Friday, August 28, 2020

Growing Accustomed to Her Face (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.

Tripod SissyCat is getting more and more patient with and more tolerant of Coda every time the dog comes to stay for a while:


She's not growling, swiping at her, or running away!





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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. _________________________ is a privilege.

2. I was so embarrassed when ________________________.

3. I can’t help but smile when _________.

4. _________ has gotten out of hand.


1. Even being alive   is a privilege.

2. I was so embarrassed when   #1 Son was 6-years-old and was singing "O Little Town of Destrehan" in church instead of the correct words to "O Little Town of Bethlehem" -- i am such a fan of parody songs that he really thought those were the words!  (bad mommy!) 

3. I can’t help but smile when   i think of how good the Almighty is. 

4. Brother-in-Law's difficulties with figuring out how to use his phone   has gotten out of hand.   He has lost the booklet and cannot figure out how to bring up his contacts, and he only has any contacts because i have put them in for him.  It would be nice if we could sit him down with a 12-year-old who could show him stuff, but then again, what 12-year-old would be willing to coach him on using a flip phone!


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Today is:

Ashura -- Islam (optional day of fasting that begins at sundown, local observances and national holidays may vary)

Be Kind to Humankind Week:  Forgive Your Foe Friday BK2HK.org

Birthday of Nephthys -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Crackers Over the Keyboard Day -- internet generated: are we supposed to go crackers over our keyboard, or tempt fate by eating crackers over our keyboard?

Daffodil Day -- Australia  (the Cancer Council's big fundraiser) 

Festival for Luna -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Festival for Sol -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Mariamoba -- Georgia (Assumption of the Virgin, celebrated based on the Julian Calendar followed by many Orthodox Churches)

National Bow Tie Day -- US, as per Bow Tie Aficionado    (may i suggest bow tie pasta for dinner?)

National Cheese Sacrifice Day (Now you know why you purchased the cheese for the sacrifice! To let it age properly before the actual sacrifice. Still doesn't answer why we sacrifice it, anyway, or to whom.)

National Cherry Turnover Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day -- Wellcat Holidays suggests this to pep yourself up as you wait for things to come up on the screen

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day -- taking time out to remember the pets that are gone but not forgotten

Radio Commercials Day -- the first paid radio commercial was broadcast over WEAF of New York on this day in 1921

Senior Race Day -- Isle of Man (although the races have been cancelled, the holiday has not!)

St. Augustine of Hippo's Day (Patron of brewers, printers, theologians; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Carpineto Romano, Italy; Ida, Philippines; Isleta Indian Pueblo; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Ponte Nizza, Italy; Saint Augustine, Florida; Superior, Wisconsin; Tucson, Arizona; Valletta, Malta; against sore eyes)

St. Hermes of Rome's Day (Patron of Acquapendente, Italy; Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy)

Subway Day -- this date in 1965, 17-year-old Fred DeLuca opened what became the first Subway Sandwich Shop


Birthdays Today

LeAnn Rimes, 1982
Jack Black, 1969
Jason Priestley, 1969
Shania Twain, 1965
Emma Samms, 1960
Scott Hamilton, 1958
Daniel Stern, 1957
Rick Rossovich, 1957
David Soul, 1946
Lou Piniella, 1943
Paul Martin, 1938
Donald O'Connor, 1925
Ben Gazzara, 1930
Roger Tory Peterson, 1908
Charles Boyer, 1899
Leo Tolstoy, 1828
Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774
Johann von Goethe, 1749


Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Lohengrin"(Opera), 1850


Today in History

The Third Crusade begins with the seige of Acre, 1189
6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, accused of being the cause of the plague, 1349
St. Augustine, FL, founded, making it the oldest continuously occupied European city and port in the US, 1565
Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay, 1609
William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn, 1789
The first steam locomotive in the US, the "Tom Thumb", runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill, 1830
The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published, 1845
The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll, 1867
Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola", 1898
James E. Casey begins the United Parcel Service in Seattle, WA, 1907
WEAF in NYC airs the very first radio commercial, for Queensboro Realty, at a cost of $100 for ten minutes, 1922
Toyota Motors becomes an independent company, 1937
Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first tv show and ad, 1953
Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, 1961
Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech; Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights, 1963
The National Centers for Disease Control announce a high incidence of pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men; these will soon be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS, 1981
Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province, 1990
Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce, 1996
An electric blackout leaves 500,000 + without power and shuts down 60% of London's Underground, 2003
Hurricane Katrina begins to make landfall on the Gulf of Mexico, 2005
Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Envoy to Syria, says international law states that any action in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons must be decided by the UN Security Council, 2013
Kenya institutes the world's toughest ban on plastic bags with a possible US$38,000 fine or up to four years in jail, 2017

15 comments:

  1. I wish that Jazz would adapt as well to a gorgeous ginger interloper as Tripod SissyCat.
    My smart phone is infinitely smarter than I am.

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  2. Charming photos, good thing that they are becoming friendly.

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  3. Aww! they will be best friends by Christmas heheh!

    I laughed at your fill-ins heheh! a comedian here Peter Kaye he does a lot of parody songs they are hilarious.

    Have a safetastic weekend 😷😷😷

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  4. So nice to see the cat and dog getting along nicely.

    God bless.

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  5. I think they misspoke and it's supposed to be "Vacuum the Crumbs Out of Your Keyboard Day" - because anything else makes me shudder. (And get the cat hair while you're at it, folks!)

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  6. Good that the pair has become friends. Sometimes our smartphone is smarter than the user. That is why they are called smartphones. Lol!

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  7. It's good that the kitty is finally accepting the pup. The do and can get along, but it's on the cats terms.

    Love your fill-ins. A flip-phone? You can still get a flip-phone? Sorry but I did laugh at that.

    Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

    Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. Big hug. ♥

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  8. Tripod is quite the sweet cat! So patient! Love your answers- especially #4! I have a flip phone still and it's quite handy ...easy for me to figure out even without the instructions! If I lived closer I could help! Cheers!

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  9. wavez two ewe sissy N coda frum TT !!! hope ewe both N joy de week end & ya haz a grate time

    { I don't think there's a mom who's ever lived that wasn't embarrassed by something a child said
    ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺

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  10. Those two look really cool together, maybe they'll cuddle before too long!

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  11. Precious photos of the kitty and doggie ^_^

    Live each moment with love,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  12. Looks like SissyCat is making friends. I did laugh about the phone when I got to the part about it being a flip phone!

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  13. Glad SissyCat has gotten braver. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. That is funny about your brother-in-law and the phone- says the lady who can't even text :)
    Have a nice weekend. XO

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  14. Just when I think your brother in law has figured it all out, he comes up with another issue. I think he just really does not want that phone. My boys used to text their dad, who would call me, read me the text, and I'd have to text them the answer because Hubs couldn't (or didn't want to) figure out how to text.

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  15. I love seeing SissyCat and Coda hanging out together! I just love when cats and dogs are friends. And thank you for joining in on the Friendly Fill-Ins! Your answer to #3 is so true and so inspiring. Have a wonderful week!

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