Tuesday, March 2, 2021

A Dr. Seuss Day 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 


Today is also Dr. Seuss Day, so:


It's time to cut loose

Celebrate Dr. Seuss!


The official hosts of Dr. Seuss Day are Timmy of Timmy Tomcat,

Emmy of 15AndMeowing, and Ranger of The Adventures of Ranger.


Carl had me grinning yesterday, trying to think of how to describe what was going on with him in rhyme.  He was running around exercising, and it came out like this,


his robe was flapping in the breeze

as he's doing his leg lifts, if you please!


He really was, wearing his pajama shirt, his boxers, and his robe, standing at the kitchen table eating a bite, doing some leg lifts, eating another bite.  He's fun to watch.


When i went into his apartment, i saw his trash can





Sometimes the young man's brilliant

his mind so open wide,

he finds a great solution

i never would have tried.


Finally, no more trash bag down in the can and trash loose in the can syndrome.


While i really did want to write a long poem for Dr. Seuss Day, that pesky work gets in the way.


If you wanna earn that dime,

You gotta put in the time!


Those pesky bills come home,

To work i have to roam.


Le sigh.


 In honor of the man who had no children because he always said, "You have 'em, I'll entertain 'em," a few kid pictures that Grandma sent and that probably would have made Dr. Seuss smile, too.








Happy Dr. Seuss Day, everyone!






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Today is:


Adwa Victory Day -- Ethiopia


Feast of 'Ala (Loftiness) -- Baha'i (first full day of the 19 day fast)


Going Forth of Set, Son of Nut -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Highway Numbers Day -- US (a joint board of state and federal highway officials created the first uniform system for numbering interstate highways, as well as standardizing design of road signs, in 1925)


James Ronald Webster's Birthday -- Anguilla


March Nymph's Parade -- Fairy Calendar


National Banana Cream Pie Day


Old Stuff Day -- if you are doing the same old stuff, think about how you can change that


Peasants' Day -- Myanmar


St. Chad of Mead's Day (Patron of St. Chad's College of the University of Durham in England; Birmingham, England; Lichfield, England)


Texas Independence Day -- Texas, US (anniversary of declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836)


Town Meeting Day -- Vermont, US (giving all citizens the right to speak out about local government, an official state holiday the first Tuesday of March allows towns to have a daylong public meeting of voters to elect town officers, approve budgets, and deal with town business)



Anniversary Today:


Mt. Rainier National Park is established, 1899



Birthdays Today:


Henrik Lundquist, 1982

Bryce Dallas Howard, 1981

Chris Martin, 1977

Daniel Craig, 1968

Jon Bon Jovi, 1962

Ken Salazar, 1955

Laraine Newman, 1952

Karen Carpenter, 1950

Eddie Money, 1949

Lou Reed, 1944

John Irving, 1942

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931

Tom Wolfe, 1931

John Cullum, 1930

Doc Watson, 1923

Jennifer Jones, 1919

Desi Arnaz, 1917

Martin Ritt, 1914

Mel Ott, 1909

Theodore Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), 1904

Bedrich Smetana, 1864

Carl Schurz, 1829

Melissa Burton Coray, 1828

Sam Houston, 1793

Juvenal, 54



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Bubbling Brown Sugar"(Musical), 1976

"The Sound of Music"(Film), 1965

"Bus Stop"(Play), 1955

"King Kong"(Film), 1933

"Morning Chronicle"(London daily newspaper), 1769



Today in History:


The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England, 1717

A semaphore machine that will speed communication is introduced in Paris, 1791

The US Congress outlaws the import of slaves, 1897

The Republic of Texas declares its independence from Mexico, 1836

Aleksandr Romanov becomes the tsar of Russia, 1855

Tsar Aleksandr outlaws serfdom in Russia, 1861

The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace, 1888

In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women, 1903

The original film version of King Kong premiers, 1933

Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute, 1949

The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut, 1949

In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted, 1969

Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown, 1970

The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets, 1972

Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28, 1978

CD players and discs are released for sale for the first time outside of Japan, 1983

Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century, 1989

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations, 1992

Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice, 1998

In his book 'Jesus of Nazareth Part II', Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility of the death of Jesus, 2011

New findings from the University of Leicester indicate decreasing sitting time by 90 minutes each day can result in major heath advantages, including reducing the risk of Type II Diabetes, 2013

The longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km (8,824 miles) Dubai to Auckland, remains in the air for 17 hours, 15 minutes, 2016

The oldest known land fossil (Tortotubus - 440 million years old) from Gotland, Sweden, is revealed by British scientists, 2016

Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Scott Kelly return to earth after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record, 2016

Australian wonder horse Winx sets the world record for Group 1 wins in the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney, stretching her unbeaten run to 31 races, with this being her 23rd in the highest class of thoroughbred racing, 2019

25 comments:

  1. I see him flapping. :D
    Happy Dr. Seuss day!

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  2. Brilliant idea about the trash bin.

    God bless.

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  3. Happy Dr. Seuss Day! Cute kids photos from Grandma.

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  4. Happy Dr Seuss Day - and yes I am sure he would have loved those pictures.

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  5. The baby photos are gorgeous! :)

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  6. Mimi,

    I use the big binder clips on our kitchen trash can. Ever since I started doing that I don't have to retrieve the bag or trash out of the can anymore. :) The baby pictures had me smiling. All are cute but the first one is especially adorable.

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  7. What a wonderful Blog Mimi. I really enjoyed the three pictures of the babies especially the one about fishing. Have a good Tuesday my friend.

    Cruisin Paul

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  8. HA! That was some fun Seussing and wonderfully sweet photos!

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  9. I saw quite a bit of charming rhyming in your post. I love Dr. Seuss and hate what the liberals are trying to do to his work.

    Those binder clips are super useful. I use them as a stand for my cell phone, but they're handy for many other things. This video shows some...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAmmmeP82ss

    The baby pics are adorable.

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  11. Grandma sends great photos ~ so adorable ~ Happy Dr. Seuss day ~

    Living moment by moment,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  12. What is our world coming to? I was not happy to read this headline on Dr. Seuss Day. "President Biden apparently removed mentions of Dr. Seuss from “Read Across America Day” amid scrutiny about the alleged “racial undertones” in the whimsical tales for children." Censorship is among us again.

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  13. My kids could not get enough of his books...me too.

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  14. Great rhyming and clever trashcan solution. Happy Dr. Seuss Day!

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  15. So very sweet and great ideas abound! Happy Dr Seuss Day
    Timmy and Family

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  16. Happy Dr. Seuss day to you all too.
    Love all the photos
    Hugs Cecilia

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  17. Perfect rhyme for Dr. Seuss day. And those baby pictures are just priceless.

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  18. Mimi! Your rhyme rocks! And the kid pictures are purrfect! Thank you for making us laugh! We hope you have a marvellously Happy Dr Seuss Day!

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  19. And a huge Happy Dr. Seuss Day to you as well! (Great job on your tribute, BTW!) He was my first beloved author and probably one of the biggest reasons I love poetry!
    And those kid-pictures will stay with me forever! Soooo cute!

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  20. Ha, ha, ha, such a poem. Now we have to erase that vision from our minds! You did a good job creating on the fly while working. Happy Dr Seuss Day.

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  21. I absolutely love those babies and pets! Loved your Seussical poems, too!

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  22. Love the cuteness :) Now I'm off to google what all this Dr Seuss fuss is about.

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  23. You are so quick to create such fun. THanks. Love your photo shares and stories too. LOve those abies. Sweet as can be.

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  24. I hate it when work gets in the way of fun. But, as you say, if I want the dime I have to put in the time! Your rhymes are great. Happy Dr. Seuss Day to you too!

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  25. Cute kid pics, just right for Dr Seuss Day ... glad you played ... happy, happy!

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