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The Daily F Bomb, Tuesday 10/8/13

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Interrogatories

Have you ever had a major fire come close you where you live? Did you have to evacuate?

Do you often go to the theatre (not movies, live performances)? What is the last play you saw?

It’s National Fluffernutter Day? Do you even know what that is? Is this something you would actually buy and use?

Has the government shutdown personally affected you yet? In what ways?

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On This Day

In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began. It was not caused by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow – that was made up by a reporter from the (no surprise here) Chicago Republican. On the same day, massive fires also began in Wisconsin and in Michigan.

In 1918, in WW1 France, American Corporal Alvin York killed 28 German soldiers (in spite of unsuccessfully having tried to get out of the war in the first place as a conscientious objector due to his religion) and captured another 132.

In 1956, N.Y. Yankee Don Larsen pitched a no-hitter in Game 5 of that year’s World Series, against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This is to date the only no-hitter ever in a World Series.

In 1974, the Franklin Bank, funders of the Republican party, collapsed due to egregious financial mismanagement and fraud.

In 1982, Poland banned all trade unions.

In 1982, the musical Cats, based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, opened on Broadway. It ran for just under 18 years.

In 2001, the formation of the Department of Homeland Security was announced by George W. Bush. The word “Homeland” gave many Liberals the heebie-jeebies.

Born on This Day

1696 (or 1697) – Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (d. 1750)

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1720 – Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766) whose church was in all but name the first Unitarian Congregational Church.

1776 – Pieter Gerardus van Os, Dutch painter (d. 1839)

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1807 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher, women’s rights advocate, and wife of John Stuart Mill (d. 1858)

1839 – Henry Bacon, U.S. painter (d. 1912)

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1842 – Emile-Auguste Pinchart, French painter (d. 1924)

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1847 – Rose Scott, Australian women’s rights activist (d. 1925)

1864 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (d. 1955)

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1868 – Max Slevogt, German painter (d. 1932)

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1877 – Hans Heysen, German-Austrian painter (d. 1968)

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1878 – Alfred James Munnings, English painter (d. 1959)

1883 – Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977) who is said to have been the composer of the classic, “Man of Constant Sorrow.”

1890 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)

1895 – Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)

1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)

1920 – Frank Herbert, American author (Dune) (d. 1986)

1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor

1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author (d. 2010)

1940 – Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions)

1941 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist

1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor

1948 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones) (d. 2004) (he was the Republican Ramone)

1950 – Robert Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Kool & the Gang)

1960 – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founder of Netflix

1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player (Sex Mob, The Lounge Lizards, and Spanish Fly)

1970 – Matt Damon, American actor, screenwriter, and producer

1972 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Cold and Evanescence)

1973 – Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grandaddy and Modest Mouse)

Died on This Day

1455 – Pisanello, Italian painter (b. 1395)

1469 – Filippo Lippi, Florentine painter (b. 1406)

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1754 – Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)

1793 – John Hancock, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)

1826 – Marie-Guillemine Benoist, French historical and genre painter (b. 1768)

1826 – George Garrard, English painter (b. 1760)

1856 – Théodore Chassériau, painter (b. ?)

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1869 – Franklin Pierce, American politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)

1924 – Louise Rayner, British artist (b. 1832)

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and…

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

1943 – Gustave De Smet, Dutch painter (b. 1877)

1944 – Wendell Willkie, American lawyer and politician (b. 1892)

1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)

1963 – Grace Darmond, Canadian silent film actress (b. 1893)

1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1915)

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1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)

1990 – B.J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)

2002 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)

2008 – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)

Today is

National Face Your Fears Day

National Pierogi Day

World Post Day

American Touch Tag Day

National Fluffernutter Day


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11 comments

  1. jlms qkw

     

    we camped near yellowstone during the great fire and were evac’d in the middle of the night.  #badus

    when i was married, we took the kids a few times a year.

    if it’s not marshmallow & peanut butter, i don’t want to know what it is, and i don’t want it.

    not that i can tell.  need more food donations at church though.  

    okay time to shower and roll some kids out of bed.  4, yes, 4 parent teacher conferences today.  not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4!  

  2. Floja Roja

    kitten energy and keep it around for when I need it, though I suspect it’s a bit too strong for humans, and could be dangerous. I wouldn’t want to, for instance, pounce on anything that moves.

