Friday, October 19, 2018

Mr. Mischief (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
He has handed hosting duties off to Sandee, of Comedy Plus, and it's simple to join, just follow the link to Sandee's page for the rules and the code.

Link, a/k/a Linker Stinker, was willing to pose today:






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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. For Halloween, I want to be _____________________.

2. _____________________ makes me feel like royalty.

3. On a dark and stormy night, I _________.

4. If I had a witch’s cauldron, I would stir up a potion for _________.


1. For Halloween, i want to be the mom handing out candy at the door.

2. A hot bath with a good smelling bath bomb makes me feel like royalty.

3. On a dark and stormy night, i pray the house doesn't flood.

4. If i had a witch's cauldron, i would stir up a potion for common sense, and make sure everyone on earth got a serving.


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Today is:

Apple Butter Stirrin' --  Coshocton, OH, US (bluegrass music, crafts, family fun, and best of all, apple butter; through Sunday)

Armilustrium -- Ancient Roman Calendar (festival of Mars)

Bettara-Ichi -- Ebisu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan (Pickle Market Fair, enjoy the pickled radishes, a specialty; through tomorrow)

Constitution Day -- Niue

Dashain Festival -- Hindu (also called Dussehra, Dashera, Dasara, Phulpati/Fulpaati, or Navratri, a celebration of victory of Lord Rama over evil and a Festival of Dirva, wife of Shiva, and a time to go back home and reconnect with family, especially in Nepal and parts of India; official government holidays for this multi-day festival vary throughout India, Nepal, Bhutan, and other countries with large populations of Hindus)

Dita e Lumturimit te Nene Terezes -- Albania (Mother Teresa Day)

Evaluate Your Life Day -- a day to make sure your life is heading where you want, and course correct if it isn't; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

Fall Festival of Leaves -- Ross County, OH, US (celebrate the beauty of nature and of the arts of the region; through Sunday)

Fantasy Fest -- Key West, FL, US (a ten day costume party for grown-ups)

Greasy Spoon Day -- internet generated, a day to go revel in the love of your favorite greasy spoon diner

Mammography Day -- the third Friday of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Missouri Day Festival -- Trenton, MO, US (parade, baby show, flea market, entertainment, and fun; through Sunday)

National Seafood Bisque Day

Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Christmas Festival -- Washington County Fairgrounds, Washington, PA, US (over two hundred exhibits, plus food and entertainment; through Sunday, and next Saturday and Sunday, too)

Provincial Anniversary Day -- Hawke's Bay, NZ

Samora Machel Day -- Mozambique

Seeking of King Look Under Your Mattress -- Fairy Calendar

Stephen Foster Quilt Show and Sale -- Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs, FL, US (fun for quilters, and quilt lovers; through Sunday)

St. Frideswide's Day (Patron of Oxford and the University of Oxford)

St. Rene Goupil's Day (Patron of anesthetists, anesthesiologists)

World Student Day -- International Fellowship of Evangelical Students    

Yabusame Festival -- Koyama, Japan (horseback archery, samurai costumes and dragons, oh, my!)


Birthdays Today:

Jason Reitman, 1977
Ty Pennington, 1965
Evander Holyfield, 1962
Jeannie C. Riley, 1945
John Lithgow, 1945
Patricia Ireland, 1945
Simon Ward, 1941
Michael Gambon, 1940
Peter Max, 1937
Robert Reed, 1932
John Le Carre, 1931
Jack Anderson, 1922
Auguste Lumiere, 1862
Annie S. Peck, 1850
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, 1748
Thomas Browne, 1605 (O.S. date)


Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Rothschilds"(Musical), 1970
"The Miracle Worker"(Play), 1959
"I Remember Mama"(Play), 1944
"Pomp and Circumstance Marches"(Elgar Op. 39), 1901
"Tannhauser und der Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg/Tannhauser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg"(Wagner opera), 1845



Today in History:

Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus and his Roman legions defeat Hannibal Barca and the invading Carthagian army, BC202
King Gauseric and his Vandals take the city of Carthage, 439
The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Treaty of Thorn, 1466
Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology, 1512
The first general court is held in Boston, 1630
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2PM, end of the US Revolutionary War, 1781
Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow, 1812
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree, 1849
The first 4 blacks are elected to the US House of Representatives, 1870
The USPS first used an automobile to collect and deliver mail, 1914
Streptomycin, the first antibiotic which could treat tuberculosis, is isolated at Rutgers University, 1943
Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points, 1987
Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II, 2003
Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity, 2005
Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb, 2005
Naheed Nenshi becomes the first Muslim in Canada to be elected mayor, in Calgary, 2010
Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI, who was known for changes in the Catholic Church that came out of Vatican II, 2014 
The New Zealand Labour Party forms a coalition government led by Jacinda Adern (37), the youngest NZ leader in 161 years, 2017

13 comments:

  1. Link is a beauty. I hope you have a BIG cauldron. I think I would like to cook up a batch of kindness (which would also need a big cauldron).

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  2. Link poses well! I like the fill ins, and I join you with #4.

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  3. Linker Stinker LQQKS just like the last cat I had Thomas he was lovely I like Link's pose heheh!

    Have a posetastic weekend :-)

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  4. We really like your fill-ins. We also like #4. But they are all good answers. You all have a great day.

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  5. What a handsome cat !

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  6. Thank you for joining in on the Friendly Fill-Ins! I can completely relate to your answer to #1. Halloween is pretty much my favorite holiday, and one of my favorite things about it is handing out candy. As for your witch's cauldron, I am wishing you lots of success, because the world needs your potion!

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  7. Oh, doesn't Apple Butter Stirrin' Days sound like fun!
    (even tho' I make mine in a crockpot)

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  8. Aw on the posing kitty.

    I love your answer to #4. I’ll help you with that one.

    Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. ♥

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  9. Different cat but familiar pose around here.

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  10. Link is such a cutie. My Brody and Link could be brothers :) Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers, especially #4. I hope you have a nice weekend and get to have a nice bath. XO

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  11. Common sense is definitely NOT brewing in everyone's cauldron! ☺

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