America voted!...and National Smile Month, you are safe. Please head over to the couch.

Wait, that's not our format here.

Ahem...

Thirty-One Ways To Celebrate NATIONAL SMILE MONTH
(the first one is for you, studiesinsecret.)

1. Watch the best Angel episode ever.
2. Read a girl magazine.
3. Listen to an album.
4. Consider the album that never was (the solo version years later doesn't count).
5. Read a challenging book.
6. Watch a cartoon.
7. Get a tan.
8. Brush your teeth with some toothpaste made in China chock full of diethylene glycol.
9. Try out a new motto.
10. Check out some live music at the Nashville Blooming Festival.
11. Watch a movie by the finest director to hail from Waukesha, Wisconsin.
12. Read a hippie comic.
13. Read a comic about a pie-throwing cat.
14. Purchase a new vehicle.
15. Sign up your pet for a professional photo shoot.
16. Become a Quilting Angel.
17. Have a refreshing beverage.
18. Practice smoking just like daddy.
19. Enjoy one of Charlie Chaplin's most enduring creations.
20. Take initiative to enhance your learning when it comes to mathematics and science.
21. Take advice from a blue fellow, three apples tall.
22. Get your sneer on.
23. Take pleasure in seeing an ex cry.
24. Wear a sorta creepy t-shirt.
25. Head on off to Kentucky.
26. Groove on some classic jazz, daddy-o.
27. Groove at a jazz cafe in Vienna.
28. Add a nifty banner to your bedroom wall.
29. Think back to the release of Vanilla Sky.
30. Chow down on some San Francisco BBQ.
31. Do whatever.

The first time we indulged in this new month party, it was in honor of casino_queen's exemplary efforts in paying tribute to National Poetry Month. As April has come around again...



Thirty Ways to Celebrate NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

1. Come up with a slogan for National Poetry Month.
2. Dig on some jazz.
3. Play a very old game.
4. Play a somewhat newer game.
5. Pedal through the dark currents.
6. Listen to a number one U.K. single from 1961.
7. Play an old school video game.
8. Meditate on turning eight.
9. Take in some British theater.
10. Pay a visit to Georgia.
11. Enjoy a present from grandma.
12. Watch a 1970's game show.
13. Seek out the Hopeweavings book series.
14. Brace yourself for torture.
15. Listen to a great album.
16. Get your word groove on, yo.
17. Strike fear into the hearts of evildoers.
18. Eat some health food tarts.
19. Get a new pair of reading glasses.
20. Write an ode to a slumbering pal.
21. Get ready to rage.
22. Make necklaces, bracelets and more!
23. Deck yourself out in some lovely British fashions.
24. Wax rhapsodic on a summer's day.
25. Enjoy the silence.
26. Rework a classic comic strip.
27. Really screw up a war.
28. Take a stand against pollution.
29. Seize the day.
30. Pay tribute to the king of the ring.

This particular "happy new month" post is dedicated to firthofforth

As previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty-one Ways to Celebrate EXPANDING GIRLS' HORIZONS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MONTH

1. Encourage a girl to become a canopy researcher.
2. Encourage a girl to become a botanist.
3. Buy a girl a t-shirt.
4. Encourage a girl to go to medical school.
5. Encourage that girl to use her medical school training to study biological revivification.
6. Encourage a girl to enter her school science fair.
7. Encourage a girl to try her hand at inventing things.
8. Encourage a girl to become the Director of Genetic Research for a major corporation.
9. Go look for girls at the Home for Deranged Scientists.
10. Encourage a girl to become a biomedical student in Britain.
11. Buy a girl any number of clothing items.
12. Encourage a girl to become an astronaut
13. Encourage a girl to think big
14. Encourage a girl to become a marine biologist
15. Encourage a girl to become a geneticist.
16. Encourage a girl to study prehistoric botany
17. Encourage a girl to study biology.
18. Encourage a girl to study etymology.
19. Encourage a girl to become a broadcast engineer.
20. Encourage a girl to study quantum physics.
21. Help a girl earn her badge
22. Encourage a girl to study the biotherapy possibilities of larval Diptera.
23. Encourage a girl to become a meteorologist.
24. Encourage a girl to try out evil science for a while.
25. Play a really terrible song for a girl.
26. Encourage a girl to study biological and chemical warfare.
27. Encourage a girl to become an anthropologist.
28. Encourage a girl to become a psychology professor who dabbles in biology and robotics.
29. Explain to a girl that there are many ways to be involved in scientific pursuits.
30. Encourage a girl to study nostalgia science.
31. Encourage a girl to become a nuclear physicist.

