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Friday, July 14, 2023

Oliver Twist (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!


This is Oliver Twist.  He belongs to Ms. GA and Mr. BA.  





He looks like a skinny, almost sickly dumpster cat because he's so thin, but he's been like this his whole life, he's about 14 now.  He's been tested for everything under the sun, his thyroid and all are normal, he's just skinny even though he noshes on dry cat food all day long and gets canned twice a day.  Lucky dude!






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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 have a spare _________.


2. _________ is the day I _________.


3. I need to invent _________ so that _________.


4. _________ really made me rethink _________.



1. I have a spare   dustmop in the car. Most places i clean want me to use a regular broom or vacuum, but there are times when the dustmop gets under things better and gets more fur and such out in the open where i can deal with it, so i keep an extra for houses that don't have one.


2. Tuesday  is the day I   try to take a day off every week, after years of almost no days off ever.


3. I need to invent   a way to clean a toilet  so that   you no longer have to get down there "eyeball to eyeball" with it to scrub in order to get rings off.


4. The occasional twinge (or worse) my back gives me  really made me rethink   my choice of how i make a living.



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Today is:


Barn Day -- celebrating barns, old and new, and their history and importance


Bastille Day / National Day -- France, French Territories and some former Colonies (Quatorze Juillet/Fete Nationale)


Birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden -- an official Flag Day of Sweden


Collector Car Appreciation Day -- brought to you by the SEMA Action Network 


Feast of St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain


Festival of Millennial Fairy Olympics -- Fairy Calendar (Closing Ceremonies)


Gentse Feesten -- Ghent, Belgium (a ten day music and theatre festival)


Macaroni Day


M&Ms Argument Day -- which are best?  plain?  peanut?  almond?  minis?  spend the day in a heated discussion with friends and end with an M&M feast


Nachi Himatsuri -- Kumano-Nachi Taisha, Nachi-Katsuura, Japan (one of Japan's 3 largest fire festivals, a grand summer festival and purification ritual, through tomorrow)


National Grand Marnier Day -- on Bastille day, to show the friendship between France and the US


National Nude Day -- New Zealand (although now it's often called International Nude Day, and celebrated everywhere as a day to enjoy your beautiful human form)


Pandemonium Day -- internet generated; don't let the crazy things that happen in your life get you down, celebrate instead!


Republic Day -- Iraq


Runic Half-Month Ur begins (primal strength)


Shark Awareness Day


St. Kateri Tekakwitha's Day ("Lily of the Mohawks", first Native American proposed for canonization; Patron of ecologists, ecology, environment, environmentalism, environmentalists, exiles, people ridiculed for their piety, people who have lost their parents)


Tape Measure Day -- the first modern spring tape measure was patented this day in 1868 by Alvin Fellows of New Haven, NJ, US



Birthdays Today


Missy Gold, 1970

Robin Ventura, 1967

Matthew Fox, 1966

Jackie Earle Haley, 1961

Jane Lynch, 1960

Joel Silver, 1952

Tommy Mottola, 1949

Steve Stone, 1947

Roosevelt "Rosie" Grier, 1932

Polly Bergen, 1930

John Chancellor, 1927

Harry Dean Stanton, 1926

Dale Robertson, 1923

Ingmar Bergman, 1918

Douglas Edwards, 1917

Gerald R. Ford, 1913

Woodie Guthrie, 1912

William Hanna, 1910

Ken Murray, 1903

Dave Fleischer, 1893

Florence Bascom, 1862



Debuting/Premiering Today:


License to Kill(Film), 1989

"Spring Symphony"(Britten Op. 44), 1949

Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care(Publication Date), 1946



Today in History


Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra, 1771

Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners, 1789

First ascent of the Matterhorn, by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent, 1865

The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta, 1902

The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation, 1969

A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth, 2000

The United States Government admits to the existence of "Area 51", 2003

In Borneo, a rainbow toad, believed to be extinct since 1924, is sighted, 2011

Neptune, discovered in 1846, completes its first orbit of the sun since that date, 2011

Scientists from the Large Hadron Collider announce the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark, 2015

A huge iceberg looming over Innaarsuit village in western Greenland prompts evacations in case it calves, 2018

A new scientific study of the Andean condor, the world’s heaviest bird that can fly, among other things reveals that these birds can stay aloft for up to 5 hours without flapping their wings, 2020

17 comments:

  1. I am glad that you try and take Tuesdays off - and hope you are successful more often than not. Back pain is nasty. Look after yourself please.

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  2. Tuesday free, gret idea. Take care of that back, and please tell me when you have invented that toilet cleaner - you'll become rich!

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  3. A big awwwww! for Oliver Twist and what a name heheh! :-)

    Have a dickenstastic weekend and thanks for hosting 👍

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  4. Oliver Twist is such a fun name and a good looking cat. He doesn't look 14 at all.

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  5. I envy Oliver Twist! Invent that way of cleaning a toilet and you'll be able to take every day off!

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  6. Oliver Twist is a good looking dude and we're glad he's a healthy guy. Those were good fill-in answers too.

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  7. Oliver Twist is a cutie. Glad he is healthy. Thank you for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I love my dustmop. I am glad you are getting Tuesdays off now. XO

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  8. Oliver Twist is very handsome. Have a great weekend!

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  9. Oliver Twist still looks like a kitten. I hope he's around for a long time to come. Thanks for hosting and have a great day!

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  10. I think Tuesday is the perfect day to take off, I hope you're keeping up with it, you spend so much time taking care of others, you more than deserve a day for yourself.

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  11. Oliver I love your name and your beautiful ginger furs
    Hugs cecilia

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  12. The cat I had before Bell and Fiona was no more than six pounds her entire 17+ year life. Some cats are just small, but still healthy. Have a great weekend. :)

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  13. Skinny Oliver. I'm jealous! ;) Taking Tuesday off is an excellent idea, both for the obvious, a day off, but also, stores and such are open if you need them! I hope you come up with said toilet cleaner!!!

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  14. I guess cats are like people - some are just naturally thin no matter what they consume. Keep up that habit of making sure you have a day off, it's important for your well-being.

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  15. Oliver Twist ~ you are one handsome kitty and great fill ins too ~ Xo

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

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  16. Oliver Twist is a handsome dude. We wish we could eat all day and still be skinny. Just saying! :)

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  17. A midweek break will keep you sane!
    When you figure out that toilet cleaning method, do tell. The world (and me) will thank you!

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