Today my prayer is that we will see peace on earth in my lifetime.
No more terror.
Acceptance and toleration.
It's a long shot, but that doesn't mean i can't keep praying, and doing my part.
We need to never forget what happened 10 years ago today in the US. We need to remember by working to bring peace, and an end to such atrocities.
Today i wish you peace.
Today is:
Auditor's Day -- Scientology
Day of Remembrance/Patriot Day -- US (all flags at half staff)
Discontinued Thoughts Exhibition -- Fairy Calendar
Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 1, Unity (sponsored by We, the World)
Enkutatash -- Ethiopian New Year
Emergency Number Day -- US
Giostra Della Quintana -- Foligno, Italy (revival of a 17th-century jousting tournament, with 600 knights in full armor)
Grandparent's Day -- US
Great Procession of Tournai -- Tournai, Belgium (religious procession held since 1092, in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague)
Jinnah Day -- Pakistan
Libraries Remember Day -- encouraging libraries, which preserve knowledge and heritage, promote tolerance, and represent all that is the antithesis to terrorism, to remain open the entire 24 hours of this day as symbol of freedom, tolerance, and hope
Make Your Bed Day -- make your mom happy!
National Day of Catalonia -- Catalonia (an official flag day)
National Day of Service -- US
National Hot Cross Buns Day
National Hug Your Hound Day -- US (to increase awareness of human- and dog-friendly urban spaces)
Nayrouz -- Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic new year and day of confessors)
No News is Good News Day
Pet Memorial Day -- US, but everyone who has ever lost a pet should feel free to observe
Queen Paola's Birthday -- Belgium (an official flag day)
St. Deiniol's Day
St. Paphnutius' Day
St. Protus and Hyacinth's Day
Teacher's Day -- Latin America
Anniversaries Today:
Diocletian New Year
Remembrance of 9/11/2001
Birthdays Today:
Harry Connick, Jr. 1967
Kristy McNichol, 1962
Lola Falana, 1943
Tom Dreesen, 1942
Brian DePalma, 1940
Paul "Bear" Bryant, 1913
D.H. Lawrence, 1885
O. Henry, 1862
Today in History:
Battle of Teutoburg Forest ends, 9
Michimalonko leads indigenous warriors to attack and destroy Santiago, Chile, 1541
Alexander Hamilton is appointed first US Secretary of the Treasury, 1789
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them, 1792
Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1847
Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", gives her first US concert, 1850
The Olympia Columbian becomes the first newspaper published north of the Columbia River, 1852
The postal mail chute is patenteted by James Cutler, 1883
Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa, 1906
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11, 1916
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state, 1961
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords, 1978
Hungary announces that East German refugees there are free to leave for West Germany, 1989
Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu, 1992
September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, 2001
The State of Israel claims completion for its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, 2005
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs, 2007
It's a movie, from 1974. It's now just called Beautiful People, and it's a nature documentary filmed in South Africa.
There is a scene where many animals consume the overripe fruit of the marula tree. Since the fruit is fermented, the animals get intoxicated. Drunkenness in people i do not find funny, but in animals that don't know any better, well, they are rather amusing looking.
Some of this part of the movie was likely staged, as the smaller animals could become drunk from too much fruit, but not the elephants. They amount they would have to eat would be huge before they could feel any such effect, especially with the large quantities of water they drink.
Some of it was likely true, however, as can be seen from this story about a moose in Sweden. It seems the animal was eating overripe, fermented apples, and became so intoxicated it got stuck trying to climb into the tree after more fruit.
Thus if you ever think you see a 4-legged grazer in a tree, check to see who is drunk, you or the critter.
