Thought I’d post stuff from our handheld channel when relevant, informative or appropriate.<br />
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<strong>Week of Sunday August 24, 2003:</strong><br />
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"Most people spend most of their days doing what they might not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire." – John Mason Brown, Esquire, 1960.<br />
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<strong>T H I S W E E K :</strong><br />
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In case you don’t know it for some reaon, Labor day falls on September 1st this year creating everyone’s favorite end of summer extended holiday known as Labor Day Weekend beginning 5PM this Friday in timezones around (parts of) the world.<br />
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The observance of Labor Day began over 100 years ago, conceived by America’s labor unions as a holiday to honor working people. In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day a legal holiday, and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday.<br />
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Labor Day is observed as a legal holiday on the first Monday in September throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. In Australia, Labor Day is called Eight Hour Day, and it commemorates the successful struggle for a shorter working day. In Europe, Labor Day is observed on May 1, also known as May Day. I think we here at Brian’s Belly will have to start celebrating that one as well in honor of all our European syncers.
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