself living your own science fiction adventure, road tripping all over the universe?

I love the idea of being far into the future, a space chick, running around the galaxies on a universe-wide backpacking trip. Best road trip ever!

I read The Hitchhiker's Guide when we had to, in school. I barely remember it from then. But, when the movie came out I was eager to see it. How can a series of books reach such popularity and not be great? Of course, popular is in the eye of the masses of beholders.

The movie based on the books was good, only good, not great. Too much was packed into one movie. As if they had to get the entire series of books in just one movie. Maybe someone knew the author, Douglas Adams, was not going to live to become a very old man. Maybe someone just felt the movies would be tough to sell or keep in budget or... who knows? I don't.

Welcome to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe

I found the movie good, but I thought it came from such great, original stories - it could have been better. The Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy movie gives you a sense of the books, the type of humour and a snapshot of the story. It is not enough.

If the movie draws you in, pick up the series of books. Find a comfortable reading space and make your popcorn at home. The movie was like a spin cycle version of the books, your clothes get dry but you missed all the adventures of getting dirty clothes in the first place.

Don't Panic... Did you Bring your Towel?

Towel Day is May 25th!

Anti-Father's Day isn't (or shouldn't) be about being angry.

It is for people who do not fit into the whole package of Happy Father's Day. It gives us permission to grieve, to feel hurt, to feel lost or sad, or angry or upset, or anything of a thousand and one other emotions. Regret included.

I did not have a good relationship with my Father. When he died over ten years ago I did not understand why I grieved. A friend told me I was regretting that now nothing could ever change. Our relationship could never have any chance to get better because he died and that ended all hope.

Anti-Father's Day acknowledges that Father's Day does not have the same meaning and happy feelings for everyone. Happy Fatherless Day! (June 13th)

You're not the only one who has a troubled relationship with their Father.

Anti-Father's Day is not about having a less than ideal relationship with your Father.

It isn't about wishing things could be great rather than just good. Anti-Father's Day is for people who suffered and may still suffer. It recognizes that not everyone had the life where buying a Father's Day card was just like in the commercials, the family TV shows, or right out of the pages of a glossy magazine.

Everyone who celebrates Anti-Father's Day should be doing so without bitterness. On this one day, let it go. Choose to make this day about yourself rather than past emotions. Don't buy that Father's Day card and be okay with that decision. Don't feel guilty. Don't feel you owe him a card because that's what you see on some TV show. Don't make a cake. Don't plan a party. Don't even visit him, or his grave. (Unless you can do so without bitterness, pain or pettiness).

Do something just for yourself on Anti-Father's Day.

If you are a Father yourself, spend the time with your children. Give them the Father's Day you wish you had had with your own Father.

If you are an Uncle, or a brother, spend the time with your extended family, especially any children who don't have a Father and would love to have the Father's Day other kids have been talking about.

If you want to make this day something just for yourself rather than give time to others, don't feel guilty because you don't need permission. Seize the day. Go to the local zoo, museum, take a road trip, go to a sporting event of your choice. Do something you have wanted to do but did not have the time - make Father's Day your own day to enjoy. Give yourself better memories.

BookCrossing: Free Books for the Finding (or Trading)

BookCrossing is a free, travelling library around the world, based on one website which started it all in 2001.Finish reading a book, go to the site and get an ID number for your book. Leave a review of the book if you like. Leave the book to be found by someone else, randomly. Or, you can trade with other members of the BookCrossing site. Someone may be looking for a copy of the same book. Whoever gets your book can go to the BookCrossing site, look it up by the ID number, see your review, comments about how you found the book, who gave it to you or why you choose to buy that book for yourself. Then the person who has the book from you reads it, leaves their notes and review and releases the book out into the world for someone else to pick up at an airport, a park bench, a bus stop, or maybe a local meeting of BXing (BookCrossing) people.

You may never have heard of BookCrossing (also BC, BCing or BXing) and that's a shame. BookCrossing is how you can find a book lost out in the wild. A wild book is a special thing, not always so easily found when you are actually looking for it.

However, wild books are not dangerous. They won't bite, or scratch. At most you may get a paper cut through mishandling of the book. Bring a book bag, one you can fasten up for good measure. Books have been known to escape after all, you just found one yourself out in the wild!

What Does a Frequent Book Reader Need?

What gadgets and tools does a book reader need? Some extra light for reading at night. A bookstand - especially nice if you're using a cookbook to follow a recipe. Magnification for those words as they seem to get smaller print every year...

Don't forget the bookmarks! How many different bookmarks have you owned over the years? Better yet, how many different things have you used as bookmarks?!

BookCrossing is for Book Readers

BookCrossing is an international network of free, travelling books. Pick one up and pass it along.

Register a book you have read on the BookCrossing site. You don't need to buy the stickers and other accessories. Just write inside the book cover about BookCorssing, explain the book is free (not lost) and should be passed along to someone else. To register a book you just get an ID number for that book in particular. Now, anyone who picks up that book when you release it into the wide world will be able to go to BookCrossing and add themselves (and a review of the book if they read it) to the information which stays with that book and it's ID number on the site.

Ron Hornbaker began BookCrossing. With the help of Ron's wife, Kaori, and cofounders Bruce & Heather Pedersen, the site was launched on April 21st, 2001.