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Jack dog was on the bed and didn't want to move when it was time for me to change the bed. All he did was scooch down a bit closer to the edge of the bed where Grandpa still hadn't gotten up. It's like he was saying, "But I'm finally comfy!"
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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week. While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.
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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!
This week the theme is Requirement.
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Poetry Monday
now a requirement for my
so slow-to-change brain
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While driving if it's raining in Sweden
the requirement will be
you have to have your headlights on
in order to be able to see.
What I fail to understand
and really want to know,
how to find out if it's raining in Sweden
and is it the same if there's snow?
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A student was required,
on his test paper to sign,
saying he had no help,
and put his name on the line.
He pondered as he sat there
and finally asked the prof,
"Sir, I have a question,
and I hope you will not scoff.
"I'm not sure I can sign this
as I really have to say,
I prayed to The Almighty,
asking help on the test today."
The professor contemplated,
And finally, he said,
"Please pass me your paper."
He looked, then shook his head.
He said, "Yes, you may sign it,
and keep your conscience clear,
as it's evident from your answers
The Almighty did not hear!"
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Future themes are:
1/15 requirement
1/22 teacher
1/29 flight
2/5 basket
2/12 toes
2/19 spice
2/26 ants
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Today is:
Arbor Day -- Jordan
Armed Forces Day / Remembrance Day -- Nigeria
Army Day -- India
Basketball Day -- rules for the game were first published this day in 1892(day debated, year is certain)
Blue Monday -- UK (it's gloomy winter, it's after the holidays, it's time to cheer someone up by doing something nice for him/her)
Chosun-gul -- North Korea (Korean Alphabet Day)
Dia del Maestro -- Venezuela (Teacher's Day)
Feast of the Ass -- Ancient Roman Calendar (celebrates Vesta being saved by a donkey)
Feast of Entering Heaven and the Two Lands -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Fiesta Del Senor de Esquipulas/Pilgrimage of Cristo Negro de Esquipulas -- Esquipulas, Guatemala (Festival of the Black Christ)
John Chilembwe Day -- Malawi
Lenaea -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a Festival of Comedy; date approximate)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- US and Territories (obs.)
Moliere Day -- France
National Hat Day -- begun by a hat loving individual who has chosen to remain anonymous
National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
Procrastinator's New Year -- declared by someone who had a really great sense of humor
Sailing of Wadjyt -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (the icon of the cobra goddess, Wadjyt, is carried on the Nile to visit many cities; date approximate)
St. Ita's Day (Patron of Limerick, Ireland)
St. Paul the Hermit's Day (the first of the Egyptian hermits; Patron of clothing industry, weavers)
Thiruvalluvar Day -- PY, TN, India (remembrance of the celebrated Tamil poet)
Tree Planting Day -- Egypt
Tsunahiki Matsuri -- Japan (various shrines hold tug-of-war festivals in which the team for god Ebisu vie with the team for god Daikoku; if Ebisu wins, the next year will have good catches at sea, if Daikoku, it will bring good harvests)
Anniversaries Today:
Opening of the British Museum, 1759
Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England, 1559
Birthdays Today:
Drew Brees, 1979
Chad Lowe, 1968
Mario Van Peebles, 1957
Charo, 1951
Andrea Martin, 1947
Margaret O'Brien, 1937
Ernest J. Gaines, 1933
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929
John Cardinal O'Connor, 1920
Lloyd Bridges, 1913
Gene Krupa, 1909
Elie Siegmeister, 1909
Edward Teller, 1908
Aristotle Onassis, 1906
Goodman Ace, 1899
Pierre S. du Pont, 1870
Philip Livingston, 1766
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a/k/a Moliere, 1622 (baptismal date, actual birth date unknown)
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Hill Street Blues"(TV), 1981
"Happy Days"(TV), 1974
The Democratic Donkey(symbol in newspaper comic), 1870
"Stella"(Goethe Play), 1816
Today in History:
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign, in a siege lasting until July 23, BC588
Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New World, 1493
Third sitting of the Council of Trent opens, 1562
The British Museum opens in Montague House in London, 1759
John Etherington of London steps out sporting the first top hat, 1797
The first US built locomotive to pull a passenger train begins its first run, with Mr. and Mrs. Pierson on board for the first US railroad honeymoon trip, 1831
The donkey is first used as a symbol for the Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly, 1870
The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia, 1889
James Naismith publishes the rules of Basketball, 1892
Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres in St Petersburg, 1895
Dr. Lee DeForest patents a 3-element vacuum tube (one of the inventions that later made radio possible), 1907
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African-American college women, 1908
The Boston Molasses Disaster, 2 million gallons of molasses spill, 21 killed, over 150 injured, 1919
The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio, 1936
The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia, 1943
The US Supreme Court rules that "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest, 1951
The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles; the Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10, 1967
The USSR launches Soyuz 5, 1969
The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm, 1991
Wikipedia goes online, 2001
An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system, 2005
ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon, 2005
The Stardust space mission returns dust from a comet to Earth, 2006
Chesley Sullenberger lands US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in NYC. All passengers and crew members survive in what becomes known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", 2009
The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils its newest exhibit, a replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found in 2010 in Argentina), the largest known dinosaur at 70 tons, 37m, 2016
Chinese scientists confirm that they have germinated a cotton seed on the moon on board the Chang’e 4 lander, 2019
The underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai violently erupts with a 20km ash plume, sending a tsunami over nearby Tonga, with shock waves heard in New Zealand, 2022
Mexico begins enforcement of one of the world's strongest anti-smoking laws, banning smoking in public places such as parks and beaches, 2023