Sunday, September 25, 2011

Wonders and Heros

There are two holidays today and both involve celebrating complete and utter awesomeness...
just in two very different ways.

When I say names like Carl Douglas, Eric Carmen, Minnie Riperton and Toni Basil, what do you think? Anything? Ringing any bells? For most people, no. What if I asked you- what do M/A/R/R/S, The Weather Girls, a-ha and Los Del Rio all have in common? Have any ideas?
Here, I'll give you a hint... Kung Fu Fighting, All by Myself, Lovin' You, Mickey, Pump Up the Volume, It's Raining Men, Take On Me, and Macarena!
I'll bet no one recognized many of the names, but I'll every one of you has heard all of those songs. Happy One Hit Wonder Day, everybody. Today's all about enjoying those one people, what ever happened to them anyways, and the songs they gave us that we all know and love. My playlist today consists of Come on Eileen, Mambo Number 5, Sugar Sugar, Who Let the Dogs Out, Tainted Love, and I'm Too Sexy. What other one-hits can you think of?

Registering as a 9.2 on the richter scale of awesomeness, today is also National Comic Book Day (not to be confused with Free Comic Book Day, which is the first Saturday in May).
Be your hero of choice DC or Marvel, today is a day to not let "series" separate us, but let us all stand together united against the common threat- lack of knowledge. Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash or Canary. Captain America, Wolverine, Spiderman, Iron man or Hulk. Whoever your superhero of choice may be, spread the word! Tell someone awesome it's comic book day. Break out your old comics from the attic and enjoy. And in honor of greatness that is to come... a great example of standing united.

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