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It’s National Potato Month. Potatoes have probably killed as many diets as cheese has, if not more. Since it’s summer, tell the rest of the class what ingredients make up your favorite potato salad?

It’s also National Beheading Day (nobody knows where this one came from). I know none of you have ever actually beheaded any living creature (well, I HOPE), but how about plush toys and Barbies and the like?

Preference: Carpet, hardwood, tile, or something else?

What kind of laundry person are you? Do you separate colors, use different temperatures, etc.? How strict are you about it? Do you do the detergent/bleach/fabric softener/etc. or are you a detergent only kind of person? Do you use green detergents?

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On This Day

In 1666, the Great Fire of London started in a bakery (believed now to have been started when flour combusted). The fire raged for 3 days, and destroyed most of that part of medieval London that was inside the old London Wall.

In 1789, an Act of Congress created the U.S. Treasury Department.

In 1901, President Teddy Roosevelt made an appearance at the Minnesota State Fair, at which time he uttered that famous line about speaking softly and carrying a big stick.

In 1963, CBS Evening News expanded from a 15 minute format to an entire half an hour! And they still reported more actual news than gets reported now on the 24 hours news channels.

In 1963, then-Alabama Governor George Wallace called out the National Guard to prevent the integration of Tuskegee High School.

In 1965, the Rolling Stones, Cathy Magowan, and Andrew Loog Oldham parodied “I Got You Babe” on the show Ready Steady Go.

In 1969, a dark day for Geekdom, NBC canceled Star Trek.

Born on This Day

1711 – Noël Hallé, French painter (d. 1781)

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1722 – Vigilius Eriksen, Danish painter (d. 1782)

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1820 – Lucretia Hale, American journalist and author (d. 1900)

1836 – Josef Anton Braith, German livestock painter (d. 1905)

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1838 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (d. 1917)

1839 – Henry George, American economist (d. 1897)

1850 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and co-founder of the Spalding Sporting Goods Company (d. 1915)

1852 – Franz von Persoglia, Austrian painter (d. 1912)

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1889 – Isaac Grünewald, Swedish-Jewish Expressionist painter (d. 1946)

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1911 – Romare Bearden, American painter and writer of the Harlem Renaissance era (d. 1988)

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1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1997)

1928 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer

1929 – Hal Ashby, American director (d. 1988)

1934 – Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)

1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)

1946 – Walt Simonson, American illustrator and writer

1946 – Dan White, American politician, assassin of George Moscone and Harvey Milk (d. 1985)

1946 – Joe Yamanaka, Japanese singer and actor (Flower Travellin’ Band and The Wailers Band) (d. 2011)

1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer (Caravan and The Wilde Flowers)

1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (d. 1986)

1951 – Jim DeMint(ed), American ex-politician and “think” tank director.

1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player

1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor

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1966 – Dino Cazares, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Fear Factory, Asesino, and Divine Heresy)

1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer

1976 – Phil Lipscomb, American bass player (Taproot)

1987 – Spencer Smith, American drummer (Panic! at the Disco)

Died on This Day

1566 – Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian painter (b. 1529)

1606 – Karel van Mander, Dutch Mannerist painter, more famous for his biography of famous painters than his art (b. 1548)

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1652 – Jusepe de Ribera aka “Lo Spagnoletto,” Spanish painter (b. 1591)

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1764 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer (b. 1700)

1832 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754)

1834 – Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)

1865 – Calixte Serrur, French painter (b. 1794)

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1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)

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1919 – Georges Jules Victor Clairin, French painter (b. 1843)

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1934 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)

1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)

1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)

1964 – Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)

1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, English philologist, writer, and poet (b. 1892)

1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)

2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)

2005 – Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)

Today is

National Blueberry Popsicle Day (will there be a day for each flavor?)

National Beheading Day (?)

National “Grits for Breakfast” Day

Labor Day

V-J Day

This Month is

Baby Safety Month

Better Breakfast Month

Classical Music Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

National Biscuit Month

National Chicken Month

National Cholesterol Education Month

National Courtesy Month

National Honey Month

National Mushroom Month

National Organic Harvest Month

National Papaya Month

National Piano Month

National Potato Month

National Rice Month

Whole Grains Month


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21 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    Happy Labor Day! Anyone have plans? My sister invited me to her place but I declined.

    Asthmatic cat has not had attack in days since shot, but now has upper respiratory infection. I thought it might be a side effect of the glaucoma drops, but now I think not. If still at it tomorrow, another vet visit looms. She’ll be so happy.

    OTOH, it might be more allergies. I have been sneezing up a storm this morning, too.

    Answers:

    Potato Salad, let me count the ways… Mom’s potato salad (which I love) has first tossing potatoes in vinaigrette, then adding scallions, dill pickles, chopped hard boiled eggs (or not), and I think I have forgotten something, then a dressing of mayo with a touch of mustard and a lot of lemon juice. I am a philistine re: bacon in my salad because it looses its crunch and ceases to be as good as it was before adding.

    I beheaded all of my dolls. I was a regular serial doll killer. I even put Ken’s head on Barbie, and other combos.

    I’m a hardwood person. Not so hard (like tile or polished concrete) that it kills the back and feet, and much easier to clean, unlike carpet, which collects and hangs on to cat hair for dear life.

