You know how it is with these made-up holidays. Because they’re mostly unofficial, collisions and confusion are bound to occur. My calendar told me that today was supposed to be National Potato Day, and I found a few sites on the web that claimed the same thing, but without any evidence as to why they thought potatoes were the thing to celebrate today. However, I found significantly more evidence that August 19 had been National Potato Day in the United States, while October 5 was National Potato Day in Ireland. So I don’t know what the deal was with the extra potato day, but if you like potatoes, knock yourself out. However, speaking of being knocked out, one thing every calendar seems to agree on is that October 27 is National American Beer Day. In the interest of avoiding controversy, let’s go with that today instead. Except…
Look, I live in San Diego, where you can’t walk a block down any street without tripping over two or three microbreweries. Craft beer is a big thing here. And that’s what I think of when I hear “American beer.” Unfortunately, what some people think of is…I can’t even bring myself to type it, but it rhymes with Mud Fright. I made my feelings about this foul concoction known back on International Beer Day and I shan’t repeat them here. Suffice it to say that there are many fine American beers, and they are not hard to find. Don’t waste this important holiday on amber-colored water. Life is too short.
