Tuesday at Home

He got cranky, because his back is starting to hurt. We really need a new mattress, but with the flood insurance due, not to mention the car repairs, well, anyway.

He also took a trip to Whole Paycheck...er, uh, Whole Foods. Six cans of soup cost more than two movie tickets.

I'm not sure which I hate more, the cost of food or the cost of movies.

Meanwhile, I found out I can't set up the wireless network the way I want it. First of all, it must be men who decide where outlets are going to be positioned on walls. No woman wants all the outlets behind the center of the furniture, but off to the edge where we can reach it. I can't position another computer desk for the old computer we had from his brother anyplace logical that would reach an outlet.

Then I found out he had that computer destroyed. He says the guy was going to fix it for free, but the net results are the same as if he had it purposely destroyed.

Oh, well. We'll see what adventures await tomorrow.


Today is

Bonza Bottler Day

Chocolate Day

Double Seven Day -- China

Earth at Aphelion

Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day

Great Gatsby Festival

Independence Day -- Solomon Islands

International Cherry Pit Spitting Contest

Macaroni Day

National Strawberry Sundae Day

Saba Saba Day -- Tanzania

St. Cyril's and St. Methodius' Day (Apostles to the Slavs, created the Glagolithic alphabet and translated the Bible into the Slavonic language)

Take Your Webmaster To Lunch Day

Tanabata -- Japan (star festival)

Tell The Truth Day


Birthdays Today

Michelle Kwan, 1980
Cree Summer, 1969
Shelley Duvall, 1949
Ringo Starr, 1940
Doc Severinsen, 1927
Pierre Cardin, 1922
Robert Heinlein, 1907
Satchel Paige, 1906
Marc Chagall, 1887


Today in History

A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death, 1456
Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland, 1575
United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $300, 1863
Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri; it is described as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped", 1928
Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident, 1947
In Canada, the Official Languages Act is adopted making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government, 1969
Sharia is instituted in Iran, 1980
The Western Black Rhinoceros is declared extinct due to poaching, 2006