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Interrogatories

On this day long ago, Alois Alzheimer got a certain disease named after him. Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist?

What disease or condition would you name after yourself? (For instance, Floja Roja’s disease would be where the sufferers eat the entire carton of ice cream straight out of the carton without stopping.)

Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both?

Gummi candies: For or against?

When was the last time you were in the doghouse?

The Twitter Emitter

This was one of those weekends where the twitter stream was like a fire hose. Today it’s all Trayvon, with more tweets on Trayvon and other subjects in the comments:

Born on This Day

1490 – Francesco Maria Rondani, Italian painter (d. 1548)

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1573 – Inigo Jones, English architect (the Queen’s House) (d. 1652)

1600 – Jan Cossiers, Flemish painter and draftsman (d. 1671)

1606 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter (d. 1669)

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1718 – Alexander Roslin, Swedish French painter (d. 1793)

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1737 – Princess Louise of France (d. 1787)

1812 – Benno Adam, German animal painter (d. 1892)

1854 – Jacek Malczewski, Polish painter (d. 1929)

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1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst, British political activist and suffragette (d. 1928)

1864 – Marie Tempest, English actress and singer (d. 1942)

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1868 – Bert Greer Phillips, U.S. painter (d. 1956)

1873 – Hendrik Jan Wolter, Dutch painter (d. 1952)

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1875 – Rudolf Levy, German Jewish painter (d. 1944 at Auschwitz)

1893 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress (d. 1969)

1898 – Mead Schaeffer, U.S. painter and illustrator (d. 1980)

1919 – Iris Murdoch, British writer and philosopher (d. 1999) (who was memorably portrayed by Kate Winslet in the film _Iris).)

1935 – Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012)

1935 – Ken Kercheval, American actor

1938 – Barry Goldwater, Jr., American politician

1942 – Vivian Malone Jones, civil rights activist (d. 2005) (she was one of the students George Wallace tried to prevent from enrolling at University of Alabama)

1944 – Millie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and comedian

1944 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor

1945 – Peter Lewis, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape)

1946 – Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Stone Poneys)

1947 – Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Yes) (d. 2013)

1948 – Artimus Pyle, American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1949 – Trevor Horn, British pop music singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Buggles, Art of Noise, and Producers)

1950 – Arianna Huffington, Greek-American author and columnist, founded The Huffington Post

1951 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

1951 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota

1952 – Terry O’Quinn, American actor (Millennium, Lost)

1952 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991)

1953 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian priest and politician and 49th and 53rd President of Haiti

1956 – Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (d. 1980)

1956 – Marky Ramone, American drummer and songwriter (Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and Misfits)

1961 – Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress

1961 – Forest Whitaker, American actor

1966 – Irène Jacob, French-Swiss actress

1970 – Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (d. 2013)

1973 – John Dolmayan, Lebanese-American drummer and songwriter (System of a Down and Scars on Broadway)

1973 – Brian Austin Green, American actor

1977 – Ray Toro, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance)

Died on This Day

1521 – Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1458)

1609 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560)

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1685 – James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (b. 1649)

1765 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)

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1821 – John Lewis Krimmel, German-American painter (b. 1786)

1853 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter (b. 1766)

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1861 – Joanna Mary Boyce, aka Mrs. H. T. Wells, English painter  (b. 1831)

1871 – Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1858)

1875 – Jean Charles Joseph Rémond, French painter (b. 1795)

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1916 – Georges Lemmen, Belgian neoimpressionist painter (d. 1865) who it turns out actually died on 7/5 but since I missed that I will put him here this year.

1930 – Rudolph Schildkraut, Istanbul-American actor (b. 1862)

1948 – John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)

1958 – Julia Lennon, English mother of John Lennon (b. 1914)

1960 – Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)

1990 – Margaret Lockwood, British actress (b. 1916)

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1991 – Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933)

2011 – Googie Withers, British actress (b. 1917)

2012 – Celeste Holm, American actress (b. 1917)

Today is

National Tapioca Pudding Day

Respect Canada Day

Cow Appreciation Day

Gummi Worm Day

National Pet Fire Safety Day

National Get Out of the Doghouse Day

St. Swithin’s Day

Global Hug Your Kid Day

Be a Dork Day


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37 comments

  2. Floja Roja

  3. Floja Roja

    Because some of these are too good to let them slip into obscurity just because it’s been several days since the movie was shown:

  4. jlms qkw

    if the person who referred this book to me is in this diary,

    THANK YOU BUNCHES!  i loved that book!  

