This is your annual (I should make it annual for real!) reminder that some states commemorate Martin Luther King’s birthday and Robert E. Lee’s birthday on the same day. And some states used to do this but then split it into two holidays because it was weird to commemorate a civil rights leader and a Confederate general on the same day. Arguably it is just weird to celebrate a Confederate general but I guess this is why I do not hold public office.
Anyway, this year I’m celebrating the fact that although the states north and east of mine do this, my state does not. Hooray! Which frees me from having to complain to my senators (they are tired of me anyway) and lets me spend this day pointing and laughing at states I already dislike for football reasons (and, like, narcissism of small differences reasons, but let’s not worry too much about that).
I hope you are enjoying your day off if you get today off! I will be visiting a friend of mine, playing with a baby, and hopefully eating some strawberry cream cheese king cake. MARDI GRAS.