Presidents Day is a great holiday; who doesn’t like a three day weekend? Maybe though we could think about moving it to summer, or early fall perhaps? Yeah I know Abe and George were born on Feb 12 and Feb 22. If we’re going to lump them together anyway we might as well move the date out a few months. The first or second week of August, or the first week of October maybe? Any of those would be a nice time for a three day weekend.

MLK day is the problem: it was just a few weeks ago, and it seems like a waste to have two holidays like this so close to each other during the crappy weather time of year. Just so we’re clear, I would never intimate that the good Dr. King shouldn’t be accorded the same level of holiday props as the combined birthdays of the two most important U.S. presidents ever. Oh heavens no. I just wish his birthday was in August.