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For National Write a Novel Month, have you ever competed in nanowrimo? (See link at bottom of page.) If not, have you ever attempted, completed, or published a novel? Short stories? Fan fiction?

What is the hottest and coldest temperature you ever experienced, and where was it? What’s the biggest storm you ever experienced?

How old were you when you first read on your own?

For Family Stories Month, do you have a collection of good family stories? Do you have any you want to share?

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On This Day

In 1870, the National Weather Service, then known as The Weather Bureau of the United States and under control of the Secretary of War, made its first official forecast.

In 1896, National Geographic featured their first ever picture of a bare breasted woman, making it the go-to nudie magazine for boys of that era.

In 1950, the Pope became infallible when Pope Pius XII declared himself so. This has held until recently, when the current Pope, Francis, said some questionable things about gays and atheists maybe being OK.

In 1973, Leon Jaworski was appointed as Special Prosecutor in the Watergate case.

In 1982, Honda opened their first U.S. assembly plant (the first of any Japanese car manufacturer) in Marysville, OH.

Born on This Day

1762 – Spencer Perceval, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1812)

1781 – Joseph Karl Stieler, German painter (d. 1858)

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1782 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859)

1844 – Olga Wisinger-Florian, Austrian impressionist painter (d. 1926)

1849 – William Merritt Chase, U.S. painter (d. 1916)

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1853 – Maurice Leloir, French painter (d. 1940)

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1864 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1918)

1871 – Stephen Crane, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 1900)

1872 – Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (d. 1946)

1878 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)

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1882 – Lorenzo Viani, Italian painter (d. 1936)

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1887 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (d. 1976)

1888 – George Kenner, German painter (d. 1971)

1889 – Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer (d. 1978)

1905 – Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian painter (d. 1960)

1917 – Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (d. 2010)

1926 – Betsy Palmer, American actress

1942 – Larry Flynt, American publisher, founded Larry Flynt Publications

1944 – Kinky Friedman, American singer-songwriter and sometime politician

1946 – Ric Grech, French-English bass player (Family, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Blind Faith, and Traffic) (d. 1990)

1950 – Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation

1951 – Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (Kool & the Gang)

1957 – Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1962 – Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A-ha and Apparatjik)

1962 – Anthony Kiedis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1972 – Toni Collette, Australian actress

1972 – Jenny McCarthy, American anti-vaxxer

1981 – LaTavia Roberson, American singer-songwriter (Destiny’s Child)

Died on This Day

1546 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter (b. 1499)

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1629 – Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen (or Terbrugghen), Dutch painter (b. 1588)

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1670 – Salomon van Ruysdael, Dutch Baroque landscape painter (b. 1600)

1700 – Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)

1804 – Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, German portrait painter (b. 1730)

1893 – Jan Matejko, Polish painter (b. 1838)

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1912 – John Emms, British animal painter (b. 1843)

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1921 – Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Spanish painter (b. 1848)

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1947 – Man o’ War, American racehorse (b. 1917)

1952 – Dixie Lee, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

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1968 – Léopold Survage, Russian painter, designer, and illustrator (b. 1879)

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1979 – Mamie Eisenhower, American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 36th First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)

1982 – King Vidor, American director (b. 1894)

1985 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)

2008 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (b. 1922)

2011 – Dorothy Howell Rodham, American mother of Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1919)

Today is

World Vegan Day

National Deep Fried Clams Day

National Vinegar Day

All Saints’ Day

Give Up Your Shoulds Day

National Authors’ Day

National Family Literacy Day

National Go Cook For Your Pets Day

National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day (First Friday)

Prime Meridian Day

Pumpkin Chunkin Days: 1st-3rd

Plan Your Epitaph Day

This Week is

International Magic Week: 25th-31st

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 27th-11/2

This Month is

Adopt A Senior Pet Month  

American & National Diabetes Month

American Indian Heritage Month

Aviation History Month

Banana Pudding Lovers Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Child Safety Protection Month

Epilepsy Awareness Month

Family Stories Month

Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month

Greens and Plantains Month

Historic Bridge Awareness Month

International Drum (Percussion) Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Manatee Awareness Month

Movember

MADD’s Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)

Military Family Appreciation Month

National Adoption Month

National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month

National Alzheimer’s Disease Month

National COPD Month

National Family Caregivers Month

National Fun with Fondue Month

National Georgia Pecan Month

National Home Care & Hospice Month

National Impotency Month

National Inspirational Role Models Month

National Life Writing Month

National Long-term Care Awareness Month

National Marrow Awareness Month

National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month

National Native American Heritage Month

National Family Literacy Month

National Novel Writing Month (http://nanowrimo.org/)

National Peanut Butter Lovers Month

National Pepper Month

National Pet Cancer Awareness Month

National Pomegranate Month

National PPSI Aids Awareness Month

National Raisin Bread Month

National Roasting Month

National Scholarship Month

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

Plum and Pomegranate Month

Prematurity Awareness Month

PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month

Spinach and Squash Month

Sweet Potato Awareness Month

Vegan Month

Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month

World Sponge Month  


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  1. Floja Roja

    I have never competed in nanowrimo. I think it would be fun, but with this diary series and the rest of my life, there is no time. I have never written a novel or really considered it. Short stories, yet. Fan fiction? Ha, hell no! OK, it’s not all bad, but when it’s bad, it’s really bad.

