Compliment-Your-Mirror Day. July 3. Participation consists of complimenting your mirror on having such a wonderful owner and keeping track of whether other mirrors you meet during the day smile at you. Annually, July third. Sponsor: Puns Corps, c/o Bob Birch, Grand Punscorpion, Box 2364, Falls Church, VA 22042
Disobedience Day. July 3. Purpose: To protest bad laws and to champion good ones. Annually, July third. Sponsor: Tolerant Majority, Robert Bakhaus, Dir., Box 4394, Santa Barbara, Ca 93140
Dog Days. July 3-Aug 15. Hottest days of the year in Northern Hemisphere. Usually about 40 days, but variously reckoned at 30-54 days. Popularly believed to be an evil time “when the sea boiled, wine turned sour, dogs grew mad, and all creatures became languid, causing to man burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies” (from