The Plants Are Surviving and So Is He, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.  

Look what showed up!

Yes, the white laundry basket.  It seems Ms. V has purloined it and it is now considered hers.  Oh, well.

Carl was up muttering about a confirmation number.  It seems Ms. V didn't want him working in the cold and they got through to the third party company which manages leave for his work, and now he needed that number to actually call in to his store so they could excuse his absence.

Seems like a lot of trouble just for a day off work when it turned out to be sunny and beautiful here, but Carl had no problems sleeping most of the morning away.

Most.

He came in to brush his teeth, of course.  His last course of action is to grab the floss, and i told him to be sure it got in the trash.

He did try, he went over to the trash can and shook his hand over it to drop the floss, but the floss didn't let go until it was over the carpet.

Meanwhile, i found out he does not know you are supposed to take the Pez candy out of the wrapper to load it in the dispenser.

His fridge is still almost empty and he's going to be very disappointed with the rock hard sandwich he didn't put in a baggie.

He did laundry and hung some of it up.  He also hung up dirty clothes, but if they're inside out, who can tell?

Later, he came back in the room to put on deodorant.  I asked if he wanted a shower first, and he looked at me like i was crazy, so i asked why he was putting deodorant on and he said, "So I don't smell myself when I'm sleeping."

Well, alrighty, then.

Not long before it was time for me to leave, Carl got up to have breakfast and wanted to tell me about his weekend.

"Went to church," he told me and i asked which one, as he has a couple of them he shuffles between.  He told me and said, "Couldn't go back for the evening..."

There's an evening service there and i'm sure Ms. V wouldn't let him go in this weather.

"Watched Lord of the Rings..." he said, without telling me which movie.  "Then we played a game."

Ah, a friend must have come over at some point.  He proceeded to tell me all about the game, invisible trucks doing things, bad guys, hidden passages in the mountains, weapons, and someone in the game doing something which made him laugh so much i couldn't follow what he was saying.

No, there's no need to worry about Carl, he only has work one other day this week and the weather will be warmer by then.  He and his plants are doing just fine.

And for good measure, how about a few more plant (and other) funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Big Snow Day -- remembering the 15-inch snowflakes that fell on in Fort Keough, Montana, on this date in 1887

Chocolate Cake Day

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism -- Germany (anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz)

Day the Netjers of Heaven Receive Ra -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Family Literacy Day -- Canada

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony -- Iroquois Native Americans (for the continuation of all life-sustaining things; a multi-day ceremony and feast that begins around this time of year)

Listen to Classical Music During Lunch Day -- in honor of Mozart

Mozart Day

National Speak Up and Succeed Day -- become one of those people who aren't afraid of public speaking, practice! originally sponsored by Polished Presentations International, but they no longer have a website, but i'm sure Toastmasters International can help 

St. Angela Merici's Day (Founder of the Sisters of the Order of St. Ursula; Patron of the disabled and ill; against bodily ills and the death of parents)

St. Devota's Day (Patron of Corsica; Monaco)

Thomas Crapper Day -- death date, in 1910, of the perfector of the flush toilet mechanism

Anniversaries Today:

Founding of the National Geographic Society, 1888

The first sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, 1870

The University of Georgia is chartered, the first state university in the US, 1785

Birthdays Today:

Julie Foudy, 1971

Jennifer LB Leese, 1970

Patton Oswalt, 1969

Alan Cumming, 1965

Bridget Fonda,1964

Cris Collinsworth, 1959

Mimi Rogers, 1956

Mikhail Baryshnikov, 1948

Nick Mason, 1944

Mairead Corrigan, 1944

James Cromwell, 1942

Troy Donahue, 1936

Donna Reed, 1921

David Seville, 1919

Skitch Henderson, 1918

Hyman George Rickover, 1900

Jerome Kern, 1885

Samuel Gompers, 1850

Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), 1832

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Laverne and Shirley"(TV), 1976

"Tarzan of the Apes"(Film), 1918

Today in History:

Trajan becomes Roman Emperor, 98

The Rashidun Caliphate ends with the death of Ali, 661

Song Dynasty General Yue Fei is wrongfully executed, 1142

Dante Alighieri becomes a Florentine political exile, 1302

The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31, 1606

The first American lime kiln begins operation in Providence, Rhode Island, 1662

Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul, 1695

Czar Peter the Great sets the first Russian state budget, 1710

Abdication of Stanislas, the last king of Poland, 1736

The US Congress approves the opening of Indian Territory for settlement, which led to the forced relocation of Native Americans on the "Trail of Tears," 1825

Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are incorporated, 1870

Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the electric incandescent lamp, 1880

The National Geographic Society is organized, in Washington, D.C., 1888

"Tarzan of the Apes," the first Tarzan movie, premiers, 1918

Apollo 1 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, 1967

More than sixty nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space, 1967

Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian caper, 1980

The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, breaks through, 1983

American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Taro becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, 1993

Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 1996

Western Union discontinues its Telegram and Commercial Messaging services, 2006

Albert II, former king of Belgium, admits paternity after a DNA test confirms he fathered a child, Delphine, with Baroness Sybile de Selys Longchamps, 2020

Australian officials launch a search effort for a small radioactive capsule dropped from a truck somewhere on a 1,400km journey through Western Australia, 2023

The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, able to house 7,600 passengers, sets off on its maiden voyage from Miami, Florida, 2024Stacy Uncorked