May 18, 1897 Bram Stoker’s DRACULA was first published. We probably don’t need to tell you it has been an influential work.
Rhinos like to imagine various emotional states, and DRACULA has got more than enough of those. Who doesn’t enjoy a good tremble every now and then?
Today in 1660, a Mr. Isaack B. Fubine was granted a patent, naming him the inventor of Macaroni. That was in the Hague, in Holland.
Macaroni was known before that, but nobody seems to have thought to legalize the topic. So, good for Mr. Fubine.
Macaroni-and-cheese is a different question, and the YIR Research Department has gone to lunch. Sorry; these things happen.
Tomorrow is the First Day of May, an ancient day of recognition for the wakening fertility of the World.
It is often enhanced by a modest gift of flowers, left secretly for one’s near-and-dears. A sweet discovery.
YIR is reminding you today, so you can get the ingredients ready to go.
Today is International Dance Day, celebrating Cultural Sharing and Appreciation, which sounds like a good thing.
We Rhinos had assumed it meant the space between two or more Nations. We have to report that dancing down those fine lines seems impracticable. You’re in Nation A or Nation B, almost anywhere you go. No in-betweens.
Since Rhinos don’t understand these border distinctions, We just dance around, anywhere. And a good time is had by all. When asked to go elsewhere, We do, with cha-cha feet.
Holidays have special traditions, and Rhinos have always been delighted to assist the E.Bunny Delivery System. Such undertakings involve E.Bunny Managers and a mighty Work Force, among whom Rhinos number ourselves. A lot of bustle, We must say.
There are Bunny Trail Rules for Us Assistants, such as: 1) don’t squeeze the eggs, 2) no loud giggling, and 3) no hopping.
Bunnies are high-strung; they put up with no comedy when it’s Show Time. But then, neither does Santa.
April has its merry pranks, all concentrated on Day #1. For the gullible Rhino, the day can seem long indeed.
It’s too good, or intriguing, or mesmerizing, or fattening to be true? Very possibly, yes.
On April 1, best to assume you are navigating The Danger Zone.
Optics Day, self-proclaimed @ Your Inner Rhino. Makes you wish you were color blind, huh?!
Tag, you’re it!
Rhinos are not troubled by their wardrobes, not having any. But any outfit We fancy, We just imagine it, and Voila!, Snappy!
Sort of an enviable position to be in, n’est-ce pas? Assuming you are not burdened with questions of Taste.
We Rhinos aren’t.
‘Your Inner Rhino’ has done a great deal of research on our Readers’ ideas of jolly holidays. So We Rhinos are making one up on our own. We call it “Take Your Canary to Work Day”.
This idea is most useful for Readers with canaries. But you could probably substitute a hamster or catfish.
Every special day must have had a beginning somewhere, and why not today?
Today is the first day of Spring, so We at Your Inner Rhino have been told. We have no reason to doubt it, though We couldn’t prove it.
It is a good day for practicing Skipping, unless it is raining.
Then it is a day for Mud and singing Tra La La La La!
Your Inner Rhino 