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The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 5/29/13

Interrogatories

What was your first pet?

Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

Do you do anything to keep fit?

What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

Comfort or style?

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On This Day

In 1790, Rhode Island ratified the US Constitution and became the 13th state.

In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state.

In 1913, Stravinky’s ballet Rite of Spring (choreographed by and starring Nijinksy) premiered in Paris, and a riot broke out between two factions in the audience.

In 1914, Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence river after colliding with another vessel, killing 1,012 of the 1,477 aboard. Legend has it that the ship’s cat, Emmy, refused to stay on board, and they had to leave her behind after repeated failed attempts. She had never missed a voyage before.

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mt. Everest, the first people to do so.

In 1988, Reagan visited the Soviet Union for a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev.

In 1999, Space Shuttle Discovery successfully docked with the International Space Station.

In 2001, four of bin Laden’s followers were convicted, in civilian court, of terrorist activities and sentenced to life in prison. Of course, this was acceptable under a Republican President. Under Dems, it’s military tribunals or nothing.

Born on This Day

1627 – Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier,  aka La Grande Mademoiselle, French writer and princess (d. 1693)

1630 – Charles II of England (d. 1685)

1736 – Patrick Henry, American attorney, planter, and politician, 1st & 6th Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)

1802 – Theodor Leopold Weller, German genre painter (d. 1880)

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1802 – Heinrich Bürkel, German painter (d. 1869)

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1838 – Marie-François Firmin-Girard, French academic painter (d. 1921)

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1863 – Maximino Peña y Muñoz, Spanish painter (d. 1940)

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1894 – Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)

1894 – Josef von Sternberg, Austrian writer and director (d. 1969)

1897 – Edward Wolfe, British painter (d. 1982)

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1903 – Bob Hope, English-American comedian and actor (d. 2003)

1917 – John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)

1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author

1945 – Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and musician (Procol Harum and The Paramounts)

1949 – Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Status Quo) (Hair fail!)

1953 – Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor (Oingo Boingo)

1958 – Annette Bening, American actress

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1959 – Adrian Paul, English actor

1967 – Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and musician (Oasis)

1969 – Chan Kinchla, Canadian guitarist (Blues Traveler)

1972 – Simon Jones, English singer and musician (The Verve and The Shining)

1978 – Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter and bassist (The Hives)

Died on This Day

1784 – George Barret Sr., Irish landscape painter (b. ca 1730)

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1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte (b. 1763)

1858 – Johann Moritz Rugendas, German painter (b. 1802)

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1882 – Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)

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1911 – W. S. Gilbert, English dramatist and poet (b. 1836)

1917 – Kate Harrington, American writer, poet, and educator (b. 1831)

1921 – Abbott Handerson Thayer, US painter (b. 1824)

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1930 – George Washington Lambert, Australian painter (b. 1873)

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1942 – John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)

1948 – Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)

1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer and actress (b. 1891)

1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, co-founder of United Artists (b. 1892)

1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)

1989 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)

1997 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters) (b. 1966)

1998 – Barry Goldwater, American politician (b. 1909) Once considered to be extreme far right, he has since been eclipsed by your average Republican elected official.

2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)

2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)

2012 – Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1923)

Today is

National Coq au Vin Day

End of the Middle Ages Day

United Nations Peacekeepers Day

National Biscuit Day

Learn About Composting Day

Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day

National Senior Health & Fitness Day

World MS Day


24 comments

  1. What was your first pet?

    We had a few rapidly dying goldfish when I was little. Now, my wife has cats.



    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

    No

    Do you do anything to keep fit?

    Yes. I lift weights at least 3x per week.



    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

    Songs are always going through my head. Then I forget which ones. Recently there was “Ruby Tuesday” and “Bad bad Leroy Brown”.



    Comfort or style?

    Comfort, 100%.  

  2. Bachmann Says She Won’t Seek Re-Election

    Bachmann, who was set for another re-match against Democratic hotel magnate Jim Graves in 2014, insisted that the decision had nothing to do with her electoral prospects. She narrowly defeated Graves last year and, facing a number of campaign finance investigations into her presidential bid, was considered potentially vulnerable. Bachmann also denied that the campaign finance probes played any role in her decision.

    Bad news for Twitter streams and comedians!!! Good news for Minnesota and the 114th Congress.

    Her district is R+8 and she beat Graves by only 1 point last year and only got 52% of the vote in 2010 … a tea party wave year.

  3. DeniseVelez

    Do you compost at all? Yup. I use compost as main layers for my lasagna gardening beds.



    Do you do anything to keep fit?
    walking and dancing

    What song is in your head right now? Was just thinking about a video I watched with friends this week.  Odd combo of James Brown and Pavarotti

    Comfort or style? comfort.  

  4. JG in MD

    What was your first pet? First one I remember was Duchess, a tortoiseshell kitty, but there were probably earlier ones.

    Do you compost at all? No

    Do you do anything to keep fit? Yes. Exercise class 2x/week.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)? Blinded by the light, whatever the title is.

    Comfort or style? Comfort fer sher.

  5. Jk2003

    What was your first pet?

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

    Do you do anything to keep fit?

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

    Comfort or style?

    First pet:  a cat named Eleanor.  She hated me.  She was there first though.  After her a cat named Cricket.

    Compost:  obsessively.  Just ask me, I’ll talk for hours.

    Fitness:  chase two kids, eat real food.

