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Good morning Bombistas!  Sorry about all the difficult questions. You shouldn’t have forgotten to study! These will be on the test!

Interrogatories

If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)?

If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? Do you think wisdom comes with age? Do you think you see yourself as others do? What is your favorite body of water?

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On This Day

In 1743, the first known town meeting in America was held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston.

In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.

In 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” was performed for the first time in London.

In 1900, Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.

In 1964, a Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1967, President John F. Kennedy’s body was moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.

In 2004, Russian President Vladimir “Pooty-Poot” Putin captured more than 70 percent of the vote to win a second term in an election that European observers said fell short of democratic standards.

In 2005, a judge in San Francisco ruled that California’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.

In 2012, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued its first verdict in the case of Prosecutor vs. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. At issue was the military use of children.  Lubanga was unanimously found guilty of the war crime of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 for use in his rebel army, The Union of Congolese Patriots.

Born on This Day

1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)

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1807 – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)

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1813 – Joseph Philo Bradley, American jurist (d. 1892)

1820 – Victor Emanuel II, first king of united Italy (d. 1878)

1822 – Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)

1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first female dentist in the United States (d. 1910)

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1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)

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1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)

1879 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)

1887 – Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)

1888 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian landscape painter (d. 1970)

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1904 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, the last surviving Ziegfeld girl, AIDS activist (d. 2010)

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1912 – Les Brown, American bandleader (d. 2001)

1914 – Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)

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1915 – Kenneth Rowntree, British painter (d. 1997)

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1916 – Horton Foote, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1918 – Dennis Patrick, American actor (d. 2002)

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1921 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American critic (d. 2013)

1922 – Les Baxter, American tiki lounge music guy (d. 1996)

1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)

1933 – Michael Caine, British actor

1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress

1939 – Raymond J. Barry, American actor

1943 – Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Ohio Players) (d. 2013)

1948 – Tom Coburn, wingnut American politician, possibly the only Repug who knows exactly what invasive ultrasounds entail.

1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian

1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American businessman, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

1954 – Jann Browne, American country singer (Asleep at the Wheel)

1961 – Rey Washam, American musician (Scratch Acid and many more, but I picked the video from the neighborhood club just because. And Abby is cool.)

1970 – Kristian Bush, American folk rock and country musician (Billy Pilgrim and Sugarland)

Died on This Day

1471 – Sir Thomas Malory, English author (b. 1405)

1682 – Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael, Dutch painter (b. 1628)

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1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1818)

1942 – René Bull, Irish illustrator (b. 1872)

1969 – Ben Shahn, American painter (b. 1898)

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1975 – Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)

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1976 – Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)

1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)

1997 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)

1999 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)

2009 – Altovise Davis, American entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr.’s third wife (b. 1943)

2010 – Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)

Today is

National Potato Chip Day

National Pi Day

National Save a Spider Day

Learn About Butterflies Day

International Ask a Question Day

World Kidney Day


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27 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    I’d discard stuff. I’m a pack rat, and I think too much clutter makes everything else in my life feel cluttered too. Rambunctious pets messing with everything make things worse.

    My heaven would be a town on a coast that is mostly mountainous with all the places I ever loved in life on just a few nice streets, and all those places would be frozen at that time where I loved them the most. For instance a neighborhood bar would have all the people who I used to know from there, the same bartenders, the same jukebox, or a house might still have the same residents that I used to visit all the time. Conversation would be different because there wouldn’t be politics. Everyone would have all their needs taken care of, so we’d laugh and joke about good things. (of course Heaven has wine, and all other good booze, but only high quality and no hangovers and you can’t get too drunk.)

  2. plf515

    If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)?

    I would ditch my insomnia and anxiety.

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like?

    Let’s see…. I could eat whatever I wanted without gaining an ounce even though I spent all day blogging, reading and tweeting.

    Do you think wisdom comes with age?

    No. If we’re intelligent, knowledge comes with age, which gives us something to apply wisdom to. But little kids can be very wise. Also relevant here, I think, is Russell Baker’s astute observation that “children are serious while adults are solemn”; this is relevant because we often confuse solemnity with wisdom.

    Do you think you see yourself as others do?

    No, probably not.

    What is your favorite body of water?

    Gee, I dunno! The Hudson River is nice…. and I see it a lot.

    One body of water note: When I want to Israel I saw the Jordan. “River”? It’s a stream! Or maybe a creek! I was expecting a RIVER!  

  3. michelewln

    If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)? Need to go through the closets and get rid of stuff. On my ever growing list of things to do

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? I’ve always said my idea of Heaven is the one from the Simpson’s episode with Liam Neeson. The Irish Catholic version of course 😉

    Do you think wisdom comes with age? As long as you learn something new every day wisdom comes from all ages

    Do you think you see yourself as others do? Probably not. I don’t think I’m that weird!

    What is your favorite body of water? Lake Tahoe

  4. zenor

    doesn’t mean I can answer them.

