Lincoln's Birthday
 

It's Lincoln Mania! Along with Darwin, he turns 200 today.

Obama pays his respects

I'm thinkin' Lincoln, today.

I just remember when we used to have 2 three-day weekends, not just one. Somewhere along the line we got the short shaft.

Some places still celebrate Lincoln's separately. My coworker also works at an elementary school and they're closed today, but open on Friday, so that's kind of sucky.

We were supposed to have Monday off. Due to budget cuts, that's no longer a paid holiday. Instead we have been strongly encouraged to take tomorrow and Monday as vacation days.

Do you get MLK's birthday off?

Actually, I get off any day I don't feel like getting paid - but I work for myself.

There's a hooker joke in there somewhere.

I read a very interesting piece about Lincoln, which included some info I was unaware of.

Certainly a "minority view".

It is a valid point but that "minority view" gets air time every February. W.E.B. Du Bois quite famously started the tradition in 1922 (though he did it to raise the point that he loved Lincoln despite his contradictions rather than using the contradictions as a reason to hate him).

A sentiment first expressed by Frederick Dogulas at the dedication of the Freedmen's Monument in 1876.