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Are there any roads/bridges/etc. in your town named after socialist/commie/pinko types, or are more named after wingnuts/despots/1%ers?

Do you blaspheme often? Can you help it? Do you consider it blasphemy? If not, what would you consider blasphemy?

Did you enjoy playing in the mud as a child? Do you enjoy it now? Have you ever had a mud bath?

Have you ever invented your own cocktail? Was it any good? Recipe? What’s your favorite real cocktail?

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On This Day

In 1399, Henry IV (parts one and two) became King of England.

In 1882, Thomas Edison opened his first hydroelectric power plant in Appleton, Wisconsin.

In 1935, the Hoover Dam was dedicated.

In 1938, the League of Nations voted to outlaw intentionally bombing civilian populations.

In 1947, the World Series had its television debut, with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees competing.

In 1962, the National Farm Workers Association, the organization that would become the United Farm Workers, was founded by Cesar Chavez.

In 1972, Pittsburgh Pirates batter Roberto Clemente made his 3000th major league hit.

In 2005, the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published some drawings of Muhammed, drawing the wrath of Muslims, who forbid any depictions of their prophet.

Born on This Day

1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)

1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)

1707 – Pietro Antonio Rotari, Italian painter and printmaker (d. 1762)

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1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician (d. 1804)

1794 – Carl Joseph Begas, German historical painter (d. 1854)

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1794 – Jan Baptist Lodewyck Maes, Dutch painter (d. 1856)

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1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 1890)

1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-created Mother’s Day, though she later came to regret it due to commercialization (d. 1905)

1840 – Jehan Georges Vibert, French painter (d. 1902)

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1846 – Carl Schuch, Austrian still life and landscape painter (d. 1903)

1855 – José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (d. 1937)

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1865 – Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, French Art Nouveau painter (d. 1953)

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1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)

1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)

1887 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-German actress (d. 1980)

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1895 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director (d. 1980)

1898 – Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)

1901 – Thelma Terry, American bandleader and bassist who was driven to give up music due to the intense sexism directed her way. (d. 1966)

1915 – Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)

1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)

1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)

1924 – Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)

1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress

1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American singer (d. 1984)

1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian drummer (Buffalo Springfield and The Standells) (d. 2009)

1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (The Teenagers) (d. 1968)

1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer and actress (The 5th Dimension)

1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (T. Rex and John’s Children) (d. 1977)

1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress

1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author (Like Water For Chocolate)

1952 – John Lombardo, singer-songwriter and musician (10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary)

1952 – Jack Wild, English actor and singer (d. 2006)

1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer-songwriter and producer

1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician

1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer (Sugar)

1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Phish)

1975 – Marion Cotillard, French actress

1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player

1985 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor

2000 – Barney, Bush’s dog (d. 2013)

Died on This Day

1572 – Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest (b. 1510)

1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician (b. 1554)

1781 – Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French painter and printmaker (b. 1734)

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1865 – Johann Jakob Frey, Swiss landscape painter (b. 1813)

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1872 – Jakob Alt, German landscape painter (b. 1789)

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1882 – Adolf Heinrich Lier, German landscape painter (b. 1826)

1889 – François-Antoine Bossuet, Belgian painter of cityscapes (b. 1800)

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1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French mystic and saint (b. 1873)

1917 – Charles Napier Hemy, British marine painter (b. 1841)

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1941 – Alice de Janzé, American heiress (b. 1899)

1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)

1955 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)

1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)

1987 – Alfred Bester, American science fiction author (b. 1913)

2003 – Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)

2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

2003 – Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman who inadvertently spawned a host of reality TV stars (b. 1944)

2012 – Gaarriye, Somalian poet (b. 1949)

Today is

Blasphemy Day

National Hot Mulled Cider Day

National Mud Pack Day


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  1. Floja Roja

    Answers:

    We have roads and bridges named after all sorts. My street is named after Herbert Hoover, the ass-end of Sunset Blvd. was renamed Cesar Chavez, and we even have (sadly) a street that was re-named L. Ron Hubbard.

    I blaspheme all the time (taking a certain Lord’s name in vain, usually). I know it offends some, but it’s ingrained behavior. There are lots of things I consider blasphemy, like thinking Journey is a good band, voting Republican, or nuts in brownies.

    I totally loved mud as a kid, I still think sun-warmed mud feels great between the toes. I have never had a mud bath, and often wonder about the cleanup afterwards.

    I invented a cocktail called The Expresso. It was blended, with ice, espresso, cream, Kahlua, and Hershey’s syrup. It was quite delicious. I don’t have a favorite cocktail, it alternates. I love a good Margarita, a real (gin) martini straight up with a twist, Brandy Alexanders, Pina Coladas, and lots of others.

