The Serious and the Silly, 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.  

Ms. V tries lots of ways to get Carl to remember things.

His mom's reminder to take the watch and look at it regularly.

He's one of the only cart-round-up people at the Mall-Mart where he works, and there are always more carts/buggies/shopping trolleys to round up.  He has a tendency to keep going, even if it's quitting time, and the Mall-Mart "Powers That Be" frown on overtime.

While looking for his gloves, one of which we found in the trash can in the laundry room

and the rest of which were on the floor by the front door, Carl was telling me about a show he watched.  I couldn't quite understand if the show was about Easter, archaeology or both, but he said, "Someone claims to have found the nails used in Jesus crucifixion.  Could that be possible?"

Carl thinks deeply about spiritual matters, loves to go to church and read his Bible, and i try to answer him carefully when he asks me such questions.

"Well," I told him, "let's think about this.  First, at the time it happened, Jesus was considered just another person the Roman Empire crucified, not anyone special.  Why would anyone have tried to save such things?  Even his friends saw this as a tragedy and the end of their hopes about Jesus being the Messiah.  They certainly wouldn't have tried to save anything from the crucifixion.  Nails like that were probably thrown on a heap and reused until they couldn't be used any more.

"Then remember," I added, "no one knows where Moses is buried because The Lord didn't want anyone to know, not wanting people to go back to his grave and worship him.  Why would The Lord be willing to let something survive from the crucifixion?  After all, people are supposed to worship The Lord, not some objects, and there are always people who will worship the objects, or the prophets, or something else if they have a chance."

I could tell from the look in his eyes he'd caught every word, and knew he was giving it careful consideration when he said, "Hmm, you're probably right, we don't want to make more of the objects than of Jesus."

Carl has his moments.  Then the next moment I am reminded why we don't leave a trash can in his bathroom (he'd put it there himself this time).

Everything eventually goes to the floor, and if there's a trash can in the way, that's where it lands instead.  A trash can under the towel rack in the bathroom will have towels in it.

Unless it ends up in a drawer, which is what happens to his big hangers every time I'm looking for them to hang up his coats.

Then there's the deodorant issue.

You can see the deodorant itself is below the level at which any will actually be applied to the skin.  Carl has a tendency to forget it needs to be raised first, and he takes the deodorant, swipes it near where it needs to go or on his clothes, and figures it's good.

It's not always good, but his dad is working with him on that and I'm glad to leave Mr. L to it.

In honor of gloves and deodorant, some funnies.

Or, in the case of the janitor, the garbage can!

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, 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 

Children's Picture Book Day -- while i can't find a sponsor for this day, starting kids on a lifelong love of books is as good an excuse for a holiday as any

Commemoration of Sen no Rikyu -- Urasenke School of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, Japan (remembering the influential master in The Way of Tea)

Feast of Artemis -- Ancient Greek Calendar (as protector of wild animals, vegetation, and places, begins at sundown; date approximate)

Festival of the Sacrifice at the Tombs -- Ancient Roman Calendar (to honor the ancestors)

"Greatest Show on Earth" Day -- Barnum and Bailey merged their circuses on this day in 1881

Hot Tub Day -- because we all need one!

Invasion of Loaming Shores Beyond the Certain Sea Anniversary -- Fairy Calendar

Khordad Sal (Birth of the Prophet Zarathushtra) -- Zoroastrianism (Fasli Calendar)

Komamorijinja Reisai -- Nakaedo, Kashi-sh, Gifu, Japan (festival of the the Kosazukeishi "child-granting stone")

National Black Forest Cake Day

Navpad Oli/ Ayambil Oli -- Jain (nine-day religious festival)

Ragnar Lodbrok's Day -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (remembrance of this Viking's sack of Paris)

Respect Your Cat Day -- anniversary of King Richard II's edict in 1384 forbidding the consumption of cats

Serfs Emancipation Day -- Tibet

Something on a Stick Day -- something edible, because almost everything tastes better on a stick

St. Guntramnus' Day (Patron of divorced people, guardians, repentant murderers)

Teachers' Day -- Czech Republic; Slovakia

Weed Appreciation Day -- at last, for those of us with black thumbs, since this is all we can grow. "Weeds are flowers once you get to know them!" A.A. Milne

Birthdays Today:

