Month: April 2023

13
Apr
2023

It’s THURSDAY for you and me!

Today is New Year’s Eve in Sri Lanka. Called Aluth Avurudda in Sinhala and Puthandu in Tamil, New Year’s Day is a statutory holiday in Sri Lanka. Tamil New Year’s Day is celebrated on the first day of Chithirai – the first month in the Tamil Calendar and is also known as Varusha Pirappu. This is also Sinhalese New Year. Like Tamil New Year, it marks the end of the harvest and the arrival of spring as indicated by the sun moving from Meena Rashiya ( Pisces) to Mesha Rashiya (Aries). To mark the new year, everyone in the country celebrates by wearing light golden clothes and turning towards the east. It is a tradition that the first financial transaction of the year is when elders give gifts of money to the unmarried young, as a sign of good luck.

SIGNZ

Today is the birthday, in 1954 of merican musician Jimmy Destri, keyboardist with Blondie They scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single ‘Heart Of Glass’ and the 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines. He was one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
12
Apr
2023

WEDNESDAY rears its ugly head

Today is National Children’s Day in Bolivia, Dia del Nino. On April 12, 1952 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) drafted a joint Universal Declaration on the Rights of Children, a document that establishes which rights children have and how those rights must be protected. It asked each country to declare a Children’s Day (Dia del Nino) to help create awareness among the population regarding the problems children face and what can be done. Bolivia selected April 12th, the same day on which the Declaration was drafted, and Dia del Nino has been celebrated here since 1955.

Slow news day

Canada!

Statues:

Today is the birthday, in 1944 of German-Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and guitaris John Kay, from Steppenwolf who had the 1969 US No.2 hit single ‘Born To Be Wild’. Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and scored 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41cFf9N5F-A

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
11
Apr
2023

TUESDAY after Easter

Today is National Health Day in Kiribati, a public holiday, A day to encourage citizens to have an active and healthy lifestyle.

For many countries, the health of its citizens is a top priority. A healthy lifestyle leads to people being happier and more productive. It is also a benefit to the country if it has to spend less on welfare because people are generally fitter.

Given the importance, it is surprising that not many countries have a public holiday to highlight health and activity. Apart from Kiribati, only Japan and Qatar do.

Ummm…

On this day in 1966, Buffalo Springfield made their live debut at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California. The folk rock band are renowned both for their music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
10
Apr
2023

MONDAY after Easter

Today is Juan Santamaria Day in Costa Rica. The holiday commemorates the Battle of Rivas, made famous by the heroic actions of the National Hero, Juan Santamaria, the “Little Drummer Boy”. The Battle of Rivas took placeon Aril 11, 1856 in Rivas, Nicaragua between the army lead by William Walker and Costa Rica’s army led by President Juan Rafael Mora Porras, General José Joaquín Mora Porras, and General Jose Maria Cañas. Walker was an American who had assumed control of Nicaragua and was amassing troops and consolidating his power in the region. The battle was a stalemate until Juan Santamaría, a Costa Rican drummer boy from Alajuela, volunteered to burn down the “El Mesón de Guerra”, a building, in which Walker’s troops where gathered.

Santamaria threw a torch onto the thatched roof of Walker’s stronghold, causing it to catch fire and his troops to flee. While he was successful in his mission and his actions enabled the Costa Ricans to win the battle, Santamaria was then killed by sniper fire.

His heroics were the defining factor in the Costa Rican victory at Rivas. For his sacrifice, he became recognised as a National Hero of Costa Rica.

Born to Clean

We celebrate Jesus brutally dying on the cross by getting a giant bunny rabbit to hide chocolate eggs. I can’t help but feel there is a massive gap in information somewhere.

Why is Easter an Alzheimer’s patient’s favorite holiday? They get to hide their own eggs.

I feel sorry for Jesus. He spent most of his life trying to do good deeds, yet more people celebrate his death than Hitler’s.

I’m combining Easter and April Fool’s Day this year…I’m sending the kids out to look for eggs I haven’t hidden.

I love Jesus. He’s born, I get presents. He dies, I get chocolate.

Today is the birthday, in 1947 of Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist Bunny Wailer, who was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of the long-time standard-bearers of reggae music. He died on 2 March 2021 age 73. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8GjhXvOjU

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, World
07
Apr
2023

FRIDAY…finally

Today is Women’s Day in Mozambique. Also known as the National Day of Women, this day marks the anniversary of Josina Muthemba Machel’s death on April 7th 1971. Josina was a key figure in the struggle for the emancipation of African women.

When she was 19, Josina joined the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Josina received military training and rose through the ranks of FRELIMO to become the head of the party’s Department of Social Affairs in 1969, while still only 24. Josina was a strong advocate of the participation of women in the liberation struggle, and she was an icon for the Women’s Movement of Mozambique.

In 1969, she married Samora Machel, who would go on to become the first President of Mozambique in 1975. She died on April 7th 1971, at the age of 25 from liver cancer

New Marvel hero

Wrong Word????

Lots of birthdays today including, in 1938, Spencer Dryden, American musician best known as drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. With Jefferson Airplane he had the 1967 US No.18 single ‘White Rabbit’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies