Tomorrow (June 12) is Russia Day. I know this because my (Russian) cellphone company sent me a text message on the subject, which I hope they are not sneakily charging me for. Russia Day is not, for example, the day the first Russian Tsar was crowned, or the day Russia’s current territory was acquired. Russia Day is a celebration of Russia’s independence — from the Soviet Union. This is like every state except Rhode Island declaring their collective independence from the United States.
Russia completely wins in terms of holidays. Holidays that the U.S. should appropriate for my personal gain and/or comedic value:
- International Women’s Day
- Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week
- Defender of the Fatherland Day
It rained a few days ago: 
i rather like the idea of pancake week. i second the notion with the adendem that i be referred to as national pancake history week
Hi,
This is a good post. This is the stuff I was actually looking for.
I have a question though – Frequent number of times I have got a warning as “spam” when I try bookmarking on sites like dig.com or muti.com.
I don’t have any spam pages or websites.
Any idea why do I meet with all these?
Thanks.
Thats cool. Im trying to declare independence from myself but I’m winning/losing.