Friday, March 31, 2023

Just Chillin' in the New Digs (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. 


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 your 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!


More babies at the shelter.  They stay in the intake room for a bit, then get moved to a cage up front when they're cleared (meaning the staff are pretty sure they don't have anything catching to spread around).












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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. _________ down, _________ to go.


2. It's all fun and games until _________.


3. By some miracle, I _________.


4. Unless _________, I rarely _________.


1. Three months  down,   nine  to go   in this year.


2. It's all fun and games until   you hear how much the Janitor will charge to clean it up.


3. By some miracle, I    survived pregnancies 3, 4, and 5.  My doctor refused to take a chance that there would be a 6, and he was right.


4. Unless   something unusual has happened,  I rarely   don't have a book handy.  Yes, there's a book in one of the pockets of my janitor's apron, why wouldn't there be?



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Today is:


Bunsen Burner Day -- on the birth anniversary of its inventor, Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, in 1811


Buy Some New Socks Day -- because all the websites that list it agree you are worth it


Cesar Chavez Day -- Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, & Wyoming, US


Culture and Traditions Day -- Micronesia


Day Everyone Says "31" a Lot -- Fairy Calendar


Eiffel Tower Day -- inaugurated this day in 1889


Festival for Luna -- Ancient Roman Calendar (moon festival)


Hot Guitar Day -- the day Jimi Hendrix first set fire to his guitar in 1967


Jum il-Helsien (Freedom Day) -- Malta


King Nangklao Memorial Day -- Thailand


National Clams on the Half Shell Day


Oranges and Lemons Day -- St. Clement Danes Church, London, Enlgand (traditional children's service based on the rhyme that begins "Oranges and lemons/say the bells of St. Clement's")


"She's Funny That Way" Day -- pay tribute to the women in your life, and how they keep you laughing; sponsored by Brenda Meredith of Dahomey Publishing, Inc.


St. Balbina's Day (Patron of those with scrofulous diseases or stroma)


Take Down Tobacco Day (formerly Kids Kick Butts Day) -- Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  


Thomas Mundy Peterson Day -- New Jersey, US (the first African-American to legally cast a vote in the US, this date in 1870)


Transfer Day -- US Virgin Islands


Vigil to Mourn China's Annexation of Tibet -- anniversary of the day in 1959 when the Dalai Lama fled to India


Wear a Hat Day -- UK (a brain tumour awareness event and fundraiser) 



Birthdays Today:


Pavel Bure, 1971

Ewan McGregor, 1971

Marc McClure, 1957

Angus Young, 1955

Edward Francis "Ed" Marinaro, 1950

Al Gore, 1948

Rhea Perlman, 1948

Gabe Kaplan, 1945

Christopher Walken, 1943

James Earl "Jimmy" Johnson, 1938

Herb Alpert, 1935

Richard Chamberlain, 1935

Shirley Jones, 1934

John Jakes, 1932

Gordie Howe, 1928

Cesar Chavez, 1927

William Daniels, 1927

Leo Buscaglia, 1925

Henry Morgan, 1915

John "Jack" Johnson, 1878

Andrew Lang, 1844

Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, 1823

Edward Fitzgerald, 1809

Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, 1809

Joseph Haydn, 1732

Andrew Marvell, 1621

Rene Descartes, 1596



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"'night, Mother"(Play), 1983

"The Shadow Box"(Play), 1977

"The Best Man"(Play), 1960

"The Glass Menagerie"(Play), 1945

"Oklahoma!"(Musical), 1943

"Le Chasseur Maudit/The Accursed Huntsman"(Symphonic poem), 1883



Today in History:


Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging the necessity of a Second Crusade; Louis VII is present, and joins the Crusade, 1146

King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree ordering Jews to convert or be expelled from Spain, 1492

Jews are expelled from Prague, 1745

Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade, 1854

Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy, NJ, becomes the first African American to cast a vote, 1870

The Eiffel Tower, commemorating the French Revolution, opens, 1889

Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft, 1903

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1909

Construction begins on the RMS Titanic, 1909

Construction of the RMS Titanic is completed, 1912

The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands, 1917

Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time, 1918

The Royal Australian Air Force is formed, 1921

The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada, 1949

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau, 1951

In the Canadian federal election, 1958, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265, 1958

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum, 1959

The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon, 1966

Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit, 1970

The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California, 1992

Netscape releases the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement; the project is given the code name Mozilla and is eventually spun off into the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, 1998

Amid unrest in the Mideast, activists claim China has launched the largest crackdown on dissenters in recent years, 2011

The International Court of Justice at the U.N. agrees that Japanese whaling is conducted for commercial purposes, not scientific research; Japan accepts the order to cease all whaling activities in the Antarctic, 2014

Robert Weighton of Great Britain becomes the world's oldest man at 112 years, 2020

The first truly complete sequence of a human genome is published by the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, 2022

18 comments:

  1. I used to have books in pockets and backpacks and one in every room, one in my locker at work too.

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  2. What sweet little cutie-pies! There's nothing like a fresh kitten. I hope the find their forever homes as soom as pawsible.

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  3. Sweet little babies! Yes, the year is flying by.

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  4. Such cute kittens. They have some big ears to grow into!

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  5. Kittens are adorable!!! Great Fill-in answers.

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  6. We sure wish those wee ones a happy life. Those were good fill in answers too.

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  7. Awwww what a cute bunch of kitties, we loved seeing them today, and thank mew for hosting!

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  8. Adorable kittens. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I am glad you survived those pregnancies. God clearly had a lot more work for you to do on Earth. XO

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  9. Precious kitties ~ hope they have a forever home soon ~ Great fill-ins ~ unique as you are ~ Xo

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

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  10. Having a book on hand is essential! Have a great weekend. :-)

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  11. Cute kitties and great fill-ins! Bunsen Burner Day!!! Whatever next?

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  12. I like your fill ins. Wow already a quarter of the year hhas gone. Too fast, slow down, please!

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  13. Oh my goodness, look at all of those adorable kittens!
    https://www.melodyjacob.com/2023/03/why-your-toothache-hurts-more-at-night.html

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  14. Thanks for asking over at mine i was out all day so I didn't post back to normal next week thanks for asking mimi 👍

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  15. Such little cuties. I'm glad they're at the shelter and getting ready to find their forever homes. Thank you for hosting, Mimi! :)

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  16. Cuties! Hahaha! I loved #2! Gonna keep that one around! :)

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