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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.
Carl's room should be done by the end of this month. Ms. V is trying to decide if she wants me to continue coming every other Monday and work with her on house projects or not.
It's going well as his new place, Carl is making friends, doing chores, working, having fun with all the activities, and when family members call and talk to him, there is a clarity in his thinking which was absent before. I think lying around a lot in his off time, a job he didn't like much, and having very little in the way of a set schedule or active social life was very bad for him.
He's thriving, and everyone is thrilled.
Meanwhile, i continue to look to other clients for the funny things of life.
Mr. DE furnished a good one which demonstrates clearly the differences between the male and female of the species.
His wife, Ms. SE, was not home, so he and my Sweetie got into a discussion about marriage, which happens sometimes with them.
"She accused me the other day of farting in bed. I told her, no, it's my breath, I haven't brushed. She said, 'Are you sure?' and I told her of course I was sure, if I'd farted, I'd have claimed it, it's what boys do!"
At this point, all of us were laughing. Life is funny if you look for the funny things.
Here are a few:
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Bloomsday -- commemoration of James Joyce and his novel, Ulysses
Festival of Ludi Piscatari -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival for fishermen; some sites say it was on the 17th)
Fresh Veggies Day -- before you have that fudge later
Hijri -- Islam (Islamic New Year Begins at the viewing of the new moon crescent this evening, so exact time/date varies by location)
International Day of the African Child -- Organisation of African Unity
Ladies' Day (Baseball) -- anniversary of the first ever Ladies' Day baseball game, hosted by the New York Giants in 1883
Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan Dev -- Sikh
National Fudge Day
National Morticians Day -- honoring the last people to ever let you down
National Vinegar Day
Snake River Stampede -- Nampa, ID (the 111th year of one of the top 10 professional rodeo events in the nation; through Saturday)
St. Benno's Day (Patron of anglers, fishermen, weavers; Dresden-Meissen, Germany; Munich, Germany)
St. John-Francis Regis' Day (Patron of embroiderers, lace makers, social workers; Sisters of Saint Francis Regis; against plague)
Sussex Day -- West Sussex, England (on St. Richard's Day as celebrated in this area [current feast day is April 3 elsewhere]; he was Bishop of Chichester from 1245 to 1253, and his shrine was an important pilgrimage site)
Youth Day -- South Africa
Birthdays Today:
Abby Elliott, 1987
Diana DeGarmo, 1987
Phil Mickelson, 1970
Laurie Metcalf, 1955
Sonia Braga, 1950
Joan Van Ark, 1943
Joyce Carol Oates, 1938
Erich Segal, 1937
John Howard Griffin, 1920
Stan Laurel, 1890
Geronimo, 1829
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Ghostbusters II(Film), 1989
The Blues Brothers(Film), 1980
Psycho(Film), 1960
Today in History:
The Zoroastrian Religious Calendar begins with the ascension of Yasdegerd III of Persia, the start of the Persian Era, 632
Battle of Stoke Field, the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses, 1487
British troops take Cape Breton Island, which is now part of Nova Scotia, Canada, 1745
The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians, 1755
Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois, 1858
The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children, 1883
John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister, 1891
The Ford Motor Company is incorporated, 1903
The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane, 1948
Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris, 1961
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, 1963
The largest single-site hydro-electric power project in Canada starts at Churchill Falls, Labrador, 1972
Soweto uprising: a non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children, 1976
Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of its issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon, 2000
The 9/11 Commission, contradicting White House claims, determines Saddam Hussein had no strong ties to al-Qaeda, 2004
British Petroleum agrees to finance a $20 billion fund to compensate those whose livelihood was damaged by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, 2010
Prince Harry of Wales is cleared to return to active duty in the Afghan War, 2011
Egypt's voters go to the polls for a second round of voting in their first presidential election, 2012
A massive and unprecedented power cut affects all of Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Paraguay, 2019
Ninety-year-old US cosmetics company Revlon files for bankruptcy, blaming supply issues and rising costs, 2022
The Recording Academy announces new Grammy Award rules aimed at making certain AI use in nominated works is only supportive to "meaningful" human input, 2023
Virginia Hislop, age 105, graduates with a masters diploma in education from Stanford University, 83 years after she had to leave early, 2024
