After being relentlessly hounded by a spamming tequila marketer -- which conjured up horrific mental imagery of tequila and Spam -- I am capitulating. I will inform you that today, Monday,
is National Margarita Day. While "Margarita Monday" is alliterate, I can't understand what good could come out of quaffing powerful margaritas on the outset of the working week (and the margarita recipe the tequila spammers were pushing called for eight ounces of liquor.
Pendejo!!).
I will not, however, reveal the name of the tenacious liquor-pushers who flooded my inbox with tequila. Nor will I tell you of the amusing college years escapade that all started when someone whipped out a bottle of Mexican bathtub tequila that had so little pretension to grandeur that the label on the plastic bottle was noticeably crooked.
If there's any lesson to be learned, it's that getting your own national holiday isn't nearly as hard as, say, passing a bipartisan health care bill. We'd make fun of National Punctuation Day --
but at least it's keeping a former journalist busy.
Meanwhile, in addition to today's solemn festivities on National Margarita Day -- I predict many people will reverently worship the porcelain god -- here's what else is on your calendar this week:
Feb. 22 National Cook a Sweet Potato Day
Feb. 23 National Banana Bread Day
Feb. 24 National Tortilla Chip Day
Feb. 25 National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day
Feb. 25 National Clam Chowder Day
Feb. 26 National Pistachio Day
Feb. 27 National Chocolate Cake Day
Feb. 27 National Strawberry Day
Feb. 27 National Kahlua Day
Feb. 28 National Chocolate Souffle Day
Well, enjoy it. But don't overindulge in the margaritas or you'll be in no mood for banana bread tomorrow.
