January 23, 2009

• WCFQ 32d: Nothing can stop the Underdog

  
  

  Are you the type of person who roots
  for the underdog in a competition? Why?
  BadnarikChick
  

  
  Why, yes, yes I am. Aside from the fact that when the underdog wins, there’s a bigger euphoric payload, usually the underdog is acknowledged as the favorite of the fringe dwellers, the one who stands up for the “little guy,” the one who can set things right, if s/he gains a position of power.

  I identify with the underdog because I often feel like I am the underdog in my life. I support the underdog because I often don’t feel empowered to stand up for myself. If the underdog is willing to do that for me, then s/he gets as much support as I can give.

  After reading about The Superhero Registry in a News of the Weird article, I went looking for more info. I found this article and the Superhero registry website.
  
  Though obviously the news articles made fun of the heroes, I still think this is SUPER AWESOME!

  Underdogs unite!

  
  

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  January 23rd
  

  
  One Tooth Rhee Day is a Korean feast day honoring the mythical inventor of the odd custom of having bureaucrats wear four hats to give contradictory orders to workers.
  
  
  

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  Braciaca Dydd, the Day of Braciaca, begins at sundown and continues until January 24th.
  
  
  

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  The Theta-Centaurids meteor shower is a little known southern hemisphere shower, beginning on the twenty-third and ending March twelfth. The best viewing occurs on February first.
  
  
  

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  The Day of Hathor occurs on the 9th day of Pamenot.
  
  
  

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