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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. http://stacyuncorked.com
The work assignment was simple. Go to the cousin's publishing office and use the copy machine to make two copies. So simple.
The machine is supposed to be the kind that will do everything including collate or copy two sided to separate pages.
The machine was used by Noah to copy the ark plans, the toner cartridge won't stay in place, it gets paper jams after every 2-3 sheets, and when i opened the lid, found bug droppings.
Yes, i got it done, copying one page at a time, flipping it over, copying the other side, collating myself, and re-counting every page of both documents to make sure nothing got missed.
That was the easy part. The hard part was going over each page line by line looking for errors (it was about her lawsuits), and we found a doozy. It will be duly reported to Dr. D's lawyers.
On to other considerations. We are still trying to figure out who will be where on which day this week. Uncle J and Bryn are going to be at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Wednesday (and through the whole week), and Little Girl is going then, too, so it looks like Sweetie and i don't have to rush down there, get stuff done, come home, and go back Thursday. It will be like a vacation if it works out that way!
Little Girl, looking at the calendar yesterday, "Wait, Grandpa's birthday was last Friday?"
To which i replied, yes, and i sent you a text.
"No, you didn't!"
At which point i showed her that i sent the same good morning text to each of the children, a happy picture that said, "hooray, it's Friday" and a message under it reminding them it was in fact his birthday.
"I don't read the texts, I just look at the pictures you send!" she wailed.
That, i pointed out, is not my fault, as i can only send the message, not make her read it. She better be helping me make the hojaldras this year, she owes him one.
To finish, a few random funnies, passed along by Grandma:
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Today is:
Constitution Day of the Republic of Abkhazia -- Abkhazia
Day of the Covenant -- Baha'i
Day of the Tan-Wallopers -- Fairy Calendar
Good Grief Day -- birth anniversary of Charles Schultz
Independence Day -- Mongolia(1924)
National Cake Day
Sojourner Truth Day -- died this day in 1883
St. John Berchmans' Day (Patron of alter servers, Oblate novices, young people)
Strange Names Day -- in honor of all the celebrity -- and other -- kids with "unique" names; sponsored the last Tuesday in November by Marlar in the Morning at 101QFL in Rockford, IL, US
Anniversaries Today:
Founding of Sigma Alpha Mu in the City College of New York, by 8 Jewish young men, 1909
The first official Thanksgiving in the US, by presidential proclamation, 1789
Founding of the University of Notre Dame, 1842
Founding of Kappa Alpha Society, the oldest surviving US college fraternity, 1825
Birthdays Today:
Natasha Bedingfield, 1981
Shannon Dunn, 1972
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, 1966
Dale Jarrett, 1956
Tina Turner, 1939
Rich Little, 1938
Robert Goulet, 1933
Charles Schultz, 1922
Eugene Ionesco, 1912
Eric Sevareid, 1912
Lefty Gomez, 1908
Mary Edwards Walker, 1832
Sarah Moore Grimke, 1792
John Harvard, 1607
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan, 1288
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Anarchy in the UK"(Sex Pistols single release), 1977
"The Price is Right"(TV), 1956
"Twenty Questions"(TV), 1949
Casablanca(Film), 1942
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(Publication date), 1865
Today in History:
The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed, BC43
Vlad III Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time, 1476
The first lion exhibited in the US makes his debut in Boston, 1716
Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui, 1778
The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established, 1784
The first national US Thanksgiving is celebrated, 1789
The first streetcar railway in the US begins operation in NYC, fare 12 cents, 1832
The refrigerated railway car is patented by J.B. Sutherland of Detroit, Michigan, 1867
The first photograph of a meteor is taken, 1885
The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams, 1917
King Tut's tomb is opened by English archaeologist Howard Carter, 1922
Four young lads from Liverpool have their first recording session under the interesting name "The Beatles", 1962
Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament, 1998
Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England, 2003
A male Po'ouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct, 2004
NASA launches the Mars Science Laboratory, its largest rover ever, 2011
UK nonprofit Raspberry Pi releases its $5 Zero computer and sells out in a day, 2015
The WHO announces the first multidrug randomized control trial to treat Ebola has started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018