Friday, August 24, 2018

That Incredulous Look (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
He has handed hosting duties off to Sandee, of Comedy Plus, and it's simple to join, just follow the link to Sandee's page for the rules and the code.

That incredulous look you get when you just gave a cat treat to the dog:






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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!       

Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:


1. ______________________ brings out the best in me.

2. _______________________makes me grumpier than Grumpy Cat.

3. If money grew on trees, I would _________.

4. I have a fear of _________.

1. Asking The Lord what He wants me to do to help in various situations brings out the best in me.

2. Traffic makes me grumpier than Grumpy Cat.  (Never am i more seriously tempted to lose my cool than when sitting behind someone who is trying to merge onto the freeway while doing 30-40mph under the speed limit.  Praying is not optional at that point, it is mandatory if i don't want to say things i have to confess and repent of later.)

3. If money grew on trees, i would give away seedlings to people i know could use them.

4. I have a fear of the house flooding again.  Also i am afraid we will never be able to afford the repairs it needs.


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Today is:

Birthday of Osiris -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Daffodil Day -- Australia  (the Cancer Council's big fundraiser)   

Fiesta La Ballona -- Culver City, CA, US (a tradition since 1951; through Sunday)

Festival for Luna -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Festival of Mania -- Ancient Roman Calendar (to placate the Manes, a day when the Mundus, the portal to the afterlife, is open and the dead are free to roam)

Flag Day -- Liberia

Flitting Appreciation Day -- another "holiday" with no particular reason except that someone who enjoys flitting around wanted to celebrate it

Gangara Fire Festival -- Atago Shrine, Ikeda City, Japan

Independence Day -- Ukraine(1991)

International Day Against Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence Based on Musical Preference, Lifestyle, and Dress Code -- sponsored by the Romanian Humanist Association and the Sophie Lancaster Foundation

International Federation of Library Associations Annual Conference -- Kuala Lampur; through the 30th

International Strange Music Day -- as declared by strange musician and composer Patrick Grant

Knife Day -- internet generated, but how would we cook without them?  today remember how much you do each day with a good kitchen knife.

Mexican Fiesta International -- Milwaukee, WI, US (fun, food, mariachi, and a jalapeno eating contest for the strong of stomach; through Sunday)

Morden Corn and Apple Festival -- Morden, MB, Canada (fun for all, lots of corn and apple cider; through Sunday)

National Peach Pie Day

National Waffle Day -- Cornelius Swarthout patented the first waffle iron in the US on this day in 1869, so it is sometimes noted as National Waffle Iron Day   

Onam -- Kerala, India (start of a Hindu harvest festival observed by Malayali Hindus celebrating the legendary King Maveli)

Pluto Demotion Day 

St. Bartholomew's Day (Patron of bookbinders, butchers, cobblers, Florentine cheese merchants, Florentine salt merchants, leather workers,plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers, whiteners; Armenia; Borgo Tossignano, Italy; Boves, Italy; Carpineto dell Nora, Italy; Civitella in Val di Chiana, Italy; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Gambatesa, Italy; Gharghur, Malta; Lipari, Sicily, Italy; Maastricht, Netherlands; Magalang, Philippines; Plzen, Czech Republic; Potosí, Bolivia; Salzano, Italy; Trino, Italy; against nervous diseases, neurological diseases, and twitching) related observance
    Schaferlauf -- Markgroeningen, Germany (Festival to honor St. Bartholomew, Patron of Herdsmen, on this day or the weekend after; includes traditional barefoot race by children of active shepherds and water carrying contests; also now has a music festival)
    Wayzgoose -- a traditional day for master printers to throw an end-of-summer party for his workmen

St. Owen of Rouen's Day (Patron of the deaf; against deafness)

Vesuvius Day -- anniversary of 79CE eruption which destroyed Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum

Waratambar -- New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea (a native thanksgiving)

William Wilberforce Day -- Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH, US (birth anniversary of founder, in 1759)


Birthday's Today:

