Friday, February 3, 2023

One in Every Crowd (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (who no longer blogs), and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.

He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she's entrusting it to me.  Wish me luck!  


Feline Friday is simple to join.  All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute).  Then add nuyour link!


One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do.  So come and join us in Feline Friday.


What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!


There's one in every group, isn't there.



Bed.

Bed.

Not quite.






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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. I enjoy making _________.


2. I can't stop _________.


3. I need to figure out _________ before _________.


4. I may not _________, but I do _________.



1. I enjoy making   other people's lives easier.


2. I can't stop   reading and learning.


3. I need to figure out   how to pinch a few more pennies from our budget  before   i wish i had!


4. I may not   be exceptionally bright or good looking,  but I do   like to make myself useful.



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Today is:


Bubble Gum Day -- US Schools (with the principal's permission, pay a $.50 fine and get to chew gum at school today; money is to be donated to a charity the school chooses)  


Day of Remembrance for Oleg the Prophet -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan


Four Chaplains Day -- US (by act of Congress, honoring the four chaplains of the Dorchester who gave their life jackets to others and went down with the ship on Feb. 3, 1943)


Fukuju no mai (Jimai) -- Sensouji Temple, Japan (dance of the seven gods of fortune)


Give Kids A Smile Day -- US (ADA sponsors dentists giving free care to children from low-income families)


Halfway Point of Winter/Summer -- which it is depends, of course, on your hemisphere; enjoy that cold weather will warm soon, or that cooler temps will relieve your hot spells


Heroes' Day -- Mozambique


Magnolia and Fish Jubilee -- Fairy Calendar


Martyr's Day -- Sao Tome and Principe


National Carrot Cake Day


National Wear Red Day -- US (wear red for women's heart health awareness)


Nuestra Señora de Suyapa -- Honduras (Festival of the Virgin of Suyapa, Patroness of Honduras)


Setsubun-sai (Bean-Throwing Festival) -- Japan/Shinto (many fests throughout Japan) 


St. Anskar's Day (patron of Denmark, Scandinavia, Sweden; Bremen, Germany; Hamburg, Germany)


St. Blaise's Day/Blessing of Throats Day (Patron of animals, builders, carvers, healthy throats, stonecutters, veterinarians, wool-combers, wool weavers; Dalmatia; Anguillara Sabazia, Italy; Bovolone, Italy; Camastra, Sicily, Italy; Cassano allo Ionio, Italy; Castellania, Italy; Doues, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Militello, Sicily, Italy; Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy; Palombara Sabina, Italy; Pietrasanta, Italy; Revello, Italy; Sacrofano, Italy; against coughs, goiters, throat diseases, whooping cough, wild beasts)


Takisanji Oni Matsuri -- Takisan-ji Temple, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan


The Day the Music Died -- anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson)


Veterans' Day -- Thailand



Anniversaries Today:


Jean-Claude van Damme weds Darcy Lapier, 1994

Wake Forest University is established, 1834



Birthdays Today:


Isla Fisher, 1976

Maura Tierney, 1965

Keith Gordon, 1961

Thomas Calabro, 1959

Nathan Lane, 1956

Morgan Fairchild, 1950

Dave Davies, 1947

Blythe Danner, 1943

Fran Tarkenton, 1940

Shelley Berman, 1926

Joey Bishop, 1918

Simone Weil, 1909

James Michener, 1907

Norman Rockwell, 1894

Gertrude Stein, 1874

Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821

Horace Greeley, 1811



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Victor Borge Show"(TV), 1951

"The Three Caballeros"(Cartoon Film; US debut), 1945 

"Face the Music"(Musical), 1932

"Le carnaval romain"(Berlioz, Op. 9), 1844

"Semiramide"(Opera, Rossini), 1823



Today in History


Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south, 1488

The first paper money in America is issued by the colony of Massachusetts, 1690

Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants, 1743

The Dutch States-General forbid the export of windmills, 1752

Spain recognizes US independence, 1783

The world's first commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland, 1815

The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol, 1830

The Wisconsin Supreme Court declares the US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional, 1855

Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor of Japan, 1867

The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing Black suffrage, is passed, 1870

Albert Spalding, with only $800, starts a sporting goods company, which eventually manufactured the first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football (American style football), 1876

Circus owner P.T. Barnum buys Jumbo the elephant, 1882

The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, the income tax, is ratified, 1913

Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottowa, burns down, 1916

Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries, 1947

A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died, 1959

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the "a wind of change" of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation, 1960

The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon, 1966

In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress, 1969

New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption, 1971

John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth, 1984

Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 1995

The New York Giants defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated 18-0 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17-14, in what is known to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history, 2008

Eric Holder becomes 82nd and 1st African American US Attoney General, 2009

Moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2,000 trees, 2018

Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, 2019

The US and Russia extend their last remaining nuclear arms treaty, New START, for five years, 2021

Engineers at MIT announce they have engineered spinach to send emails when detecting explosive materials in groundwater as part of plant nanobionic research, 2021

24 comments:

  1. Without doubt you are VERY useful and make a lot of lives easier.

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  2. Without doubt you are VERY useful and make a lot of lives easier.

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  3. Great fill ins and great kitty pics! Have a great weekend!

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  4. Aww! at last the kitty decided where to sleep lol :-)

    I liked your fill-ins all of them and I agree you are always very useful with a heart of gold 👍

    Have a relaxingtastic weekend and thanks for hosting 👍

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  5. Those pussycats are so cute and what great answers on the fill-ins, Mimi💗Double Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend🐾😽💞

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  6. I agree with the other comments. You are very useful and nothing is too much trouble.

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  7. Such cute kitties! Happy Friyay guys and thanks for hosting!

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  8. Great Fill-in answers. We have lots of beds...we don't always use them though.

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  9. After this, I am going to bed. You are indeed a useful person and you are doing a great job in helping people.

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  10. The pinching pennies fill-in is very wise! Happy Carrot Day!

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  11. What beautiful kitties. Hope they get adopted.

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  12. Cute kitties. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I think you are very intelligent. My Penny says please don't pinch her. :) XO

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  13. Yes, kitties are sure like that! Those were good fill-in answers.

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  14. Us cats sleep everywhere too! Your Friendly Fill-Ins Rock—As do you! Keep being awesome. Purrs Marv

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  15. Oh love the kitties ~ first photo is my favorite ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  16. Cute photos! Happy Feline Friday! Have a great weekend! :-)

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  17. Happy Feline Friday and thank you for hosting
    I enjoyed your fill ins too
    Hugs Cecilia

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  18. We've never met, but one thing I have leaned about you, you're not only useful, but bright, kind, and beautiful on the inside.

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  19. Great fill-ins. I always try to fill them in in my head before reading yours. And yours are always so much more positive and heart-warming. Thank you for being you.

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  20. Four Chaplains Day, wow. That could almost be made into a movie. Great unfinished prompts!

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  21. My Lola shuns cat beds too, preferring to sleep wherever I've been sitting .

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  22. MOL. Maybe that last kitty needed to cool off after some time in that warm and cozy bed?

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  23. Heehee! Our dogs sleep half-on, half-off/head on only/head off only. Seldom do they 'get it right'! :)
    And Mimi, you make yourself extraordinarily useful!

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