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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!
I caught Mr. Spiffy up to his trick, drinking his water by dipping his paw in it.
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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. The best part of 2023 was _________.
2. My focus word for 2024 is _________.
3. A new year is a great time to _________.
4. You don't have to wait for a new year to _________.
1. The best part of 2023 was deciding i had to take a day off every week for my sanity.
2. My focus word for 2024 is "Best" as in, to give my best and try my best every day.
3. A new year is a great time to get ready for tax season.
4. You don't have to wait for a new year to realize something in your life isn't working and change it.
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Today is:
Constitution Day -- Ireland
Enjoying ESP Day -- internet generated, and it means eating, sleeping, and partying!
Fifth Day of Christmas
Illegal Pants Day -- commemorates Emma Snodgrass' arrest in Boston in 1852 for wearing pants
Kwanzaa, Day 4, Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
National Chocolate Again Day -- because someone, somewhere, believes it can't be chocolate something-or-other day often enough
National Independence Day -- Mongolia(1911, from the Qing Dynasty)
Paternoster Row Day -- in memoriam of the famous area destroyed by the Blitz this date and tomorrow in 1940
Pepper Pot Day -- Pepper Pot Soup was invented today in 1777 at Valley Forge for the army to have something warm to eat
Sacrifice to Zeus Horios -- Ancient Greek Calendar (sacrifice in the deme of Erichia; date approximate)
St. Gabriel's Day -- Ethiopia
St. Thomas of Canterbury's Day (Thomas a Becket, Patron of clergy, secular clergy; Exeter College, Oxford, England; Portsmouth, England)
St. Trophimus of Arles' Day (Patron of children; Arles, France; against drought)
Tick Tock Day -- end of the year is getting closer, stop putting off your dreams! sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Yodel in the Shower Day -- internet generated, and i promise not to tell if you do
Anniversaries Today:
J. Paul Getty, Jr., weds Victoria Holdsworth, 1994
Texas becomes the 28th US State, 1845
Birthdays Today:
Jude Law, 1972
Andy Wachowski, 1967
Bryan "Dexter" Holland, 1966
Patricia Clarkson, 1959
Paula Poundstone, 1959
Ed Autry, 1954
John Polito, 1950
Ted Danson, 1947
Marianne Faithfull, 1946
Jon Voight, 1938
Mary Tyler Moore, 1936
Thomas Edwin Jarriel, 1934
Klaus Fuchs, 1911
Billy Mitchell, 1879
Pablo Cassals, 1876
William Gladstone, 1809
Andrew Johnson, 1808
Charles Goodyear, 1800
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Thunderball(Film, UK release), 1965
"The Andersonville Trial"(Play), 1959
The Adventures of Kathlyn(Film, first movie serial), 1913
Today in History:
Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church, 1170
The first nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston, 1782
Gas lights are installed at White House, during the Polk administration, 1848
The first Young Men's Christian Association chapter in the US opens, in Boston, 1851
Emma Snodgrass is arrested in Boston for wearing pants, 1852
The first telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY, 1867
The Wounded Knee Massacre takes place, 1890
Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio), 1891
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, 1911
The first movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago, 1913
Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans, 1930
Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology, 1959
Filming began on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in England, 1965
Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees, 1989
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war, 1996
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million lives, 1998
The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct, 2003
Chaparrastique volcano erupts in El Salvador, 2013
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea is declared over by WHO, after 2,500 died over 2 years, 2015
The American weather satellite NOAA-20 records the coldest ever temperature of -111C at the top of a storm in the western Pacific, 2018
Mr Spiffy is a cutie. We had a cat who ate (and loved) yoghurt that way.
ReplyDeleteYour fourth fill-in is right on the money.
Mr.Spiffy is cute drinking like that. If Flynn had food that didn't meet his approval he would eat like that, then flick it off his paw all over the fridge door!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way of drinking.
ReplyDeleteHe's evidently checking the temperature. Is it too warm? Is it too cold? Like your feelings this time. And , it really is time to think about tax season isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLove that name Mr Spiffy, LOL! Funny guy! Can't believe you mentioned tax season, we never like that part of the new year.
ReplyDeleteMy Dani does the same thing as Mr. Spiffy! It's a slow way to drink, but then you get some extra flavour.
ReplyDeleteMr. Spiffy is pretty darn cute and those were good fill-in answers!
ReplyDeleteMr. Spiffy is a cutie. My Friday drinks like that and gets water everywhere. Thanks for hosting Feline Friday and for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I am glad you get a day off during the week. And that is a great word choice. XO
ReplyDeleteAn interesting way to drink, a bit like sticking a finger in your coffee as you swallow it! I too will try my best in the New Year!
ReplyDeleteGreat fill ins. Mr. Spiffy is so cute. I've seen a few cats drink that way. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteLOL @ Mr Spiffy what a way to drink :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a uniquetastic weekend and thanks for hosting :-)
Mr. Spiffy ~ you are so sweet and what a smarty using your paw ~ also hope your paws are ok???
ReplyDeleteGreat fill-ins for the New Year ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
That's a happy cat.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I came to enter the hop, and I found you already entered it for me. Thank you! We have had a few cats who have used their paw to drink water, as Mr. Spiffy is doing. None of our current ones do that; though, some put their paw in to identify where the water is. Happy New Year! XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
ReplyDeleteHad to smile at Mr Spiffy. Lola sometimes eats her food that way.
ReplyDeleteMr. Spiffy, that is a good trick! Keeps your paw nice and clean, too. Right? :)
ReplyDeleteSupurr fill-ins and Mr Spiffy is just EPIC!!!! Happy Mew Year! 🎉🎊😺🎊🎉
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