At work we often try to find events, causes, etc, for the Television station. While looking for whats up in October, I found some CRAZY, and I mean CRAZY Holidays/Awareness events and so on. So every month, I’m going to bring you a sampling of some of that…Upsetness.

OCTOBER: 10th Month of the Year

Flower: Calendula

Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline

Name: The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Latin “octo” meaning “eight”) after July and August, after Julius and Augustus Caesar respectively, when the calendar was originally created by the Romans.

October is: (Including but not Limited to…)

• Raptor month
• American Pharmacist Month
• Celiac Sprue Awareness Month
• National Roller Skating Month
• National Arts & Humanities Month
• Class Reunion Month
• Workplace Politics Awareness Month
• Dyslexia Awareness Month (YES!!!)
• International Starman Month
• National Kitchen & Bath Month
• Spinach Lovers Month
• Photographer Apperciation Month
• National Sarcastic Awareness Month (Of Course)

Special Days in October: (Including but not Limited to…)

• Fire Pup Day – October 1
• Change a Light Day – October 2
• Blessing of the Fishing Fleet Day – October 3
• Ten-Four Day – October 4
• World Teachers Day – October 5
• Mad Hatter Day – October 6
• [Open] – October 7 (REALLY Nothing listed, that I could find, for this day)
• Lee’s National Denim Day – October 8
• Leif Erikson Day- October 9
• National Cake Decorating Day – October 10
• National Kick Butt Day – October 11
• Freethought Day – October 12
• Bring your Teddy Bear to Work or School Day – October 13
• World Sight Day – October 14
• National Grouch Day – October 15
• Bridge Day – October 16
• World Toy Camera Day – October 17
• World Menopause Day – October 18
• Evaluate your Life Day – October 19
• Hagfish Day – October 20
• Apple Day – October 21
• Caps Lock Day – October 22
• ipod Day – October 23
• Mother-in-Law Day – October 24
• Sourest Day – October 25
• World Wide Howl at the Moon Night – October 26
• Navy Day – October 27
• Ochi Day (No Day) in Greece – October 28
• Frankenstein Day – October 29
• Checklist Day – October 30
• National Knock Knock Jokes Day – October 31

Okay, NOT Knock Knock Jokes, but I LOVE the Vlog Brothers.

And all the Knock Knock Joke videos I found…Suck. More then the jokes themselves.

Happy October.

Insight