April 18th! The greatest day of the year!

There's no way I was going to let this go past without a blog post. Monday, April 18th is 2011's "Velociraptor Awareness Day". It brightened my day immensely to see the following copypasta status meme bouncing around Facebook, a day ahead of the actual holiday:

Even in this modern world, with all of our conveniences and advances, it is shocking that thousands of people are killed or maimed by Velociraptor attacks every day. Repost this as your status to show solidarity against these Dromaeosaurids and their campaign of clawed terror. 9 people out of 10 won't repost this as their status. Please take a stand

 We sadly live in a world where confirmed Velociraptor sightings are rare. However, every April 18th, we can come together to take the time to celebrate these fantastic creatures.

So, this Monday, take a few moments to celebrate this most sacred of dromaeic days to celebrate the wonderful world of raptors. Some links and suggestions: 

• Eat some chicken. Assert your modern dominance over the descendants of our Raptor overlords.
• Learn more about Velociraptors by reading this Wikipedia page.
• Read a wonderful account of a dig in Mongolia that unearthed one of the best-known raptor fossils here at Barnes and Noble.
• Commemorate the day with a T-shirt.
• And most of all, think, read, write, draw, talk with other people about Velociraptors.

Have a great Velociraptor Awareness Day, everyone.