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Update for any who might be wondering, the hurricane did not come anywhere near here. The most we got was some rain further south of us, i ran into some sprinkles on the way to NOLA yesterday morning, but they cleared up quickly.
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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Grandma and i have a special way we work together to brush her teeth. She’s blessed to have her own still and at this point, a tooth problem would be dangerous as she can’t be taken to a dentist.
Tee Boudreaux done come home from de school an’ he gots him a tooth missin’.
Him’s Père, Boudreaux, done ax, “Garçon, what done happen?”
An’ Tee say, “Francine, de girl I be sweet on, done bake some bread an’ she done brought some to school fo’ me, but it be hard as de brick!”
An’ Boudreaux say, “Garçon, you din’t have to eat it, you shoulda done tole her it was too hard.”
An’ Tee say, “Mais, Père, dat be what I did!”
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. Our friend River is hosting, and other participants often include Charlotte/Mother Owl, Andrew, and WiseWebWoman.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Spooky Season.
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| Boo Blvd., Spooky St., and Reaper Rd. |
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| Anita Doktor and Noah Scape |
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| Cousin Itt says, "Welcome, October!" |
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This week, Mr. Cal wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.
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Today is:
Armed Forces Day -- Abkhazia
Cephalopod Awareness Days: Myths and Legends Day -- celebrating the most intelligent invertebrates in the world; for all the cephalopods of legend, literature and movies
Cirio de Nazare -- Belem, Brazil (two week Feast of Cirio begins in Belem [St. Mary of Bethlehem])
Clergy Appreciation Day
Dia Nacional de la Mujer Boliviana -- Bolivia (Bolivian Women's Day)
Earth Science Week -- US (this year's theme, "Critical Minerals for a Thriving Society")
General Pulaski Memorial Day -- US (celebrating Casimir Pulaski, "the father of American cavalry")
Ghatasthapana Dashain Festival-- Nepal (start of a nine day Hindu festival, the longest and most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar)
Grandmother's Day -- FL, US
It's My Party Day -- so go have one!
Meditrinalia/Vinalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (tasting of the year's new wine; in honor of Meditrina, goddess of health/medicine, longevity, and wine, and Bacchus, god of wine)
Naha Tug-of-War Festival -- Okinawa, Japan (tug-of-war involving a 27 ton rope)
National Sausage Pizza Day
Old Michaelmas Day -- Celtic Calendar
Revolution Day/Uprising Against Fascism Day -- Republic of Macedonia
St. Gomar's Day (Patron of childless people, courtiers, cowherds, glove makers, people in difficult marriages, separated spouses, woodcutters; Lier, Belgium; against hernias)
Warai Matsuri -- Kawanabe, Wakayama, Japan (a laughing festival, in which wine flows and this place earns its name as one of the happiest places on earth; one legend about the laughter is that one of the spirits of the shrine didn't wake in time for a meeting, and was laughed at, so now everyone laughs)
White Sunday -- Samoa and American Samoa (children wear white to church and run the church services, are served a special meal, and receive new church clothes for the upcoming year)
"You Go Girl!" Day -- in honor of Kathy Sullivan, first American woman to walk in space
Anniversary Today:
William Jefferson Clinton marries Hillary Rodham, 1975
Birthdays Today:
Emily Deschanel, 1976
Stephen Moyer, 1969
Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, 1969
Jane Krakowski, 1968
Luke Perry, 1966
Joan Cusack, 1962
Steve Young, 1961
Dawn French, 1957
David Morse, 1953
Daryl Hall, 1948
Robert Gale, 1945
Ron Liebman, 1937
Dottie West, 1932
Roscoe Robinson, Jr., 1928
Elmore Leonard, 1925
Art Blakey, 1919
Jerome Robbins, 1918
Charles Revson, 1906
Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884
Harlan Fiske Stone, 1872
Henry John Heinz, 1844
George Williams, 1821 (founder, YMCA)
Mason Locke "Parson" Weems, 1759
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"(Play), 1984
"Saturday Night Live"(TV), 1975
"Imagine"(Lennon single release), 1971
"Allegro"(Musical), 1947
"The Silver Tassie"(Play), 1929
The Comptometer (the first adding machine known to be accurate at all times, patented by Dorr Eugene Felt), 1887
Today in History:
Massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria, 1138
Columbus' ship sites land on the horizon (the Bahamas), 1492
Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland, 1531
Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia, 1689
Explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee at the Grinder's Stand Inn, 1809
The first steam powered ferryboat, the Juliana, begins operation, 1811
Australia's oldest university, University of Sidney, is inaugurated, 1852
The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished, 1871
David Houston patents roll film for cameras, 1881
First female FBI "special investigator", Alaska Davidson, appointed, 1922
With the opening of store # 1252, in Milford, Delaware, J.C. Penney becomes a nationwide company, with stores in all 48 states, 1929
CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, 1950
Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years, Vatican II, 1962
NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, 1968
The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests, 1975
The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19,1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth, 1982
The record high of the Dow Jones Industrial Average occurs at 14,198.10 points, 2007
A ban on fracking is upheld by the Constitutional Council of France, 2013
A TripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, the world's best restaurant, 2017
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft makes an emergency landing when the rocket fails two minutes after liftoff, 2018
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmen for the peace deal with Eritrea, 2019
Wild beavers are reintroduced to West London for the first time in 400 years, 2023
Archaeologists announce the discovery of one of the oldest churches in the world, possibly dating from as far back as 4th century AD, during excavations in Artaxata, Armenia, 2024
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