Soctober

Days are shorter, it feels colder, I walk in wet puddles in the morning and I am increasingly seeing more and more christmas bits and pieces everywhere.

What it means? It's already nearly 1 week into October - a month which according to Wikipedia in common years starts on the same day of the week as January.

What else does it mean? It means that work gets busier, there are endless countdowns of how many shopping days till Christmas and we are reminded that in the 19th century it used to be the month of the year dedicated to the Rosary by Roman Catholics (another wikifact)

In the US, this month marks many a social and cultural milestone. It's Filipino American History Month - yay pinoy!
However, given that so many nationalities must make up the US population, Pinoy Americans can't have the month alone - it is shared with Italian American History Month AND Polish American History Month....

It is also National Spinal Health Month and in a show of coincidence it is both orthodontic health month and dental hygeine month.

To mark the coming of Autumn, when we all have to start trying to warm ourselves up - forget movember, how about we have soctober. I propose that everyone wears socks tucked into their trousers and show them in style. It would go well on the following national days:

National Day, China - All socks are MADE IN CHINA - Chinese socks rock
Independence Day, Croatia - Zadom Spremni! Socks Smrdi!
Day of the Romanian Army - Former Eastern Bloc Socks!
Halloween, US - Pumpkin Socks - trick or treat!
In addition to US Sock activity - maybe some one could do the world a favour and put a sock over Palin? Then she wont be able to conduct her foreign policy by way of sharing a border with Russia and Canada.