    I know some stuff and I have some stuff and I lost some stuff and I left some stuff. I have the wisdom of empathy and the perspective of imagination. I remember what sounds true for years sometimes to wait and see if it is. I thrive at the ocean shore; but a lake’s okay, as is a mountain stream, where tiny fish swim between your toes.

    I hope that some weekend when I am reading, the Floj will reveal a breakfast home menu. I am curious. Intrigued. Avidly inquisitive. I seek. I yearn. I’m aware of the coffee, but there must be more if it’s big like it’s supposedly.

    I hope the new pope is not a jerk. My father liked John XXIII. He went to visit a man in prison. They asked him, Holiness, why did you come to see this man?

    Because he couldn’t come to see me!

  5. kirbybruno

    If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)? : Just one thing, I think you know what it is.

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? Quiet and filled with plants, trees, comfy lounge spaces, and lots of books.

    Do you think wisdom comes with age? Yes

    Do you think you see yourself as others do? I hope so.

    What is your favorite body of water? The small kind in a glass surrounded by gin or vodka.

  6. Its the Supreme Court Stupid

    If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)? I want to stop droning on.

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? No dronzzzz.

    Do you think wisdom comes with age? Like wine, there is a shelf life and a tipping point.  At some point, “wisdom” turns bad, like wine turns to vinegar.

    Do you think you see yourself as others do? No, since perception is totally subjective.  It is in how we relate our subjective impressions to one another that community is born.

    What is your favorite body of water? The Caribbean.

  7. JanF

    The altar boy one is very sad-funny but this one is my favorite:

       Both Paul Ryan and Pope Francis have a commitment to the poor. But Ryan’s commitment is to make more of them.

       – LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 14, 2013

    I wonder if Twitterer @FrancisOne realizes that it is NOT Pope Francis I? Apparently you can’t be a I until there is a II. But on the bright side, he won’t be forced to give up his Twitter account to the real Francis I. 😉

  8. JG in MD

    Cleansing discards? I still have all the craft supplies that I don’t use any more but it would hurt more than help to get rid of them. I’ve already discarded my grandmother’s bulky furniture. My attitudes are intertwined with my financial desperation, so I wouldn’t know how to untangle and discard.

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? There’s a saying that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind. In my Heaven, the two would magically match.

    Do you think wisdom comes with age?

    What comes with age is experience[s], good and bad. Whether that leads to wisdom is up to the individual.

    Do you think you see yourself as others do? Definitely not. It used to bewilder me when people disliked me. Only recently have I been able to see why (they had good reason).

    What is your favorite body of water? Sligo Creek in Silver Spring, MD. http://tinyurl.com/cm3lmh6

  9. jlms qkw

     

    about half the stuff in the house

    umm, not sure.

    no.  

    no.

    i prefer oceans to lakes, and warm oceans to not warm oceans.  

  10. slksfca

    But I can’t take credit for that because it just happens, unless one is a psychopath (or otherwise “stuck” somewhere unhealthy).

    I would cleanse the physical dreck first, believing that this makes psychic room for the soul to expand.

    My heaven would be like this life, but polluted neither spiritually nor physically, without ugliness, and with friendship given its proper place in the scheme of things.

    I suppose I should say the Pacific Ocean is my favorite body of water, purely out of respect for proximity if nothing else. But there’s a certain lake in the Grand Tetons that I was awfully fond of once upon a youthful time…

  12. princesspat

    Cleansing?  BCL (blood clot hell) fixed my atitude….to much stuff is a work in progress.

    Heaven?? Back on the ranch with my grandparents and no adult worries

    Wisdom? Finally being wiser makes being older nearly tolerable.

    Body of water? My bathtub

    Yeah I did it…..thanks for the lesson Floja 🙂

  13. mikidee

    Objection on the basis they are not designed to lead to the discovery of admissable evidence.  Subject to and notwithstanding said objection, the following answers are submitted ….

    If you could do a thorough “cleansing” of your present life, what would you discard (physical things such as possessions or mental things such as attitudes can apply)? First thing to go would be the guilt/shame I’ve been lugging around re: not being/achieving what I think I should have/could have been/achieved and/or the shitty things I’ve done to myself and to people I’ve loved. Also, too, the weight I’ve gained since quitting smoking.

    If you could create your own Heaven, what would it be like? The concept of heaven is too eternal for me – I’ll be happy to rest eternally, but that’s about it.

    Do you think wisdom comes with age? Fingers crossed … which is not to say one must be aged to be wise but, hopefully, after enough time and living I’ll have learned something about time and living.

    Do you think you see yourself as others do? Nope, not so much ….

    What is your favorite body of water? Any lake in the way back of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

    Happy Pi Day!

  14. bubbanomics

    no time for interrogation, unless it’s narcoanalytic.  gotta get to class.  Pi day in the math dept is nerdvana.

    from the bubbapod…

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