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The Daily F Bomb, Friday 3/15/13

Good morning Bombers! Is it really Friday? This week has been so long.

I think the first question may be hard… and the rest rather dull. ;-P

Interrogatories

Today our kids are amazed to learn of the things we didn’t have when we were their age because they hadn’t been invented yet. Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.) Do you dream in color? Have you ever had a dream within a dream? When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid? Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

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On This Day

In 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.

In 1493, future slaver Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state.

In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson held the first open presidential news conference.

In 1919, the American Legion was founded in… Paris? Freedom!

In 1964, actress Elizabeth Taylor and actor Richard Burton were married; it was her fifth marriage, his second.

In 1965, white addressing a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for new legislation to guarantee every American’s right to vote.

In 2003, the World Health Organization issued a worldwide health alert for the respiratory illness SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

Born on This Day

1754 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish naturalist and surgeon (d. 1842)

1767 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d. 1845)

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1813 – John Snow, English epidemiologist (d. 1858)

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1851 – William Mitchell Ramsay, Scottish archaeologist (d. 1939)

1852 – Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish dramatist (d. 1932)

1868 – Grace Chisholm Young, English mathematician (d. 1944)

1874 – Harold L. Ickes, American administrator and politician, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (d. 1952)

1902 – Henri Saint Cyr, Swedish equestrian (d. 1979)

1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)

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1910 – Nick Stewart, American actor (d. 2000)

1912 – Lightnin’ Hopkins, American musician (d. 1982)

1913 – Macdonald Carey, American actor (d. 1994)

1915 – Caterina Boratto, Italian actress (d. 2010)

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1916 – Harry James, American musician and bandleader (d. 1983)

1919 – Lawrence Tierney, American actor (d. 2002)

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1933 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Supreme Court justice

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1935 – Judd Hirsch, American actor

1935 – Jimmy Swaggart, American snake oil salesman

1940 – Phil Lesh, American musician (Grateful Dead)

1941 – Mike Love, American musician who is reputedly NOT a nice guy (The Beach Boys)

1946 – Howard E. Scott, American musician (War and Lowrider Band)

1947 – Ry Cooder, American guitarist and singer

1952 – Howard Devoto, British musician (Buzzcocks, Magazine, and Luxuria)

1962 – Sananda Maitreya aka Terence Trent D’Arby, American singer

1964 – Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy), American musician

1968 – Mark McGrath, American musician and TV host (Sugar Ray and The Wondergirls)

1975 – will.i.am (William James Adams Jr.), American rapper, producer, and actor (The Black Eyed Peas) for kb (warning, profanity, and this is the clean version)

1977 – Joe Hahn, American musician (Linkin Park)

Died on This Day

1145 – Pope Lucius II

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1644 – Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia (b. 1576)

1670 – John Davenport, Connecticut pioneer (b. 1597)

1673 – Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (b. 1516)

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1870 – Victor Schnetz, French painter (b. 1787)

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1941 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (b. 3/13/1864)

1959 – Lester Young, American musician (b. 1909)

1972 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910)

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1975 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (b. 1900)

1991 – Bud Freeman, American jazz musician (b. 1906)

1991 – Eileen Sedgwick, American silent film actress (b. 1898)

1995 – Florence Chadwick, American swimmer (b. 1918)

1997 – Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)

1998 – Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician and writer (b. 1903)

2001 – Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)

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2003 – Dame Thora Hird, British actress (b. 1911)

2008 – Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)

2011 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (213) (b. 1969)

Today is

National Pears Helene Day

National Peanut Lovers Day

Buzzard’s Day

Everything You Think is Wrong Day

Ides of March

Incredible Kid Day

Dumbstruck Day

World Consumer Rights Day

World Contact Day

International Day Against Police Brutality


53 comments

  1. Today our kids are amazed to learn of the things we didn’t have when we were their age because they hadn’t been invented yet. Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.)

    Yeah! In the future “Time remaining” on computer file transfers will be accurate. 🙂

    How about direct links from human brains to the internet?

    Do you dream in color?

    No

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream?

    Not that I know of. Unless this life is a dream.



    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it?

    Yesterday I tried a new dish at my favorite Szechuan restaurant: Braised pigs’ intestines with napa cabbage and roasted chili. It was delicious.



    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid?

    Yes but nothing in particular, just curious.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    I don’t know

  2. Answers now, questions later…

    Do you dream in color? Have you ever had a dream within a dream?

    Yes; maybe.

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it?

    I try new stuff all the time. New food, new quilting things. Tonight I’ll make a meat pie (missed Pi Day.) I’ve never made a meat pie before, other than occasional pot pies.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid?

