preparing for the new lockdown…
One week until the big day!
This day in 1964, The Supremes became the first all-girl group to have the number 1 single in the UK with this song:
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Tom
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Ten Years
As most of you are aware, for many years I’ve been sharing some of the brilliant web comics, xkcd, by Randall Munroe. In November of 2010, Megan, then his fiancée (now wife) received a diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancer.
During her eight months of treatment, Munroe posted several comics about her diagnosis and treatment. Here are a couple:
So this month is the ten-year anniversary of the diagnosis and he posted this, which I think is wonderful. I’m sure many of you can relate.
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It appears to be Wednesday
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Maybe Tuesday
The way things are going on earth, some people may want to leave. It’s getting pretty crowded up on the ISS though with 5 spacecraft docked there today.
Normally I ignore advice from celebrities, but Samuel L. Jackson has some good advice for all of us on how to beat, or at least mitigate, the current pandemic. Pay attention!
Today is the birthday (in 1938) of Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot. I suppose his biggest hit was The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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It must be Monday
Punctuation
Defense Attorneys
Actually I’ve been to two of these places.
Punny Business!
One sunny day in late January 2021 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, “I would like to go in and meet with President Trump.” The Marine looked at the man and said, “Sir, Mr. Trump is no longer President and no longer resides here.” The old man said, “Okay”, and walked away. The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, “I would like to go in and meet with President Trump.” The Marine repeated, “Sir, as I told you yesterday, Mr. Trump is no longer President and no longer resides here.” The man thanked him and, again, just walked away. The third day, the old man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying again, “I would like to go in and meet with President Trump.” The Marine, understandably irritated at this point, looked at the man and said, “Sir, this is the third day in a row you’ve been here asking to speak to Trump. I’ve told you each time that he’s no longer the President and no longer resides here. Don’t you get it?” The old man looked at the Marine and said, “Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it.” The Marine snapped to attention and said, “See you tomorrow, Sir!”
On this day in 1960, Patsy Cline recorded ‘I Fall to Pieces’ which would become a number one hit on the Country Charts. I’m not really a country fan but I love Patsy Cline.
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