Today is
Battle of St. George's Caye Day -- Belize
Chadd's Ford Days -- Chadd's Ford, PA, US (Brandywine Valley traditional art celebration; through tomorrow)
Dia del Nino -- Honduras (Children's Day)
Flax Scutching Festival -- Stahlstown, PA, US (through tomorrow; demonstrations of the tradition of making linen out of flax)
Greater Eleusinian Mysteries -- Ancient Greek Calendar (one of the most sacred festivals; date approximate, but always a week before and after the time of the full moon)
Hang Around Victor Day -- Victor, NY, US
Harvest Home Nibbling Contest -- Fairy Calendar (Gremlins)
International Drive Your Studebaker Day
Nanticoke Powwow -- Millsboro, DE, US (through the 11th; Native American gathering and celebration)
National Day -- Gibraltar
Sewing Machine Day
Sheriff's Ride Ceremony -- Lichfield, UK (dating back to 1553, the sheriff and his men ceremonially ride the circuit of the boundary of the city; originally on the 8th Sept. every year by order of Queen Mary, now held on the Saturday nearest)
Sodebuster Days - The Harvest -- Fort Ransom, ND, US (through tomorrow; experience life during harvest time on a 1920's farm)
Swap Ideas Day
St. Finian's Day
St. Nicholas of Tolentino's Day (patron of sick animals, mariners, holy souls, babies, mothers, and the dying -- talk about a busy Saint!)
Teacher's Day -- China
TV Dinner Day
Valparais Popcorn Festival -- Valparaiso, IN, US
Walker Cup -- Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, Aberdeen, Scotland (through tomorrow)
World Naked Gardening Day -- scare the neighbors! get rid of those pesky squirrels! experience nature (and sunburn, and mosquito bites, and chiggers) with your whole body!
World Suicide Prevention Day
Birthdays Today:
Amy Irving, 1953
Joe Perry, 1950
Jose Feliciano, 1945
Charles Kuralt, 1934
Roger Maris, 1934
Arnold Palmer, 1929
Rin Tin Tin, 1918
Fay Wray, 1907
Adele Astaire, 1896
Elsa Schiaparelli, 1890
Ian Fleming, 1888
Isaac Kauffman Funk, 1839
Marie Laveau, 1801
Today in History:
The Battle of Marathon takes places between the forces of the Persian Empire and those of Athens, BC490*
An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul, 1509
John Smith is elected president of Jamestown, Va., Colony Council, 1608
Nathan Hale answers the call of George Washington for a volunteer spy, 1776
Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru, 1823
Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine, 1846
George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora, 1858
Lincoln Highway, the first paved coast-to-coast road in the US, opens, 1913
Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, 1919
20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama, 1963
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France, 1977
Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations, 2002
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland, 2008
*date disputed, but it was the 9th day of the 9th moon on their calendar
...today, i got nothing, really.
The ol' brain pan is empty.
After days of taking Sweetie to work early, then all the other stuff, and not being able to get the insurance company pinned down on the car situation, i'm getting weary.
My creaky lung is complaining about it all, and when i'm worn down this way, i have more SVT episodes.
Everything could be worse, of course, so i'm grateful we have a vehicle at all, and this hasn't done more than just create an inconvenience.
It's the not knowing if the car will be covered, repaired, replaced, etc., that bugs me. Such uncertainty has hanging over me the possibly having to go car shopping again, which i despise.
Meanwhile, today is clean the cat shelter day. We are up to an average of 40-50 cats and kittens in there at a time. It was designed to hold up to 30, if we held our breath, and kittens were not to be in there at all, but in foster homes.
They have had to revamp the whole cleaning system to have two caretakers per shift to get it all done, it was too much work for one. Naturally, i have no partner, nor a need of one, since i have a built in team. Others were struggling, some were even late for work a few times. That would make for an interesting conversation with the boss:
Boss: Why are you late?
Employee: Because it took me so long to do my volunteer job I couldn't get here to my paying job on time.
It would deteriorate from there, i am sure.
In totally unrelated news, because i have to end this ramble somehow, armaments expert Harriet St. Amant says that Ruger is coming out with a new pistol to commemorate senators and congressmen. It's proposed name is "The Legislator." It has a flaw, though in that it doesn't work and you can't fire it.