    I sort of separate by light and dark, and new clothes in bright colors go in the dark load for the first washing. I use cold only (Consumer Reports testing showed it works as well as hot or warm 90% of the time) unless I have an oil or grease stain, which requires heat to get rid of. I use green detergents, and not the fake ones sold by the big corporations. I use dryer sheets in dry weather to prevent sparking kitties.

  2. freedapeople

    Potato Salad My favorite potato salad is only to be had at the restaurant Zum Weingarten, in Ansbach, Germany. It is the best ever and they don’t give out the recipe.

    No comment on beheading. I didn’t behead my Barbie dolls, but the dog did some damage to them…

    Hardwood floors.

    I mix everything up because I simply don’t have enough white things to do a load. We all do our own laundry here (at least that’s the ideal).

  3. Gee

    I’ve got no plans to go anywhere, but I’ve got my New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt, MD) t-shirt on.  I used to go to the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival to buy cheap books at the sale that benefits the schools, but I’ve got too many books, so I donate to the book sale these days.

    Golf & tennis on TV today.

    It’s National Potato Month. Potatoes have probably killed as many diets as cheese has, if not more. Since it’s summer, tell the rest of the class what ingredients make up your favorite potato salad?

    It’s also National Beheading Day (nobody knows where this one came from). I know none of you have ever actually beheaded any living creature (well, I HOPE), but how about plush toys and Barbies and the like?

    Preference: Carpet, hardwood, tile, or something else?

    What kind of laundry person are you? Do you separate colors, use different temperatures, etc.? How strict are you about it? Do you do the detergent/bleach/fabric softener/etc. or are you a detergent only kind of person? Do you use green detergents?

    Oh, a recipe question.  🙁  Well, I know there are certain things I’ve liked in potato salads, but I don’t know if they belong in one salad.  I like the kind with a little mustard in it.  My mom put the white part of boiled eggs in hers, and I like that.  She didn’t use mustard, though.

    I was more of a fix broken toys (put the heads back on) kind of kid.

    Hardwood is prettiest.

    I wash everything in cold water and toss everything in together unless I’ve got something with a tag on it that warns me.  My ex-wife had a red shirt that was dangerous even after several years and hundreds of washings.  I washed it with a bunch of other stuff, and all the white stuff came out pink.  I don’t seem to have learned my lesson.

  4. Gee

    In 1965, the Rolling Stones, Cathy Magowan, and Andrew Loog Oldham parodied “I Got You Babe” on the show Ready Steady Go.

    That’s fabulous!  Never seen it before.

  7. anotherdemocrat

    It’s National Potato Month. Potatoes have probably killed as many diets as cheese has, if not more. Since it’s summer, tell the rest of the class what ingredients make up your favorite potato salad?

    Wheatsville (my grocery store) has a potato salad with green chiles & shredded cheese. it is so yum.

    Preference: Carpet, hardwood, tile, or something else?

    Hardwood. Preferably in a turn-of-the-century house. Tile – real tile, is also good.

    I have fake both. But that’s still better than the ridiculous white carpet that was here when I moved in. White carpet. Honestly, who is stupid enough to install white carpet???

    What kind of laundry person are you? Do you separate colors, use different temperatures, etc.? How strict are you about it? Do you do the detergent/bleach/fabric softener/etc. or are you a detergent only kind of person? Do you use green detergents?

    I still do laundry like a college student. Even though I have a washing machine. I separate lights & darks. If I’m washing drimax fabric, which is a lot of my wardrobe, no fabric softener. Cotton – lots of fabric softener.

    oooh, and it’s national mushroom month — my Hobbit half approves

  8. JanF

       I support air strikes on Bolton’s moustache.

       – Danielle (@DCPlod) August 31, 2013

    Me too!!!

    But this is not as funny as one might think.

       Donald Rumsfeld: “Obama has yet to lay out a clear justification for why we ever invaded Iraq in the first place”

       – The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 1, 2013

    People in a Louisiana poll take last month blamed Obama for the poor federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 🙁

    I believe that this “In 1963, CBS Evening News expanded from a 15 minute format to an entire half an hour! And they still reported more actual news than gets reported now on the 24 hours news channels.” is actually “.. on all of the 24 hours news channels combined“.

    Ha Ha Hovers!

    – Cud you just stop milking those cow pictures????

    – Gak! I treble to think of all the bass instincts people give in to

    (p.s. It took me four tries to type “bass” not “base”. Muscle memory!)

    No lion … now I have to get back to work!!

  9. bubbanomics

    It’s National Potato Month. Potatoes have probably killed as many diets as cheese has, if not more. Since it’s summer, tell the rest of the class what ingredients make up your favorite potato salad?

    don’t much care for potato salad.

    It’s also National Beheading Day (nobody knows where this one came from). I know none of you have ever actually beheaded any living creature (well, I HOPE), but how about plush toys and Barbies and the like?

    beheaded a couple of dogs.  They were already dead.  Suspected of rabies. My dad was a vet, and we had to send the heads to the state lab for testing of brain tissue.

    Preference: Carpet, hardwood, tile, or something else?

    depends on the app.  tile or stone for the kitchen and bath.  Hardwood for living room/den.  carpet in the bedroon.

    What kind of laundry person are you?

    the kind that does it.

    Do you separate colors, use different temperatures, etc.?

    yep.

    How strict are you about it?

    perfectly.

    Do you do the detergent/bleach/fabric softener/etc. or are you a detergent only kind of person? Do you use green

    detergents?

    det/bleach on whites/liquid fab softener. green? no.

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