Today is either a day off for Christmas or a day off for Boxing Day in much of Africa, the South Pacific and the Channel Islands. In Poland it’s the National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising, a day created recently to commemorate the 1918/1919 uprising at the end of World War I.
I think this needs posting:
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) December 26, 2021
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021 pic.twitter.com/S3TilAdjQw
and now back to our regularly scheduled program…
Signssssss
Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Les Maguire, pianist for Gerry and the Pacemakers.
today is Incwala Day in Eswatini. Incwala is Eswatini’s most important cultural event and celebrates the start of the harvest season. It is only after the king eats the first fruit that the people can partake of the harvest.
Keith Richards never changes…
Today is the birthday, in 1939, of James Gurley, lead guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company.
São Tomé Day is a public holiday in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on December 21st each year. This holiday commemorates the arrival of the first Europeans to the island of São Tomé on this day in 1471. São Tomé is Portuguese for Saint Thomas, whose feast day is December 21st. Both islands were uninhabited when the Portuguese arrived but they soon enslaved Africans from the mainland to cultivate sugar. São Tomé and Príncipe gained its independence from Portugal on July 21st 1975, making it the second-smallest country in Africa. The smallest is another island nation on the other side of the continent – Seychelles.
More art…
Bada Bing!
I can’t believe it’s Omicron season already. I still have my Delta decorations up.
Her: You spent our entire savings on dogs?! Him: They’re golden retrievers, Karen. They retrieve gold. I did it for us!
Co-worker: You look so unapproachable. Me: Yet here you are.
Shipping problems have really hit the music industry. There are 100,000 Otis Redding albums just sittin’ on the dock of the bay.
I’ve been hiding from exercise. I’m in the fitness protection program.
Nurse: What happened to your fingers? Me: You know those chefs who cut up vegetables real fast? Nurse: Yes? Me: I can’t do that.
Of all the things I learned in grade school, trying to avoid cooties was the last thing I expected to use.
One minute you’re young and fun, and the next, you’re turning down the radio in your car so you can see better.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is what happens when the ventriloquist dies but the dummy keeps talking.
It’s amazing how removing letters from something changes things so fast. For instance, if you remove enough letters from ‘mailbox’ you get ‘felony’.
What do premature ejaculators and hide and seek have in common? Ready or not, here I come.
I think Christmas should be moved to January.The stores are less crowded and everything is on sale.
Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Carl Wilson. He was the younger brother of Brian and Dennis Wilson and one of the founders of The Beach Boys. He was the lead guitarist for most of their music and lead vocalist on several, including this one.
Today is Abolition of Slavery Day in Reunion. When the French National Convention voted to abolish slavery in 1794, it was rejected by Reunion and by Île de France (Mauritius) and a military force sent by France to enforce the abolition was defeated. During the Napoleonic Wars, both islands were captured by the British and Reunion was returned to France after the war. Finally, on December 20, 1848, slavery was finally abolished and the day is celebrated as a national holiday every December 20.
Back to our regularly scheduled program…
Location, location, location
I was testing children in my Glasgow Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting into heaven.
I asked them, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big estate sale, and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?”
“NO!” the children answered.
“If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden and kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?”
Again, the answer was ‘No!’By now I was starting to smile.
“Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave sweets to all the children and loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?”
Again, they all answered ‘No!’
I was just bursting with pride for them. I continued, “Then how can I get into heaven?”
A six-year-old boy shouted,”Ye got tae be fookin’ dead”.
Kinda brings a wee tear tae yir eye…
On this day in 1973, Bobby Darin died – age 37. He was a great performer. He had more than 20 hits in the Top 40 including this one which was originally written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertold Brecht for their 1928 musical, The Threepenny Opera. It was translated into English by Mark Blitzstein for his off-broadway production of the musical. It was recorded by Louis Armstrong and, while he was recording it, Weill’s widow, Lotte Lenya, was in the studio. Armstrong spontaneously added her name to the lyrics and it stuck and was used by Darin.
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