Friday, November 22, 2024

New Little Miss(y) (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins, and Nature Friday

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (may he rest in peace), and i'm going to believe it's because he liked 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!


Ms. GA and Mr. BA are at it again.  A sweet little female cat wandered up to the house.  She wouldn't let them touch her, but she would hang around when they were outside, and stand there "kneading" her paws as Ms. GA talked to her.


Ms. GA talked her into coming in the house, and now she's hiding in the office where she has food, water and litter.  They'll be taking her to be spayed ASAP (and that was the rush on getting her in, Bruiser, who is also still hanging around, is feral, intact and has avoided the trap so far and this little girl doesn't need his kind of trouble).


This awful photo was the best i could get because of where she was hiding, this is Missy.








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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 can't wait to have _________ on Thanksgiving.


2. Our Christmas tree goes up _________.


3. I'd like to create _________ for _________.


4. I prefer to shop _________ when buying _________.



1. I can't wait to have   vegan apple pie  on Thanksgiving.


2. Our Christmas tree goes up   never, we don't put up a tree, not with Charismatic Enigma SissyCat, we'd be forever hauling the doggone thing up off the floor.


3. I'd like to create   a recipe  for   vegan chili which doesn't involve tofu.


4. I prefer to shop   in person  when buying   clothes, especially since most of mine come off the discount rack.




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Nature Friday is hosted by LLB in Our Backyard Simply post a picture of the natural world, and link up!   


Late autumn sunshine lights up the trees.






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Today is:


Dita e Alfabetit -- Albania and Ethnic Albanians (Day of the Albanian Alphabet)


Go for a Ride Day -- internet generated; during the crazy holiday season, go out for a relaxing sleigh ride or something


Independence Day -- Lebanon(1943)


Lhabab Duechen -- Buddhism (Descending Day of Lord Buddha)

     a public holiday in Bhutan, although the exact day off may vary


National Cashew Day -- some sites have this on the 23rd, i celebrate both as i love cashews


National Cranberry Relish Day


National Day of Thanksgiving -- Turks and Caicos Islands


National Stop the Violence Day -- a call by US radio and TV stations for a cease fire on American streets, on the anniversary of John Kennedy's assassination; observed with white ribbons and driving with headlights on during the day


Phonograph Day -- Edison publicly demonstrated his new music playing device on this day in 1877


Start Your Own Country Day -- begun at the 1939 World's Fair in New York


St. Cecilia's Day (Patron of composers, luthiers, martyrs, music, musicians, musical instrument makers, poets, singers; Academy of Music, Rome, Italy; Albi, France; Omaha, Nebraska; Valleyfield, Quebec)


Substitute Educators Day -- US (the NEA encourages everyone to recognize those hard working substitute teachers, especially the ones who work most or all of the school year)   


Ydalir -- Ancient Norse Calendar (Celebration of the wintertime god of skiing and archery, Ullr; date approximate)



Anniversary Today:


The Humane Society of the United States is founded, 1954



Birthdays Today:


Scarlett Johansson, 1984

Scott Robinson, 1979

Boris Becker, 1967

Mariel Hemingway, 1961

Jamie Lee Curtis, 1958

Richard Kind, 1957

Billie Jean King, 1943

Guion S. Bluford, Jr., 1942

Harry Edwards, 1942

Tom Conti, 1941

Terry Gilliam, 1940

Robert Vaughn, 1932

Rodney Dangerfield, 1921

Benjamin Britten, 1913

Hoagie Carmichael, 1899

Wiley Post, 1898

Charles de Gaulle, 1890

John Nance Garner, 1868

George Eliot (Mary A. Evans), 1819

Abigail Adams, 1744



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Cathy"(Comic strip), 1976

"The Beatles/The White Album"(Beatles album release), 1968

"Man of La Mancha"(Musical), 1965

"The Grand Canyon Suite"(Grofe suite for orchestra), 1931

"Bolero"(Ravel orchestral piece), 1928

"La Forza del Destino/The Power of Fate"(Verdi opera), 1862

On the Origin of Species(Publication date), 1859



Today in History:


The first Duke of all Brittany, Nominoe defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon, 845

Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America, 1542

Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island, 1635

Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard, 1718

Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen, 1809

Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie called for a rebellion against Great Britain, 1837

In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day, 1869

Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia, 1886

The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet, 1908

1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason of Sayner Wisconsin, 1927

The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris, 1928

Gasoline pump patented that computes quantity & price delivered, 1932

"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" debuts on Eddie Cantor's show, 1934

The Humane Society of the United States is founded, 1954

US President John F. Kennedy is killed and Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status, 1974

Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco, 1975

In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed, 1988

Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery, 1995

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany, 2005

Germany holds its first piracy trial in 400 years, placing 10 Somalis accused of piracy on trial for alleged attacks on a German ship, 2010

Scientists in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, discover the first orchid known to flower at night, 2011

The Leaning Tower of Pisa's tilt is reduced by 4 cm as part of a 20-year project to stabilize it, 2018

A virtual G20 Summit ends with a commitment to make access to Covid vaccines available and affordable for all, 2020

The UK's King Charles III hosts his first state visit, welcoming South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace, 2022

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Help? (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy's Poetry Day and Brian's Thankful Thursday

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"You look like you're about to be hanged without benefit of clergy."


