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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.
This is usually the day i have news from the world of Carl, and i do have a bit, but not in the usual way.
Yesterday was #2 Son’s craziest day of the year at work next to Pi day where his company sells pizza for $3.14 each. Yesterday was BOGO Day, where they have lines out the door from morning until night for Buy One, Get One Free.
He asked me weeks ago to babysit yesterday and do Carl and Ms. S today, and that’s what’s up.
Thus i have no clue how Carl’s Monday went, but i’m there today gathering material for next week.
Also, there is news. The group home place where Carl will be moving has said it shouldn’t be long now. Possibly as early as April, we will be losing Carl when he moves a six-hour drive away.
I don’t think any of us are ready, but here it comes. We'd best enjoy his antics while they last. Not that he won't have antics there, but we won't hear about them, unless the staff tell Ms. V and she tells me.
Meanwhile, last Tuesday was our ladies’ meeting, and i went over there to pick up Ms. V so we could go together.
He was there, having a breakfast fit for champions, with three kinds of cereal, biscuits, a frozen breakfast something or other, and he was grabbing yoghurt when i walked in.
Shaking my head, i asked him where he put all the food. He didn’t quite understand and, holding the cereal box said, “Well, the rest goes back in the cabinet...”
Carl also continues to come to church some Sundays, instead of the closer one his mom now attends (she’s not going to drive all the way to town alone). Everyone smiles when they see his half tucked shirt and not-quite-put-together appearance and makes him feel welcome.
He’s never quite on time, never quite knows where to sit and changes at least once, and hovers over the cookies in the reception room, but he’s Carl and it’s good. After all, he grew up in this church and will always have a place.
Meanwhile, some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Deep Blue Day -- the IBM computer defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov, the first such victory for a computer, in 1996
Extraterrestrial Culture Day -- New Mexico, US ("to celebrate and honor all past, present, and future extraterrestrial visitors in ways to enhance relationships among all citizens of the cosmos, known and unknown.")
Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck -- Malta
Gold Record Day -- Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever Gold Record, for "Chattanoga Choo Choo", 1942
National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe -- Italy, especially in Trieste
National Sports Day -- Qatar
Plimsoll Day -- honoring Samuel Plimsoll, the "Sailor’s Friend," who persuaded Parliament to have a maximum load limit on ships.
Safer Internet Day -- organised originally by Insafe, now called Better Internet for Kids (promotes safe and responsible use of the internet by teaching children how to keep themselves safe online; this year's theme is "Together for a better internet")
St. Scholastica's Day (Patron of children in convulsions, nuns; LeMans, France; against rain, storms)
Try to Invent a New Jell-O Flavor Day -- it can't hurt to try
Umbrella Day
Anniversaries Today:
Poland is symbolically married to the Baltic Sea by Jozef Haller de Hallenburg, celebrating the restitution of Polish access to the water, 1920
Tom Thumb marries Mercy Lavinia Warren, 1863
Queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saxe-Coburg, 1840
Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War (a/k/a French and Indian War), 1763
Academie Francaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu), 1635
Birthdays Today:
Lance Berkman, 1976
Laura Dern, 1967
Glen Beck, 1964
Lenny Dykstra, 1963
Cliff Burton, 1962
George Stephanopoulos, 1961
Greg Norman, 1955
Jim Cramer, 1955
Mark Spitz, 1950
Donovan, 1946
Frances Moore Lappe, 1944
Roberta Flack, 1939
Robert Wagner, 1930
Leontyne Price, 1927
Lon Chaney, Jr., 1906
Bertolt Brecht, 1898
Frances Margaret "Dame Judith" Anderson, 1898
Jimmy Durante, 1893
William "Bill" Tilden, 1893
Boris Pasternak, 1890
Samuel Plimsoll, 1824
Charles Lamb, 1775
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"My Friend Flicka"(TV), 1956
"Death of a Salesman"(Play), 1949
"Puss Gets the Boot"(Cartoon, first Tom and Jerry short), 1940
"Icebound"(Pulitzer-winning Davis' Play), 1923
"All the News That's Fit to Print"(Slogan of the New York Times), 1897
"Les Contes d'Hoffman"(Offenbach Opera), 1881
"The Lily of Killarney"(Opera), 1862
Today in History:
St. Paul is shipwrecked on the island of Malta, 60
Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch, 1098
The St. Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days, 1355
Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all the men in Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1676