    Yes; sodium is the big problem for me, but any label with LOTS of ingredients is suspect. I try to make most food “from scratch,” whatever that means.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    I’d rather be home.  

  3. Jk2003

    Today our kids are amazed to learn of the things we didn’t have when we were their age because they hadn’t been invented yet. Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.) Do you dream in color? Have you ever had a dream within a dream? When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid? Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    Inventions:  I have no idea.  I went to a baby shower last week and there was a list of thing kids born in 2013 will never know.  It included things lie phone booths and fax machines, land lines and newspapers.  

    Dream in color:  yes

    Dream in a dream:  no

    Something new:  I try new knitting and crochet stuff a lot.  Parenting forces one to be flexible so there are lots of new things everyday with the kids.

    Labels:  yes, mostly sugar and HFCS and Georgia pacific products.

    SXSW or CPAC:  both seem to have jumped the shark but ill go with SXSW for the good memories I have of Austin.  I would prefer to stay home though and have a nice date with my husband.

  4. Gee

    This night person stayed up a bit too late.

    Today our kids are amazed to learn of the things we didn’t have when we were their age because they hadn’t been invented yet. Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.) Do you dream in color? Have you ever had a dream within a dream? When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid? Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    I’m thinking that I’m so old and out of it that, when I make something up, I’ll be told that we’ve already had it for ten years.  “What?  You don’t have that app?”  I think we need special bifocals hooked up to our medium of choice that let us walk (or run) and watch movies (or read) at the same time.  NOT ALLOWED IN CARS!  I have actually seen people walking in the park and reading books, so I’m sure this’ll have a market.  I’ll call it an eyePod.

    Color, yes.  Do any people actually dream in black and white?  Seems unnatural.

    I have dreamed that I was absolutely sure I wasn’t dreaming.

    Something new… hmm.  Boy, I’m in a rut, huh?

    I used to read the labels to avoid sodium, but now I just read the sell-by dates to get the freshest stuff.

    SXSW, naturally, but with computer access so I can read what Hunter’s been up to at CPAC.

  5. slksfca

    Dunno if I do all the time, but in certain dreams color is a factor so I know at least my perception of it is there. Also, other senses (like smell or taste) sometimes figure in my dreams. And music. I once composed a gorgeous symphony in a dream and heard it played by an orchestra. Wish I’d woken up and written it all down!

  6. anotherdemocrat

    it is a traffic nightmare, my workout group has to meet somewhere different this week, and I wouldn’t think of trying to eat out for lunch.

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream? I never remember dreams.

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? I’m too tired to think of that.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid?  I don’t buy a lot of manufactured food…… I have yogurt at lunch, occasionally I’ll have salads & then I’ll buy dressing. Oh – crackers. Top thing I’m avoiding is sugar, then any artificial ingredients.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC? Last year (or the year before) a friend was on a panel for his book The Googilization of Everything & Why You Should Worry. I didn’t go. This year, I’m kicking myself for not buying a badge – they’re released to locals first – because Rachel, Chris, and the Whedonverse including Joss himself & Nathan Fillion, were here. But — lines. I hate hours-long lines.

  7. raina

    I bought a bunch, and I do mean a bunch, of mostly bedding plants. I planted a pretty big corner at the front of the house and it’s almost filled. I still have a tray of 24 impatiens to do and a few more odd plants. I prolly will have to find somewhere else to put them. My mama wold be so proud. Hopefully the weather will not be playing tricks on me with a spring freeze.

    ***

    Hmm, IDK, maybe desktop computers will seem so quaint.

    Yes, like silks, I’ve had  few dreams where color was a factor, don’t know that I dream in b&w.

    I had one really weird dream years ago while I was napping on the couch. I dreamed that I lit a match to smoke a cigarette and the match burned all the way down to my finger and I actually shook my finger which woke me up. What was weird was I could feel a burning sensation in my finger.

    Something new? I made what is called a Swiss Apple Strudel Cake, not sure if it’s actually Swiss, but the combination of ingredients sounded good- cake, apples, raspberry jelly, and a topping. Turned out to be pretty meh.

    I check sell by dates especially on diary products, if it’s a new product I check the ingredients, otherwise, no.

  8. Its the Supreme Court Stupid

    Today would have been my mother’s 93rd.   Be wary of the Ides of March!

    Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.)

    Do you dream in color? Yes

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream? Yes

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? Yesterday.  I tried a “new” (to me) Cuban place for lunch.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid? Fat and calories.  Mostly, I am looking at protein and calories, though.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC? Neither, actually.  I’d prefer North by Northwest.

  9. princesspat

    Good morning…..I’ve had a week of Everything You Think is Wrong Day Glad it’s nearly over!