Rupert Grint, 1988
Chad Michael Murray, 1981
Marlee Matlin, 1965
Reggie Miller, 1965
Cal Ripken, Jr., 1962
Craig Kilborn, 1962
Steve Guttenberg, 1958
Stephen Fry, 1957
Oscar Hijuelos, 1951
Michael Richards, 1950
Gregory Bruce Jarvis, 1944
Mason Williams, 1938
Yasser Arafat, 1929
Hal Smith, 1916
Jorge Luis Borges, 1899
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, 1890
Daniel Gooch, 1816
William Wilberforce, 1759


Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Facts of Life"(TV), 1979


Today in History:

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die, 79
The Visigoths under Aleric begin to pillage Rome, 410
King John of England, a/k/a Humpty Dumpty for having to issue the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoileme, 1200
Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague, 1349
The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed, 1456
The first English convoy lands at Surat, India, 1608
Calcutta, India is founded, 1690
British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings, 1814
Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle, 1831
The Panic of 1857 begins, touching off one of the most severe economic crises in US history (Which just goes to show you, the more things change, the more they stay the same), 1857
Cornelius Swarthout patents the waffle iron, 1869
The Wolseley Expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River 
Rebellion, 1870
Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim English Channel, 1875
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera, 1891
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal, 1909
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly non-stop across the North American continent, 1932
The treaty creating NATO goes into effect, 1949
France explodes its first hydrogen bomb, thus becoming the world's fifth nuclear power, 1968
Voyager 2 (launched 1977) reaches Neptune, 1989
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1991
The first RFID human implantation is tested in the UK, 1998
Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki, 2000
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is considered a Dwarf Planet, 2006
The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech is commemorated in the U.S., 2013
Astronomers announce discovery of earth-like planet named Proxima b orbiting star Proxima Centauri, 2016

16 comments:

  1. Cats just rock that look of complete bemusement don't they? I hope your rare day off was blissful.

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  2. That is a great cat look! I will have the same answer for #1 & #3. And I understand how you feel in #4. Have a wonderful day!

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  3. Traffic gets to me, too. I hate the ones who wait until the last minute to merge or, worse yet, exit. Sometimes you see them wait until the last minute and then try to cross multiple lanes of traffic to get off at an exit that they knew they had to make. Have a blessed week.

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  4. LQQKING absolutely disgusted heheh!

    I liked your fill-ins especially 3.:-)

    Have a bemusedtastic weekend :-)

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  5. I initially misread that as Flirting Appreciation Day and got all excited...
    *nevermind*

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  6. I think some of us neglect asking God for direction in our lives because we fear what He will tell us. His plans for us rarely agree with what we had planned for the day.
    The Day against Intolerance is a bit confusing since there is nothing more intolerant than the intolerance of the tolerant towards those they deem intolerant...or something like that. Have a blessed week-end.

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  7. I can understand your fear. We had our basement not too long ago and had to refinish it, which it is still not totally complete.

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  8. It seems that we bothered this kitty. Sorry about that. See ya Mimi.

    Cruisin Paul

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  9. Your kitty looks miffed. Thanks for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I am not in traffic often, but it is frustrating when it happens. I hope your house doesn't ever flood again, that must have been awful. Have a nice weekend! XO

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  10. Love the cat picture and your comment on money on trees!

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  11. I've seen that look when Lucy doesn't get as many treats as she thinks she should!

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  12. I love that look on the kitties face. I concur with that look too. Why in the world are you giving the dog my treats.

    Love all your fill-ins. I hadn't thought of the traffic, but there are so many people driving that shouldn't be. Bless their hearts.

    Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. ♥

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  13. Cats have a way of giving the perfect looks

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  14. Oh, I get that same look when my dog gets a treat right along with the cats. There are always so many feline eyes judging and scorning me in that moment. And thank you for joining in on the Friendly Fill-Ins! Your #1 is perfect. I am so sorry about the flooding. My neighbors used to have terrible issues with their basement flooding, until they had it all fixed up. I'm praying that yours gets all patched up and all is well!

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  15. Our Female Human says "AMEN" TO #1 and as far as the "crankiness in traffic" thing goes, we have been in the metal moving machine with The Female Human and boy does she get cranky. She could use a little feline chill when she's driving the metal moving machine!
    Purrs & Head Bonks,
    Tucker

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  16. What a handsome and alert kitty!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores

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