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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Grandma had very little in her dirty clothes pile yesterday, so i asked her about it.
She said, "I was bad this week, I didn't change often and only sponge bathed."
Of course, i told her that wasn't bad and it's her choice, she doesn't go anywhere or do anything that will get her really dirty, and indeed, she doesn't get dirty or stink, so it's up to her.
Boudreaux an' Clothile done add an extra bathroom to dey house as de kids done be growin' up an' needin' mo' room, an' dey puts a shower in 'cause de firs' bathroom only gots a tub.
Dis gets Tee Boudreaux to thinkin', an' he ax Boudreaux, "Père, do a shower be better'n a bath?"
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, I don' know 'bout better, but a bath be like marriage, once you be in it a while, it don' be so hot no mo'."
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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.
First up, a few pretty things i happened to notice this week.
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Bad Hair Day -- birth anniversary of Don King
Birth of the White Buffalo -- Lakota Native American rituals honoring the birth of the White Buffalo in 1994, signaling the return of the White Buffalo Woman (manifestation of the Star Goddess Wohpe), who gave them the sacred peace pipe
Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim -- Istanbul, Turkey (over 1,000 swimmers take the opportunity to swim from one continent to the other, crossing the Bosphorus Strait from Asia to Europe)
Dial the Phone Day -- the first rotary dial phone patent was applied for by A. E. Keith, John Erickson, and Charles Erickson on this day in 1896
Feast of Asma -- Baha'i
Independence From USSR Day -- Estonia
Lemonade Day
Moon's Birthday -- Aztec Calendar (according to some websites, but i haven't confirmed it; if you want something to celebrate, this is as good as anything else)
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
National Radio Day -- on the day WWJ(AM) radio first signed on in Detroit in 1920, one of the earliest news broadcast stations
Revolution Day -- Western Sahara
Revolution of the King and People -- Morocco
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Day (Patron of bees and beekeepers, candle makers, wax refiners; Burgundy, France; Cistercians; Gibraltar; Queens College, Cambridge, England; Speyer Cathedral)
Stop and Smell Your Dog Day -- and, depending on the results, maybe even Give Your Dog a Bath Day
St. Stephen's Festival -- Budapest, Hungary (National Day for all of Hungary)
Thoth orders the healing of the Eye of Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Virtual Worlds Day -- internet generated, as well it should be
World Mosquito Day -- commemorates the day Dr. Ronald Ross discovered the link between mosquitoes and malaria in 1897
Birthdays Today:
Amy Adams, 1975
Tara Dakides, 1975
Jan Allen, 1956
Theresa Saldana, 1955
Al Roker, 1954
Robert Plant, 1948
Connie Chung, 1946
Don King, 1931
Jim Reeves, 1924
Jacqueline Susann, 1921
Eero Saarinen, 1910
Edgar Albert Guest, 1881
H.P. Lovecraft, 1880
Eliel Saarinen, 1873
Benjamin Harrison, 1833
Bernardo O'Higgins, 1776
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"1812 Overture"(Tchaikovsky Op. 49), 1882
Today in History:
Hungary is established as a kingdom by Stephen I, 1000
The Dutch bring the first African slaves to the colony of Jamestown, VA, 1619
The Spanish establish the presidio that will be the town of Tuscon, Arizona, 1775
The Lewis and Clark "Corps of Discovery", exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis 1804
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuts in Moscow, 1882
Rotary Dial telephone is patented, 1896
The Big Blowup, a huge fire in the Northwestern US, burns 3 million acres, 1910
Adolphe Pegoud makes the first parachute jump from an airplane, 1913
Stainless steel is first cast, 1913
WJM,8Mk, Detroit, becomes the first commercial radio station to start daily broadcasting, 1920
UK becomes the first to use radar, 1940
Plutonium's weight determined, 1942
Launch of Voyager 2, 1977
George and Joy Adamson, the Born Free conservationists, are gunned down by poachers, 1989
The Oslo Peace Accords are signed in Norway, 1993
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec may not secede from Canada without federal government approval, 1998
As part of ongoing political reforms, the government of Myanmar announces it will end media censorship, 2012
Measles cases reach a record high in Europe with 41,000 infected in the first six months of 2018 and 37 deaths according to WHO, 2018
NASA confirms it is planning the Clipper Mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to take off in 2025 to explore the moon's oceans and find out if it can harbor life, 2019
Misuzulu ka Zwelithini is crowned the new Zulu King at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, 2022