    Song in head:  daft punk singing get lucky

    Comfort or style:  a little of both

  6. mikidee

    Frickin’ finally ….

    Mornin’ Meesters …

    What was your first pet? Probably a salamander or maybe a Daddy Long Legs. First one with a name was Tammy the Rat.

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.) Yep. It’s so worth doing – between composting and recycling my “trash” production is < 1 tall kitchen bag per week, so my garbage bill is a third of what it would be otherwise (plus it’s good for the garden).

    Do you do anything to keep fit? Yep – walking DVD (between 2 and 4 miles), every morning. Keeps me less unfit.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)? “She Works Hard For Her Money.”

    Comfort or style? Comfort, of course.

  7. zenor

    while composing this edition of Wednesday, May 28th & Wednesday, May 29th? Did you get an International date?

    I date internationally myself when asked; even tho, according to the shipboard clipboard, we’ve come to the End Of The Middles Ages.

    Serfs up! Guess it’ll be seniors on my dance card from now on, although, sometimes I think some of the hot girls are giving me the eye. Scary.

    I gotta take the new puzzle fone device into the shop so someone can hook it up. Yes, I tried..

  8. anotherdemocrat

    What was your first pet? a stray dog I named Lady she wasn’t a cocker spaniel, but I had just seen Lady & the Tramp, so that was gonna be her name). The greatest escape artist of all time, which sadly led to her demise.

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.) No, but the city is starting a pilot program – not in my neighborhood, but hopefully it’ll expand soon

    Do you do anything to keep fit? yes but nowhere near enough (got a triathlon this weekend & I have swum 0 (that’s zero laps this year.)

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)? Zoo Station

    Comfort or style? Comfort

  9. Gee

    What was your first pet?

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

    Do you do anything to keep fit?

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

    Comfort or style?

    Tomcat.

    Not really.  Got a corner of the back yard where I put leaves in the fall.

    I go to the gym.

    1984 by Spirit.

    Comfort.

  10. Floja Roja

    What was your first pet?

    When I was born my parents already had a Chow named Tuffy. The first one I really remember was a tuxedo cat named Archy (his mother was a cat named Mehitabel).

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

    I did when I had a back yard. It’s well worth doing, it ends up as lovely soil, and it does not stink at all. Here in L.A. it’s not any cheaper to have less garbage, so that takes away incentive to do it.

    Do you do anything to keep fit?

    Yes, going to the gym (though I’ve been slacking lately), and various home exercises.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

    Right now I have the Monkees tune “Daydream Believer” stuck in my head, with one verse repeating over and over, and I really need to dislodge it soon or I will scream.

    Comfort or style?

    Stylish comfort, I hope. Or maybe comfortable style.

  11. bubbanomics

    What was your first pet?

    Siamese cat named Two Walks Ty Two after some award winning cat.

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.)

    Not on purpose.  I just throw things in the back yard, and the good lord and mother nature take care of it.

    Do you do anything to keep fit?

    elliptical machine.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?

    Neil Young’s Tell Me Why.

    Comfort or style?

    Comfort.

  12. princesspat

    first pet…a small white dog named Snowball

    compost…yes, we have a city program with bins for kitchen and yard waste, glass, plastic, paper, and lastly general garbage. We sort, they haul away. The larger yard waste and all the fall leaves go to the Clean Greens Composting Center.

    keeping fit….staying healthy is my challenge, being fit is a side benefit

    stuck song….a line from an Emmylou song, and if I don’t remember the song soon I’m going to scream!

    comfort or style…I aim for stylish comfort, but given a choice comfort wins.

  13. Hate this weather. I got a call this morning that I can’t take antihistamines until after my appointment next Wednesday so I’m going to be miserable.

    What was your first pet? The screaming yellow Zonker. The world’s most ornery cat.

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    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.) Live in an apartment and can’t.

    Do you do anything to keep fit? Walk when I can breathe okay.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)? Sara McLaughlin’s Angel



    Comfort or style? Mainly comfort for everyday. Comfortable style for when I need to dress up.

  14. slksfca

    First pet: Rocket, a terrier/mutt who had to be put to sleep after my little sister fed him crayons (he pooped in vivid Technicolor™.

    I used to compost when I had a garden.

    Some opera tune has been rolling around in my head all morning.

    Used to be style, now it’s all comfort.

  15. Avilyn

    ugh, I almost put “Monday” in the title.  Thankfully the week is half over & not just starting!

    Q&A:

    What was your first pet? My parents had a calico cat named “Mischief” and a black lab named “Cocoa” when I was born.

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.) Nope.  If we ever get out of the townhouse & move somewhere where I can have a garden, though, I plan to.

    Do you do anything to keep fit? Sadly, no.

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)?  Nothing right now, but this morning the last song on the radio before I pulled into work was the Gin Blossom’s “Found Out About You”.

    Comfort or style?  Comfort, all the way.

  16. freedapeople

    What was your first pet? A dog that ate my pacifiers and chewed up all my dollies. He was bad.

    Do you compost at all? (Even some cities have composting programs.) Yes, but we don’t really use it for anything.

    Do you do anything to keep fit? I work out 3-6 days a week, cardio and weights,

    What song is in your head right now (if none, what was the most recent one)? The King and Lionheart by Monsters and Men.

    Comfort or style? Both. I like to look good and

    be comfortable. It can be done! 🙂  

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