Every day has a week

so, when exactly did it become necessary for every cause to have its own week? i remember back when AIDS first came about and some government agency or advocacy group dedicated a week to raising awareness. cool. good, solid cause that has only gotten bigger and worse in frequency. but this week is drowsy driving awareness week? c'mon.

so far this year there have been at least 4 separate weeks marking something that, while maybe important or at least something to think about, really don't need an entire week nominally dedicated to it. at some point early on, i recall something about a carpal tunnel awareness week (or maybe it was office shootings. i can't remember), a worker appreciation week, and a couple other things that at the time was so rigoddamneddiculous to me that they now both escape me. regardless, all these dedicated weeks have my head spinning.

maybe we should just dedicated years instead. i think a lot more good can come of nationally or globally recognizing one issue for an entire year that can be gained by a half-assed attempt at addressing 52 different ones. not only will more be accomplished, it'll restore the natural order of importance among the things we're aware-ing our selves of. AIDS, cancer, heart disease, obesity and climate change would top my list. they can also be combined to save time. and somewhere around the bottom would be a year dedicated to figuring out who actually came up with restless leg syndrome and why all of a sudden guys can't get it up without the aid of a pill (and then why it's soooo bad if it's up for more than 4 hours at a time!).