Edmund Halley is appointed the second Astronomer Royal of England, 1720
The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War, surrendering Canada to England, 1763
Simon Bolivar is named dictator by the Congress of Peru, 1824
The first US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane of Virginia, 1863
The YWCA is founded in NYC, 1870
Nathaniel Carr Goodwin becomes the first actor to perform in two different cities on the same day, in Boston for a matinee, and then in NYC for and evening performance, 1887
Nearly 11,000,000 acres of land, ceded to the US government by the Sioux Indians, is opened for settlement, 1890
The New York Times begins using the slogan, "All the news that's fit to print," 1897
Japan and Russia declare war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships, 1904
Britain's first modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" is launched, 1906
Baseball outlaws all pitches that involve tampering with the ball, 1920
New Delhi becomes the capital of India, 1931
The first singing telegram is delivered, by the Postal Telegram Company of NYC, 1933
Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, 1962
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party, 1989
The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time, 1996
The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both, 2009
The Venezuelan government orders more than 100 malls to close early to save electricity, due to drought caused by El Niño, 2016
More than 30 bushfires are put out by the heaviest rainfall in 30 years in New South Wales, Australia, helping end one of the worst bushfire seasons ever, 2020
Astronomers confirm they've found the most distant planetoid in the solar system so far, four times further than planetoid Pluto, 2021
A World War II era bomb discovered in Great Yarmouth, England, detonates as a crew works to disarm it, causing no injuries, 2023
That will be quite an adjustment both for Carl, yourself and his parents. I do hope it will go well. Too bad it is SO far away...
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday! I hope all goes well for Carl.
ReplyDeleteLove the funnies and the cute cow with her calf.
Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.
The funnies made us giggle a lot...crossing paws for Carl that all goes well. Double Pawkisses for a Happy Day🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteDon't cover our fields, cover our parks is so smart! We have a parking place with the panels and it works really well. The fields are too sad with solar on them. It is going to be so hard for Carl to move so far away but it is probably the best for him. It will be a sad time for all that know him.
ReplyDeleteQuè farem sense les històries d'en Carl? Espero que tot li vagi bé, tot i que el trobarem molt a faltar.
ReplyDeletePetonets, Mimi.
Missing Carl will be felt all over, also in the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteI love your funnies today, the Beetle one so funny, the sun power units one so true, and the recipe one so close to home. If you ever find these recipes, and maybe also the recipes for "No idea" & "Whatever you cook" as well, tell me - or rahther don't - make a book and you'll be a millionaire overnight :D
I will miss Carl very much when he moves. He's been so entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI'm hungry for pizza now.
Love all the funnies and the last one is my favorite. I would love to find that recipe too.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Java Bean: "Ayyy, we too will miss the Carl stories! We never knew what was going to happen next with him!"
ReplyDeleteLulu: "Our Dada says the recipes for 'I don't know' and 'I don't care' are the same and it's a big bowl full of 'Fend for yourself then'!"
Hoping all goes well for Carl ~ he is a sweetie~ the home seems to far away ~ sigh
ReplyDeletegreat series of funnies ~ hugs,
Things won't be the same without Carl, for you or us, Love the funnies, all of them!
ReplyDeleteThe way this year is flying, April is almost the day after tomorrow. Carl will be missed.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for solar panels and I love the entomology exhibit with the tiny car.
I agree, that will be quite the change of pace when Carl moves. I hope you find something to replace the hours. Good funnies too.
ReplyDeleteI am so sad about Carl. I feel bad he will be so far from his family. XO
ReplyDeleteIt is always hard when a soul moves from the house. It seems very lonely and quiet.
ReplyDeleteOh, we will miss Carl. I would love it if he will check in with you via letters or email.
ReplyDeleteCarl will be sorely missed! Too bad where he's moving is so far away! Hopefully if he goes to a different church after the move, they're as welcoming to him as his current one is. LOVED the funnies!
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