  10. Avilyn

    In celebration of Chocolate Chip Cookie week, I made 9 dozen chocolate chip cookies last night.  I took half into work with me and left half with my husband to bring into work with him.  

    Questions/Answers:

    Today our kids are amazed to learn of the things we didn’t have when we were their age because they hadn’t been invented yet. Can you come up ideas for inventions that their kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have? (This is an imagination exercise – snark welcome.)

    I don’t have kids, so there’s nothing their kids will be amazed at them not having 😉

    However… I want my flying car!  

    Do you dream in color?

    I don’t know?  I think I do, but that could just be me applying editing to the dreams after I wake up.

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream?  Nope

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it?  Tried a new video game last night, Primordia.  It was meh.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels?  Yes

    If so, what are you trying to avoid?  HFCS, or generally things with too many chemical sounding ingredients in them.  I like labels that I can understand, like “flour”, “eggs”, “milk” etc.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    I don’t know what South by Southwest is.  I’d avoid CPAC, although Thom Hartmann broadcasts from there each year usually, so if I was stuck there I’d try to hang out with him to maintain my sanity.

  11. zenor

    I wanted to invent The Micro Cold. But nobody knows how to do it yet.

    i am cloaked in the poems of soft dreams

  12. slksfca

    I once signed up for Twitter, made ONE exploratory tweet, and promptly gave it up as being Not For Me. (I now have a better appreciation for what Twitter is about than I did then, but it’s still Not For Me.)

    Anyway, I keep getting emails from Twitter telling me that so-and-so has just tweeted something I might be interested in. Borderline spam, but I’m just too lazy to delete my f#&$king Twitter account. ;-p

  13. JG in MD

    At a thrift shop last year I bought a box of a thousand plastic bags for a dollar. They’re little, the kind you put your toiletries or other small things in.

    And they’re from Gaylord Hotels. The name Gaylord is all over my house, in my fridge, in my closets, everywhere.

  14. JG in MD

    Ideas for inventions that kids will take for granted and be appalled that their parents didn’t have?

    Collision-proof pollution-minimized cars that drive themselves, or almost, maybe. (My parents didn’t have TV or garbage disposals or clothes dryers till they were in their 50s, didn’t even have radio or penicillin until adulthood. Talk about things we take for granted!)

    Do you dream in color? Yes

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream? Yes. I’m all about meta.

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it? It seems as if I try new things every day (not food, other things). I’ll have to think about some of the recent ones.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels? If so, what are you trying to avoid? Yes, compulsively.

    Avoid or limit HFCS and salt.

    Order of ingredients: What does it have the most of? The next most?

    Junk food: Best possible quality. $5.00/lb is my limit, and I estimate it pretty closely.

    Beef and chicken: It’s amazing how much of both, boneless, you can get for less than $4.00 on special.

    Nutrition: If it’s a frozen vegetable, does it have a significant amount of Vitamin A? Surprising how many don’t.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC? No.

  15. It showed two little kids, each with a carton of ice cream (Breyer’s and a generic)

    Voice over

    We told Sally and Billy they could each have a big bowl of ice cream as soon as they could read the label.

    Billy (with Breyer’s): Milk, Cream, Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla.

    He opens it up and dishes out a bowl.

    he’s done before poor Sally can finish reading “di- di- clossium -sulf?

    Pretty good ad

  16. fogiv

    Do you dream in color? Mos def.

    Have you ever had a dream within a dream?  

    Yes.  Well, sort of.  I’m a frequent lucid dreamer too.

    When was the last time you tried something new, and what was it?  

    I dunno.  Lately, I’m so damn tired everything seems new.  me:  hey honey, what’s this for?  

    wife:  that’s called a toothbrush.

    When you shop for groceries, do you read the labels?

    Sometimes.

    If so, what are you trying to avoid?  

    ingredients with more than three syllables.

    Would you rather be at South by Southwest or CPAC?

    as an anthropoligist, CPAC.  as a human, SXSW.

  17. bwren

    and many of them include smells, too – violets, water, mud, green. I can’t tell you what dream green smells like, but it’s quite lovely. When I’ve had dreams inside of dreams they have always been nightmares. When I fly in my dreams I always do the breast stroke.

    My daily routine at home is almost etched in stone. I’m comfortable with that, but I do new things when I travel. Traveling is an adventure, every part of it. I’ve even attempted to eat half raw eggs artistically swirled in tepid beef marrow. I failed, but every single dish I was served at a mom and pop Armenian restaurant in Hollywood was utterly new to my tastes and a complete delight.

    I don’t read labels when I shop, because I rarely buy anything that has a complicated label.

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