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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (who no longer blogs), and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she's entrusting it to me.
Feline Friday is simple to join. All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute). Then add your link!
One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do. So come and join us in Feline Friday.
What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!
Molly the Manger takes care of some very important documents in the office.
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| Very Important Document Molly the Manger! |
She gets them shredded no matter how long it takes.
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| The document is a little smaller every day. |
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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts! \
Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:
1. I no longer feel the need to _________.
2. My October list of things to do includes _________ and _________.
3. I'm proud of myself for _________.
4. I plan to _________ in order to improve _________.
1. I no longer feel the need to dress to please anyone but myself.
2. My October list of things to do includes work and give out candy on the 31st.
3. I'm proud of myself for striving to get debt paid off and making good inroads.
4. I plan to start saving up for a new mattress in order to improve our quality of sleep.
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Today is:
Armed Forces Day -- Egypt
Children's Day -- Singapore
Earthquake Remembrance Day/Commemoration Day -- Turkmenistan
Festival of the Other Five Toes -- Fairy Calendar
Garlic Lovers Day -- internet generated, unofficial, and delicious
Ivy Day -- Ireland (death anniversary of Irish nationalist leader and Home Rule advocate Charles Stewart Parnell)
Jackie Mayer Rehab Day -- Sandusky, OH, US (anniversary of renaming the local rehab hospital after Sandusky's "favorite daughter", Jackie Mayer, Miss America 1963 and stroke survivor, now advocating on behalf of stroke survivors)
Lee National Denim Day -- US (but i'm sure they want this one celebrated anywhere jeans are sold and worn! proceeds from the day go to fight breast cancer)
Mad Hatter Day -- US (second crazy day in the year, to balance April Fool's Day, and based on the 10/6 on the Mad Hatter's hat in Tenniel's drawing; in English-speaking countries where the day precedes the month in notation, it is celebrated on June 10)
National Diversity Day -- US (vow to treat everyone with kindness, compassion, and respect, and embrace how differences make the world a better place)
National Education Day / World Teachers' Day -- Kiribati
National German-American Day -- US (anniversary of the disembarking of the first German immigrants to Pennsylvania in 1683)
German Pioneer Day -- Pennsylvania
National Noodle Day
National Physician's Assistant Day -- US (anniversary of the first graduating class of physician assistants from Duke University on this day in 1967
Shemini Azteret -- Judaism (Jewish completion of the annual cycle of reading of the Torah; begins at sunset, through sunset tomorrow)
St. Bruno's Day (Founder of the Carthusian Monks; Patron against demonic possession)
St. Faith's Day (Patron of pilgrims, prisoners, soldiers)
Tishreen Liberation War Day -- Syria
World Smile Day -- do one act of kindness, help one person smile, in honor of Harvey Ball, who created the Smiley face
some sites tag this as Send A Smile Day, or have it on different days
Anniversaries Today:
Elizabeth Taylor marries Larry Fortensky, 1991
American Library Association founded in 1876
Birthdays Today:
Jimmy Sisto, 1974
Elisabeth Shue, 1963
David Zucker, 1947
Britt Ekland, 1942
Thor Heyerdahl, 1912
Carole Lombard, 1908
Janet Gaynor, 1906
Helen Wills Moody, 1905
Florence Seibert, 1897
Le Corbusier, 1887
Karol Szymanowski, 1882
George Westinghouse, 1846
Jenny Lind, 1820
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Instagram(launched by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger), 2010
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"(TV), 2000
"The Gin Game"(Play), 1977
"I Hear a Symphony"(Supremes single release), 1965
"The Mousetrap"(Mystery play), 1952 (still being performed)
The Jazz Singer(Film, the first "talkie"), 1927
Today in History:
The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman Republic army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus in the Battle of Arausio, BC105
Founding of Germantown, Pennsylvania by 13 Mennonite families from Germany, 1683
The Americans and French begin the siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown, which becomes the last battle of the American Revolutionary War, 1781
Benjamin Hanks patents a self-winding clock, 1783
Louis XVI accedes to the demands of the women of Paris and returns to that city, 1789
Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead begins shortly after midnight, leads to 53 deaths and hundreds of injuries, 1854
The American Chess Association is organized and holds the first major US chess tournament, in NYC, 1857
The American Library Association is organized in Philadelphia, 1876
Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture, 1889
Nabisco Foods debuts its Cream of Wheat, 1893
Beatrix Van Rijk becomes the first licensed Dutch woman pilot, 1911
Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie, 1927
Egypt launches a coordinated attack against Israel to reclaim land lost in the Six Day War, 1973
Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, 1976
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House, 1979
President of Egypt, Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated, 1981
51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it, 1995
Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe, 2007
The Messenger Spacecraft performs a second Mercury flyby, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele, is found guilty of leaking confidential documents and sentenced to 18 months in prison, 2012
The Nobel prize for Physics is awarded to Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur McDonald (Canada) for work on neutrinos, 2015
Tens of thousands of protestors in Hong Kong march in defiance of a new ban on face masks, 2019
The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea M. Ghez for their work on black holes, 2020
The WHO recommends the first anti-malaria vaccine after the pilot program in Africa proves effective, 2021