Welcome to another SpiceQuest!
In this series, we call out current holidays and give you the chance to earn the monthly SpiceQuest badge!
(Each task can be done at any time. They don’t have to be completed on a certain holiday.)
This month we are celebrating the following holidays:
1. Techie Taco Days
Okay, I admit it. I made this one up… but, since October 3rd is Techies Day and October 4th is Taco Day, it seems like we should just combine them and have Techie Taco Days on the 3rd AND 4th, right? Or, we could expand it to the whole weekend. Yes!
Are you with me?
Related Task: get some tacos for the local techies (even if it is just you). Post a taco pic.
Alternatively, if you ate so many tacos you forgot the picture, you can just tell us how delicious they were. (Or, if you can’t get them till later, you can tell us how delicious they will be.)
Alternatively, if you don’t want to celebrate my made up holiday, then you can always just tell us what your IT Zodiac Sign is.
Alternatively, if you’re despairing that the whole world is fake, then you could celebrate Random Act of Poetry day instead, and write a poem about your despair.
2. Train Your Brain Day
Train Your Brain day is October 13th, and it is a day dedicated to getting out and exercising our brains. If your brain is already too mushy to think of any ways to exercise, THIS page has some good suggestions.
Related Task: tell us something you want to learn.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to really learn anything, tell us what you do to keep yourself mentally nimble.
3. Wilford Day
Since I made up a holiday, I figured we should also celebrate one that someone else in the community made up. October 15th is Wilford Day, and as noted in THIS post, it is a day where we celebrate something that has gone right.
Related Task: tell us something that has gone right in your life, and how it made you happier or made things better.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to share something that has gone right, you can instead celebrate Janice777’s custom holiday (LINK) and leave us a related link to your chosen way to celebrate.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to celebrate some weird, made-up holiday, then you can celebrate the totally legit Badger Day holiday on October 6th. Post a picture of a badger… and, if you want to earn the Badger badge, post a pic of yourself with a badger HERE.
4. International Dinosaur Month
I’m sure we’re all celebrating this anyway, but you know, might as well mention the obvious. The whole month is Dinosaur month, so time for dino-related festivities. Pin the tail on the Tyrannosaurus, dino cupcakes, playing Dino Jump… I mean, it’s a big deal. Personally, I think way more people need to dress up as dinosaurs for Halloween. … Also, vote in our poll below and tell us your favorite dinosaur-related geologic time period. 
Related Task: tell us what dino-related festivities you want to participate in this month.
Alternatively, if you aren’t into Dinosaurs (!!?), you could always celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month instead. Tell us how to avoid those symbolic ransomware comets and live to evolve another day.
5. Cat Day
There are actually three different cat days in October. Global Cat Day is the 16th, Black Cat Day is the 27, and Cat Day is the 29th. It’s a great month to be a cat… although it makes sense. If you get nine lives, you should absolutely have multiple holidays as well.
Related Task: show us a picture of your cat, or cats, and tell us what their names are and anything else about them that you would like to share.
Alternatively, if you don’t have any cats, then you can share pictures of other pets, or AI pictures of cats.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to post a picture, you can just tell us why you like cats, or why you like some other kind of animal.
Remember to post proof of your completion of each of the quest challenges in the comments below, so that we can grant you a SpiceQuest badge when the SpiceQuest is over. All entries must be posted by October 31, 2024.
Note: As always, all entries are expected to be safe for work.
Which geologic time period during the Age of Dinosaurs is your favorite?
- The Triassic Period [ex. Ichthyosaur]
- The Jurassic Period [ex. Stegosaurus]
- The Cretaceous Period [ex. Tyrannosaurus]
- What? Not those extinct Mesozoic ones. Give me my Cenozoic, Quaternary dinos! [ex. Jurassic Park]
- Quaternary for me too, but I’m more into Barney
Feeling nostalgic? Look back on old SpiceQuests HERE .