Points and Water and Funnies, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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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.  

Last week, a couple of people asked me about the difference between a Siamese cat and a colorpoint cat, and i figure that is a random enough topic for a Tuesday.

The Siamese is a breed that has points; the typical markings on the ears, paws, nose, tail, etc., are called “points”.  Other cats can also have these points as well, like the Himalayan, Burmese, Tonkinese, and Colorpoint Shorthair.  These cat breeds are all very closely related.

When i said that the kittens at the shelter were colorpoint cats, not true Siamese necessarily, i was simply stating that while they have the color point markings typical of the Siamese and other related breeds, they are not purebred.  They obviously have a purebred or two or more in their ancestry, and may have even had one true purebred parent and one typical house cat parent, but they aren’t full blooded Siamese.

Since we don’t have papers for them, we can’t call them Siamese or anything else, just domestic shorthair cats with Siamese type coloring, or points.

Several years ago there was a colorpoint mama who was so feral it took over 3 years to trap and spay her (she was cunning!).  Every six months she would put two kittens, a male and female, eyes just opened, on the back door of the house of the lady who fed her, and they were always the most beautiful color point kittens you would ever want to see.  They looked like typical lavender point Siamese kittens, but were obviously not pure, so they had to be called colorpoint cats.  We bottle raised a few of those litters, and when i tell you they were snatched up faster than hot biscuits and butter at breakfast i mean it.

All of the colorpoint cats we get at the shelter are gone almost before they come in the door.  If we do get a purebred, which happens on occasion, the adoption fee is double and people gladly pay it, it’s still cheaper than buying one.

This past Sunday at church, i was walking toward the gym when my water sensor went off — i know i heard a drip in the men’s room.  Knocking at the door and yelling, “janitor!” elicited no response, as i knew it wouldn’t because everyone else had gone home.  

Sure enough, there was water dripping from one of the faucets.  Turning it off, i thought, i am not sure if i should be upset the men/boys are leaving the water dripping or happy they are washing their hands!

Here are a few funnies passed on by Grandma:

Have a fabulous Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Cheltenham Hunt Festival -- Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (a four day Festival, with the big race on that final day)

Doctor's Day -- Venezuela

Dream Day -- supposedly begun by an instructor at Columbia University as a day to concentrate on how to make your dreams come true

Farvardigan -- Ancient Persia, Zoroastrians (10 day festival for the dead before Nowruz, the New Year)

Festival of Life in the Cracks Day -- internet holiday declared because this is where most of us are, and we deserve to be celebrated!

Harriet Tubman Day -- anniversary of her death in 1913

Hola Mohalla -- Sikh (3 day grand festival)

International Day of Awesomeness -- Celebrate what is awesome about you - always on Chuck Norris' birth anniversary, because no one is more awesome than Chuck

London Book Fair -- Olympia, London, England (one of the world's most important book fairs; through the 12th)

Mario Day -- for gamers, based on the date Mar 10

National Blueberry Popover Day

National Pack Your Lunch Day -- because it's cheaper and healthier

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day -- US

Organize Your Home Office Day -- Lisa Kanarek wants everyone to organize their home office on the second Tuesday in March; my response is:  in one day!  is she out of her mind!

Purim -- Judaism (began sundown yesterday, through sundown today)

Shiogama Jinja Hote Festival -- Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (mikoshi parades and Shinto music)

St. Kessog's Day (Patron of Lennox, Scotland; Scotland)

Telephone Day -- Bell sent the first message by phone, to Watson in the next room, this day in 1876

Tibetan Uprising Day -- Tibetan Independence Supporters commemoration of the 1959 uprising

Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign -- Canisteo, NY (San Juan Capistrano has swallows, and Canisteo has living trees planted to spell out the name of the valley where the turkey vultures/buzzards return each year, traditionally on St. Patrick's Day; celebration goes through the 17th)

Whoopsical Day -- Fairy Calendar

Birthdays Today:

Emily Osment, 1992

Carrie Underwood, 1983

Shannon Miller, 1977

John Hamm, 1971

Edie Brickell, 1966

Prince Edward, 1964

Jasmine Guy, 1964

Rick Rubin, 1963

Pam Oliver, 1961

Sharon Stone, 1958

Shannon Tweed, 1957

Kim Campbell, 1947

Bob Greene, 1947

Tom Scholz, 1947

Chuck Norris, 1940

Dave Rabe, 1940

James Earl Ray, 1928

Pamela Mason, 1918

Bix Beiderbecke, 1903

Clare Boothe Luce, 1903

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"(TV), 1997

"The Incredible Hulk"(TV), 1978

"Sweet Bird of Youth"(Play), 1959

Today in History:

The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end, BC241

Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire, 418

King Charles I dissolves Parliament; he calls it back 11 years later, 1629

English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania, 1681

French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform, 1762

John Stone, of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver, 1791

England begins its first modern census, 1801

In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States, 1804

The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria, 1831

Abraham Lincoln patents a device to help free ships in rivers from shallow water; he built a small scale model, but no full-size device was ever built, and makes him the only US president to hold a patent, 1849

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you," 1876

Commissioner George Scott Railton and seven women officers landed at New York to officially begin the work of the Salvation Army in the US, 1880

Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching, 1891

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France, 1906

After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall," 1896

China ends slavery, 1910

Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation, 1922

In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.; he later retracts his guilty plea, 1969

Astronomers discover rings around Uranus, 1977

In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup, 1990

The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom, 2000

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars, 2006

Carlos Slim becomes the first Mexican and person from an emerging economy to top Forbes Richest Person list, with net worth of US$53.5 billion, 2010

South Korean judges uphold their parliaments' decision to impeach President Park Geun-hye, 2017