A few weeks ago I wrote about Arkansas participation in the 1876 U.S. centennial celebration in Philadelphia, the first national exhibition in which Arkansas participated, replete with an appealing and unusual exhibit building. The success of the centennial fair spawned a number of regional fairs in which Arkansas exhibited, but did not have a building.
I recently read on social media of an uptick since 2017 in men getting vasectomies. A hopeful millennial speculated that this was a way for men "to be supportive of women who don't want to have children, and defining this 'as an act of love.'"
As a little boy, I was always a bit ambivalent about Christmas. I loved it, just like any kid, but, since I was born on Christmas eve, I came to blame the holiday for my never not once in my childhood having a birthday party. Instead of a real birthday cake, someone would stick a candle on a fruitcake and say "happy birthday."