  5. jlms qkw

    no, my names are common.

    the disease of knitting or sewing instead of washing dishes?

    north, if at all, most immigrated post-civil war.  

    not very vegetarian usually.  

    i do not have a doghouse.  

  6. JanF

       Zimmerman’s brother just said his family has to be worried about vigilantes. I will take definition of irony for 500 Alex.

       – Richard Marincic (@RichMarincic) July 14, 2013

    That statement earned Zimmerman’s brother a special award.

    I have seen that unicorn picture captioned a few times. 🙂

    I appreciate cows EVERY day … I live in Wisconsin where all the cows are happy. And, thanks to your reminder, I will make sure none of my pets start fires today.

    Dorks – geeks – nerds:

  7. Melanie in IA

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself?

    moderatitis

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both?

    Dad’s side would be only Northern; Mom’s would have been primarily Northern, but there could have been some in the South.

    Gummi candies: For or against?

    neutral

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse?

    Whose? And did I have to deserve it?  

  8. anotherdemocrat

    On this day long ago, Alois Alzheimer got a certain disease named after him. Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist?

    no

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself? (For instance, Floja Roja’s disease would be where the sufferers eat the entire carton of ice cream straight out of the carton without stopping.)

    not even this one

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both? both – they were in Tenneessee & Kentucky, states where it was literally brother against brother

    Gummi candies: For or against? sometimes yes sometimes no

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse? got no one to really be in the doghouse with

  9. Gee

    On this day long ago, Alois Alzheimer got a certain disease named after him. Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist?

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself? (For instance, Floja Roja’s disease would be where the sufferers eat the entire carton of ice cream straight out of the carton without stopping.)

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both?

    Gummi candies: For or against?

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse?

    What the hey, it’s immortality!

    I thought the ice cream thing was called Gee’s disease, but you called it first.  OK, Gee’s disease would be a condition that causes you to get in the car and drive somewhere for no reason.

    I would say that my mother’s side (Pennsylvania) fought for the north, and my father’s side (Virginia) fought for the south.  I know my father’s ancestors had slaves.

    Gummi:  Not to my taste.

    1994, probably.  That’s when I separated from my first wife.

  10. JG in MD

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself? Not a disease, but Jill’s home remedy: Feeling the urge to do housework, lying down until it passes.

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both? The South.

    Gummi candies: For or against? Only Welch’s real-fruit thingies because they’re springy and not squishy and they have a teeny nutritional content.

  11. Gee

    1945 – Peter Lewis, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Moby Grape)

    And son of Loretta Young, if I’m not mistaken.

  15. Chris Blask

    Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist?

    – Sure, I’m a terminal ham.

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself?

    – Compulsive talking: Blaskitis

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both?

    – My G…grandpa from Florida fought for the North.

    Gummi candies: For or against?

    – Gummi vitamins. :~)

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse?

    – I don’t think either of us has ever stayed angry with the other for more than a few minutes.  

  16. michelewln

    On this day long ago, Alois Alzheimer got a certain disease named after him. Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist? Depends on the disease

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself? (For instance, Floja Roja’s disease would be where the sufferers eat the entire carton of ice cream straight out of the carton without stopping.) Fantasyitis, the uncontrollable urge to put unicorns and dragons into pictures.

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both? Both on Dad’s side they were related to Jefferson Davies and on Mom’s side her grandfather fought for the North.

    Gummi candies: For or against? Definitely for. You can do such neat desserts with them.

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse? Being owned by cats I can’t be put in a doghouse. 😉

  18. Avilyn

    On this day long ago, Alois Alzheimer got a certain disease named after him. Would you want a disease named after you, even as a scientist?  No, I don’t think so.

    What disease or condition would you name after yourself? (For instance, Floja Roja’s disease would be where the sufferers eat the entire carton of ice cream straight out of the carton without stopping.)  Ha.  Procrastination or Video Game-Itis would figure into it somehow 😉

    Did your ancestors fight for the North, the South, or both?  Dunno.  My mom’s Dad I think was 1st Gen in the US, so they missed the war; settled in PA in Coal Mining Country.  Her mom was also from that area, I think.  Dunno a lot about my dad’s side of things; I know his dad grew up in Maryland tho.  So I guess all northern?  

    Gummi candies: For or against?  For.  I love Swedish Fish, Spearmint Leaves, Gum Drops, etc.

    When was the last time you were in the doghouse?  Physically, when I was a kid.  (We had a large doghouse for our Shepherd/Labrador mix).  Metaphorically?  Dunno.  Mr. A & I usually don’t fight.

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