Tom

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
06
Apr
2023

It’s…..THURSDAY

Today is Chakri Memorial Day, a public holiday, in Thailand. Officially known as ‘King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great Day and Chakri Dynasty Memorial Day’, Chakri Day commemorates the establishment of the Chakri Dynasty by Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke ( Rama I) in 1782.

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Too cute!

Today is the birthday, in 1947 of Tony Conner, Hot Chocolate who had the 1975 US No.3 single ‘You Sexy Thing’ the 1977 UK No.1 single ‘So You Win Again’ and over 25 other Top 40 hits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DwEni2N_-A

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
05
Apr
2023

WENNSDAI

Today is Tomb Sweeping Day in Taiwan and other countries. Officially known as Qingming Jie, this festival is a traditional Chinese celebration set aside to honor departed family members. Also known as Ching Ming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day, Taiwanese families remember their ancestors by cleaning and offering sacrifices that may benefit the deceased. Qingming Jie is celebrated annually on April 5 in Taiwan.

More math…

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Alan Clarke, singer with British pop/rock group The Hollies who have scored over 30 top 40 hits, including ‘Just One Look’, ‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, and later ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and ‘The Air That I Breathe’. Clarke retired from performing in 1999. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA4-bLcoN8

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
04
Apr
2023

TUESDAY is almost springlike here

Today is Peace Day, a public holiday in Angola. Día da Paz, the Day of Peace and Reconciliation commemorates the end of the Angolan Civil War on this day in 2002.

Independence from Portugal came to Angola in 1975. Two guerrilla groups had been instrumental in the armed struggle against the Portuguese colonization – the communist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Almost immediately after independence, a power struggle between the two groups led to the Angolan Civil War. The MPLA seized power in the capital Luanda. With only a few interludes in the fighting, the war was to last 27 years. The conflict is estimated to have cost the lives of more than 500,000 civilians with over a million being displaced.

We don’t need no stinking math!

Bada Bing!

Too many birthdays can kill you.

Senior bumper sticker…I’m speeding because I have to get there before I forget where I’m going.

Tough day on Facebook. I still don’t know what you’re supposed to comment under a photo of a new baby, but I’ve learned it isn’t ‘Yikes!’.

I’m not lazy. I’m in my energy saving mode.

If everybody in the world held hands around the equator, most of them would drown.

Did you know that after all these years, the swimming pool on Titanic is still filled with water?

Everything on earth is either a potato or not a potato.

If you’re defusing a bomb, you’re either right, or it’s not your problem anymore

If I had a nickel for every time I didn’t know what was going on, I’d probably wonder where all the nickels came from.

SIGNZZZZ

Lots of birthdays today including, in 1948, Pick Withers, drummer, with English rock group Dire Straits who played on their first four albums, which included hit singles ‘Sultans of Swing,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Private Investigations’. Withers also played drums on Bob Dylan’s 1979 album Slow Train Coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ffIJ7ZO4U

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