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Happy Saturday, kiddies! Remember to take some time out of your busy day to remember dog biscuits.

Interrogatories

Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? Who do you wish you could sing like? What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? Should there be nuts in banana bread? Who is your favorite lyricist?

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On This Day

In 532, Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ordered the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia, which still stands today.

In 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.

In 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore.

In 1903, Cuba leased Guantánamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”.

In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.

In 1941, plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

In 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began, in Pittsburgh. There were anti-vaxxers then, too.

In 2011, the Obama administration said it would no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.

Born on This Day

1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)

1633 – Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703)

1817 – George Frederick Watts, British painter (d. 1904)

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1831 – Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch marine painter, (d. 1915)

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1850 – César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)

1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963)

1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935)

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1884 – Hermann Courtens, Belgian painter (d. 1956)

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1884 – Frank Cellier, English actor (d. 1948)

1886 – Antonio Alice, Argentine portrait painter (d. 1943)

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1889 – Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)

1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)

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1901 – Edgar Ende, German painter (d. 1965)

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1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress (d. 2008)

1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)

1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor

1944 – Johnny Winter, American musician

1946 – Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco)

1952 – Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith)

1958 – David Sylvian, English musician (Japan and Nine Horses)

1967 – Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer and sound engineer (Nine Inch Nails and Tweaker)

1973 – Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)

1976 – Kelly Macdonald, British actress

1983 – Emily Blunt, British actress

Died on This Day

1447 – Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)

1507 – Gentile Bellini, Italian painter (b. 1429)

The funny hat conceals his antennae very well.

1792 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723)

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1930 – Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. 1907)

1930 – Mabel Normand, silent film star (b. 1892)

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1944 – Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (b. 1863)

1965 – Stan Laurel, British actor and comedian (b. 1890)

1974 – Florence Rice, American actress (b. 1907)

1995 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1942)

1995 – James Herriot, English writer (b. 1916)

1997 – Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (b. 1945)

Today is

National Banana Bread Day

Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day

Play Tennis Day


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35 comments

  1. JanF

    Isn’t that every day for lulu57?

    No … NO … a thousand times NO and NOBazillion: nuts do NOT belong in any kind of bread. But since I hate banana bread (have you ever smelled it??!!??) feel free to load it up with nuts because I won’t eat it anyway.

    Back after a banana-bread-free breakfast to read …

  2. Its the Supreme Court Stupid

    Answers:

    Do you play a musical instrument? Guitar

    What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? Piano, like Rick Wakeman

    Who do you wish you could sing like? What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? The Adventures of Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle the Moose, of course!

    Should there be nuts in banana bread? Sure.  Why not?

    Who is your favorite lyricist?  Tough one.  I’ll go with Lennon, but Dylan, Patti Smith, Pete Sinfield and Carole King are all up there.

  3. Jk2003

    I love the “be nicer to democrats” tweet.  That tickles me.

    Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? Who do you wish you could sing like? What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? Should there be nuts in banana bread? Who is your favorite lyricist?

    Instrument:  piano

    Wish I played:  banjo

    Like:  whoever is playing on my “three pickers” album

    I wish I could sing like:  cat stevens

    Best cartoon:  Tom and Jerry

    Nuts?  Hell yes, though I am a recent convert

    Lyricist:  I can’t answer this question.  To many to name.

  4. mapamp

    Do you play a musical instrument? I used to play flute, but I haven’t picked it up in years.

    What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? I wish I played piano, and I wish I played like my grandmother did. She played jazz, ragtime, blues, hymns, blue grass, mountain music, serious stuff and fun stuff. She was an amazing woman–one of those who could hear something just once and then play it.

    Who do you wish you could sing like? Wow-so many! If I had to choose, I’m going to say Gladys Knight.

    What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? Bugs Bunny, of course! Aaaaaa….what’s up, Doc?

    Should there be nuts in banana bread? Mini-chocolate chips.

    Who is your favorite lyricist? Adam Duritz–Counting Crows.  

  5. slksfca

    I used to play violin, piano and recorder (the flute, not the machine). And there’s a ukulele sitting in my living room just waiting for me to continue lessons. Also, I sang, classical music and showtunes. I’d be happy these days if I could sing like Hugh Jackman, or almost anyone, but I’ve let myself get way out of practice.

    Best cartoon has to be Mighty Mouse, though I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle’s ‘Fractured Fairy Tales.’

    Banana bread (and brownies) are fine with nuts or without. I have no real preference.

    Favorite lyricist is a three-way split, between Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart and Stephen Sondheim, the latter gentleman being responsible for this hilarious and witty snippet:

    What’s that muddle

    In the middle?

    That’s the puddle where the poodle did the piddle.

    Not one of his more intellectual efforts, but I’ve always loved it. 🙂

  6. blue jersey mom

    Do you play a musical instrument? No, but my kids all play various instruments. they were all in orchestra from 4th through 12th grade. Ron actually played at Carnegie Hall.

    What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? I would love to play the piano.

    Who do you wish you could sing like? I just wish that I could carry a tune.

    What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? Agree with ITSCS–Rocky and Bullwinkle

    Should there be nuts in banana bread? Yes, nuts improve most foods.

    Who is your favorite lyricist? I don’t have a good answer for this one.

  7. JanF

    This makes me grind my teeth:

       Republicans say it’s raining; Democrats say it’s sunny. Rather than go outside and see for themselves, the media reports the controversy.

       – Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) February 23, 2013

    Shortest “honeymoon” ever for a president. They couldn’t even wait for him to be inaugurated before they came after him:

    In 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington to take office after an assassination plot was foiled in Baltimore.

    That must have been an incredibly difficult time. I look at how awful the state of our country is now with the House of Representatives clearly not representing the will of the people but intent on demonstrating (for the second biennial in a row) what happens when people who hate the government are elected to run the government.

    Stay out of trouble, all y’alls!!

  8. plf515

    Do you play a musical instrument?

    I play a few notes of piano.

    What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like?

    Piano. Oh, so many choices. Murray Perahia, maybe? Mitsuko Uchida? Glenn Gould! Or, perhaps best of all, Art Tatum.

    Who do you wish you could sing like?

    Almost any good singer would be nice. My voice is awful.

    What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time?

    In this age of YouTubes and NetFlix and 5000000000 channels, I don’t know what’s on when. But of the recent stuff (that I watched with my kids) SpongeBob SquarePants!

    Should there be nuts in banana bread?

    As you wish.

    Who is your favorite lyricist?

    I can’t decide.  

  9. Chris Blask

    A few hours to a flight that will take 24 to be a vague and sweaty memory. Comfortable on the floor of Doha International until security made me go sit in the coffee shop (folks worry about appearances too much here, I’ve slept on the floor of airports around the world :~P ).

    Do you play a musical instrument?

    – guitar, badly

    What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like?

    – sax, anyone who plays sax

    Who do you wish you could sing like?

    – Bobby Darin

    What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time?

    – Roadrunner

    Should there be nuts in banana bread?

    – I’m sorry, I am going to have to ask you to take that offense to soft buttery banana bread outside.

    Who is your favorite lyricist?

    – Simon Garfunkel

  10. Gee

    Eberhard Weber is playing now.  If I played bass, he’d be a good person to play like.

    Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument do you wish you played, and who do you wish you played like? Who do you wish you could sing like? What’s the best Saturday morning cartoon of all time? Should there be nuts in banana bread? Who is your favorite lyricist?

    I play guitar.  Strum, mostly.

    I wish I played guitar better.  Playing like Jorma Kaukonen would work for me.

    I wish I could sing like Jack Bruce.

    Rocky & Bullwinkle, and anything connected to them.

    Nuts are fine in banana bread.  But banana bread is also fine without ’em.

    Favorite lyricist of my era would be Joni Mitchell, with honorable mention to Randy Newman.  Favorite lyricist of the next era is David Byrne, hands down.  I don’t think there’s another.  Well, Elvis Costello is clever, but David beats him by a mile, for me.

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