And Another One Bites the Dust, 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.  

The first stop at Carl's is usually the laundry room, especially if his door is already open so I know he's in the sleep chair.

The washer had two sopping wet shirts in it.  The dryer had the five dryers balls, we're still holding steady on them, and one pair of jeans, one shirt, one pair of underwear, and two unmatched socks, mostly dry.

At least he knows what he needs in the morning, now we just have to refine it.

Then i walk in Carl's room.

The small stepladder was in there for a project, his mother must have made him change the A/C filter.

With his room in disarray, it's no wonder another one bites the dust.

And a second one is just one push of the drawer away from snapping.

He takes the tops off his lotion bottles, which i understand when the amount of lotion is so little the pump won't work any longer.  What i don't understand is this.

Why take the pump apart and leave part of it in the chair?

His fridge had more food in it than the last few weeks, but that's not saying much.

Bags everywhere, but only one had actual food in it, granola bars, agave and chopped dates.  The latter two were for his breakfast and he took them with him to the big kitchen later.

Carl's laundry was going and the bathroom was clean and ready when he got up and came in to brush his teeth.  I asked if he was getting up and he said, "Not yet, need more time."

It must be nice to sleep until 9:30 and go in to work for 11.

When he did finally emerge to stay up, he was actually satisfied with what i'd put in the bathroom for him to wear and only came out when he was dressed, well, all but his feet were dressed.  He was looking for the powder, and finally found it in the cabinet where the label "powder" is.  Imagine that.

While he ate and i packed his lunch, he talked about the Ethiopian Bible, which has most of the apocrypha in it as well as the traditional books in most Western standard Bibles.  He was fascinated by it and must have watched a special about it.

Carl was also both very excited and very subdued about some news -- his move in date for the place where he'll move is the first week of May.

He's a little worried, and i can understand, as he has never lived away from home.  I am trying to be positive and upbeat for him, as i think it's the best thing for him and his family.  It will be like living on a college campus for the rest of his life.

Once i was done with his lunch, i actually took it over for his inspection and told him i'd be adding a granola bar to it.

He examined it and thought about the addition, then said, "That's a little too much.  Leave the cheese stick, put in the granola bar."

Yes, Carl actually said i was packing too much.  There's a first time for everything, i guess.

Later, as he was leaving, he grabbed hat and sunglasses, then put them down and i handed them to him again.  He finally held on to them and got his lunch box out to the car.  I watched as he opened the driver side door, threw the hat and sunglasses on the passenger seat, then threw his lunch on top.  No wonder he breaks so many pairs of sunglasses.

"It's hard to do carts and garbage," he said as he headed back into the house.  "Need gloves."

You don't have any gloves, you need to buy disposable gloves, i told him.  He gave me a pained look and then got in the car and left.

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful day, everyone!

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Today is:

American Diabetes Association Alert Day -- a day to remind people about how serious the illness is, and what the risk factors are 

Commonwealth Covenant Day -- Northern Mariana Islands

Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice -- Argentina

Dies Sanguines -- Ancient Roman Calendar (sacrifices to the war goddess Bellona)

Einmánuðr Month Begins -- Traditional Icelandic Calendar (Lone Month, the month dedicated to young men)

     Yngismannadagur -- Young Men's Day

Houdini Day -- see if you can pull a disappearing act in his honor

International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims -- UN

Kazimiras Diena -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (return of the larks)

Komoeditsi -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (honors the great Bear God, Meveshii Bog and includes sacrifices to the Great God of Honey)

National Agriculture Day -- US (if you eat, thank a farmer!  This year's theme is, Agriculture: Together We Grow)   

National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

National Revolution Day -- Kyrgyzstan

Pandia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Zeus that immediately followed the Greater Dionysia; date approximate)

St. Catherine of Sweden's Day (Patron against miscarriages)

St. Gabriel the Archangel's Day (traditional date, now usually celebrated in September; Patron of childbirth, diplomats, messengers, postal workers, stamp collectors, telephone workers)

St. MacCairthinn of Clogher (St. Patrick's "Strong Man" and fellow worker; Patron of Clogher, Ireland)

World Tuberculosis Day -- UN & WHO

Birthdays Today:

Peyton Manning, 1976

Alyson Hannigan, 1974

Lara Flynn Boyle, 1970

Sharon Corr, 1970

Mase, 1970

Mark "The Undertaker" Calaway, 1965

Annabella Sciorra, 1964

Star Jones, 1962

Donna Pescow, 1954

Louie Anderson, 1953

Alan Sugar, 1947

R. Lee Ermey, 1944

Bob Mackie, 1940

Steve McQueen, 1930

Byron Janis, 1928

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919

Dorothy Height, 1912

Joseph Barbera, 1911

Clyde Barrow, 1909

Ub Iwerks, 1901

Dorothy Constance Stratton, 1899

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, 1887

Edward Weston, 1886

Harry Houdini, 1874

Andrew W. Mellon, 1855

William Morris, 1834

John Wesley Powell, 1834

Fanny Crosby, 1820

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Nightline"(TV News), 1980

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"(Play), 1955

"Native Son"(Play), 1941

"Letter from America"(Radio), 1946

Today in History:

Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus, 1401

James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England, 1603

The first game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia, 1629

Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island, 1664

Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers, 1765

Benjamin West of the US becomes president of Royal Academy of London, 1792

In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr., 1832

Canada gives African men the right to vote, 1837

Robert Koch of Germany announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis), 1882

Oscar Straus is appointed the first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey), 1887

A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history, 1896

"Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world, 1906

Greece becomes a republic, 1923

U.S. Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth, 1934

The longest game in NHL history is played between Detroit and Montreal; Detroit scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime and won the game 1-0, 1936

In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III, 1944

The British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership, 1946

Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761), 1958

NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash landing, 1965

The United Kingdom imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland, 1972

In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón, 1976

Archbishop Óscar Romero is killed while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, 1980

In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground, 1989

Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, 1993

Apple Inc. releases the first version of the Mac OS X operating system, 2001

Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election, 2008

A series of emergency meetings is undertaken in Brussels to resolve Cyprus’ financial situation, 2013

Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea, 2014

The Opportunity rover becomes the first to complete a Martian marathon, 2015

The US Military conducts it first ever drone strike against al Qaeda militants in southern Libya, 2018

The Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games are postponed until 2021 because of Covid19, 2020

Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa, after collecting more than a million biodiversity samples, becomes Africa's first centralised biobank opening in Pretoria, South Africa, 2023

Opposition figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins the Senegal presidential election only 10 days after he is finally released from prison, 2024