June 25, 2014: Today is National Catfish Day, which apparently isn’t for ALL catfish; the holiday was established to celebrate farm-raised catfish. But whether they’re wild or farmed, they’re all pretty ugly suckers. But tasty! Today is also Global Beatles Day, honoring “the phenomenon and the ideals of the Beatles”. And with messages like “all you need is love” and “in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make”, I think we could all learn a little something about getting along globally from the Fab Four.
In somewhat Beatles-ish news, I LOVED the movie Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band when I was a kid. We watched it recently on the Netflix streaming, and it’s still enjoyable, but you’ll be laughing at it more than with it. Here’s the trailer, which is awesome by itself: