Today is the birthday, in 1890, of Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie. She was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot, and Miss Marple. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers, particularly in the mystery genre. She is the best-selling novelist of all time, her books having sold more than two billion copies.
Her first husband was Archibald Christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928. Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926, she made international headlines by going missing for 11 days. During both world wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays. Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on archaeological excavations in the Middle East and used her first-hand knowledge of this profession in her fiction.
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Christie as a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross, pictured outside her childhood home of Ashfield in 1915.
BADA BING BING Bing…
OBAMA 2028! Since rules don’t exist anymore.
“GOP leaders are now divided between the fearful and the deluded – between those who have lost their nerve and those who have lost their minds.”
THE DAY AFTER A HOLIDAY IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU’RE RETIRED. EVERYBODY ELSE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT GOING BACK TO WORK. I’M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT IS.
To every woman who wants to repeal the 19th Amendment: Quit your job, close your bank account, cut up your credit cards, surrender your property, and ask your husband for permission to speak. Live the miserable little fantasy you’re trying to force on everyone else.
OUR BEST HOPE IS THAT TRUMP IS TAKING MEDICAL ADVICE FROM ROBERT KENNEDY, JR.
If the phrase: “GET OFF THE COMPUTER, I NEED THE PHONE”, makes perfect sense to you, you’re officially old.
What do you call a dog that herds watermelons? A melon collie.
How does a burger introduce his wife? Meet Patty.
A teacher asked the children in her Sunday School class, “If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I get into Heaven?”
“NO!”, the children all answered. “If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would I get into Heaven?” Again, the answer was “NO!”
“Well,” she continued, “then how can I get to Heaven?” In the back of the room, a five-year-old boy shouted out, “You gotta be dead!”
Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Ola Brunkert, drummer with the Swedish group ABBA. Was a member of the Slim Blues Gang, Science Poption and jazz-rock combo Opus III before joining ABBA. He played on every ABBA album and toured with the group. He was found dead with his throat cut at his home in Majorca, Spain on March 17th 2008 after he hit his head against a glass door in the dining room at his home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s
