January 2, 2023 - National Personal Trainer Awareness Day | National Science Fiction Day

Welcome to January 2nd, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a feast for everyone and a voyage of the imagination. Anna: Marlo, I have a bone to pick with you. I’m all geared up to celebrate National Personal Trainer Awareness Day and I see it’s also National Cream Puff Day and National Buffet Day. Is that a joke? John, help me out here. John: What do you mean? I'm gonna work out and have a cream puff and a buffet. Anna: Yeah, but you're already in that routine. For those of us that are like picking the day to take a stand, it's horrible. John: You just have to find your balance. Anna: Okay, I guess I can celebrate being aware... Marlo: You need to find a personal trainer that will join you on these things. Anna: Alright, I'm aware that there’s a personal trainer out there with my name on it. I’m just gonna start the training part tomorrow. Jules Verne is famous for books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He’s also known as the Father of Science Fiction. And his novels weren’t only exciting for his time, they also imagined technology that didn’t yet exist. Things like helicopters, submarines, space travel, and even videoconferencing! As a rule, science fiction blends technology with imagination, but Verne almost seems like a time traveler with the accuracy of his predictions. They say art imitates life, but in the case of Jules Verne, maybe it’s the other way around. On National Science Fiction Day celebrate with your own voyage of the imagination. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices