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Interrogatories

Are you usually early, late, or right on time? What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Do you still have all your marbles? Who is the best teacher you ever had? What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? What is your favorite sandwich?

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On This Day

In 1792, the Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, was signed by President George Washington.

In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

In 1839, Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia. (That must have been very effective.)

In 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City.

In 1931, Congress approved the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (their approval was required due to the bridge passing through Yerba Buena Island, a naval base).

In 1938, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigned in protest over Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

In 1962, while aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.

Born on This Day

1633 – Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1702)

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1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)

1779 – Augustus Wall Callcott, English painter (d. 1844)

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1848 – Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)

1874 – Mary Garden, Scottish operatic soprano (d. 1967)

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1893 – Russel Crouse, American playwright (d. 1966)

1899 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992)

1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)

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1911 – Margot Grahame, English actress (d. 1982)

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1916 – Jean Erdman, American dancer

1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer

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1927 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. 1986)

1927 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005)

1927 – Sidney Poitier, American actor

1929 – Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)

1937 – Nancy Wilson, American Jazz singer

1941 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer

1943 – Mike Leigh, British film director

1946 – Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress

1946 – J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band)

1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite who must have had a very strong stomach.

1950 – Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan)

1951 – Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. 1997)

1953 – Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)

1954 – Anthony Head, English actor

1954 – Patty Hearst, American socialite

1960 – Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)

1963 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player

1963 – Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses)

1967 – Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994)

1967 – Lili Taylor, American actress

1969 – Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist

1971 – Calpernia Addams, transgender activist

1976 – Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness and Stone Gods)

1988 – Rihanna, Barbadian singer

Died on This Day

1762 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)

1803 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)

1862 – William Wallace Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)

1871 – Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)

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1893 – P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)

1895 – Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (b. 1818)

1920 – Robert Peary, American explorer (b. 1856)

1936 – Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

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1972 – Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897)

1976 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (b. 1907)

1987 – Wayne Boring, American comics artist (b. 1905)

1992 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)

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1997 – Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)

1999 – Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)

2005 – Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)

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2005 – John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)

2005 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)

2008 – Emily Perry, English actress (b. 1907)

2012 – S. N. Lakshmi, Indian actress (b. 1927)

Today is

World Day of Social Justice

National Cherry Pie Day

Hoodie Hoo Day

Love Your Pet Day

National Handcuff Day


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  3. plf515

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time?

    I was 7 weeks early being born and I’ve been early ever since.



    What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV?

    I sometimes curse with made-up syllables, but of epithets in English…. I like “Balderdash” a lot.

    If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it?

    Oh man…. I don’t know. I know nothing about coats of arms. Are they supposed to be about a family’s history? So, we could have people crossing the Atlantic in steerage?

    Do you still have all your marbles?

    I was born missing some.

    Who is the best teacher you ever had?

    I have to list more than one (considering how much school I’ve had!)

    Early years:

    Grace Kumar, who taught 5 and 6 year old kids at Gateway. I still remember a) Her hair (it was almost to the floor if unbraided) and b) Her saying “be gentle. That’s a person” whenever we were too rough (verbally or physically).

    Teens:

    Malcolm Spaull, who taught me math at York Prep. He willingly let me skip several years in 10 minutes.

    Helen Lambeth who taught social studies and taught me to look at a book’s author, index and bibliography.

    Grad school:

    Herman Friedman taught me how to think statistically. He had lots of sayings like “If you’re not surprised, you haven’t learned anything” and (people who do research and stats will get this one) “stop p-ing on the research!”

    What is your favorite bread or bread-type product?

    Well, there are some REALLY GOOD chocolate croissants out there. Even the bad ones are pretty good.

    What is your favorite sandwich?

    Sandwich names tend to vary geographically, but in NYC my favorite is often called “An Italian hero” – ham, coppa, salami, etc. with lettuce and onions and hot peppers, oil and vinegar on a hero roll.

    Pan bagnat is also wonderful if made right.  It’s properly made with good canned tuna packed in olive oil. In some bizarre attempt to make it more authentic, some places round here make it with chunks of grilled tuna. Oy. Also, it needs good olives, not the junky black olives that come from a can and taste like nothing at all.  

  4. Its the Supreme Court Stupid

    Answers:

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? Like a wizard, I am always PRECISELY on time.

    What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? Are you fuckin’ kidding me?

    If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Knowing me, a few food stains.

    Do you still have all your marbles? A few cat’s eyes

    Who is the best teacher you ever had?  Ken Deutsch, a poli-sci prof I took six times in college.

    What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? Olive Sourdough

    What is your favorite sandwich?

  5. Jk2003

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Do you still have all your marbles? Who is the best teacher you ever had? What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? What is your favorite sandwich?

    Late, early, on time:  I am early.  It is genetic

    Epithet:  Jesus Christ!  I say it all the time.  My two year old has said it.  Among other things.

    Coat of arms:  some knitting needles and a big bottle of wine

    Marbles:  mostly

    Best teacher:  Mr. Moser, I took two years of chemistry in high school and he was my man.  He nudged me toward biochem and that was my college major before going off to vet school.  Such a great teacher.  There were lots of great teachers at my high school in Alaska but he was so awesome and Ioved the subject matter so he wins.

    Favorite bread:  I make French bread.  It is yummy with a little butter and some good soup.

    Sandwich:  BLT. Totally.  Our traditional family birthday dinner is BLTs and champagne.  ðŸ™‚

  6. Gee

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Do you still have all your marbles? Who is the best teacher you ever had? What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? What is your favorite sandwich?

    I have to work really hard to be patient enough to not arrive too early.

    OK, now, this is like being on Inside the Actors Studio, and you’re all ready for the Bernard Pivot questions, and Lipton asks you about your favorite non curse word?  I’m not ready!  Durn yore hide.

    A book and some sort of musical design.

    I was going to ask which kind of marbles, but it doesn’t matter.  Of course not.

    I would have said Mr. Stevens my 9th grade algebra teacher, but that was before he punched that kid at the pep rally.  So maybe Mrs. O’Neil from senior English.  She was a bit odd, but I now realize that that is a good thing in an English teacher.  Oh, wait!  Scratch all that.  It’s Mrs. Fretz, the French teacher.  Very fun she was.

    Favorite bread product would have to be something sweet.  Pumpkin bread.  Banana bread.

    A Reuben!!!!!!!

  7. Gee

    The next pope should call himself Pope Melvin. Lighten things up a bit.

    – Chris Dashiell

    OK, that’s my tweet of the day.

  8. Gee

    In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

    In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

    In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

    In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

    In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.

    Thank you.

  9. michelewln

    Working on art all day.

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? Usually a bit late.

    What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? Well that’s just silly! (Has to be done with hands on hips.)

    If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Cats, unicorns, and a ringed planet.

    Do you still have all your marbles? No but I do have my jacks and balls. 😉

    Who is the best teacher you ever had? Mrs. Bluestein in second grade. She was the first person who encouraged me to be an artist.

    What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? San Francisco Sourdough Bread

    What is your favorite sandwich? Ham and Swiss cheese

  10. Gee

    I’m Randy.  What’s your sign?  (But I loved the way he played.)

    1963 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player

    And golf comedian.

    Lili Taylor, another favorite.  I wonder if there’s a Youtube clip of her singing “Joe Lied?”

  11. jlms qkw

    cannot wake up.  

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Do you still have all your marbles? Who is the best teacher you ever had? What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? What is your favorite sandwich?

    early to right on time.

    hmm not sure

    wouldn’t

    no

    i still remember my elementary school teachers fondly. couple very good high school teachers.  one professor of note.  in geography, oddly enough.  

    all.

    cheese.  

  12. kirbybruno

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? Early

    What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? I am the queen of motherfucking kindness, I would never!

    If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Glitter. Shoes. Duh.

    Do you still have all your marbles? I am pretty sure that…wait… what was the question?

    Who is the best teacher you ever had? Mrs. Murphey, 3rd grade

    What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? Hmmmm, love all bread, so going to say the crusty kind baked and made with flour.



    What is your favorite sandwich?     Anything with cheese!

  13. raina

    re: Vanderbilt? I admit to owning several pairs. The ones I’ve bought seem more geared to curves, not stick figures, and I like them.

    I couldn’t sleep last night, so I watched TV. I caught a movie on TMC called The Smiling Lieutenant. They’re doing 31 days of Oscars. It was a delightful movie, and I was amazed they had a song called Jazz Up Your Lingerie in 1931!

    ****

    Almost always on time.

    My epithets are so ordinary. LOL. One of the first ones I learned as a kid was “shit ass.” No one says that anymore.

    Do you still have all your marbles? Literally or figuratively?

    Cinnamon rolls.

    BLT, no contest. Whoever invented that was a genius.

  17. slksfca

    …about a coat of arms, but I do have a tattoo that’s a heraldic device: the Thistle of Scotland. It reflects both my Scots heritage and my given name, so I thought it was an appropriate bit of body art. 🙂

  18. JG in MD

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? Yes.

    What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? Oh, frick!

    If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? A book, a quill pen, a cat and a typewriter.

    Do you still have all your marbles? No, but I have pretzel M&Ms in my candy dish that look like them.

    Who is the best teacher you ever had? Earliest best was Mr. Gaub, 7th or 8th grade geography. There were later bests too.

    What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? ::Jill lets out her favorite string of words you can’t say on TV:: I tried to photograph the amazing unsliced chewy harvest grain bread I eat every day and my camera died. Even good batteries won’t light it up any more.



    What is your favorite sandwich?     If I have good farmers-market tomatoes, that.

  19. Abra Crabcakeya

    Are you usually early, late, or right on time? What is your favorite epithet that would not get you fined if you said it on TV? If you could make up your own coat of arms, what would be on it? Do you still have all your marbles? Who is the best teacher you ever had? What is your favorite bread or bread-type product? What is your favorite sandwich?

    1. Was once usually early – now have almost no schedule and haven’t worn a watch in years.I’ll get to vet appointment tomorrow likely a few minutes early by setting cell phone alarm.

    2. Been on a campaign of cleaning my sewer mouth up for a couple years now – but those left are non PC and refer to my x in most unflattering ways that are all deadly accurate.

    3. No coat of arms. Just not me , not at all.

    4. I’ve thrown some away , discerning that they were slag , after all.

    5. Dr. Michael Nielsen ,of Geology at University Of Alabama at Birmingham. Taught me some important things about life and being a person as well as the damned rocks.

    6.Anything but white goo – bread.

    7. My favorite sandwich is one eaten with company eating their sandwich. So , most recently that would be a McNasty’s double 1/4 pounder w/cheese , shared with Tsula. Generally that is emergency food only – but the comapany made the food good. Her enthusiasm made the day good – as it makes the years liveable.  

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