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Mother's day

Everything's good about Mother and apple pie? I found out recently that Mother's day celebrations
may make some people feel sad. For example, those people who could never have children,
especially women, who actually bear the child to the world. Should we discontinue Mother's (and
Father's) day for that reason?

Actually every holiday has its negative side. Valentine's day is hard for those who try to
find a significant partner and can't find one and so are single. Easter and Christmas
do not make non-Christians feel that happy. Memorial day is missed for those who have
no contact with those who have fought our nation's wars. And so forth.

But certainly we should honor those who begat us and brought us up. We need to consider
both sides.

Non-words

I find that blogging is a good place to announce things on my site, such as new non-words or
mathematics articles. So here are my two newest ones: gorm, meaning intelligence, and
to gotch, meaning to confound or surprise.