Lady Gaga, 1986

Julia Stiles, 1981

Annie Wersching, 1977

Kate Gosselin, 1975

Scott Mills, 1974

Juliandra Gillen, 1971

Vince Vaughn, 1970

Reba McEntire, 1955

Dianne Wiest, 1948

Ken Howard, 1944

Conchata Ferrell, 1943

Jerry Sloan, 1942

Freddie Bartholomew, 1924

Dirk Bogarde, 1921

Irving "Swifty" Lazar, 1907

August Anheuser Busch, Jr., 1899

Maxim Gorky, 1868

Frederich Pabst, 1836

St. Teresa of Avila, 1515

Fra Bartolomeo, 1472

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Hair"(Rock musical), 1968

"Philadelphia Story"(Play), 1939

Today in History:

Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus, 193

Viking raiders sack Paris, who leave in exchange for a huge ransom, 845

The origin of the Fasli Era in India, 1556

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco, 1776

Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine, 1797

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man, 1802

The US Salvation Army is officially organized, 1885

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, 1910

Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities, 1917

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara, 1930

The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history, 1969

Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open, leading to a partial meltdown, 1979

In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths, 1994

The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1965, 2005

At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law, 2006

Australian diplomat Peter Woolcott's draft for the first-ever treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade is discussed by members of the United Nations, 2013

Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service, 2013

Britain introduces the first new pound coin in 30 years with a secret security feature inside to stop counterfeiting, 2017

The world's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in Kimberley, Western Australia, 2017

The study of a gene mutation that allows a 71-year-old British woman to never feel pain is published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019

Lights, Camera, Action, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post with Wednesday's Words a Day Early

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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.  

As the weather changes, there's more laundry than ever for Carl.

That means more work for both of us.  It doesn't help that the temperature can go from needing the heat in the morning to needing A/C in the afternoon.

This week, his mother, Ms. V, helped.  They'd had company over the weekend, and she'd taken the plastic off of the table (it's there to keep Carl from accidentally ruining the tablecloth) and left it in the sink, with gifts beneath.

Carl, seeing the sink full, had dumped a mixture of clean and dirty clothes in the laundry area.  When the sink's empty, he tries to put dirties in there and the clean stuff in other places.  Tries.

He had washed but not dried a load.  Part of the load had moved to the dryer, but all of it was still wet and starting to smell a little.  Time for a rewash.  Despite my telling him that, he tried to put some of the stinky wet clothes back in the dryer -- twice.

He has been told by his parents for years to turn lights off when he's not using them.  It's starting to sink in.  He turns lights off if he's not using them, even if i am.  I just laugh and turn the light back on again.  It makes me feel like i should be calling for lights the way they supposedly do on a movie set.

Speaking of movie scenes, Mr. L was awake for a short time when i arrived, and i let him know i'd be leaving for a few minutes once Carl was gone to go to Ms. G's house and take care of her critters.  We both laughed as i told him, "I don't want you to look for me and think i've been scared away or run off screaming from the state of his room, like it has the makings of a horror movie!"

When i finally got to his room from the laundry area, he was kicking around his empty Beano box asking, "Where's the Beano?"  Your guess is as good as mine, but i can promise it won't be in the box.

His refrigerator was much cleaner than usual, although i never expected to find this.

Deodorant in the fridge.  Then i found another on top of the recycle bin.

Of course, he'd taken it outside to use as he was getting in the car and, having nowhere else to put it, set it on top of the bin that is right next to him.

When i finally rounded up all the deodorants, i had this.

He doesn't always use them correctly as he has a tendency to swipe them toward himself instead of on himself and often gets more on his clothing than in the more necessary places.

Let's go with deodorant funnies today, shall we?

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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It's my month to provide the prompts for Words for Wednesday.  Since it becomes Wednesday in some parts of the world while it is still Tuesday here, i am providing the prompts today, so you can work on them and post them when it's Wednesday where you are.

