Population of Agloe, NY drops from 1 to 0 at noon because Margo Roth Spiegelman leaves.

Margo IS excitement and enthusiasm, and after a night pulling retributory pranks—she vanishes.  Quentin and his friends try to unravel the threads of what happened, where she went, and if she is even still alive.

How to Commemorate:

·        Leave somewhere at noon.

·        Find and visit a paper town.

·        Try writing crosshatch.

·        Take a road trip.

·        Edit a Wikipedia (I mean, Omnictionary!) page.

Find the book on Amazon or at a library.

Katniss Everdeen's Birthday

Today is the birthday of Katniss Everdeen, who fought as tribute in the Hunger Games.

How to Commemorate:

• Enter a lottery.
• Go hunting (preferably with bow and arrow).
• Complete (or sign up for) and obstacle course.  (We recommend the Rugged Maniac.)

May the Fourth be With You

We all know Star Wars, so I'm just going to suggest using quotes as much as you can during the day. Some of my favorite lines from the movies are:

• These aren't the ___ you're looking for.
• I find your lack of ___ disturbing.
• Don't get cocky.
• I've got a bad feeling about this.
• I can do this. I can do this.
• It's a trap!
• Strike me down and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
• There's always a bigger fish.
• Do or do not. There is no try.
• Never tell me the odds!
• The garbage will do.
• This is not how I expected this day to go.

Oh, and just call everyone "Big Deal."

Buck Rogers launches into space

Buck Rogers lived in many comic book, novel, movie, and TV renditions, but the one I grew up with was the 1979 series starring Gil Gerard, which states that he launched into space in May of the far-off year 1987. Buck Rogers had a huge influence on science fiction for the next century. He is the original man-out-of-time (first appearance 1928 ) even before Captain America (1941). (I love Cap; don't get me wrong!)  Buck's stories were among the first popular ones to explore things like cryogenic freezing for space travel and post-apocalyptic worlds.

I also want to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to Star Trek: Voyager for, I think, basing Captain Proton almost directly on the Buster Crabbe black and white shorts (which were my dad's favorites--thanks, late night PBS!). Those are some of my favorite episodes, Voyager.



How to Commemorate:

• Get lost.
• Make arcane references.
• Every fifth step, say "beedy beedy."