I miss her

Yeah, about 12 months

It seems only some months ago that I've seen the nurse's jelly perfume bottle flash on the logo

Indeed, highlighting the link between pirates and Pastafarianism

He appears to be a close relative to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Now she be hangin' by th' jib line! I'll be poxed in minutes! Yaaarrrrr! Here I come Davey Jones!

Landlubber? go hang a jib

Kerosene???!!! That's number one grade a whale whizz ye landlubber!

<wipes chin> jolly roger that's good stuff! Somebody must've cut it with kerosene.

Blimey! Splice the mainbrace! The winsome lass's on t' us, and a bucket o' chum! Give that comely wench some o' me share!

That is hornswoggle, now pass the jug

Alas Matey ye're too late. And swab the deck! We drank it all up.

Wheres the grog?

aw..thank you for sharing that story

The Teddy Bear was named after President Theodore Roosevelt (he hated the nick name). While on a bear hunt someone had tied a bear to a tree for his benefit. The President refused to shoot the disabled bear sighting that this would be unsportsmanlike conduct. The bear was killed however as it had been exhausted by being chased by dogs and then clubbed by the one who tied it to the tree and the President wanted it put out of its misery.
Here's the President with what appears to be a superimposed bear -
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International Beer Day is a celebration on the first Friday of every August founded in 2007 in Santa Cruz, California by Jesse Avshalomov. Since its inception, International Beer Day has grown from a small localized event in the western United States into a worldwide celebration spanning 207 cities, 80 countries and 6 continents. Specifically, International Beer Day has three declared purposes:

To gather with friends and enjoy the taste of beer.
To celebrate those responsible for brewing and serving beer.
To unite the world under the banner of beer, by celebrating the beers of all nations together on a single day.
Celebration
Participants are encouraged to give one another the 'gift of beer' by buying each other drinks, and to express gratitude to brewers, bartenders, and other beer technicians. In the international spirit of the holiday, it is also suggested that participants step out of their domestic/locally brewed comfort zone and sample a beer from another culture.

From 2007 through 2012, International Beer Day was celebrated on August 5. After International Beer Day 2012, the founders took a poll of fans and chose to move the festival to the first Friday in August.

Unfortunately the official website doesn't seem to have been updated since 2018 http://internationalbeerday.com/

17 July 1894 was the birth date of the Belgian priest / scientist who first hypothesized the expanding universe. He also published the first estimation of the Hubble constant (two years before Edwin Hubble).

It's only been a legal federal holiday for a couple years.

I see no logo for this U.S. holiday.
It celebrates when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
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I agree, thank goodness.

Thankfully not

That’s because you’re not American. Neither one of you.

I agree with long-ears, odd way to remember the fallen

I suspect it is not meant to be taken so literal.

After a somber military memorial, for some it a day off work and the unofficial start of summer, a day spent with family, remembrances, barbecues and fun. It generally ends happy because the in-laws get out of my house by 7, kids are worn out from all-day playing, weather has usually been nice, I didn't have to scramble to buy anyone presents and most respectfully shut their traps about politics. A mini holiday, of sorts. Happiness. And honoring service members who died so we can do all the above.