Today is:
Bonza Bottler Day
Chong Yang -- China (honoring elders and eating Chong Yang cake)
Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku -- Japan
Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence -- Slovakia
Festivity of Our Lady of Arantzazu -- Oñati, Basque
Great Canadian Beer Festival -- Victoria, BC, Canada (through tomorrow)
Independence Day -- Tajikistan
Karasu-zumo -- Kamigamo-jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (a distinctive local festival where the Shinto priests imitate crows)
Liberation Ceremony -- Petange, Luxembourg
Milk-Bathing Festival -- Fairy Calendar
Mushroom Festival -- Kennett Square, PA, US (the Mushroom Capital of the World; through the 11th)
National Day -- North Korea
National Sports Day -- Indonesia
National Steak Au Poivre Day
Norwalk Seaport Oyster Festival -- Norwalk, CT, US (through the 11th)
Onam Festival -- Kerala, India (start of a ten day festival celebrating the legend of King Maveli)
Popeye Picnic -- Chester, IL, US (through the 11th; celebrate everyone's favorite cartoon sailor in the town where his creator, E.C. Segar, was born)
Puyallup Fair -- Puyallup, WA, US (through the 25th, one of the top ten fairs in attendance in the world)
Rugby World Cup 2011 -- New Zealand (games in various cities through Oct. 23)
St. Peter Claver's Day
Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna -- Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches
Teddy Bear Day -- internet generated, but since it's so much fun to have one, celebrate your old friend
Wienerschnitzel Day
Wonderful Weirdos Day -- we all have a few in our life, give one a hug and remember how much fun it is to be weird sometimes
Anniversaries Today:
California becomes the 31th US State, 1850
Birthdays Today:
Adam Sandler, 1966
Hugh Grant, 1960
Angela Cartwright, 1952
Michael Keaton, 1951
Billy Preston, 1946
Otis Redding, 1941
Cliff Robertson, 1925
James Hilton, 1900
Colonel Harland Sanders, 1890
Alf Landon, 1887
Leo Tolstoy, 1828
William Bligh, 1754
Today in History:
William I, The Conqueror, dies in a horse riding accident, 1087
The New England colonies declare war on the Wampanoag Tribe, 1675
The first steam engine arrives in the US colonies, 1753
The first recorded black to graduate from a US college, Alexander Lucius Twilight, receives a BA from Middlebury College, 1817
Charles Durant, the first US aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, NYC to Perth Amboy, NJ, 1830
The first plate glass photograph is taken by John Herschel, 1839
California becomes the 31st state and the territories of New Mexico and Utah are created, 1850
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
is finalized, 1886
Orville Wright makes the first one hour plane flight, 1908
J. Verdrines becomes the first person to fly at over 100mph, 1912
First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University, 1947
Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, becoming the first hurricane to do over $1billion in actual unadjusted damages, 1965
The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, 1971
The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state, 1993
At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, the Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit Unix timestamps, 2001
The cats love dog food.
With the exception of Rum Tum Tugger, their opinion of the dog has not changed a bit. Tugger became friendly with Hazelnut rather early on, and they still get along for the most part. Tugger does object when Hazelnut is too rough, say trying to drag him across the floor by the head, but mostly they get along.
All of them would eat nothing but dog food if they could get away with it.
So the other night, Tugger was trying to sneak up and take dog food when Hazelnut ate. Hazelnut does not object, and will simply move over and let him have at it.
Two or three times, Tugger was removed and told to leave the dog food alone, and Hazelnut was encouraged to continue with her dinner.
Then we noticed Hazelnut was doing something peculiar. She would eat a bit, then, looking at us to see if we noticed and hoping we didn't, she would make her way closer to Tugger, then go back to her bowl.
After one of these little side excursions, we noticed Tugger chewing on something.
