Mark Your Calendar

International Bognor Birdman - Sept 1-2, Bognor Regis, England
Men, both naked and in Mary Poppins costumes, fling themselves from an elevated pier in human powered flying machines. Survivors vie for $50,000 and a chance to break the distance record of 293 feet.

Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant - Sept 2, Atlanta GA
Winner is crowned with a "fabulous eight-inch tall rhinestone tiara, plated in sterling silver and styled with hundreds of hand-prong-set Swarovski rhinestones."


2004 winner, the lovely "Capt. KheTara sutai-Lorenssith"

Air Guitar World Championships - Sept 5-7, Oulu, Finland

Bald is Beautiful Convention - Sept 8-9, Morehead City, NC
"America's proudest chrome-domes congregate once a year in Morehead City, North Carolina to celebrate their good fortune at losing their hair."

43rd Annual Beef-A-Rama - Sept 28-29, Minocqua, WI
Rump Roast Run kicks off at 9 AM. Sixty dripping roasts totaling more than 1200 lbs of meat are paraded through the streets of a small town, with $50 to the winner of the "For Love of Beef" poetry contest.

Roadkill Cookoff - Sept 29, Marlinton, WV
Favorite dishes include Thumper meets Bumper, Asleep at the Wheel Squeal and One Ton Wonton.