    Coldest I ever experienced was some place (no, I don’t recall where it was, I was very little, and those who could tell me are mostly long gone) in the mountains somewhere. Lots of snow, but it was CA and I’ll bet it was only 20s and 30s. The hottest was Palm Springs in the summer, low hundreds. We don’t really get big storms, but one time we had this odd weather event that came up suddenly, lasted just over an hour, and dumped 5 inches of rain (and hail in some places). It was during a bus strike and I was walking the second half back home, and got caught in it. Then there was that recent one with the really strong straight line winds that knocked over all these trees and left us without power for 2 days.

    I think I was 4, but I’m not sure.

    One family story, related to reading, was that my sister went into school able to read. The teachers were impressed and asked her who taught her, and she said I did. I certainly didn’t set out to, but we’d read books together, so I showed her what this word was and what that word was, and I guess it took.

    The most told family story is Thanksgiving, the Thompson Turkey. My family still gets together every year for Thanksgiving with another family and we cook and socialize. One year, when us kids were quite young, they decided to cook this recipe from the San Francisco Chronicle called the Thompson Turkey. It’s covered with some spicy paste that, when the bird is done, turns black, so it looks as if it was burnt. Then you peel off the burnt shell, and supposedly have this fabulous bird. The recipe also called for having a cocktail between each step. This the parents followed religiously. Everything went quite normally, except for the unusually sloshed grownups. The bird came out, the stuffing spooned into serving dishes, rolls went in and came out of the oven. Then they went to mash the potatoes. A beater makes a bit of a racket when you try to mash cold and uncooked potatoes. Oops. Dinner was delayed a little bit while they fixed that problem. As for the turkey, I have no recollection of the taste.

  2. anotherdemocrat

    I suppose I should try again….

    For National Write a Novel Month, have you ever competed in nanowrimo? (See link at bottom of page.) If not, have you ever attempted, completed, or published a novel? Short stories? Fan fiction?

    No to nanowrimo. I took creative writing in high school, so I have written short stories, but not since then.

    What is the hottest and coldest temperature you ever experienced, and where was it? What’s the biggest storm you ever experienced?

    Hottest would be summers on the Arabian peninsula – 120 degree days with high humidity since we were on the coast.

    Coldest would be Salzburg. Months of snow – a couple of feet even down in the valley where we were. I never saw the news so I don’t know what the temps were.

    How old were you when you first read on your own?

    preschool – my mom was reading me Charlotte’s Web, and I kept telling her I could reat it, but no one believed me, so I picked it up and read the end — and bawled my little head off

  3. Gee

    For National Write a Novel Month, have you ever competed in nanowrimo? (See link at bottom of page.) If not, have you ever attempted, completed, or published a novel? Short stories? Fan fiction?

    What is the hottest and coldest temperature you ever experienced, and where was it? What’s the biggest storm you ever experienced?

    How old were you when you first read on your own?

    For Family Stories Month, do you have a collection of good family stories? Do you have any you want to share?

    Never competed in nonowrimo.  I used to think I wanted to be a writer, but it turned out I didn’t really have the drive or discipline to do it.  And I really had no idea of how to write fiction.

    Hottest, about 115F.  I think it was in Bakersfield.  Coldest, a few degrees below 0F, here in Maryland.  Biggest storm was probably Hurricane Hazel, which I vaguely remember, even though I was only three at the time.  I seem to remember trees bending impossibly low.

    I can’t remember if I read before first grade.  Probably not.  I didn’t go to kindergarten.  I remember, before first grade, going to school for a “reading readiness” test, and passing with flying colors.  I don’t remember the test at all, just the glow of being ready.

    Got no family story collection.  I’m sure I could make something out of the Thanksgiving when my mom forgot to put sugar in the pumpkin pie.

  4. Gee

    In 1870, the National Weather Service, then known as The Weather Bureau of the United States and under control of the Secretary of War, made its first official forecast.

    How’d that work out?

    In 1950, the Pope became infallible when Pope Pius XII declared himself so. This has held until recently, when the current Pope, Francis, said some questionable things about gays and atheists maybe being OK.

    Learn something new every day around here.  I had no idea papal infallibility was a 20th Century invention.  And people bought it!

    Plan Your Epitaph Day

    He ran a marathon and read Ulysses.

    Har!  Nigerian prince!

  6. princesspat

    I’m enjoying the Lyle Lovett video, and as always your post and puns amaze and entertain me. Have a great weekend.

  7. Avilyn

    Q&A:

    For National Write a Novel Month, have you ever competed in nanowrimo? (See link at bottom of page.) If not, have you ever attempted, completed, or published a novel? Short stories? Fan fiction?   I’ve never competed in nanowrimo.  I have written short stories (mostly background stories for characters I’ve roleplayed…  yes, I’m a geek); I’ve also written prose/poetry.  Haven’t written for the last decade or so though.

    What is the hottest and coldest temperature you ever experienced, and where was it? What’s the biggest storm you ever experienced?  Hottest/Coldest.. hard to say.  Probably whatever the hottest/coldest temps in NJ have been since the mid 70s.  Biggest storm was Hurricane Sandy, although thankfully I was inside and dry for all of it.  I do remember Hurricane Gloria from when I was a kid, and being in the car with my mom as she drove us to our grandparents (our area was a potential flood risk).

    How old were you when you first read on your own?  According to my mom, 3.  I didn’t go to preschool but stayed home with her, and she was a teacher.  

    For Family Stories Month, do you have a collection of good family stories? Do you have any you want to share?   Yep.  Let’s see…  there’s the story my dad likes to tell about how he had a bunch of his relatives over (my great aunts/uncles) and he made venison stew in the crockpot; he told them it was beef stew, and didn’t tell them the truth until after their second helpings (and much ravings about how good it was, etc.)  He said about half pushed their bowls away & stopped eating, but the others agreed that maybe venison was OK and they went for more.  

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