Hazelnut was eating a few bites, then getting a few pieces of kibble in her mouth, bringing them to Tugger, and dropping them on the floor beside him!
The whole time, she had that puppy I-know-I'm-not-supposed-to-do-this look on her face.
We were too hysterical with laughter to scold her, and just took Tugger elsewhere.
A dog that wants to share her food with the cat. Only in this house.
Today is:
Feast of Honor for Lada and Lela -- Slavic Pagan Calendar (harvest festival and farewell to summer)
Feast of 'Izzat -- Baha'i
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin -- Catholic Christian
Fiesta de Santa Fe -- New Mexico (includes burning of the Zozobra - Old Man Gloom effigy -- as part of the oldest fiesta in the US; through Sunday)
Independence Day -- Macedonia
International Literacy Day
Jeune Genevois -- Geneva, Switzerland (Genevan fast, dates back to the 16th century)
La Vierge de Meritxell -- Andorra (Feast of Our Lady of Meritxell, a National Day and official flag day)
Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Festival -- Estes Park, CO, US (through the 11th)
Matki Boskiej Zielnej -- Poland (Feast of Greenery, a harvest celebration)
National Date Nut Bread Day
Navy Day -- Pakistan
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses Day
St. Adrian's Day (patron of arms dealers, butchers, prison guards)
Toronto International Film Festival -- Toronto, ON, CA (through the 18th)
United Tribes International Pow-Wow -- Bismark, ND, US (over 70 Native American Tribes represented at the major cultural event; through the 11th)
Victory Day/Feast of Our Lady of Victories -- Malta (il-Vittorja)
World Physical Therapy Day
Birthdays Today:
Frankie Avalon, 1940
Guitar Shorty, 1939
Patsy Cline, 1932
Peter Sellers, 1925
Sid Caesar, 1922
Claude Pepper, 1900
Antonin Leopold Dvorak, 1841
Richard I (Lionheart), 1157
Today in History:
The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland, 1264
Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence, 1504
St. Augustine, FL, becomes the first permanent European settlement of the New World, 1565
The US "Pledge of Allegiance" makes its first appearance in print, in the Youth's Companion, 1892
Galveston, TX, is struck by a hurricane and tidal surge that kill 6,000, 1900
First appearance of the comic strip "Blondie", 1930
3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape, 1930
The original Star Trek series premiers, 1966
The Beatles perform their new hit "Hey Jude" as their last live TV performance on the David Frost show, 1968
Chinese athlete Wang Junxia sets a new women's 10,000 m world record of 29:31.78, breaking the former record by 42 seconds, 1993
Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America, 2005
...who were born on this day: Queen Elizabeth I and Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses.
One born to be a queen, the other a "hired man's" wife. The former expressed herself through her verbal eloquence and strength of dealing in diplomacy, the latter in her art, which included embroidery, cooking and baking, and country fair prize winning preserves, as well as her paintings.
Both have a great deal to teach.
Notable quotes from The Virgin Queen:
"I will be as good unto ye as ever a Queen was unto her people. No will in me can lack, neither do I trust shall there lack any power. And persuade yourselves that for the safety and quietness of you all I will not spare if need be to spend my blood." ~ on the eve of her coronation
"Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married."
"We princes are set as it were upon stages in the sight and view of the world."
"There is only one Christ Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles." ~ on the Catholic/Protestant divide
"My Lords, do whatever you wish. As for me, I shall do no otherwise than pleases me." ~
to Parliament, as they discussed the succession issue
"I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too." ~ to her troops as the Spanish Armada approached
Altogether a woman strong and determined and capable.
And from Grandma Moses:
"I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday, as I thought of it, as I remembered all the things from childhood on through the years, good ones and unpleasant ones. That's how they come, and that is how we have to take them. I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered and life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."
"A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells."
She said her first painting was as a gift for the mail man because it "was easier to make [a painting] than to bake a cake over a hot stove."
Altogether a woman practical and in more of her own words, used to "making something from nothing."
