Belated (Six Sentence Story), Finally Got It (Good Fences), Shall We Dance (Sammy’s Poetry Day), and Brian’s Thankful Thursday

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“What is the cost of being tardy?” she asked as she slipped into the booth at the restaurant, smiling across at him and hoping he’d already ordered drinks and an appetizer at least.

It was obvious by the narrowing of his eyes as he looked at her that he was considering the question seriously.

“Upon such an auspicious occasion as this,” he said, leaning back and taking on his best professorial tone, “it would seem to me that the reason for your belatedness must be taken into consideration, along with the other attendant ...”

She started laughing, and said, “It was the usual, two deadlines collided and I was elected to do the damage control — with old Mr. Norckauer, no less.”

“Well, in light of the fact that you had to deal with the most curmudgeonly person at your workplace, and still arranged your time in such a way as to arrive here looking quite attractive and, if I may dare to say it, even more luscious than what is on the menu here at my particular favorite restaurant, I would say that your tardiness to your husband’s birthday dinner will cost you a few extra kisses when we get home.”

“Done!” she said, giving him a smile and the look that spoke volumes.

Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Tardy.            

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Gosia at Looking for Identity has taken over Good Fences, and it's now Good Fences Around The World.  Post a picture of a fence or gate, link back to her blog, and go visit other blogs to see what interesting fences there are out in this big world.      

For a while, i’ve been trying to get better pictures of this fence.  These early morning shots finally had no cars in them!

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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    

Do I think I can dance?

Why yes, I do!

And if you want,

I’ll teach you.

We’ll have a blast

When we go to the hop,

Once there we won’t ever

Want to stop!

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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

Today i am thankful for a trip to the laundromat and clean sheets and towels.  There’s nothing like fresh sheets on the bed.

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Bangladesh

Caregiver Rights Day -- UK (with information to help carers available here; this year's theme is "Helping you find your way")   

Catholic School Principal Appreciation Day -- originally designated by the National Catholic Education Association 

False Confessions Day -- internet generated, and not for the faint of heart

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest -- now unsponsored, but one way to help can be found here 

Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin -- Eastern and Roman Catholic Christian (those following the Gregorian Calendar)

Festival of Madonna della Salute -- Venice, Italy

Furniture Memory Day -- an internet generated test of your memory; see if you remember where you got each piece of furniture you own, how much it cost, and how its most precious scratch came to be; you are also encouraged to dust if you want to

General Framework Agreement Day -- RS, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gerard d'Aboville Day -- marking the day, in 1991, he arrived in Ilwaco, WA, US, after departing Japan 4 months earlier in a rowboat!

Gingerbread Day

Great American Smokeout -- save money and your life, try not to smoke today; started by the American Cancer Society 

National Stuffing Day -- various dates given on many sites, so if you enjoy stuffing, celebrate them all

No Music Day -- www.nomusicday.com for the explanation

St. Gelasius' Day

Ugly Day -- Fairy Calendar

Use Less Stuff Day -- a great idea!  not an officially sponsored day, but you can get information about using less stuff at www.use-less-stuff.com/

World Hello Day -- recognizing the importance of communication in world peace, say hello to people you don't usually greet today 

World Philosophy Day -- UNESCO 

World Television Day -- UN

Anniversaries Today:

South Carolina becomes the 12th US State, 1789

Birthdays Today:

Tasha Schwikert, 1984

Ken Griffey, Jr., 1969

Troy Aikman, 1966

Bjork, 1965

Nicollette Sheridan, 1963

Cherry Jones, 1956

Cynthia Rhodes, 1956

Lorna Luft, 1952

Goldie Hawn, 1945

Harold Ramis, 1944

Marcy Carsey, 1944

Tweety Bird, 1942

Juliet Mills, 1941

Marlo Thomas, 1938

James DePreist, 1936

Laurence Luckinbill, 1934

Joseph Campanella, 1927

Stan Musial, 1920

Coleman Hawkins, 1904

Rene Magritte, 1898

Hetty Green, 1834

William Beaumont, 1785

Josiah Bartlett, 1729

Voltaire, 1694

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"(Single release), 1968

"A Tale of Two Kitties"(Warner cartoon, debut of Tweety Bird), 1942

"The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger"(Vanbrugh play), 1696

Today in History:

Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem; this is the event commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah, BC164

The Pilgrims, aboard the Mayflower, reach what is now called Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts, and sign the Mayflower Compact, 1620

Richard Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Virginia, 1654

In Paris, Jean-Franēois Pilātre de Rozier and Franēois Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight, 1783

Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic, 1791

First Jewish Reform congregation in US forms, Charleston, SC, 1824

Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter, 1871

Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph), 1877

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator, 1922

First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper), 1935

The Alcan Highway is completed, 1942*

The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull is a hoax, 1953

The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI, 1969

Gerard d'Aboville completes his four-month solo journey to row across the Pacific Ocean, 1991

The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995

NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members, 2002

Iran's President Ahmadinejad rejects the country's successful family planning program and tells Iranian girls they should marry at 16, 2010

The three most senior surviving members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, 2011

For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano, on the North Island, erupts, 2012

The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys, 2013

Scientists announce the first known comet from another system, Oumuamua comet, 2017

*Not opened to general vehicular traffic until the next year