Interrogatories
Have you ever attended the funeral of a deceased public figure? If so, who?
Do you still write thank you notes?
Have you ever written anything in wet cement? Carved anything on a tree?
Do you have any brand loyalties? Examples?
The Twitter Emitter
When same sex marriage inevitably becomes legal, the right can focus on fighting abortion by supporting policies that increase abortions.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 22, 2013
If he only knew God would turn into a capitalist who thought the poor were malingerers, Satan may never have left heaven in the first place.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 23, 2013
Biblical scholars say that Jesus' actual birthday took place in March and that he and Ayn Rand didn't have a son that they named Reagan.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 25, 2013
Ted Cruz told his family he was glad to be home from Washington for Christmas. "It's tiring being a senator AND Speaker of the House."
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 26, 2013
Being lied to is always cheaper than doing something.
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) December 26, 2013
Sarah Palin: "Some guy just told me 'Feliz Navidad'. Not even 'Happy holidays'. This #WarOnChristmas is worse than I thought."
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 26, 2013
Homophobia is a sacred union between a man and a bible.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 26, 2013
Christmas is over, now please join me in eating candy and worrying about the future.
— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 26, 2013
On This Day
In 1799, a mere 4,000 people attended George Washington’s funeral (adjusted for inflation, that would be at least 100,000 today).
In 1825, equality loving Russian soldiers and officers, called the Decembrists, rose in rebellion against Czar Nicholas I, who brutally suppressed them, and made the country even more oppressive.
In 1846, the first instance of cannibalism in the Donner party took place, with the people “averting their faces from one another and weeping.”
In 1871, the first collaboration of Gilbert & Sullivan, Thespis, premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London. It ran for 63 performances. The original songs, except for two, are now lost.
In 1898, Pierre and Marie Curie announced that they had isolated radium.
In 1919, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
In 1963, the Beatles’ single I Want to Hold Your Hand, with the b-side of I Saw Her Standing There was released in the U.S. It was a massive hit, and the screaming disease called “Beatlemania” spread rapidly across the country.
In 1966, Black Studies professor Maulana Karenga celebrated the holiday he had created, Kwanzaa, for the first time.
In 1982, Time Magazine had it’s first non-human (I think Hitler was the first in-human) on the cover – a personal computer – as Man of the Year.
In 2004, following a 9.3 earthquake, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, and other coastal areas around the Indian Ocean were struck by a monster tsunami, which killed in excess of 230,000 people.
Born on This Day
1615 – Jean Nocret, French painter (d. 1672)
1633 – Charles E Biset, Flemish painter (d. ca. 1691)
1734 – George Romney, British portrait painter (d. 1802)
1755 – Balthasar-Paul Ommeganck, Flemish landscape with animals painter (d. 1826)
1759 – Johann Georg von Dillis, German draftsman, painter, engraver (d. 1841)
1784 – Antoni Brodowski, Polish painter (d. 1832)
1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (d. 1955)
1891 – Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
1893 – Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976)
1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1903 – Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
1907 – Al Gore Sr., American Politician (d. 1998)
1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
1935 – Abdul “Duke” Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops)
1939 – Phil Spector, American music producer
1948 – Candy Crowley, American journalist and traitorous debate moderator
1955 – Evan Bayh, American politician, 46th Governor of Indiana, and United States Senator from Indiana
1956 – David Sedaris, American essayist
1963 – Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica)
1971 – Jared Leto, American actor who always seems to get beaten up in every movie
Died on This Day
1676 – Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1686 – Henri Mauperché, French landscape painter (b. 1602)
1909 – Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861)
1911 – Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (d. 1987)
1916 – Janis Rozentals, Finnish painter (b. 1866)
1953 – David Brown Milne, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
1962 – Nikolay Milioti, Russian painter (b. 1874)
1968 – Weegee aka Arthur Fellig, photojournalist (b. 1899)
1970 – Emilio Centurion, Argentinian artist (b. 1894)
1972 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
1973 – William Haines, actor turned interior designer (b. 1900)
1974 – Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)
1977 – Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
1979 – Karl Hubbuch, German painter (b. 1891)
1985 – Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895)
1986 – Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
1988 – Julanne Johnston, silent film actress (b. 1900)
1999 – Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
2000 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
2006 – Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
2010 – Teena Marie, American singer and composer (b. 1956)
2011 – Sam Rivers, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
Today is
Boxing Day
Mummer’s Day (Cornwall)
St. Stephen’s Day
National Candy Cane Day
Kwanzaa
National Whiners Day
National Thank-you Note Day
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