On this day Seventy-Six years ago; the planned D-Day invasion was launched. I had always thought the “D” meant Do or Die Day. It fits. As it turns out, the “D” in D-Day doesn’t stand for anything in particular, at least not a stand-in for a word. V-E Day is short for Victory in Europe Day; V-J Day means Victory over Japan. But the “D” in D-Day is just a letter.
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From the Darkest Depth of German Liqueur
If you check the date, in addition to being “something on a stick day”, today is Weed Appreciation Day and Black Forest Cake Day. Now I know what you are thinking – it’s a good thing today involves cake cause we gotta do something to satisfy the munchies on weed appreciation day. Right? Uh, wrong. Today is a day for appreciating a different kind of weed, as in the stuff we are always trying to keep out of our gardens.
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