July 19th I arrive home to my wife excitingly pointing at a box on the kitchen table.

Her: Look! Me: Is that my arbitrary day+ gift? Her: YES!!!! Me: Shuns her and runs upstairs with the box

But I digress.

"Penguin awareness day started in the 1980s as a lark by biologists studying penguins in the Antarctic. Few people gave the holiday much thought until 2006, after two penguin-themed movies had taken the world by storm- the French documentary March of the Penguins and the animated musical Happy Feet. Thrilled with the sudden interest, penguin advocates publicized the holiday as a means to educate people about the world's endangered penguin species."

This is just the beginning of what I will learn by reading "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Nature Calls"

My arbitrary day+ gift arrived with a note, "Open Me! Read Me! Love Me!". Along with a HAND WRITTEN note (I know... I haven't seen hand writing in years) came the packing list.

For your face & 3. For your cats For your motorcycle helmet For you while you take a shit

Thank you gifter :) You rule.