Even John Wayne Gacy Loves Clown Week!

It’s somehow fitting that it was the U.S. Congress and Richard Nixon that were responsible for authorizing National Clown Week. It’s also not surprising that the entire Clown Week site is presented in Comic Sans. August is a little light on holidays steeped in deeper tradition, so be careful not to get confused that Friendship Day coincides with Clown Week and World Breastfeeding Week. Things could get peculiar. If you do happen to commit a serious faux pas because of this, you won’t have much time to remedy things; International Forgiveness Day is also on August 2. On a more serious note, Ramadan begins on August 22, so try to be a little respectful of your Muslim friends that observe the month of Ramadan in a more traditional fashion; when was the last time you fasted between sunrise and sunset for a month? Otherwise, aside from a lot of “Hallmark Holidays” and peculiarities like Lefthanders Day or National Underwear Day, August is marked only by a couple of tragic observances like Hiroshima Day and the creation of federal taxes.