August begins on TUESDAY!

Today is a national public holiday in Switzerland.

It marks the annual celebration of Swiss National (or Confederation) Day. In German the day is known as ‘ Schweizer Bundesfeier‘; in French as ‘Fête nationale Suisse‘; in Italian as ‘Festa nazionale svizzera‘ and Romansh as ‘ Fiasta naziunala Svizra‘.

August 1st was chosen because this was said to be the day, in 1291, on which the three forest cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden signed the Federal Charter on the Rütli field, near to Lake Lucerne.

The charter does not specifically mention August 1st as the date, but instead refers to “at the beginning of the month of August 1291”. The charter united the signatories in the struggle against Habsburg rule, the family then possessing the Duchy of Austria in the Holy Roman Empire. The signing of the charter has now become regarded as the foundation of Switzerland.


stretchhhhhh

BADA BING!!

I don’t think I can’t travel to Florida anymore because the time difference is too much. It’s 1860 there.

Church sign… God loves you even when Christians don’t.

How about a carpet with permanent vacuum lines so it always looks clean?

Starting your day with an early morning run is a great way to make sure your day can’t get any worse than it started.

Bury me with my old records. It will be my vinyl resting place.

OK, so naked running. Apparently, this means running without GPS, music, or any other tech. I wish I knew this an hour ago.

Definition of Irony: Using a device that transmits inordinate amounts of complex information tens of thousands of miles via antennas, fiber, cables, and satellites to convey to others that you “don’t trust science”.

Imagine being so fragile that you’re mad at Barbie.

My wife wanted to embarrass me in front of her friends. She said I wasn’t good in bed. She was shocked when they all disagreed with her.

You should never judge a book by its cover. I had an English textbook once and the people on the cover looked like they were having a really good time. That turned out not to be true.

My folks came to visit and are upset that I have parental controls set up and they can’t watch FOX NEWS without putting in the code. So they are watching my shows because they refuse to type in 666.


Today is the birthday, in 1942, of American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead. He was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” cover story. Garcia also founded a variety of side projects, including the Saunders–Garcia Band, the Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Garcia died from a drugs-related heart attack on 9 August 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE