Interrogatories
Have you ever done any mountain climbing (not hiking)? If so, where?
Who is your favorite living comedian? What’s your favorite routine?
Who is your favorite dead comedian? What’s your favorite routine?
Are you close to all of your cousins?
Do you have any relatives that you avoid at all costs?
The Twitter Emitter
As much as Geraldo is afraid of black guys in hoodies, I'm more afraid of shirtless Geraldos.
— Jamie Kilstein (@jamiekilstein) July 23, 2013
Skippy Russert complaining about the royal baby on the Cycle. Who would have thought he hated nepotism?
— Secular Humanist (@Reilly4Sanity) July 23, 2013
Just don't let me find out that Mark Sanford has taken up hiking again.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) July 23, 2013
The Muppets ending their Chik-fil-A deal proves there are hand puppets more evolved than USA's right-wing fake Christians.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 23, 2013
Carlos Danger Middleton-Windsor.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) July 23, 2013
Carlos Danger is an anagram for Roger Scandal, which is kind of what this is.
— Brent S. Sirota (@BrentSirota) July 23, 2013
A baby who'll be a fake monarch in 50 years and an ex-congressman who sexts. There's the news. Go back to sleep, America.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 23, 2013
little hard to knock Brits for their silly obsession w/the royal baby when America is transfixed by a man who tweeted a photo of his penis
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 23, 2013
Makes sense: Everybody was making fun of Anthony Weiner's silly name so he changed it to Carlos Danger.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) July 23, 2013
@LOLGOP Racial issues in America are just a distraction, but Carlos Danger is serious business.
— Hoosegow Flask (@HoosegowFlask) July 23, 2013
On This Day
In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate in favor of her infant son, James VI (later to be James I of England as well).
In 1701, a trading post was founded that later grew into the now bankrupt (thanks to bankrupt leadership) city of Detroit.
In 1847, Brigham Young and his crew arrived in what is now Salt Lake City.
In 1866, Tennessee was the first of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
In 1938, the first successful ascent of the Eiger (mountain in the Swiss Alps) incredibly steep north face was made. In the last century, at least 65 others have died in the attempt.
In 1969, after the successful moon landing mission, Apollo 11 splashed down safely in the North Pacific.
In 1974, the Supremes ordered Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes to the special prosecutor.
In 2002, bad hair victim James Traficant was expelled from the House of Representatives after his conviction for bribery, racketeering, and tax evasion (all legal for congresscritters today, at least if they are Republicans).
In 2005, Lance Armstrong won his 7th Tour de France. Or did he?
Born on This Day
1623 – Mattheus van Helmont, Flemish painter (d. 1679)
1703 – Justus Juncker, German painter (d. 1767)
1757 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (d. 1825)
1783 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan commander (d. 1830)
1786 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (d. 1843)
1802 – Alexandre Dumas, French writer (d. 1870)
1841 – Raimundo Madrazo y Garretta, Spanish painter (d. 1920)
1843 – Eugen von Blaas, Austrian Academic painter (d. 1931)
1848 – Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Spanish painter (d. 1921)
1853 – William Gillette, American actor and author (d. 1937)
1860 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech artist (d. 1939)
1868 – Max Alfred Buri, Swiss painter (d. 1915)
1871 – Giacomo Balla, Italian Futurist painter (d. 1958)
1892 – Marcel Gromaire, French painter (d. 1971)
1895 – Robert Graves, English author (d. 1985) (I, Claudius)
1897 – Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (d. 1937)
1899 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (d. 1981)
1900 – Zelda Fitzgerald, wife and muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald (d. 1948)
1920 – Bella Abzug, American politician (d. 1998)
1920 – Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969)
1934 – Rudy Collins, American drummer (d. 1988)
1935 – Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist
1942 – Heinz, German-English singer-songwriter and bass player (The Tornados) (d. 2000)
1942 – Chris Sarandon, American actor (The Princess Bride)
1944 – Jim Armstrong, Irish guitarist (Them)
1946 – Gallagher, American comedian and watermelon killer
1947 – Robert Hays, American actor (Airplane)
1952 – Gus Van Sant, American director
1953 – Claire McCaskill (D-MO), American politician
1956 – Charlie Crist, American (D?-R?-FL) politician
1958 – Mick Karn, English musician and songwriter (Japan, Dalis Car, and NiNa) (d. 2011)
1963 – Karl Malone, American basketball player
1964 – Barry Bonds, American baseball player
1965 – Kadeem Hardison, American actor
1968 – Laura Leighton, American actress
1969 – Jennifer Lopez, American actress, singer, dancer, and businesswoman
1981 – Summer Glau, American actress
1982 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-born New Zealand actress
Died on This Day
1680 – Ferdinand van Bol, Dutch painter (b. 1616)
1768 – Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
1781 – Étienne Aubry, French painter (b. 1745)
1804 – Martin Knoller, Austrian painter (b. 1725)
1842 – John Sell Cotman, English painter (b. 1782)
1862 – Martin Van Buren, American politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
1896 – Kaspar Karsen, Dutch painter (b. 1810)
1908 – Walter Leistikow, German painter (b. 1865)
1910 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1965 – Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
1971 – Josef Sima, Czech painter (b. 1891)
1980 – Peter Sellers, English film actor and comedian (b. 1925)
1991 – Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1992 – Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)
2012 – Chad Everett, American actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor (b. 1938)
Today is
Pioneer Day (Utah)
Cousins Day
National Drive-Through Day
National Tequila Day
Tell an Old Joke Day
Amelia Earhart Day
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