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Today is watch the kids so #2 Son can go get Friend Chris, the semi-truck driver who will drive the camper to Arkansas, and Daughter-in-Law can finish the packing. I will be scarce around blogville but hope to keep posting regularly and catch up when i'm back.
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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (may he rest in peace), and i'm going to believe it's because he liked cats.
He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she has entrusted it to me.
Feline Friday is simple to join. All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute). Then add your link!
One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do. So come and join us in Feline Friday.
What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!
Link Linker the Stinker says he always has to take a nap after babysitting with me.
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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. I would rather smell a skunk instead of ____________________________.
2. I can’t believe the price of ____________.
3. I _________ for breakfast.
4. I always _________ before turning in for the night
1. I would rather smell a skunk instead of anything on fire in my home or car (yes, i’ve had appliances catch fire in my house, no, thank you, it’s awful).
2. I can’t believe the price of everything!
3. I drink a cup of coffee for breakfast.
4. I always pray before turning in for the night.
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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard. Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up! Here's an early morning autumn picture from the walk with Becca and Mr. Cal last Sunday.
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It's World Kindness Day! Promoting a more compassionate world, on the anniversary of the first World Kindness Movement® conference. It's also Kindness Day UK!
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Canterbury Provincial Anniversary Day -- Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch Show Day -- Canterbury, NZ
Holiday Lights on the Lake -- Altoona, PA, US (51 acres of lights, animations, gift shops, food, model train displays, and more; through the Sunday after New Year's Day)
Ides of November -- Ancient Roman Calendar; also
Epulum Iovis -- Festival of Feronia, Juno, Minerva, and Jupiter
Fortuna Primigenia -- Fortune of the Firstborn
King's Birthday -- St. Helena
National Donor Sabbath Weekend -- US, through Sunday, an initiative to encourage people of all faiths to consider organ donation
National Indian Pudding Day
National Reread Old Letters and Magazines Day -- internet generated sentimentality
Runic Half Month Nyd begins (necessity)
St. Brice of Tours' Day (Patron against stomach diseases)
St. Homobonus' Day (Patron of business people, cloth workers/garment workers/tailors, cobblers/shoemakers, merchants)
St. Stanislaus Kostka's Day (Patron of aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments; against broken bones)
Anniversaries Today:
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated, 1982
The Holland Tunnel opens, 1927
Birthdays Today:
Monique Coleman, 1980
Gerard Butler, 1969
Steve Zahn, 1968
Tracy Scoggins, 1959
Jimmy Kimmel, 1967
Vinny Testaverde, 1963
Whoopi Goldberg, 1955
Chris Noth, 1954
Shella E. Frazier, 1948
Joe Mantegna, 1947
Jean Seberg, 1938
Gary Marshall, 1934
Madeleine Sherwood, 1922
Oskar Werner, 1922
Nathaniel Benchley, 1915
Louis Brandeis, 1856
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850
Edwin Thomas Booth, 1833
James Clerk Maxwell, 1831
Edward John Trelawney, 1792
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Lion King"(Play), 1997
"As the Girls Go"(Musical), 1948
Fantasia(Disney animated film), 1940
"Grand Hotel"(Drake play), 1930
Today in History:
English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre, 1002
Lady Jane Grey and Bishop Cranmer are accused of high treason, 1553
Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton, 1775
Benjamin Franklin says, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” 1789
The first US anti-slavery party, the Liberty Party, convenes in New York, 1839
James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads him to study the subject and come up with what he later calls hypnosis, 1841
The Denny Party arrives at Alki Point, becoming the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington, 1851
The first shipment of canned pineapple leaves Hawai'i, 1895
French cyclist Paul Cornu flies the first helicopter, 1907
Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles, 1947
A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster, 1970
The Double Eagle V becomes the first hot air balloon to make it across the Pacific Ocean, 1981
Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor, 1985
The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented, 1992
In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union, 1994
NASA announces that water has been discoved on the moon, 2009
Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain, 2012
A total solar eclipse occurs over parts of Australia and the South Pacific, 2012
The Vatican announces that restrooms being remodeled in St. Peter's Square will include showers for the homeless, and encourages other churches to do the same, 2014
Evidence of the world's earliest winemaking is uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC, 2017
Venice, Italy is hit by its worst flooding in 50 years, 2019
The rediscovered painting "Lucretia" by female baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi sells for $4.1 million at auction in Paris, 2019
The Glasgow Climate Pact agreement at COP26 commits countries to a "phasedown" of "unabated" coal, and end deforestation by 2030 and to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, 2021
Kenya holds its first national tree planting holiday, aiming to plant 100 million trees as a part of its climate change initiative to plant 15 billion trees by 2032, 2023
The world's largest coral, larger than a blue whale and 300 years old, is found off the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 2024
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