This week's words are

bear

debt

gap

witness

describe

reaction

and / or one of these archaic/semi-archaic words

anon (at once)

forsooth (in truth; indeed)

wood mad (insane; wild)

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Today is:

Abet and Aid Punsters Day -- promoted by Punsters Unlimited, which seems to know better than to host a website

Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day -- especially for those who have had to close up the house for winter, we need to create a beautiful aroma for the house; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

Dunce Day -- death anniversary of John Duns Scotus (one of the three most important philosopher-theologians of the Middle Ages, he was called the "Subtle Doctor" but his enemies turned his name into the word we use today for someone who isn't too bright)

Feast of the Four Crowned Martyrs (Patrons of cattle, masons, sculptors, stone cutters; against fever)

Festival of the Mania -- Ancient Roman Calendar (to placate the Manes)

Fuigo Matsuri -- Kyoto City, Japan (Bellows Festival, Shinto festival in honor of Inari, the kitchen hearth goddess)

Full Beaver Moon / Full Frosty Moon

     Ill Full Moon Poya Day -- Sri Lanka

     Palden Lhamo Festival -- Tibet (protectress of Tibet, celebrated mostly by women)

     Loy Krathong -- Thailand (Floating of the Lamps festival; to appease the water spirits, dedicated to Mae Kongkha, Goddess of Rivers)

     Tazaugmone/Thasaung Mong Full Moon -- Myanmar (Festival of Lights begins)

     That Luang Festival -- Laos (Ventiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival)

Guru Nanak Jayanti -- India; Nepal (celebration of the birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Nanak)

I Hate to Cook Day -- internet generated, and probably started by someone who wanted an excuse to go out to dinner!

National Cappuccino Day

National Harvey Wallbanger Day

National Parents as Teachers Day -- US

Pohnpei Constitution Day -- Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Saints, Doctors, Missionaries, and Martyr's Day -- Church of England

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven -- Eastern Orthodox Church

That Luang Festival -- Ventiane, Laos

Wish-Granting Championships -- Fairy Calendar (Leprechauns)

World Urbanism Day/World Town Planning Day

X-Ray Discovery Day / World Radiography Day -- commemorating the discovery, in 1895, of x-rays

Anniversaries Today:

Montana becomes 41st US State, 1889

Mount Holyoke Seminary for Women is founded, 1837 (considered by many to be the first true college for women in the US)

Opening of the Louvre, 1793

Birthdays Today:

Tara Reid, 1975

Masashi Kishimoto, 1974

Parker Posey, 1968

Courtney Thorne-Smith, 1967

Gordon Ramsay, 1966

Leif Garrett, 1961

Rickie Lee Jones, 1954

Alfre Woodard, 1953

Mary Hart, 1951

Bonnie Raitt, 1949

Virna Lisi, 1937

Morley Safer, 1931

Patti Page, 1927

Christiaan Barnard, 1922

Esther Rolle, 1920

Martha Gellhorn, 1908

Margaret Mitchell, 1900

Hermann Rorschach, 1884

Milton Bradley, 1836

Edmond Halley, 1656

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Six Degrees of Separation"(Guare drama), 1990

"Night and Day"(Stoppard play), 1978

"Days of our Lives"(TV), 1965

"Life With Father"(Play), 1939

Sister Carrie(Publication date), 1900

"Ruy Blas"(Victor Hugo drama), 1838

Today in History:

Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity to be the state religion, 392

Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence, Italy, 1494

First meeting of Montezuma and Hernando Cortez in Tenochtitlan, Mexico, 1519

The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened to the public, 1602

Benjamin Franklin opens the first US library, in Philadelphia, PA, 1731

Elijah Craig, of Bourbon, Kentucky, US, first distills Bourbon whiskey from corn, 1789

Sarah Bernhardt makes her US debut at NY's Booth Theater, 1880

The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time, 1892

Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany discovers X-rays, 1895

The New Testament Gospels are translated into Demotic Greek (as opposed to the Koine Greek of ancient texts), resulting in bloody clashes in Athens, 1901

The first Washington state elections in which women could vote take place, 1910

Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific, 1957

Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate, 1966

Manolis Andronikos discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon (Alexander the Great's father), 1977

The UN Security Council demands that Saddam Hussein disarm or face serious consequences, 2002

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao releases pictures of the moon's Sinus Iridium, or Bay of Rainbows, taken during the Chang e-2 lunar mission, 2010

The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passed 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), 2011

Mikhail Gorbachev warns that tensions between America and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War, 2014

Louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, the largest art museum on the Arabian peninsula, 2017

Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal, 2017

Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, runs its first test of a high-speed levitating pod system to carry people and cargo, 2020