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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.
Today is also Dr. Seuss Day, so:
It's time to cut loose
Celebrate Dr. Seuss!
The official hosts of Dr. Seuss Day are Timmy of Timmy Tomcat,
Emmy of 15AndMeowing, and Ranger of The Adventures of Ranger.
Carl had me grinning yesterday, trying to think of how to describe what was going on with him in rhyme. He was running around exercising, and it came out like this,
his robe was flapping in the breeze
as he's doing his leg lifts, if you please!
He really was, wearing his pajama shirt, his boxers, and his robe, standing at the kitchen table eating a bite, doing some leg lifts, eating another bite. He's fun to watch.
When i went into his apartment, i saw his trash can
Sometimes the young man's brilliant
his mind so open wide,
he finds a great solution
i never would have tried.
Finally, no more trash bag down in the can and trash loose in the can syndrome.
While i really did want to write a long poem for Dr. Seuss Day, that pesky work gets in the way.
If you wanna earn that dime,
You gotta put in the time!
Those pesky bills come home,
To work i have to roam.
Le sigh.
In honor of the man who had no children because he always said, "You have 'em, I'll entertain 'em," a few kid pictures that Grandma sent and that probably would have made Dr. Seuss smile, too.
Happy Dr. Seuss Day, everyone!
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Today is:
Adwa Victory Day -- Ethiopia
Feast of 'Ala (Loftiness) -- Baha'i (first full day of the 19 day fast)
Going Forth of Set, Son of Nut -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Highway Numbers Day -- US (a joint board of state and federal highway officials created the first uniform system for numbering interstate highways, as well as standardizing design of road signs, in 1925)
James Ronald Webster's Birthday -- Anguilla
March Nymph's Parade -- Fairy Calendar
National Banana Cream Pie Day
Old Stuff Day -- if you are doing the same old stuff, think about how you can change that
Peasants' Day -- Myanmar
St. Chad of Mead's Day (Patron of St. Chad's College of the University of Durham in England; Birmingham, England; Lichfield, England)
Texas Independence Day -- Texas, US (anniversary of declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836)
Town Meeting Day -- Vermont, US (giving all citizens the right to speak out about local government, an official state holiday the first Tuesday of March allows towns to have a daylong public meeting of voters to elect town officers, approve budgets, and deal with town business)
Anniversary Today:
Mt. Rainier National Park is established, 1899
Birthdays Today:
Henrik Lundquist, 1982
Bryce Dallas Howard, 1981
Chris Martin, 1977
Daniel Craig, 1968
Jon Bon Jovi, 1962
Ken Salazar, 1955
Laraine Newman, 1952
Karen Carpenter, 1950
Eddie Money, 1949
Lou Reed, 1944
John Irving, 1942
Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931
Tom Wolfe, 1931
John Cullum, 1930
Doc Watson, 1923
Jennifer Jones, 1919
Desi Arnaz, 1917
Martin Ritt, 1914
Mel Ott, 1909
Theodore Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), 1904
Bedrich Smetana, 1864
Carl Schurz, 1829
Melissa Burton Coray, 1828
Sam Houston, 1793
Juvenal, 54
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Bubbling Brown Sugar"(Musical), 1976
"The Sound of Music"(Film), 1965
"Bus Stop"(Play), 1955
"King Kong"(Film), 1933
"Morning Chronicle"(London daily newspaper), 1769
Today in History:
The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England, 1717
A semaphore machine that will speed communication is introduced in Paris, 1791
The US Congress outlaws the import of slaves, 1897
The Republic of Texas declares its independence from Mexico, 1836
Aleksandr Romanov becomes the tsar of Russia, 1855
Tsar Aleksandr outlaws serfdom in Russia, 1861
The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace, 1888
In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women, 1903
The original film version of King Kong premiers, 1933
Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute, 1949
The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut, 1949
In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted, 1969
Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown, 1970
The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets, 1972
Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28, 1978
CD players and discs are released for sale for the first time outside of Japan, 1983
Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century, 1989
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations, 1992
Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice, 1998
In his book 'Jesus of Nazareth Part II', Pope Benedict XVI exonerates the Jewish people for the responsibility of the death of Jesus, 2011
New findings from the University of Leicester indicate decreasing sitting time by 90 minutes each day can result in major heath advantages, including reducing the risk of Type II Diabetes, 2013
The longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km (8,824 miles) Dubai to Auckland, remains in the air for 17 hours, 15 minutes, 2016
The oldest known land fossil (Tortotubus - 440 million years old) from Gotland, Sweden, is revealed by British scientists, 2016
Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Scott Kelly return to earth after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record, 2016
Australian wonder horse Winx sets the world record for Group 1 wins in the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney, stretching her unbeaten run to 31 races, with this being her 23rd in the highest class of thoroughbred racing, 2019