For some odd reason, I get this Friday off and next Monday off. Okay, Friday’s actually a teacher work-day, but there’s no reason for Monday. Someone else and I decided to come up with an occasion to provide reason for this: Almost Presidents’ Day.

Almost Presidents’ Day celebrates the people who ran for president, but never quite made it, especially those who ran multiple times. Men like Thomas E. Dewey, and William Jennings Bryan. The man we most honor most is Henry Clay, the great compromiser. I think he holds the record for most times running for US president and losing.

Oh yeah, and third party candidates (like Debs), don’t count. Just like how they don’t count in the election (kidding).