The Slice: It’s never too late to make up for those failures

So OK, you didn’t stick to your New Year’s resolutions.

Relax. The calendar offers plenty of chances to start your do-over.

Consider just a few possible dates for your self-improvement re-launch.

Elvis Presley’s birthday (Jan. 8): Talk about your cautionary tales.

Australia Day (Jan. 26): Say “G’day” to a new you.

Groundhog Day (Feb. 2): The perfect day to start a fitness regimen.

Chinese New Year (Feb. 14): Hey, you can still call it a New Year’s resolution.

Fat Tuesday (Feb. 16): Perhaps this one is too obvious.

Daylight Saving Time begins (March 14): Change the clocks. Change your habits.

April Fool’s Day (April 1): Everyone likes a resolver who can laugh at himself.

Earth Day (April 22): The new, improved you can be in harmony with our planet and maybe put less pressure on the Earth’s crust.

Mother’s Day (May 9): For the mother of all resolutions.

Brian Wilson’s birthday (June 20): A slightly more hopeful cautionary tale.

Second Half of the Year Day (July 1): Maybe you’ll be inspired by your own halftime speech.

Independence Day (July 4): Be free of the old you.

Slice column’s birthday (Aug. 3): Why not?

National Aviation Day (Aug. 19): Thinking of take-off imagery here.

Labor Day (Sept. 6): Time to get serious.

Halloween (Oct. 31): OK, the bag of miniature Milky Way bars is empty.

Election Day (Nov. 2): Vote for yourself.

Guy Fawkes Day (Nov. 5): Blow up your old habits.

First Day of winter (Dec. 21): Could also be the first day of the rest of your blah blah blah.

New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31): Yes, your credibility is suspect by now. But hey, it’s still 2010.

Today’s Slice question (prompted by an informal competition in Mary Heath Cressey’s family): What’s the most memorable mispronunciation you ever heard on a first date?