"What?"


"Why the long face, son?"


"Math homework, and on the weekend, too!"


"Don't worry, I'll help, you can't go outside or watch TV tonight until it's done, that way you won't have to worry about it tomorrow or Sunday."


"Thanks a lot, Dad!"



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





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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:    







Keeping the cubs entertained

is the part of my job I like best,

they jump and squeal and burn energy

and I just lie here and rest!



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


Today i am thankful the Thanksgiving plans are made, food ordered, and a trip to the store for the rest of the items is already in the works.






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Today is:


Armed Forces Day -- Bangladesh


Caregiver Rights Day -- UK (with information to help carers available here)   


Catholic School Principal Appreciation Day -- originally designated by the National Catholic Education Association 


Fast for an Abundant World Harvest -- now unsponsored, but one way to help can be found here 


Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin -- Eastern and Roman Catholic Christian (those following the Gregorian Calendar)


Festival of Madonna della Salute -- Venice, Italy


Furniture Memory Day -- an internet generated test of your memory; see if you remember where you got each piece of furniture you own, how much it cost, and how its most precious scratch came to be; you are also encouraged to dust if you want to


General Framework Agreement Day -- RS, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Gerard d'Aboville Day -- marking the day, in 1991, he arrived in Ilwaco, WA, US, after departing Japan 4 months earlier in a rowboat!


Gingerbread Day


Great American Smokeout -- save money and your life, try not to smoke today; started by the American Cancer Society 


National Stuffing Day -- various dates given on many sites, so if you enjoy stuffing, celebrate them all


No Music Day -- www.nomusicday.com for the explanation


St. Gelasius' Day


Use Less Stuff Day -- a great idea!  not an officially sponsored day, but you can get information about using less stuff at www.use-less-stuff.com/


World Hello Day -- recognizing the importance of communication in world peace, say hello to people you don't usually greet today 


World Philosophy Day -- UNESCO 


World Television Day -- UN



Anniversaries Today:


South Carolina becomes the 12 US State, 1789



Birthdays Today:


Tasha Schwikert, 1984

Ken Griffey, Jr., 1969

Troy Aikman, 1966

Bjork, 1965

Nicolette Sheridan, 1963

Cherry Jones, 1956

Cynthia Rhodes, 1956

Lorna Luft, 1952

Goldie Hawn, 1945

Harold Ramis, 1944

Marcy Carsey, 1944

Tweety Bird, 1942

Juliet Mills, 1941

Marlo Thomas, 1938

James DePreist, 1936

Laurence Luckinbill, 1934

Joseph Campanella, 1927

Stan Musial, 1920

Coleman Hawkins, 1904

Rene Magritte, 1898

Hetty Green, 1834

William Beaumont, 1785

Josiah Bartlett, 1729

Voltaire, 1694



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"(Single release), 1968

"A Tale of Two Kitties"(Warner cartoon, debut of Tweety Bird), 1942

"The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger"(Vanbrugh play), 1696



Today in History:


Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem; this is the event commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah, BC164

The Pilgrims, aboard the Mayflower, reach what is now called Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts, and sign the Mayflower Compact, 1620

Richard Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Virginia, 1654

In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight, 1783

Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic, 1791

First Jewish Reform congregation in US forms, Charleston, SC, 1824

Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter, 1871

Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph), 1877

Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator, 1922

First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper), 1935

The Alcan Highway is completed, 1942*

The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull is a hoax, 1953

The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI, 1969

Gerard d'Aboville completes his four-month solo journey to row across the Pacific Ocean, 1991

The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1995

NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members, 2002

Iran's President Ahmadinejad rejects the country's successful family planning program and tells Iranian girls they should marry at 16, 2010

The three most senior surviving members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, 2011

For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volcano, on the North Island, erupts, 2012

The Alabama parole board grants posthumous pardons to three members of the Scottsboro boys, 2013

Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting, 2017

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a measles epidemic has so far killed over 5,000 people in this year, making it the world's largest and fastest moving epidemic, 2019

Raven Chacon's "Voiceless Mass" premieres at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee and becomes the first work by an Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2022

Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of Binance, world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleads guilty to allowing customers to launder money and is ordered to pay $4.3 billion in fines to US government, 2023



*Not opened to general vehicular traffic until the next year