June 1, 2014: According to our friends down on Sesame Street, today is Oscar the Grouch’s Birthday. So let’s have a chicken and mint cake with sardine frosting to celebrate! (Or not.) It’s also Say Something Nice Day, which doesn’t really fit in with Oscar all that well. But for the rest of us — compliments are free, so why not throw a few out there today?

It’s also Flip a Coin Day, so if there are any decisions you’ve been waiting to make, now’s the time. Although I must admit, I much prefer using rock-paper-scissors to make the important executive decisions. (Although when it’s me and Scott throwing R-P-S, we usually tie for the first three or four throws. I guess that’s what being married for 17 years gets you.)