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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Grandma got on the topic of age while i was there yesterday. At one point she said, "You aren't 60 yet!" and i answered i will be next month. She gave me the side eye and said, "I'm not supposed to have a daughter that old!"
Boudreaux be 'bout to celebrate a birthday an' hims frien's be teasin' dat he growin' old.
"Soon you be goin' have trouble wit' you joints when you go to dancin', Boudreaux!" say Thibodeaux.
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais! My joints be fine, but de joints I likes to dance in all done been raided by de police!"
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.
Vacation Bible School was this past week. I really miss being able to participate (another reason to look forward to retiring).
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Today is:
America's Kids Day -- founded to encourage parents to teach their children the value of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Arbor Day -- Philippines
Color TV Day -- CBS broadcast the first program in color on this day in 1951
Day of the Seafarer -- The International Maritime Organization
Descendent's Day -- on the final Sunday of June each year, an encouragement for all the world's citizens to take an accounting of their activities during the prior year and how those will affect those who come after us
Elf Thumping Day -- Fairy Calendar (no details on what the Elves thump, and no, no one is allowed to thump an Elf!)
Feast of the Optional Holiday -- pick one, and celebrate it or don't, your option!
Festival of Ranting and Vaporing -- sponsored by The Daily Bleed
Global Beatles Day -- read about the meaning of this day, and why this date was picked, here
Gotanshin Sai -- Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto, Japan (festival to commemorate the birth of Lord Sugawara, with ceremonies to ward off summer infections)
Independence Day -- Mozambique(1975)
Leon Day -- Noel spelled backward, the turning poing on the calendar when Christmas starts getting closer; those who make Christmas/Noel gifts need to start thinking about their projects
Log Cabin Day -- The Log Cabin Society, dedicated to preserving log cabins and the old fashioned ways of life; many places that have historic log cabins plan big events the last Sunday in June to celebrate
Ludi Taurii -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Games of the Bull, a two day festival held once every five years)
Mother's Day -- Kenya
National Catfish Day
National Fried Okra Day
National Strawberry Parfait Day
Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day -- i'm not touching this one
Slovenian Sovereignty Day / National Day -- Slovenia
Statehood Day -- Croatia
St. Eurosia's Day (a/k/a Orosia; Patron of Jaca, Spain; against bad weather)
Fiesta de Santa Orosia -- Jaca, Spain
St. Molaug's Day (Patron of Argyll, Scotland; against mental illness)
Anniversaries Today:
Virginia becomes the 10th US State, 1788
Birthdays Today:
Scott Terra, 1987
Linda Cardellini, 1975
Dikembe Mutombo, 1966
George Michael, 1963
Ricky Gervais, 1961
Sonia Sotomayor, 1954
Jimmie Walker, 1949
Phyllis George, 1949
Carly Simon, 1945
Willis Reed, Jr., 1942
June Lockhart, 1925
Sidney Lumet, 1924
Anne Revere, 1903
George Orwell, 1903
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, 1886
Rose Cecil O'Neill, 1874
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Het Achterhuis. Dagbrieven van 14 juni 1942 tot 1 augustus 1944(First publication of excerpts from Anne Frank's diaries), 1947
"It Pays To Be Ignorant"(Radio), 1942
Today in History:
The Book of Concord or Concordia, the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, is published, 1580
Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy, from the University of Padua, 1678
Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary, 1741
Lucien B. Smith of Ohio patents the first version of barbed wire, 1867
Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, 1876
Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland, 1938
The Diary of Anne Frank is published, 1947
The Berlin airlift begins, 1948
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, 1950
CBS broadcasts the first color television signal, 1951
First live global satellite television programme – Our World, 1967
Mozambique achieves independence, 1975
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington, 1981
Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia, 1991
Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada, 1993
An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir, 1997
The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people, 1997
The Harvard School of Health Study concludes that since 1980 the number of adults with diabetes has doubled, 2011
A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight, 2013
The US Supreme Court rules that police cannot examine the digital contents of a cell phone without a court order, 2014
Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announces it plans to move some production abroad in response to EU retaliatory tariffs, 2018
Mirazur on the French Riviera is crowned the world's best restaurant at a ceremony in Singapore, 2019
The WHO declares the Ebola outbreak in the Congo over, after 2,280 deaths in two years, 2020
