Interrogatories
Do you watch, attend, or participate in any kind of pet shows? Have you ever? How about the 4H club?
What subject did you dislike in school but like now?
Do you prefer solitude, or do you like to have lots of people around?
The Twitter Emitter
It's the most STFU time of the year.
— Andrew Figgy Gatto (@AndrewGatto) December 26, 2013
These republican men are such obstructionists, I'll bet they wake up with morning wouldn't.
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) December 26, 2013
Palin:"I haven't read Phil Robertson's interview, but I know he's the victim. I haven't met Manti Te'o's girlfriend, but I know she's nice."
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 26, 2013
My marriage increases in value every time some one new recognizes that marriage is a universal human right #utpol
— Gen JC Xtian patriot (@JC_Christian) December 26, 2013
If you mashed up Deliverance with The Hills Have Eyes, and put it on a boat, you'd get the upcoming Duck Dynasty cruise.
— TBogg (@tbogg) December 26, 2013
Hey Rick Perry and Greg Abbot! Once Wendy Davis makes you unemployed she'll make sure you get benefits
— Peter Flom (@peterflom) December 27, 2013
No gift receipt with this myrrh. Fucking great.
— Jesus Christ (@Jesus_M_Christ) December 27, 2013
Can we get President Obama to end the national nightmare of Michael Bolton by signing the Honda Accords?
— CrutnackerNutcracker (@Crutnacker) December 27, 2013
Amid dismal ratings, reports are surfacing that RNC may replace David Gregory as host of Meet the Press #MTP
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 27, 2013
On This Day
in 1871, the world’s first official cat show was held at the Crystal Palace in London.
In 1927, Show Boat, by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, premiered on Broadway.
In 1978, after 40 years of dictatorship, Spain became a democracy.
In 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, opening a few cans o’worms.
In 2001, China was granted normal trade relations with the U.S.
In 2007, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.
Born on This Day
1571 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
1654 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1802 – Thomas Fearnley, Norwegian landscape painter (d. 1842)
1822 – Louis Pasteur, French scientist (d. 1895)
1859 – Vicente March y Marco, Spanish painter (d. 1914)
1864 – René Georges Hermann-Paul, French illustrator (d. 1940)
1879 – Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (d. 1954)
1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer (d. 1992)
1915 – Mary Kornman, American actress (d. 1973)
1923 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2012)
1931 – Scotty Moore, American guitarist
1941 – Michael Pinder, British musician (Moody Blues)
1943 – Cokie Roberts, American “journalist” who wasn’t paying attention when Hawaii became a state.
1946 – Lenny Kaye, American guitarist
1947 – Tracy Nelson, American singer
1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor
1952 – David Knopfler, British musician (co-founder of Dire Straits)
1969 – Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
Died on This Day
1631 – Jan Pynas, Dutch painter (b. ca. 1583)
1743 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1745 – Johan Anton Richter, Swedish painter (b. 1675)
1802 – Jens Juel, Danish painter (b. 1745)
1805 – Jean-Baptiste-Charles Claudot, French painter (b. 1733)
1849 – Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Swiss landscape painter (b. 1767)
1899 – Henri Evenepoel, Belgian painter (b. 1872)
1936 – Leon Wyczólkowski, Polish painter (b. 1852)
1940 – Louis Hayet, French painter (b. 1864)
1950 – Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884)
1978 – Chris Bell American musician (b. 1951)
1987 – Priscilla Dean, actress (b. 1896)
2003 – Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Delaney Bramlett, American musician (b. 1939)
Today is
National Fruit Cake Day
Make Cut out Snowflakes Day (?)
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