Today is Columbus Day, or Discover’s Day, or even Landing Day, a federal holiday in the U.S. No one likes to give up a holiday, but it really is time to put this one to rest. When I was a child, the day was set aside to honor Christopher Columbus for discovering America. Later it was changed to Discover’s Day when it turned out the historical record and Chris’ claim to fame just didn’t jive. Since the historical record also says there were an indigenous people spread across this continent way before Chris, or Leif – or whoever – dropped by, maybe it’s time we stopped acting like the entire landmass didn’t exist until a white man got blown off course and ended up beached a few thousand miles away from his intended landing spot. Seriously, it’s not like the third largest landmass on the planet wasn’t going to be stumbled upon at some point.

I don’t mean to suggest we subtract a holiday, we could just replace it with one that doesn’t yet have federal status. Like Talk Like A Pirate Day. And I’m sure no one would object to moving it from September to October, so we could still keep the second Monday of October as a paid day off.

My biggest complaint with Columbus Day is that I normally celebrate federal holidays with an eye candy post. And just what in the hell am I suppose to do with that? Until the country comes to its senses I’m gonna just have to go with the original Americans. So enjoy these naked Indians. Maybe next year I’ll get to post some pix of naked pirates.

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