Today is:
Air Force Day -- Pakistan
Grandma Moses Day
Independence Day -- Brazil
National Acorn Squash Day
National Napoleon Day (the dessert, not the general)
National Threatened Species Day -- Australia
Neither Snow Nor Rain Day
Peach Days Celebration -- Brigham City, UT, US (through the 10th)
Salami Day -- sponsored by salamiday.com
St. Cloud's Day (a/k/a Clodoald; confessor and patron against carbuncles)
The Masters -- Spruce Meadows, Calgary, AB, Canada (The international horse show jumping competitions; through the 11th)
Victory Day -- Mozambique
Welsh Fairies Bonnet-Hurling Competition -- Fairy Calendar
Birthdays Today:
Gloria Gaynor, 1949
Richard Roundtree, 1942
Cuneyt Arkin, 1937
John Phillip Law, 1937
Buddy Holly, 1936
Don Messick, 1927
Peter Lawford, 1923
Anthony Quayle, 1913
Elia Kazan, 1909
Michael E. DeBakey, 1908
Grandma Moses, 1860
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533
Today in History:
Traditionally, the solar eclipse date that marks the birth of Heracles of Thebes (Latin Hercules), BC1251
The Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem, 70
In the world's first submarine attack, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor, 1776
The "Troy Post" of NY first uses "Uncle Sam" to refer to the US, 1813
Last hold-up of Jesse James, 1881
Edith Eleanor McLean becomes the first baby in the US to be put in an incubator for premature infants, 1888
The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol, 1901
Eugene Lefebvre (1878–1909), while test piloting a new French-built Wright biplane, crashes at Juvisy, France when his controls jam. Lefebvre dies, becoming the first 'pilot' in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft, 1909
The first day of the first Miss America Pageant is held in Atlantic City, NJ, 1921
Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrates the first use of television in San Francisco, 1927
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania, 1936
Integration begins in Washington, D.c. and Baltimore, MD public schools, 1954
Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa, 1986
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, 1999
Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane, hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings, 2004
The first presidential election is held in Egypt, 2005
One side effect of storms such as the one we just had is that lots of people don't want to cook, or can't because the power is out.
So, what to do when you don't want to cook, it's too nasty to get out, there's a good game on tv, and/or your power is out?
Call the pizza guy, of course. So, that's what people did.
#1 Son was at work Saturday evening, when the game was on and the weather was nasty and they did $4,000 worth of business in one hour. That's generally a great weekend night total.
He said there were pizzas everywhere, and they were flying out the door as fast as they could get them done.
So i guess the big manager there will get his bonuses for this week. The weather may stop everyone else, but the mail carrier and the pizza guy don't stop except for full on hurricanes.
Today is:
Another Look Unlimited Day -- sponsored by Envira Myntyl, a day to look around and see what you don't need and can donate to charity, to lessen the flow to landfills
Concordia Fall Festival -- Concordia, MO (through the 10th; celebrating agriculture and the German heritage of the area)
Defense Day -- Pakistan
Ear and Trumpter Contests for Mice -- Fairy Calendar
Festa Della Rificolona -- Florence, Italy (one of Florences oldest and most colorful celebrations; through tomorrow)
Fight Procrastination Day/National Do It Day
Flag Day -- Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Independence Day -- Swaziland
National Coffee Ice Cream Day -- Sweetie swears the best ever was at Howard Johnson Restaurants back in the day
Play Days -- through the 10th (sponsored by the HUMOR Project, add humor to your life)
Read A Book Day -- can't find the history on it, but enjoy!