  2. Gee

    Are there any roads/bridges/etc. in your town named after socialist/commie/pinko types, or are more named after wingnuts/despots/1%ers?

    Do you blaspheme often? Can you help it? Do you consider it blasphemy? If not, what would you consider blasphemy?

    Did you enjoy playing in the mud as a child? Do you enjoy it now? Have you ever had a mud bath?

    Have you ever invented your own cocktail? Was it any good? Recipe? What’s your favorite real cocktail?

    Wow, that’s a great question!  I don’t know who anything in Bowie was named after, but I used to live in Greenbelt, where everything is named after either Franklin or Eleanor Roosevelt.

    Been blaspheming for a long time.  Nowadays, I’m an atheist, so only the mundane is sacred.

    Don’t know that I was crazy about mud, but I loved dirt.  I have had a mud bath in Calistoga.

    Never invented my own cocktail.  I do enjoy a gin & tonic.  

  3. jlms qkw

    Are there any roads/bridges/etc. in your town named after socialist/commie/pinko types, or are more named after wingnuts/despots/1%ers?

    Do you blaspheme often? Can you help it? Do you consider it blasphemy? If not, what would you consider blasphemy?

    Did you enjoy playing in the mud as a child? Do you enjoy it now? Have you ever had a mud bath?

    Have you ever invented your own cocktail? Was it any good? Recipe? What’s your favorite real cocktail?

    MLKjr & Rosa Parks & Cesar Chavez, also.

    Blaspheme is complciated for me . . . it’s about our heart.

    yes. no. yes.  

    no.  😉  

  5. JanF

    With Ceiling Cat as my witness … I would never indulge in blasphemy!!

    Excellent solution!!

       I propose a one year delay in the one year delay. Tell your constituents you voted for the one year delay.

       – David Waldman (@KagroX) September 28, 2013

    I was reading this morning about how the House needs to have some sort of “change to Obamacare” in any Continuing Resolution lest the teaparty lose face. Setting aside the question “do they have any face left to lose?”, I was perplexed to find that they are considering the Vitter Amendment. No, it is not a rule that says that all GOP congressmen must wear diapers when they are throwing tantrums (or visiting hookers), it is a rule “which would eliminate Obamacare subsidies for congressional staffers and members”. In DelusionalLand, somehow hurting federal employees makes up for everything they did not get in the good-stuff-for-our-fundraising-letter bill passed early Sunday morning.

    Hovering ..

    – Ha! Lizzie’s cousins are VERY intense.

    – Quite a vine hover on Jan Baptist Lodewyck Maes’ painting

    – I see some blasphemy …

    Does anyone else see the surprised face in the cathedral in the forefront of the Jakob Alt painting?

    The only shore thing is that I better go do some work. I still have two clients to email before 9am. Ooops.

    Have a great day, Floja Roja … thanks for getting us bombed.

  6. JG in MD


    Are there any roads/bridges/etc. in your town named after socialist/commie/pinko types, or are more named after wingnuts/despots/1%ers?

    Do you blaspheme often? Can you help it? Do you consider it blasphemy? If not, what would you consider blasphemy?

    Did you enjoy playing in the mud as a child? Do you enjoy it now? Have you ever had a mud bath?

    Have you ever invented your own cocktail? Was it any good? Recipe? What’s your favorite real cocktail?

    In my metro area Here Near DC, Ronald Reagan National Airport probably fits the first question. Remember, he fired the air traffic controllers. I keep thinking the renaming was a big fat joke on us.

    Do I blaspheme? You mean do I string long howls of curse words and pepper my language with obscenities? Then yes.

    I liked mud. No mud bath though.

    When I was in college we combined Ripple, vodka, and a soft drink called Wink. We called it a Rip Van Winkle.

  7. Gee

    In 1938, the League of Nations voted to outlaw intentionally bombing civilian populations.

    Wow.  Rules are made to be broken, yes?

    1794 – Jan Baptist Lodewyck Maes, Dutch painter (d. 1856)

    “So I look to find a riesling to believe…”

    1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian drummer (Buffalo Springfield and The Standells) (d. 2009)

    Wow, the Standells.  I never knew!

  8. JanF

       Congress haz sad that guy not in Congress hasn’t called them to talk about how Congress should handle Congress’s business.

       – David Waldman (@KagroX) September 27, 2013

    Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME):

    Collins urged Obama and “congressional leaders to sit down immediately and negotiate at least a stopgap funding measure to avoid a disruption in many vital programs on which our citizens rely.”

    Congress (the Senate) has sent Congress (the House) a bill that the president said he would sign. It is not up to Obama (the president) to sit down and negotiate with congressional leaders … congressional leaders need to send him a bill to sign or veto.  

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