    My feet seem to be safer since I got out of bed…

    Answers:

    I live very close to Griffith Park, and that fire was pretty scary. I was amazed that the firemen managed to save all those houses on the hill. If it had reached Los Feliz Blvd., we would have been evacuating. I was fortunate as well that the smoke went over to the Glendale side. We only had one day of smoke and smells. It’s very nasty.

    I haven’t been to the theatre in ages. I think the last play I saw was some Christmas musical… damn, it was at the Pantages and based on one of those old Christmas movies (remember when movies were based on plays instead of plays being based on movies?). Before that I saw Phantom. I have to admit I a NOT an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan.

    Apparently Fluffernutter is what they call marshmallow creme. I never made Rice Krispy Treats (not did my mother), so never saw the stuff. I am partial to those Ben and Jerry’s ice creams that have veins of marshmallow running through them, so I guess it’s not all bad. Except that these days it’s pure HFCS.

    The government shutdown hasn’t affected me yet, except that watching what it’s doing to others is stressing me out, and listening to the bullcrap spouted by cretinous Republicans and their moronic minions makes me more than mad.  

  3. anotherdemocrat

    Have you ever had a major fire come close you where you live? Did you have to evacuate?

    Yes the Bastrop County fire in 2011 was one county east – there were also fires north & south of us. Thousands of homes burned.

    Do you often go to the theatre (not movies, live performances)? What is the last play you saw?

    Haven’t been to the theater in years.

    It’s National Fluffernutter Day? Do you even know what that is? Is this something you would actually buy and use?

    No idea what that is.

    Has the government shutdown personally affected you yet? In what ways?

    No, but it will soon affect the program I work for & the people who use it. It won’t directly affect me, because I work for the state & our part of the service goes on. But I’ll be taking calls from people who aren’t getting some of the things they are used to getting. That’s going to suck, for them & for us.

  5. princesspat

    Fire……two very frightening house fires. The first was a neighbors house when I was 10 or 12 yrs old. My mother was in the hospital so I was caring for my brothers and sister, then the neighbor’s terrified children while watching my father try to fight the fire…..I was terrified as I called everyone I could in the small town next to us to come and help. Then I took the kids to a back bedroom and just held them. The house was a total loss, but no one died. The second fire was our son’s (cornbread on dkos) 12 yrs ago. I’ll never forget the early morning phone call, then driving 2 hrs, then turning on his street and seeing him sitting in his truck with his dog, wearing clothes the neighbors had given him, and everything was gone. The fire marshal suspected him of arson, but fortunately we had been at his house for a family Christmas party the night before and Ron had the pictures in his camera. After seeing the photos the marshall apologized, both for his suspicions and for or son’s grievous loss. He had a remarkable library of collectible northwest history books and art.

    Theater…..We used to go to Vancouver for touring Broadway productions…..Show Boat and Le Miserable were fun. I think the last major show was Jersey Boys.

    Fluffernutter….. I’ve never knowingly tasted it.

    Gov’t shutdown……I have a nasty case of the R Virus. It’s making me swear a lot and have mean thoughts, grrrrr!

     

  6. Avilyn

    Have you ever had a major fire come close you where you live? Did you have to evacuate?  When I was a kid, a house down the street from us had a big fire.  I remember it as being kind of scary, but I was a kid, so I dunno how accurate that is.  Didn’t need to evacuate.

    Do you often go to the theatre (not movies, live performances)? What is the last play you saw?  Almost never.  Can’t remember the last play I saw.

    It’s National Fluffernutter Day? Do you even know what that is? Is this something you would actually buy and use?  Yes!  Fluffernutter is a Fluff & Peanut Butter Sandwich.  Loved them as a kid!  🙂

    Has the government shutdown personally affected you yet? In what ways?  Not yet, no.

  7. JanF

    So I worked on Tuesday instead of playing.

    Ha!

       On this day in 1996 Fox News debuted as a more efficient way to mass-deliver offensive email forwards.

       – pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 7, 2013

    My junk mail lately has taken a “Is this the end of Barack Obama’s presidency?” turn. I think they are selling “end times” financial products, perhaps a way to send your money to heaven, pre-rapture?

    Ha ha! “Death panels”!

    Cow puns cud be milked every day but this is a masterpiece:

    While the rules in this case are not necessarily binding, it’s still wise to take cover before they decide to throw the book at you.

    Paging all punsters!!

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