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The Daily F Bomb, Monday 11/18/13

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Interrogatories

Was your first name used for a hurricane or tropical storm? Were you particularly devastating?

What were your favorite childhood toys?

Do you have a namesake? Anyone named after you?

Where is the weirdest place you ever fell asleep?

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Born on This Day

1527 – Luca Cambiasi, Italian painter/sculptor (d. 1585)

1573 – Ambrosius Bosschaert the elder, Flemish Baroque flower and still-life painter (d. 1621)

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1584 – Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (d. 1669)

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1725 – Martin Knoller, Austrian painter (d. 1804)

1732 – Pehr Hilleström, Swedish painter (d. 1816)

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1736 – Anton Graff, German portrait painter (d. 1813)

1785 – Sir David Wilkie, Scottish painter (d. 1841)

1787 – Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)

1787 – François-Joseph Navez, Belgian painter (d. 1869)

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1836 – Sir W. S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911) (Gilbert and Sullivan)

1840 – Antonio Muñoz Degrain, Spanish painter (d. 1924)

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1852 – Mikoláš Aleš, Czech painter (d. 1913)

1858 – Luigi Pastega, Italian painter (d. 1927)

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1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter (d. 1957)

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1888 – Frances Marion, American screenwriter and actress  (d. 1973)

1901 – George Gallup, American statistician and pollster, who did not live to see the reputation of his polling firm brought low by partisan management. (d. 1984)

1903 – Bernard Newman, Hollywood costume designer (d. 1966) (See: Most Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals)

1904 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)

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1907 – Yves Brayer, French painter (d. 1990)

1907 – Compay Segundo, Cuban guitarist, singer and composer (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)

1908 – Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (d. 2001)

1909 – Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)

1919 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)

1919 – Georgia Carroll, American singer, fashion model, and actress (d. 2011)

1923 – Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)

1923 – Ted Stevens, American politician and internet guru. (d. 2010)

1927 – Hank Ballard, American rhythm ‘n blues singer and songwriter (d. 2003)

1936 – Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995)

1939 – Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, novelist, critic and essayist

1939 – Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress

1941 – David Hemmings, English actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2003)

1950 – Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Rumour) who I mistakenly had listed on the 15th (you’ll just have to suffer):

1953 – Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist (V for Vendetta)

1959 – Karla Faye Tucker, first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984 (d. 1998)

1962 – Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)

1964 – Rita Cosby, American “journalist” whose career was dedicated to reporting about missing white women.

1965 – Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter (Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree)

1968 – Owen Wilson, American actor and film-writer

1970 – Megyn Kelly, American Fox News spokesmodel

Died on This Day

1543 – Hans Holbein the Younger, German painter (b. 1497)

1630 – Esaias van de Velde, Dutch painter (b. 1587)

1689 – Jacob van der Ulft, Dutch painter of landscapes and cityscapes (b. 1627)

1876 – Narcisse Virgilio Diaz, French painter of the Barbizon school (b. 1807)

1886 – Chester A. Arthur, American politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)

1922 – Marcel Proust, French novelist (b. 1871)

1969 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman (b. 1888)

1969 – Ted Heath, British trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1902)

1972 – Danny Whitten, American musician (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)

1976 – Man Ray, American-born French photographer and painter (b. 1890)

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1978 – Leo Ryan, American politician (b. 1925)

1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)

1994 – Cab Calloway, American bandleader (b. 1907)

1999 – Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (Sir Douglas Quintet and Flaco Jiménez) (b. 1941)

1999 – Horst P. Horst, photographer (b. 1906)

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2002 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)

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15 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    My named storm was a few years ago, and it was only Cat 2, with only one fatality (which is one too many, but it’s not MY fault!)

    When I was a kid I loved those troll dolls, Tonka trucks, and Barbies for a while. My brother, being a boy, got all these cool things like Creepy Crawlers (which is still apparently being made) where you used little molds to create rubbery bugs. One thing I wasn’t into was baby dolls. I had one, and accidentally left it in the supermarket. Instead of crying, I just said, “Meh.” Maybe that was my first inkling that I never wanted kids. 😉

    If anyone named their poor kid after me, they never told me. My mom swears she didn’t name me after anyone, she just liked the name (which wasn’t common then, and has never made the popular names list).

    I’ve fallen asleep in trains, planes, automobiles, buses, and in a park (the sun was pleasant, I was tired), at even at my desk at work when having a hard time adjusting to the time change, but never anyplace really weird.

  2. Gee

    Was your first name used for a hurricane or tropical storm? Were you particularly devastating?

    What were your favorite childhood toys?

    Do you have a namesake? Anyone named after you?

    Where is the weirdest place you ever fell asleep?

    There was a Hurricane Georges in 1998.  Wikipedia says it was the worst of the season.

    Those little plastic toy soldiers.

    My father and great grandfather had the same name as me.  Nobody named after me.

    Not sure I’ve ever fallen asleep in any weird places.

  3. Gee

    1964 – Rita Cosby, American “journalist” whose career was dedicated to reporting about missing white women.

    I’d totally forgotten about Throaty McHuskington!

  4. Gee

    1976 – Man Ray, American-born French photographer and painter (b. 1890)

    Some punks in the ’70s would have found that iron useful!

  6. Gee

    1584 – Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (d. 1669)

    Reminds me of a joke about a guy who goes skinny dipping, and discovers that somebody has stolen all of his clothes except his hat.  He ran back to his hotel, covering as much as he could.  A woman sitting on the porch laughed at him.

    “Madame, if you were a lady, you wouldn’t laugh!”

    “Sir, if you were a gentleman, you’d tip your hat!”

  8. JanF

    I guess the bar for “should be considered a possible candidate to run a country” has been set pretty low after seeing our country’s GOP candidates last year.

  9. JanF

    This was my favorite for hitting the nail on the head:

       America. Where 1 middle class woman in Florida having to pick a new plan is a bigger deal than 5 million poor people being denied insurance.

       – LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) November 15, 2013

    Roll Call apparently picked on Janet Yellen for wearing the same suit TWICE in her career. We are definitely NOT a post-gender society. Sigh.

    Speaking of gender, last night they were Tweeting about the “Texas Women Forever” fundraising show with Sarah Silverman and Liz Winstead. ABL used the hashtag #NobodyExpectsTheVaginalInquisition which cracked me up and sent me to the toobz for some comedic crack (Monty Python skits, not the kind of crack that Rob Ford made the news for):

    (p.s. I am going to guess that we will see Rob Ford in Tuesday’s F Bomb. I have a Tweet to share if I am online when it posts.)

    Hovering …

    – I predict there will never be a shortage of straws for building strawmen.

    – NO NO NO … do not throw in that towel!!

    – Har at BLAST. I don’t think that is the splinter group, by the way. I think it is their initial reason for forming. Less Thinking is a requirement to accept the main premise of telling the government to butt out of healthcare while carrying signs saying “Leave my Medicare Alone” and then supporting granny killer Paul Ryan’s budget.

    Last night when I was phoning it in (and unable to read hovers — curse you, Android!) I wondered what the iron hover would be. I was pressed for time and guessed irony … but you nailed it!

    Thanks for the F Bomb, Floja Roja.

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