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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
It's coming down to the wire for Carl and i had no idea if he would still be working or if Ms. V has called a halt, but when i got in the house and the laundry room, i found a, well, not problem but slight difficulty.
Ms. V had forgotten the cleaning towels last Thursday and left them to Carl's not so tender mercies so all those which shouldn't be in the dryer had gone through the dryer.
And while he was at it, Carl hadn't bothered to check his pockets before washing a load, and you see the result, tissues and other stuff all over.
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There are still five dryer balls, how is a mystery, but more power to them for staying in spite of Carl's many attempts to lose them by taking them in his room with his clothes.
Although, really, Mr. L did that once, too, and so has Ms. V.
Only Carl could pull the paper towels off of the roll in such a way some in the middle were wet but still on the roll. Talent.
Ms. V and i were discussing "things Carl does" around the house and we both realize it's easy to blame him for all the things which come up missing, or are found in a bizarre location, or the messes simply left behind which come from "nobody." One example is, no one eats in the formal dining room, but there are always food crumbs in there, presumably because Carl spills things getting them out of the fridge or pantry, both of which are right at the dining room door entry.
Once he's gone, we won't be able to look at some odd occurrence as, "Likely it was Carl."
Meanwhile, though, it was time to get cracking, and i did as i needed to run to Ms. G's to tend critters while she's out of town.
Ms. V has been saying she's going to supervise Carl getting new clothes for his move, as most of what he has is old and doesn't fit so well any longer. After all, he loves his food and while he hasn't gotten fat, he has gotten a bit of a "dad bod" without being a dad.
In fact, she's been trying to encourage him to drop some pounds and posted this on the fridge. Later that morning, when Carl was looking for extra jelly to add to the biscuit he'd bought somewhere, i reminded him of the list of things he shouldn't have.
He was confused and i showed it to him, and he did not seem pleased at all. After all, he's recently bought Bunny Bread (the plain white stuff we all grew up with around south Louisiana before we knew we should be buying whole wheat) and was making all his sandwiches with it.
As Ms. V says, it's a good thing he gets lots of exercise at work to burn stuff off. Speaking of exercise, he was talking about fitness again and has paid for two weeks of classes at Jazzercise. Carl loves to bust a move and they are going to miss him, he's been going off and on for the past few years.
While he ate and i packed his lunch, he told me about his weekend. He got to be with a friend this weekend and was talking about cheat codes and synchronized dancing on his games. I'm not sure what it all meant but he obviously knows and had fun so that's that.
Carl had already put on his spare name badge and was gathering things to leave when i found his actual badge, the one we don't have to write his name on and which has some kind of code on the back. When i told him i'd found it, he grabbed it and put it on without taking off the other. Oh, well, they are used to him there and it won't be much longer.
He tried grabbing a jacket on the way out the door and i asked why, it was going to be very warm and in fact was cool but not cold that morning. He pulled it off and i supervised him hanging it back up. Then he looked at me and said, "Lent book?"
Your lent book? The one the church was reading for lent? I don't know where it is and lent is over, it's after Easter.
Carl nodded sharply and left. He probably has the book in the car, by the way. It's where lots of things we can't find end up.
How about some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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It's my month to provide the prompts for Words for Wednesday. Since it becomes Wednesday in some parts of the world while it is still Tuesday here, i am providing the prompts early so you can work on them and post them when it's Wednesday where you are.
This week’s prompts are:
shell
deck
chest
proof
dawn
effective
and/or the following words which are seldom used any longer
brabble — a loud, dumb argument
izzard — the letter z
picaroon — a scoundrel
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Today is:
Ambedkar Jayanti -- India (birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution)
Americas Day -- Honduras
Be Kind to Lawyers Day -- after all, you will need one someday, for something
Bisket Jatra -- Nepal (Nepali New Year)
Black Day -- South Korea (for those who got neither Valentine's gifts nor White Day gifts; singles wear black and get together to eat black noodle soup)
Celebrations in the Houses of Ra, Osiris, and Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Children's Day in Florida -- FL, US
Day of Mologa -- Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (commemorates the destruction of the town of Mologa during the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir)
Day of the Georgian Language -- Georgia (marking the 1978 protests of Soviet attempts to suppress the Georgian language)
Ex Spouse Day -- why?
