Welcome one, welcome all to a brand new exciting season of HOLIDAYS OF THE WEEK!
The routine will be mostly the same as last year, but a few things may be
different.  For those of you who don't remember what this was like, here is a
here is a brief overview.  I start out with a list of all the holidays that I
have researched for the upcoming week.  You now have a reason to party (almost)
every single day.  Up next, I have a trivia question followed by the previous
weeks answer.  After that, I have a random assortment of quotes, jokes, and
unusual stories.  Enjoy!

HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF SEPTEMBER 3 - 9:
SUN SPT 3:Qatar Independence Day
   Oliver Cromwell Day (UK)
   Liberation of Monaco
   Commemoration of September 3, 1935 (Tunesia)
   St. Marinus Day (San Monico)
MON SPT 4:Labor Day
   St. Giles Fair
   Civil Servants Day (Venezuela)
   Canadian Thanksgiving
TUE SPT 5:Be Late For Something Day
   Republic Day (Macao)
   Settlers' Day (Namibia)
WED SPT 6:Swaziland Independence Day-Somoholo
   Birthday of King Peter II
   Defense of Pakistan Day
THR SPT 7:Brazil Independence Day
   Victory Day (Mozambique)
FRI SPT 8:International Literacy Day
   Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra)
   International Journalists Solidarity Day (USSR)
SAT SPT 9:California Admissions Day
   Bulgaria Independence Day
   Choxo-no-Sekku (Chrysanthemum Day,Japan)
   Double Nine Day
THIS MONTH IS:Cable TV Month
       Philatelic Publications Month

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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
 What are you afraid of if you have pogonophobia?
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Something new this year: the first person who can give me the correct answer to
the trivia will be mentioned as a winner, here.

It is time once again to create-your own top ten list.  This week's catagory:
TOP TEN SLOGANS MARIOTT COULD USE.  If you have an entry you would like to
submit, mail that to me.
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The World's Worst Writer:  William Gold, an Australian born June of 1922, has
finished 8 full-length books and 7 full-length novels during an undistinguished
career.  His only sale was an article accepted in the Canberra, Australia,
newspaper for which Gold was paid the equivalent of 50 cents.

In an attempt to slow the flow of English into the French language,  Minister
of Culture Jacques Toubon proposed a law that would impose stiff fines and even
jail terms on French advertisers who use English and other foreign words when
a French equivalent exists.

There are believed to be 20 or more languages in which a conversation can not
exist because there is only one speaker left.  Marie Smith of southeast Alaska
is the only known speaker of the Alaskan Indian language Eyak; and only twenty
people living in Soviet Georgia still speak Ubyck, the old Caucasus language
of the Nakh family.

One Threethousandth of an ounce of the toxin Clostridium botulinum bacteria
would be enough to poison the entire population of Earth.  It's the most
poisonous substance ever discovered.

In 1205, Moloji Thorat filed suit in India. in 1966, 751 years later, his
descendant received a favorable judgement and an undisclosed amount of rupees.

Herman van Springel of Belgium finished the 2,898-mile Tour de France marathon
bicycle race in 25 days (June 27 to July 21) in 1968 only to lose to cyclist
Jan Jannessen of the Netherlands by 38 seconds.

Kuru (Laughing Sickness) is a disease with 100% fatality rate that afflicts
only the Fore Tribe of eastern New Guinea.  Kuru is contracted by the Fores
through their practice of eating their foes.  And, as the name implies, They
do laugh to death.

In the early 1960's "Smellovision" was developed from the aromarama technique
of Charles Weiss.  A movie called "Scent of Mystery",directed by Jack Cardiff,
was accompanied by a program of odors which were fed into the air-conditioning
units of the theatres in which it played.  In each theatre, scents varied in
strength and timingand blended together with the preceding scent selection to
create some awful lingering odors.  According to Michael Todd, Jr, the principal
backer of Smellovision, it was "almost instantaneously rejected by the public."
"Scent of Mystery" was later released as "Holiday in Spain" without
Smellovision, and was equally unsuccessful.

The Tamil tribesmen, who fish in the Kavdri River in India, use floating nets
to snare their prey.  What is peculiar about this, however, is that the Tamil
fishermen kill the captured fish by biting off their heads.

If over the course of the year, you have something you wish to include on the
list, email it to me, and if I deem it worthy, I will place it here.
Remember, the greatist compliment you can give is passing the list along to your
friends.

      Slama Sidhi Barakas,
      Brent