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Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.
He has handed hosting duties off to Sandee, of Comedy Plus, and it's simple to join, just follow the link to Sandee's page for the rules and the code.
Sally is demonstrating how to rest and eat at the same time.
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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!
Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:
1. I feel _______________ when I ____________________.
2. I wish I could erase ______________from my memory to free up some space.
3. Others probably find it annoying that I _________.
4. _________ really needs to be invented.
1. I feel tired when I get home from work.
2. I wish I could erase old passwords from my memory to free up some space for the new passwords that i can't recall because the old get in the way.
3. Others probably find it annoying that I can't sing but love to anyway.
4. A better means of transport than something that burns fossil fuels and has rubber tires really needs to be invented.
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Today is:
Biezputras Diena (Porrige Day) -- Ancient Latvian Calendar (date unconfirmed, some sites suggest it's always on a Sunday before Feb. 23 instead)
Bubble Gum Day -- US Schools (with the principal's permission, pay a $.50 fine and get to chew gum at school today; money is to be donated to a charity the school chooses)
Create-A-Vacuum Day -- an internet generated celebration of the nothingness of vacuums
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Day -- Poland (birth anniversary)
Give Kids A Smile Day -- US (ADA sponsors dentists giving free care to children from low-income families)
Homemade Soup Day
Independence Day -- Sri Lanka
King Frost Day -- London (Celebrated yearly until WWI, in remembrance of the frozen River Thames on this day in 1814.)
Liberation Day -- Angola
National Stuffed Mushroom Day
National Wear Red Day -- US (wear red for women's heart health awareness)
Quacker Day -- for those who love Quacker Factory clothes
Spoiled Cats' Day -- internet generated, and isn't this every day?
St. Andrew Corsini's Day (Patron of Carmelites; against civil disorder and riots)
St. John de Brito's Day (Patron of Portugal; Sivagangai, India)
Thank A Mailperson/Postal Worker Day -- because someone decided it would be a good day to do that, and put it on the internet
USO Day -- US (founded this date in 1941)
World Cancer Day -- International
Anniversaries Today:
United Service Organizations (USO) founded, 1941
The University of Wisconsin is established, with one classroom and 20 students, 1849
Birthdays Today:
Natalie Imbruglia, 1975
Oscar De La Hoya, 1973
Gabrielle Anwar, 1971
Michael Goorjian, 1971
Rod corddry, 1971
Clint Black, 1962
Lawrence Taylor, 1959
Lisa Eichhorn, 1952
Alice Cooper, 1948
Dan Quayle, 1947
George A. Romero, 1940
Jhn Schuck, 1940
David Brenner, 1936
Gary Conway, 1936
Betty Friedan, 1921
Ida Lupino, 1918
Rosa Parks, 1913
Clyde W. Tombaugh, 1906
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906
Charles Lindbergh, 1902
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 1746
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours"(Album), 1977
Today in History:
The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta, 211
The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries, 960
Maximilian I assumes the title Holy Roman Emperor without being crowned, 1508
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for the first time near Prague 1600
In Edo (now Tokyo), The 47 Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) after avenging the death of their master, 1703
The worst earthquake in 8 years in Calabria, Italy, leaves 50,000 dead, 1783
The first Anglican bishops of New York and Pennsylvania are consecrated in London, 1787
George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College, 1789
The French National Convention proclaims the abolishment of slavery, 1794
An earthquake in Quito, Ecuador, kills 41,000, 1797
J.W. Goodrich introduces his rubber galoshes to the public, 1824
The Mormons of Nauvoo, Missouri, leave to go west, eventually settling in Utah, 1846
The Codex Sinaiticus is found at the Greek Monastery of Mount Sinai, 1859
The first rolling lift bridge opens, in Chicago, 1895
The first Winter Olympics games close at Chamonix, France, 1924
The first tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks open, in New Orleans, 1930
Radium E is the first radioactive substance to be produced synthetically, 1936
The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops, 1941
Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft, 1967
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections, 1997
Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg, 2004
The Federal Court of Australia's ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them, 2010
The remains found the previous year in a dig at Leicester are confirmed to be those of King Richard III of England, 2013
Morocco's Mohammed VI switches on world's largest solar plant near Ouarzazate, 2016
Denmark approves plans for world's first energy island in the North Sea to provide power to 3 million Europeans, 2021