Thursday, February 22, 2024

Philosophy (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy’s Poetry Day and Brian’s Thankful Thursday

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Once we'd unloaded and cleaned the camper so it was ready to take to storage, i asked Ms. G what was next on the agenda.


"Costco," she said.  "I need Diet Coke and the bin is almost out of birdseed."


Just let me use the restroom first, i told her.


"That sounds like a plan," she responded, and we each headed to a different bathroom in the house.


"Now we're both ready," she said as we met at the front door, once again proving my philosophy of life gained through years of experience, never pass up the opportunity to take a nap or use the facilities.



Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Pass.      





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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!







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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day This week's image and my poem:    





Son:  Pose on the zebra statue, Mom,

a photo here would be "the bomb!"


Dad:  Honey this idea didn't bear in mind

what this looked like from behind!



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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  


Today i am thankful the bathroom sink is draining better after an overflow mishap.






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Today is:


Abu Simbel Festival -- Egypt (one of the two days a year when the light illuminates the statutes of Rameses, Ra and Amun in the temple complex)

     Festival of the Perpendicular Sun/Illumination of the Inner Sanctum of Ramses II's Abu Simbel Temple -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar


Be Humble Day -- can't find the origin of this one, s/he wants to humbly remain anonymous


Cat Day -- Japan (an unofficial celebration of felines, because today's date in Japanese sounds almost like "nyan, nyan, nyan" ("meow, meow, meow")


Concordia/Caristia  -- Ancient Roman Calendar, Festival of Goodwill


Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Antioch -- Roman Catholic Church


Independence Day -- Santa Lucia(1979)


International World Thinking Day -- a/k/a "B.-P. day" or "Founder's Day" -- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

     Girl Guides Day -- UK


Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day -- some student programs at universities are set for this weekend, as encouraged during National Engineers Week 


National Chili Day  


National Margarita Day (How is that going to help with the thinking?)


St. Margaret of Cortona's Day (Patron of falsely accused people, hoboes, homeless people, mentally ill people, midwives, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, reformed prostitutes, single laywomen, teriaries, and tramps; against insanity, loss of parents, mental illness, sexual temptation, and temptation)


Walking the Dog Day -- Can't find the originator of this one, but walk your dog, or do your yoyo tricks, whichever works for you


Washington's Birthday -- US



Anniversaries Today:


Ed McMahon marries Pamela Hurn, 1992

Kurt Corbin marries Courtney Love, 1992

Bill Bixby marries Laura Michael, 1991

Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania, 1855

Washington University in St. Louis is founded, 1853



Birthdays Today:


James Blunt, 1977

Drew Barrymore, 1975

Michael Chang, 1972

Lea Salonga, 1971

Clinton Kelly, 1969

Jeri Ryan, 1968

Vijay Singh, 1963

Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, 1962

Kyle MacLachlan, 1959

Julie Walters, 1950

Julius "Dr. J" Erving, 1950

Miou-Miou, 1950

Dan Millman, 1946

Jonathan Demme, 1944

Sparky Anderson, 1934

Edward M. Kennedy, 1932

Paul Dooley, 1928

Robert Wadlow, 1918

John Mills, 1908

Sheldon Leonard, 1907

Robert Young, 1907

Luis Bunuel, 1900

Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892

"Chico" Marx, 1891

Lady Olave Baden-Powell, 1889

Lord Robert Baden-Powell, 1857

James Russel Lowell, 1819

Frederic Chopin, 1810

Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788

George Washington, 1732



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"It Happened One Night"(Film), 1934

"Lady Windermere's Fan"(Play), 1892

"Symphony No. 4 in F minor"(Tchaikovsky Op. 36), 1878



Today in History:


Jews are expelled from Zurich, Switzerland, 1349

Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published, 1632

The English House of Lords rules that authors do not have perpetual copyright of their material, 1774

Jews are expelled from the outskirts of Warsaw, Poland, 1775

The first US ship to trade with China, the "Empress of China," sails from New York, 1784

The Last Invasion of Britain by the French begins near Fishguard, Wales, 1797

Spain signs the Adams-Onis Treaty, renouncing its claim to the Oregon territory and west Florida, 1819

Spain sells east Florida to the US, 1821

Edward Payson Weston, "The Father of Modern Pedestrianism," who gave lectures on the health benefits of walking, first comes into the public eye by leaving on this date to walk to Lincoln's inauguration, a distance of 478 miles, 1861*

Frank W. Woolworth opens the first US chain store, his "Woolworth's" 5 and 10 cent store, in Utica, NY, 1879

John Reid of Scotland establishes a 3 hole golf course near Yonkers, New York, thus introducing the game to the US, 1888

Hawaii becomes a US territory, 1900

Due to drought, the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water, 1903

The Great White Fleet, the first US fleet to circumnavigate the globe, returns to Virginia, 1909

Calvin Coolidge gives the first US presidential radio address, 1924

Bert Hinkler successfully completes the first solo flight from England to Australia, 1928

Australian swimmer John Konrads sets 6 world records in two days, 1958

Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500, 1959

Following United States President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices, 1973

In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history, 1980

In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, 1997

An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people, 2011

At age 34, Mario Matt of Austria becomes the oldest champion in Olympic alpine skiing history with the slalom gold medal at Sochi, 2014

10 million people are without water in Delhi after caste protests in Jat sabotage the Munak water canal, 2016

The discovery of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting star Trappist-1 is announced in the Journal "Nature", 2017

The Journal “Science” publishes the evidence that Neanderthals were the first artists, creating cave paintings in Spain over 65,000 years ago, 2018

Astronomers announce the latest Webb telescope data is upending existing theories of how early galaxies were formed, 2022


*Yes, he got there in 10 days, in time for the inaugural ball!

16 comments:

  1. Cute poem today. And I see the fancy wrought iron on that fence, And a bell hanging on the side of the building.

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  2. That zebra pic is hilarious! Our mom is also a fan of always using the bathroom when there is a chance, just in case and we dogs are supposed to use our facilities too before going anywhere.

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  3. Excellent, Mimi, and I agree, 'never pass up the opportunity to take a nap or use the facilities'.

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  4. Lulu: "Our Dada says visiting the bathroom is especially important before going to Costco because you're going to spend at least half an hour circling the lot looking for a parking space and then another half an hour waiting in line to check out and then ANOTHER half an hour waiting in line for them to mark your receipt with a highlighter before they let you leave!"
    Java Bean: "Ayyy, with all that, why does Dada even go to Costco?"
    Lulu: "He doesn't, if he can possibly avoid it!"

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  5. It has to be darned urgent before I use a public toilet in London. Your feet stick to the floor most of the time.

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    1. Don't get me started on London and its public toilets...which are never open when needed 🤣

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  6. That was a good Costco story and a darn cute little poem. A most excellent thankful too! Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

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  7. fun story ~ great fences and don't know how you do all you do ~ hugs,

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

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  8. Funny poem. Good six sentence story too.

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  9. I never refuse either of those. :) Great poem.

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  10. The zebra photo, and the poem, made me chuckle. Hey! Cat day! Neat!
    Cat.

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  11. Great Six, I couldn't agree more! As for the poem and photo - hilarious!

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  12. Love the poem! I think the son AND the Dad were both right.....it is the bomb but maybe not the kind of bomb Mom would like!

    Hugs, Pam

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