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TOOSDAY today

Today is Independence Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It commemorates the referendum of March 1, 1992 in which the people voted for independence.

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Bada Bing!

I don’t always carry all the groceries on one arm, but when I do, my keys are in the wrong pocket.

I went to an archaeology party recently where they were only looking for the remains of a lower leg. It was quite the shindig.

I was sitting on a bus behind a young kid who kept turning around and making faces at me. After a few minutes, I said, “When I was young my mother told me if I kept making ugly faces my face would stay like that.” The little shit replied, “Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned.”

In the 1950s they were afraid of godless communism when what they really needed to fear was godless Christianity.

“Today I was talking to myself. I was very polite and cordial but I could tell I was lying.” — Steven Wright

I went for a walk last night and she asked how long I was going to be gone. I said, “The whole time”. — Steven Wright

She asked me if I slept good. I said, “No I made a few mistakes”. — Steven Wright

“I’d kill to get a Nobel Peace Prize.” — Steven Wright

That feeling you get when the teacher walks up to you during an exam, looks at your paper, then shouts, “Guys, make sure you read the questions carefully!”

Don’t tell secrets in the garden. The potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears, and the beanstalk.

Everyone told Sam not to sing.But Samsung anyway.

My daughter was doing her history homework and asked me what I knew about Galileo.I said, “He’s a poor boy from a poor family.”

I hate it when people act all intellectual and talk about Mozart while they have never seen one of his paintings. 

Him: You drink too much caffeine. Him2: Yeah, well coffee spelled backward is eeffoc. And I don’t give eeffoc about your opinion.

Did you know that the star, Sirius, is moving towards Earth a nine miles per second? That means someday we could be in Sirius trouble.

Every “e” in “Mercedes” is pronounced differently.

Doctor: You have a very very rare disease. Me: What’s it called? Doctor: What do you want it to be called?

Once you hit a certain age you become permanently unimpressed by a lot of shit.

How to park:

all the above shamelessly copied from Bluebird of Bitterness

Today is the birthday, in 1904, of Glenn Miller. He was a best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943 with 23 number one hits. On December 15, 1944, while traveling to entertain US troops in France during World War II, Miller’s aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. This is a clip from a 1941 movie featuring him and his band.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music

MONDAY, Monday…

Today is National Remembrance Day in Papua New Guinea commemorating the death, in 2021, of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare. Somare was PNG’s longest-serving leader after it became independent from Australia in 1975.

Stereotyping…

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Since Putin is such a raging homophobe, people have started photoshopping him with rainbows.

Putin loves rainbows.
Putin loves rainbows.
Putin loves rainbows.
Putin loves rainbows.
Putin loves rainbows.

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On this day in 1963, Patsy Cline made her final TV appearance singing ‘I Fall to Pieces’. She died five days later in a plane crash on her way to Nashville.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

More Relaxation for YOU

Tear yourself away from the news and listen to the brilliant Ukrainian Pianist, Valentina Lisitsa play Chopin’s Grande valse brillante in E-flat major. Get up and dance if you like.

Posted by Tom in classical, Music

Relax for a few minutes

The news can be depressing sometimes. Take a few minutes to relax with this wonderful performance of Beethoven’s Sonata 14 by Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa.

Posted by Tom in classical, Music

Finally FRIDAY…and not a day too soon

Today is National Day in Kuwait marking the day when Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah ascended to the throne in 1950. Most countries celebrate their national day on the date they became independent. In Kuwait, this would have meant June 19th, the date if independence from Britain in 1961. June is very hot in Kuwait and the Kuwaitis, ever practical, moved the date to February marking the date when the Sheikh currently in power came to the throne.

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Thoughts…

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It also tends to get you fired.

I’m not big on seizing the day. I just kind of poke it with a stick.

Many people don’t know this, but it’s possible to read something you disagree with and simply move on with your life.

I’m not arguing. I’m explaining why I’m right.

A dollar may not go as far as it used to, but what it lacks in distance, it makes up for in speed.

Easy way to drop twenty pounds: go shopping in London.

Kids these days don’t know how easy they have it. In my day we had to walk nine feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.

Some guy is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog’s IQ. Here’s how it works: If you spend $11.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.

Any pizza can be a personal pizza if you try hard and believe in yourself.

Today is the birthday, in 1943, of George Harrison, often known as the ‘Quiet Beatle’. After the Beatles he had a successful solo career and was a member of the Traveling Wilburys.

Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music