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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.
mimi: Hey, anykitty want to pose for Feline Friday?
Tripod SissyCat: Sure, I will.
Tripod SissyCat: Much better!
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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. Nothing is better than _________.
2. I _________ my _________ in _________.
3. _________ makes me feel energized.
4. I would advise others to _________.
1. Nothing is better than to someday hear those words, "Well done, good and faithful servant."
2. I drink my coffee in my favorite coffee cup my friend gave me back in high school.
3. Getting things finished makes me feel energized.
4. I would advise others to never stop learning.
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Today is:
Act Goofy Day -- started by someone who wanted to see how far the internet could spread goofiness
Arivee de l'Evangile -- French Polynesia (Gospel Day)
Babysitter Safety Day
Crispus Attucks Day*
Custom Chief's Day -- Vanuatu
Diasia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Zeus Meilikhios; date approximate)
Dress in Blue Day -- US, for colorectal cancer awareness
Employee Appreciation Day
National Absinthe Day
National Cheese Doodle Day
National Day of Unplugging -- powered by Reboot/Sabbath Manifesto, encouraging recharging your spiritual life by unplugging your technology from sunset today to sunset tomorrow
National Salesperson Day
Navigium Isis/Ploiaphaesia: The Festival of Navigation -- Ancient Roman Calendar/Ancient Egyptian Calendar (Sailing Festival, honoring Isis as sea goddess and goddess of sailing, on the traditional start of the sailing season)
Scouts' Day -- Taiwan (celebration of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in Taiwan)
Shabbat Across America/Canada -- sponsored by the National Jewish Out-reach Program, encouraging Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, and Reconstructionist Jews to observe the Sabbath from sundown tonight until sundown tomorrow
St. Piran's Day (Patron of miners, tin miners, tinners; Cornwall, England; Piran, Slovenia)
St. Piran's Day Celebrations -- Cornwall, England; Kansas City, KA, US
Stop the Clocks Day -- another of those with-no-explanation web holidays that sounds like a good idea
Temperance Day -- North America's first Temperance Law was passed in Virginia this day in 1623
Wedding of the March Dryads -- Fairy Calendar
World Day of Prayer-- International and Ecumenical; a day for Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action, this year's theme is "Build on a Strong Foundation"; this year's International Committee is meeting in Vanuatu
Anniversary Today:
Channel Islands National Park is established, 1980
Birthdays Today:
Jake Lloyd, 1989
Niki Taylor, 1975
Kevin Connolly, 1974
Eva Mendes, 1974
Andy Gibb, 1958
Penn Jillette, 1955
Marsha Warfield, 1954
Michael Warren, 1946
Paul Sand, 1944
Samantha Eggar, 1939
Fred Williamson, 1938
Dean Stockwell, 1936
James Noble, 1922
Rex Harrison, 1908
Zhou Enlai, 1898
Emmett J. Culligan, 1893
Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1887
Howard Pyle, 1853
James Merrit Ives, 1824
William Blackstone, 1595
Gerhardus Mercator, 1512
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"What the Butler Saw"(Play)1969
"Leningrad"/Symphony No. 7 in C major(Shostakovich Op. 60), 1942
"Mefistofele"(Opera), 1868
Today in History:
Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death, 363
Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama, 1046
English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) and his sons to explore unknown lands for England, 1496
Smoking tobacco is introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes, 1558
Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" is placed on Catholic Forbidden index, 1616
Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana territory from the French, 1766
*Boston Massacre: British troops kill 5 in a crowd, including a young boy and Crispus Attackus, the first black to die for American freedom, in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later, 1770
The Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays, 1820
Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber, 1836
George Westinghouse Jr patents the triple air brake for trains, 1872
Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation, 1904
Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri, 1946
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations, 1970
Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters, 1979
America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles, 1979
The Soviet probe Venera 14 arrives at the planet Venus, 1982
The graves of Czar Nicholas II and his family are found near St. Petersburg, 1995
President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, dies in office in the nation's capital, Caracas, at age 58, 2013
A survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights reports that about 1/3 of women in the European Union have experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15, 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with South Korean officials for the first time since taking office, hosting a dinner in Pyongyang, 2018
The journal Nature publishes a study of the second person ever cured of HIV by stem cell transplant therapy, 2019
You have looked after that coffee cup really well. I had one for over twenty years (and wept when I broke it). I hope I do never stop leaning - I have a lot TO learn.
ReplyDeleteSissyCat knows felines always have the last say on everything.
ReplyDeleteA contented cat sat on a mat.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Well she got the pose acceptable in the end heheh!
ReplyDeleteI liked your replies too :-)
Have an energisabletastic safe weekend 😷😷😷
Those were good answers. It's nice to see you SissyCat!
ReplyDeleteGood captures of a Lazy Sissy Cat:-)I posted some Feline Friday funnies this morning just to give it try.
ReplyDeleteAw, kitties will post but don't make them move. Adorable.
ReplyDeleteLove your fill-ins. They are purrfect.
Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.
Have a purrfect Feline Friday and weekend. Big hug. ♥
SissyCat is a cutie. Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers, especially #1. I am amazed you have not broken your cup, I am such a klutz, it would not have lasted a year. Have a nice weekend. XO
ReplyDeleteLove seeing Tripod Sissycat! She sure is boss
ReplyDeleteOutstanding set of fill-ins today. Continuing education in whatever interests us can be very rewarding indeed. Have a blessed week.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about getting things done. When chores pile up it drives me crazy, I think that's why I'm so hyper organized.
ReplyDeleteI am terrifically impressed that you can own a daily-use mug for that long and not have broken it somewhere along the way.
ReplyDelete(But I might be projecting...)
1. Nothing is better than chocolate
ReplyDelete2. I saw my name in the newspaper
3. Sun and sea makes me energised
4. I would advise others to think it through very carefully.
Sissycat is looking warm and relaxed.
Awwww Tripod kitty is the best....hugs and big pets to her!
ReplyDeleteSissyCat is so cute! And thank you for joining in on the Friendly Fill-Ins! Your #2 reminded of how the other day I was drinking out of a mug one of my own friends got me back in high school, and when I picked it up the handle snapped right off. Luckily the rest of the mug is fine, and I still use it, just without the handle. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteOhmyword. I never got past the first one because that is EXACTLY what I want to hear! And then the tears started...
ReplyDeleteAdorable kitty ~ sweet photos ~ great fill ins ~
ReplyDeleteLiving moment by moment,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)