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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.
Up until a couple of days ago, every time i went out in the morning to take Coda for her morning constitutional, all i could hear was the roar of generators. Now, i hear crickets, and i do mean actual, real crickets. It's a lovely sound.
This is funeral week. Mr. C from our church, Mr. Jack (Ms. PA's husband), and my brother all this week. The hurricane really messed up a lot of schedules.
Things go on though, and we have funnies. Like the following Senior Texting Codes.
SENIOR TEXTING CODES:
ATD - at the doctor.
BFF - best friend fell.
BTW -bring the wheelchair.
BYOT - bring your own teeth.
FWIW - forgot where I was.
GPA- gotta pee again
GGPBL - gotta go, pacemaker battery low.
GHA - got heartburn again.
IMHO - is my hearing aid on?
LMDO - laughing my dentures out.
OMMR - on my massage recliner
ROFLACGU - rolling on floor laughing and can't get up.
Here are some real life examples of why teachers and parents might decide to drink.
Have a blessed and beautiful day, everyone!
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Today is:
Air Force Day -- Pakistan
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
Beer Lovers' Day -- ESPN began to broadcast on this day in 1979
Constitution Day -- Fiji
Feel the Love Day
Grandma Moses Day
Independence Day -- Brazil
Lusaka Peace Agreement Day / Victory Day -- Mozambique
National Acorn Squash Day
National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day -- US (by Senate proclamation in 2004)
National Boss/Employee Exchange Day -- US (or anyone else who wants to foster understanding between bosses and employees, trade places for a day and see how the other half lives!)
National Napoleon Day (the dessert, not the general)
National Threatened Species Day -- Australia
Neither Snow Nor Rain Day -- celebrates the opening of the US Post Office in NYC on this day in 1914, which building has the famous inscription on it
Play Days -- sponsored by the HUMOR Project, add humor to your life; through Saturday
Rosh Hashanah -- Judaism (began last night at sundown, through tomorrow at sundown)
Salami Day -- sponsored by salamiday.com
St. Cloud's Day (a/k/a Clodoald the Confessor; Patron of nail makers; St. Cloud, Minnesota)
St. Regina's Day (Patron of poor people, shepherdesses, torture victims)
Turn A Cartwheel in Public Day -- the internet has it out for us
Welsh Fairies Bonnet-Hurling Competition -- Fairy Calendar
Anniversary Today:
Sergey Brin and Larry Page incorporate Google, 1998
Birthdays Today:
Evan Rachel Wood, 1987
Devon Sawa, 1978
Angela Gheorghiu, 1965
Michael Feinstein, 1956
Corbin Bernsen, 1954
Chrissie Hynde, 1951
Julie Cavner, 1951
Susan Blakely, 1950
Gloria Gaynor, 1949
Richard Roundtree, 1942
Cuneyt Arkin, 1937
John Phillip Law, 1937
Buddy Holly, 1936
Don Messick, 1927
Peter Lawford, 1923
Jacob Lawrence, 1917
Anthony Quayle, 1913
Elia Kazan, 1909
Michael E. DeBakey, 1908
Grandma Moses, 1860
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The Flying Nun"(TV), 1967
"Truth or Consequences"(TV), 1950
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
The US Government takes control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two largest mortgage financing companies, 2008
Canada closes its Iranian embassy and expels the Iranian diplomatic staff from their country, 2012
Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after the Liberal-National Coalition wins the election, 2013
Asteroid 2014RC makes a close approach to Earth, coming within 39,900km/24,800mi, 2014
British archaeologists announce the discovery of a Neolithic "superhenge" under three feet of earth at Durrington Walls, 2015
The 15th Summer Paralympics opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016
The Indian Space Agency loses contact with its Chandrayaan-2 moon lander just 2 km from landing on the Moon's surface, 2019