In America, I think Labor Day just means another day in which you will labor, just like every other day, so I have chosen to celebrate this holiday by working all day long on grading. Yay!
I shall begin my happy day with a bowl of gruel.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
mmmm, gruel
Poopyhead’s Grading Guel™ — Made from 100% recycled exams stuffed full of facts with added spider ! Nutritious, filling, and contains all your essential bugs, with the added spice of silken web. Easy to prepare, just pour out a serving from the (recycled and recyclable) flask, heat over the local politican’s hot air, and serve !
Also try Poopyhead’s Kracken Krunch™ — Giant angry squid in a jar. Just one bite and you’ll never need to eat again ! Best served naked, perhaps covered with a slathering of your favourite sauce.
Working today. Working right now in fact. As much as I’d enjoy a paid day off, but I need the extra cash.
“I shall begin my happy day with a bowl of gruel.”
And thanks to labor rights and our glorious über-capitalistic system that views academics as liberal scum, you should be damned glad to have it. Just don’t ask for “more.”
Cold gruel. Without any sugar!
Instead of shopping Labor day sales today do something extremely revolutionary, read about the history of the labor movement and the origin of the Labor day holiday.
Is it already too late though? Even my elderly mother attempted a joke this morning about how Walgreens was closed, shouldn’t they be open and laboring. It’s that widespread facilitated forgetting about the history and importance of the labor movement that concerns me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/labor-day-lessons-american-union-movement-s-hidden-history-ncna1278533
I had no inkling of the somewhat unsettling Loyalty day until reading about it in that second article.
@5 kestrel
Luxury! We used to have to eat half a handful of freezing cold gravel.
(Monty Python’s Four Yorkshiremen skit)
Well ,for a start it is Labour Day .You Americans pinched our language ,the least you can do is use
it proper like .
How arrogant is it to think that you can name our holidays?