Usually this would be done on the first of the new month, but tomorrow's post is spoken for, so happy new month's eve. As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Twenty-nine Ways to Celebrate NATIONAL WEDDINGS MONTH

1. Watch a movie.
2. Tune in to TLC.
3. Mix up a cocktail.
4. Read a magazine.
5. Read a classic comic.
6. Read a less classic comic.
7. Read an even less classic comic that you might as well throw in the trash now.
8. Go see an insanely long-running play in Chicago.
9. Watch the highest-rated episode of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
10. Play with your Legos.
11. Listen to an album.
12. Read a book.
13. Play a board game.
14. Notoriously ruin a sitcom.
15. Treat yourself to a new mousepad.
16. Find something for the top of the cake.
17. Rock out.
18. Christian rock out.
19. Have a slug of whiskey.
20. Listen to a favorite old 45.
21. Kill some network time.
22. Check out a cool band.
23. Jet off to Germany.
24. Peruse your old trading cards.
25. Take delight in "I'm Getting Buried in the Morning."
26. Okay, one more comic.
27. See what has to be a godawful corporate entertainment show staged by a New Zealand company.
28. Come up with a creative way to propose.
29. Play an old school video game.

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty-one Ways To Celebrate CELEBRATION OF LIFE MONTH.

1. Read a magazine.
2. Play a board game.
3. Try some cereal that's supposed to be good for you.
4. Watch a movie.
5. Check out some Formula One racing.
6. Tune in for some gripping TV drama.
7. Listen to the album of your choice.
8. Listen to some positive and uplifting radio.
9. Listen to some good radio, instead.
10. Take all your troubles, put them in a common file.
11. Catch up on one of the critical darlings from 1990.
12. Watch one of soul_shear's "hidden treasures."
13. Read a comic.
14. Brush up on your scouting.
15. Dig deeper into the Montreal music scene.
16. Start a trilogy two books too late.
17. Grab lunch in the East Village.
18. Become the 103rd resident of a community in Alaska.
19. Play the silver ball.
20. Consider a new career.
21. Watch some episodes of a cult classic.
22. Learn about art.
23. Enjoy some cartoons.
24. Bask in the artificial wonder of nature.
25. Okay, listen to one more album.
26. Stock up on safety equipment.
27. Enjoy some fruity candy.
28. Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show.
29. Queira saber se souber sempre que está na mais melhor mostra vendendo.
30. Sing a pretty song.
31. Choose.

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty-one Ways To Celebrate Learn a Foreign Language Month.

1. Learn Latin.
2. Learn Italian.
3. Learn French.
4. Learn Bengali.
5. Learn German.
6. Learn Kryptonian.
7. Learn sign language.
8. Learn Hindi.
9. Learn Klingon.
10. Learn Chinese.
11. Learn gnomish.
12. Learn Japanese.
13. Learn hip.
14. Learn D'ni.
15. Learn Icelandic.
16. Learn Spanish.
17. Learn Pikachu.
18. Learn Shyriiwook.
19. Learn Syldavian.
20. Learn Ardalambion.
21. Learn Welsh.
22. Learn Hebrew.
23. Learn Portuguese.
24. Learn Aramaic.
25. Learn Pig Latin.
26. Learn dog.
27. Learn Jive.
28. Learn Newspeak.
29. Learn Oooogese.
30. Learn Australian.
31. Learn...well...any language in the universe.

(Major props to firthofforth for her invaluable contribution to this month's Happy New Month post.)

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty Ways To Celebrate National Pepper Month.