International Moment of Laughter Day -- started by Izzy Gesell www.izzyg.com
Kinetoscope Day -- the first commercial exhibition of motion pictures through Edison's "peep show" device occurred on this day in 1894
Laotian New Year's Eve -- Laos (celebrations of Pi Mai, the new year, last through the 15th and sometimes beyond; at the start of the monsoon season)
Look Up At The Sky Day -- internet generated, no history on this one, but if it's a pretty day, take advantage of it (some sites say April 12, but since we don't know who started it, today is fine)
National Dolphin Day -- US
National Love Our Children Day -- sponsored by STOMP Out Bullying and Love Our Children USA
N'Ko Alphabet Day -- Mande Language Speakers
Pan American Day -- Order of the American States
Pathologists' Assistant Day -- US (American Association of Pathologists' Assistants)
Rato Machhindranath Jatra -- Nepal (chariot races for the god of rain; cannot confirm this year's date, but always begins mid-April)
Reach as High as You Can Day -- internet generated, and listed on various dates; a good idea, anyway, whenever you decide to celebrate it
Runic Half Month of Man (humanity) begins
Sacrifices to Leto, Pythian Apollon, Zeus, Hermes, and the Dioscuri in the Deme of Erichia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)
Sidereal Equinox New Year Celebrations -- throughout South and Southeast Asia, including
* Assamese New Year, or Rongali Bihu (India's Assam Valley)
* Bengali New Year, or Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state)
* Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)
* Hindu and Sikh New Year, or Vaisakhi (Punjab region)
* Khmer New Year, or Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)
* Lao New Year, or Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Laos)
* Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state)
* Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)
* Oriya New Year, or Maha Visuba Sankranthi (India's Orissa state)
* Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)
* Tamil New Year, or Puthandu (India's Tamil Nadu state)
* Thai New Year, or Songkran, celebrated from 13 to 15 April (Thailand)
* Tuluva New Year, or Bisu (India's Karnataka state)
Sommarsblot -- Ancient Norse Calendar (celebration of the coming summer, with sacrifices to the gods over the next several days; through Walpurgis/May 1)
Spring Hula Hooping Day -- try out the old hula hoop one more time, then toss it
St. Benezet's Day (Patron of bachelors, bridge builders; Avignon, France)
St. Lydwina of Schiedam's Day (Patron of ice skating/roller skating/skaters, prolonged suffering, sick people; Schiedam, Netherland; against bodily ills and sickness)
St. Peter Gonzalez's Day (Patron of boatmen, mariners, sailors, watermen)
St. Tiburtius' Day (Considered the day the cuckoos return to England for the spring)
Takayama Spring Festival -- Takayama City, Japan (often considered one of the 3 most beautiful festivals in Japan; through tomorrow)
Thingyan -- Myanmar (Burmese Water Festival; celebrating the Myanmar New Year through the 17th)
Vaisakhi/Baisakhi -- Sikh (celebration of the spring grain harvest and of the rebirth of the Sikh religion in the 15th Century)
Yom HaShoah -- Judaism (Holocaust Remembrance Day; began sunset yesterday, through nightfall)
Youth Day -- Angola
Birthdays Today:
Abigail Breslin, 1996
Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1977
Adrien Brody, 1973
Anthony Michael Hall, 1968
Greg Maddux, 1966
Cynthia Cooper, 1963
Robert Carlyle, 1961
Brad Garrett, 1960
Emma Thompson, 1959
Ritchie Blackmore, 1945
Julie Christie, 1941
Pete Rose, 1941
Loretta Lynn, 1935
Rod Steiger, 1925
John Gielgud, 1904
Arnold Joseph Toynbee, 1889
Anne Sullivan, 1866
Emperor Momozono, 1741
Christiaan Huygens, 1629
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Boys in the Band"(Musical), 1968
"Bye Bye, Birdie"(Musical), 1960
The Grapes of Wrath(Publication date), 1939
"Jeux d'enfants"(Ballet), 1932
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"(Publication date), 1841
American Dictionary of the English Language(Publication date), 1828
Today in History:
Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded, BC 43
Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions, beginning the Siege of Jerusalem, 70
Temur, grandson of Kublai Khan, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, 1294
The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid, 1434
Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush establish the first abolitionist society in the US, 1775
Napoleon calls for establishing Jerusalem for the Jews, 1799
Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary, 1828
The Donner Party departs Springfield, Illinois, 1846
Harriet Tubman begins her first Underground Railroad run, 1853
William Bullock patents the continuous-roll printing press, 1863
Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth, 1865
Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills, 1871
Canada passes the Dominion Lands Act, 1872
The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11:40pm and sinks 2 hours later, 1912
The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1927
The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press, 1939
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit, 1958
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, at 1 kilogram, hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92, 1986
The most costly natural disaster in Australian history, a hailstorm, strikes Sydney, Australia, 1999
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%, 2003
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County, 2005
Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway, 2010
The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union, 2013
Seychelles President Danny Faure makes the first-ever live speech from a submersible, pleading for better marine protection, 2019
Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York stock exchange, 2021
The Juice satellite launches on an Ariane-5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, part of the European Space Agency's mission to Jupiter's moons, 2023
British Columbia signs the historic Gaayhllxid • GÃhlagalgang “Rising Tide” agreement, which recognizes Haida Gwaii's Aboriginal title over more than 200 islands off Canada’s west coast, 2024