Somhlolo Day -- Swaziland
St. Bega's Day (aka Bee; patron of laborers)
St. Magnus of Fussen's Day (patron of crops; against caterpillars, hail, reptiles, vermin)
Stillbirth Remembrance Day -- Canada (some Provinces); US
South Carolina Apple Festival -- Westminster, SC, US (through the weekend)
Unification Day -- Bulgaria
Birthdays Today:
Jeff Foxworthy, 1958
Jane Curtin, 1947
Swoosie Kurtz, 1944
Jo Anne Worley, 1937
Joseph P. Kennedy, 1888
Jane Addams, 1860
Marquis de Lafayette, 1757
Today in History:
The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world, 1522
The Spanish "Silver Fleet" disappears off the Florida Keys, 1622
Founding of Salem, Massachusetts, 1628
The first US lighthouse is built in Boston, 1716
Hurricane hits Martinique and Guadalupe, hundreds of ships sink and thousands die on land and at sea, 1776
Thomas Blanchard patents the lathe, 1819
Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio becomes co-ed, with 4 women and 30 men in attendance, 1837
Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807, 1870
Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands, 1948
Canada's first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal, 1952
Nine Israeli athletes are killed during a rescue attempt after being kidnapped at the Munich Olympic Games; two had died during the kidnapping the day before, 1972
The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and restores the name St. Petersburg to Russia's second largest city, 1991
Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years, 1995
Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion, 1997
Up to 20 inches of rain were predicted.
Wind and rain and flood damage was expected, a great deal of it.
We were told to batten down the hatches, T.S. Lee was going to churn around a while and be a huge rainmaker.
Churches in the affected areas cancelled all services in anticipation of rain, wind, power outages, and people just not being able to get there. Yes, really, we didn't have a church to go to Sunday, for the first time in forever, and i'm willing to attend just about any standard flavor, as my friend B. says.
By the grace of the Almighty, what was supposed to be a horrible Labor Day weekend rather fizzled here.
Yes, it was rainy and gray. Yes, we got some thunder and wind, and some people much further south did have street flooding. Yes, there was power out in places, including the back of our subdivision, where a tree limb took out a transformer. Yes, the storm did move rather slowly and take a while to really push through.
It was not widespread damage, though, and what was expected to be a huge rainfall here turned into much less.
No, i'm not at all disappointed that we were spared what could have been a bad scene.
So while today will be spent using the indoor stovetop smoker instead of the BBQ, we are happy and thankful to do so.
Happy Labour/Labor Day, everyone.
Today is:
Be Late For Something Day (I was early celebrating this one, I got it out of the way yesterday!)
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta's Day
Cheese Pizza Day
Genesia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a day of the dead; date approximate)
Hassaku-sai -- Matsuo-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (rituals to ask the gods for mild weather, good harvests and safe homes)
Jupiter Stator -- Ancient Roman Calendar (commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius)
Labour Day/Labor Day -- Canada; Palau; US
National Cheese Pizza Day
Peddler's Village Scarecrow Competition -- Lahaska, PA (through Oct. 30)
Snake River Duck Race -- Nome, AK
St. Laurence Gustiani's Day (first patriarch of Venice)
Sts. Zechariah and Elisabeth's Day -- Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches
Teacher's Day -- India
Wag and Carrot Fancying Day -- Fairy Calendar
Waikiki Roughwater Swim -- Honolulu, HI
Birthdays Today:
Cathy Guisewite, 1950
Raquel Welch, 1940
Carol Lawrence, 1934
Bob Newhart, 1929
Arthur C. Nielsen, 1923
John Cage, 1912
Darryl F. Zanuck, 1902
Jesse James, 1847
Johann Christian Bach, 1735
Today in History:
Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards, in an attempt to Westernize his people, 1698
The First Continental Congress is assembled in Philadelphia, 1774
The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror, 1793
Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britain, 1800
Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836
The First Opium war begins in China, 1839
James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon, 1862
Sioux Chief Crazy Horse is killed, 1877
The First Labor Day Parade is held in NYC, 1882
The first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1885
The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin), 1906
The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger, 1932
The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, 1961
A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day, 1972
Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay, 1977
The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel, 1980
The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force, 1991
Tuvalu joins the UN, 2000
