Explanations (Cajun Joke) and Sunday Selections

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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.

It’s only January 12, and so too early to tell if my word of the year, calm, is going to stick.  Mostly it has, as i heard someone say, “Bless it or block it!” and when stressful thoughts want to steal that peace, i decide to block it.

If you have a word of the year, or a resolution, how is it going?

Boudreaux done hear hims boy, Tee, talkin’ to a frien’.

“Non,” say Tee.  “I not be goin’ take dat dare!”

“Why non?” say de frien’.

“It be my new year resolute,” say Tee.

“You done made a resolute?” ax de frien’.

“Mais, oui.  I done resolute dat I not goin’ do nothin’ I not want to ‘splain to de paramedic!”

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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.  It is now hosted by Elephant's Child.     

It’s just over six months since our last vacation, and so almost six months until the next one, and i am waxing nostalgic.  So, some vacation photos:

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Today is:

Baptism of the Lord Jesus -- Christian

Blessing of the Sea -- Margate, UK (ceremony with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateria and Great Britain)

Compitalia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (slave festival to the Lares and Manes, household gods)

Curried Chicken Day

Eat Crackers and Try to Whistle Day -- just to see if it's as much fun as it was when you were young

Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day -- an internet generated holiday with whatever purpose you decide to give it

Goblin Gala -- Fairy Calendar (Fairies not invited)

Hen Galan -- Gwaun Valley, Dyfed, Wales (New Year Celebration begins -- yes, they still use the old calendar)

Kiss a Ginger Day -- some call it a national or international day, although it's not official; a history of this day is here  

Little League Girls Baseball Day -- girls were finally allowed to play this date in 1974

Meitlisonntag -- Meisterschwanden and Fahrwangen, Switzerland (procession and festival celebrating the role of women in the victory of a battle in 1712)

Memorial Day -- Turkmenistan

National Marzipan Day

National Pharmacist Day -- US

National Youth Festival -- India (through the 16th)

Rubber Band Veteran Day -- to commemorate the warriors and heroes of rubber band fights around the globe and in your very own school or office

Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day -- because if you made any it's too soon to give up

St. Benedict Biscop's Day (Founder and Patron of English Benedictines, and Patron of musicians, painters; Sunderland, England)

Zanzibar Revolution Day -- Tanzania

Birthdays Today:

HAL, 1997 (according to A. C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey)

Jeff Bezos, 1964

Oliver Platt, 1960

Kirstie Alley, 1955

Howard Stern, 1954

Rush Limbaugh, 1951

Joe Frazier, 1944

Glenn Yarborough, 1930

Ray Price, 1926

Ira Hamilton Hayes, 1922

James Farmer, 1920

Luise Rainer, 1910

Tex Ritter, 1905

Joe E. Lewis, 1902

Jack London, 1876

John Singer-Sargent, 1856

Edmund Burke, 1729

Charles Perrault, 1628

John Winthrop, 1588 (O.S. date)

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Dynasty"(TV) 1981

"All in the Family"(TV), 1971

"Batman"(TV), 1966

"Arthur Godfrey and His Friends"(TV) 1949

"Ottone, re di Germania"(Handel's Opera, HWV 15). 1723

Today in History:

Tsarina Elizabeth establishes the first university in Russia, 1755

The first US public museum is established, in Charlestown, South Carolina, 1773

Mission Santa Clara de Asis is founded in California, 1777

The first cargo arrives in New Orleans by steamship, from Natchez, 1812

Anthracite coal is first used to smelt iron, in Mauch Chunk,Pennsylvania, 1839

The Royal Aeronautical Society is founded in England, 1866

The Dow-Jones closes above 100 for the first time, 1906

A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time, 1908

The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees, 1911

The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote, 1915

Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens, 1918

Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate, 1932

Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation, 1967

An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait, 1991

A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali, 1992

Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning, 1998

The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage, 2004

Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 2 rocket, 2006

The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal, 2006

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years, 2007

An earthquake in Haiti kills an estimated 230,000 and destroys most of Port-au-Prince, 2010

Divers retrieve one of two black boxes from Air Asia Flight 8501, which crashed on December 28th during its flight from Indonesia to Singapore, 2015