1. Indulge in some candy.
2. Catch up on your 1970's police drama viewing.
3. Read a comic.
4. Travel to beautiful Ohio
5. Get intense with some jazz.
6. Enjoy the finest museum Waco, Texas has to offer.
7. Have a good stiff drink.
8. Study an actor's career.
9. See a movie.
10. Buy a ridiculously small car that everyone assumes is a toy.
11. Buy some new clothes.
12. Buy some more new clothes (seriously, you're worth it).
13. Watch some old kids' TV.
14. Defend yourself with a Bondsian contraption.
15. Play a card game.
16. Play with your Legos.
17. Reacquaint yourself with old members of Iron Man's supporting cast.
18. Sit at home and play with your dolls.
19. Watch the last gasp of The WB.
20. Groove on some Canadian classic rock.
21. Get your drink on in Canada.
22. Listen to a Bill Cosby record.
23. Study aging and public policy.
24. Adjust a recipe.
25. Go for a world record.
26. Read a mystery novel.
27. Take in a culturally tasteful footrace.
28. Bask in the live tribute.
29. Pick a peck.
30. Go on and take a snow day.

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty-one Ways To Celebrate National Cookie Month

1. Read a mystery novel.
2. Listen to some classic rock'n'roll.
3. Watch an old TV sitcom
4. Read a comic book.
5. Listen to a much-loved recent album.
6. Play a ludicrously popular online game.
7. Make your kitchen decor a little more geeky.
8. Head for the center of the "Happy Little Train Game" gameboard
9. Engage in some competitive eating.
10. Look through your old baseball cards...
11. ...and then break up a World Series no-hitter.
12. Create a questionable lunch item.
13. Read a magazine.
14. Play an exciting video game.
15. Have a nice cold beer.
16. Enjoy some ice cream.
17. Enjoy some more ice cream.
18. Broker a deal.
19. Watch the film that established that Emily Lloyd might not have all that hot of a career after all.
20. Find out why that lady was planted in Harry Hinkle's bedroom.
21. Eat part of a well-balanced breakfast.
22. Get some new jewelry.
23. Get in touch with your artistic side.
24. Wear a nice t-shirt.
25. Pick up some original digital entertainment.
26. Cover a Michael Jackson song.
27. Consider what might be better than cookies.
28. Identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them.
29. Satisfy a hungry traveler.
30. Take on a sewing project.
31. Go trick-or-treating.

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.



Thirty Ways To Celebrate National Chicken Month

1. Watch a documentary.
2. Take a trip to the 49th state in the union.
3. Taste that grey-bearded goodness.
4. Enjoy an adult swim.
5. Listen to a classic rock album.
6. Listen to a classic (?) reggae album.
7. Listen to an album of guitar heroics.
8. Do something super.
9. Get blasted.
10. Win an award.
11. Play some Tic Tac Toe.
12. Taunt some family members.
13. Watch a animated film.
14. Contract an itchy disease.
15. Engage in some high comedy.
16. Attend a San Diego Padres game sometime during the 70's or 80's.
17. Do some chucking.
18. Watch TV Land.
19. Do a little dance...
20. ...make a little love...
21. ...get down tonight.
22. Listen for the sizzle.
23. Disguise yourself for a daring jewel heist.
24. Invent a new language.
25. Do some sightseeing in Vietnam.
26. Serenade a loved one.
27. Practice your counting.
28. Do some clothes shopping.
29. Watch a music video.
30. Get yourself some metal teeth.

As done previously, we present the following as a public service.

Thirty-one Ways to Celebrate National Clown Month:

1. Play a board game.
2. Read a long, mediocre Stephen King novel.
3. Wear a truly horrifying t-shirt.
4. Listen to some truly hideous rap music.
5. Try to get good night's sleep.
6. Have some ice cream.
7. Play the Grand Prize Game.
8. Watch Bobcat Goldthwait's directorial debut.
9. Watch Bill Murray's directorial debut.
10. Try to track down the directorial effort that almost killed Jerry Lewis's career.
11. Watch a Saturday morning cartoon.
12. Bone up on your bible.
13. Get a new pet.
14. Head on out to the rodeo.
15. Listen to some classic Motown music.
16. As we do every Thursday night, answer a little viewer mail.
17. Invest in a large new vehicle.
18. Invest in a small new vehicle.
19. Host a bad movie night.
20. Read a comic book.
21. Pursue your education.
22. Watch a classic cartoon.
23. Learn some Italian.
24. Spoon!
25. Play a game of pinball.
26. Fight the power.
27.Play a video game.
28. Watch a crazy silent movie.
29. Kick yourself for not being at the Knitting Factory on May 4, 2007.
30. Listen to a record.
31. Have a delicious bowl of cereal.