June 12, 2014: Today is National Jerky Day, so go out and get yourself some dried, marinated meat chunks. Scott has one he likes made with sriracha. Not a big fan of the texture myself — it’s almost always too tough for my tastes. Today is also Red Rose Day, which is a weird one to me. I figure red roses have enough exposure, they don’t really need a day of awareness. This is probably something put out there by the floral industry, those canny folks. Because we all need more cut-and-dying foliage in our lives. (Can you guess my opinion of cut flowers from that statement?) (We actually had a yellow rosebush in our front yard when I was growing up, and while they smelled nice, those bushes would cut you like crazy given half a chance.)